Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner
...di Arabia to view the KAUST site and conclude the initial Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in Apr...erstanding signed by WHOI and KAUST creates three initial areas of research at KAUST: coral reefs; coastal hydrography; and fisheries and aquaculture. WHOI...AFCYBER holds science and technology symposium
...t Cyberspace operations, General Elder said. The initial two-day meeting introduced each organization in attendance, focusing on their capabilities and current research projects. Together, they addressed future possibilities to merge their knowledge and capabilities in accomplishing the Air Force mission t...Newly created cancer stem cells could aid breast cancer research
...m, it quickly developed massive, deadly tumors. In initial experiments, a few tissue slices revealed a primary tumor structure that resembled that of cancer patients with metastases. That prompted Ince to wonder whether the cancer cells he created would metastasize if the mouse lived longer. He repeated th...Discredited Korean embryonic stem cells' true origins revealed
...Hwang Woo-Suk et al. had falsified their data. An initial investigation of the Korean group's first embryonic stem cell line suggested it might be parthenogenetic in origin, but the analysis was inconclusive, and the cells' origin, until now, had never been fully explained in a peer-reviewed journal. Kim,......hen such factors were taken into account, Costes's initial model, following the NASA model, confirmed random distribution of double-strand breaks at the micron scale. The frequency of DSBs was radiation dependent, however: in the case of cosmic rays (NASA's main concern), which lead to complex double-strand ...New strategy for treating allergic disorders
... a producer of a drug against gastroenteritis. The initial results of the clinical trials are promising. Now, the bacterium is also being used to fight other disorders. There are a number of active substances for the treatment of allergies and auto-immune diseases that scientists suspect are effective in s...Einstein researchers' prototype vaccine could provide improved protection against tuberculosis
...to make the vaccine safer still. Were hopeful that initial human trials of the secA2 mutant TB vaccine could begin within two to three years, says Dr. Porcelli....Aggressive therapy best for certain AML patients
... the MLL-PTD mutation. All patients received an initial aggressive chemotherapy regimen (i.e., induction therapy) to induce remission. Those who achieved remission then received further aggressive therapy (i.e., consolidation therapy), usually an autologous stem cell transplant, with a few receiving inten...Geisinger scientist seeks cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, creating device to find treatment
...orlds most devastating neurological diseases. On initial glance, there doesnt seem to be much in common between zebrafish, researcher Glenn S. Gerhard, MD and a trio of Bucknell University biomedical engineering students. Yet theyre each playing a critical role in clearing a major roadblock in the search f...Research shows NPD1 protects a key component of vision
...h DHA indicating that the availability of the NPD1 initial precursor is critical for its synthesis. To answer the question about whether or not NPD1 could prevent cell death caused by an excess of A2E known to accumulate in the RPE during aging and to be exaggerated in age-related macular degeneration, the ...Uncovering the secrets of the deep
...ational Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSDC). The initial GOS dataset is composed of 28 million DNA sequences from oceanic microbes and predicts nearly 6 million proteins. By combining the predicted protein sequences with automatic classification by InterPro, the EBIs integrated resource for protein familie...New target for HIV/AIDS drugs and vaccine discovered
... DCs and NK cells play critical roles in the bodys initial defense against infection. DCs are instrumental in identifying foreign invaders to the body and then orchestrating an immune response that ultimately removes them. NK cells are among the first cells summoned by DCs to help isolate and contain the inf...Study identifies new gene therapy tools for inherited blindness
...by Public Library of Science ONE, researchers take initial steps toward filling a gap in the toolkit for treating blindness by identifying DNA elements that control when and where genes linked to blindness are turned on. "In its most basic form, gene therapy requires three components," explains Joseph Corbo...Drug protects brain cells in Huntington's disease model, researchers find
... look at the effectiveness of TBZ given just after initial symptoms have developed. This situation simulates what would probably happen in a human trial, he said....New proteomics research promises to revolutionize biomedical discovery
...s and computational algorithms they developed. The initial guess of the scientists was that proteins interacting together are likely to be partners in the same biological pathway and, consequently, to serve the same (or related) function(s). By systematically identifying the interaction partners of 32 human ...UK scientists lift lid on genetics of coronary artery disease
...uzzle." The 9 million WTCCC, which announced its initial findings in June, is one of the biggest studies ev...he study to continue and analyse in more depth the initial findings. The Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, has also called for proposals from s...Gene variant increases risk of blindness
... to better treatment and perhaps prevention. The initial studies were carried out by a team of researchers ...tute of Ophthalmology. Further work to confirm the initial findings was carried out by researchers in Scotland led by Professor Alan Wright, Medical Research C...Nature's secrets yield new adhesive material
..., which they call a geckel nanoadhesive, proved in initial testing to be adherent under dry and wet condition...as studied for the past several years. In their initial experiments, which were led by graduate student Haeshin Lee, they found that the wet adhesive force ...Fruit fly research may 'clean up' conventional impressions of biology
...cs. "This research, however, indicates that in the initial hours of a fly embryo's development, cells make decisions to become one part of the body or another by a process so precise that they must be close to counting every available signaling molecule they receive from the mother. Three hours into a fly ...CRESIB coordinates an international consortium to fight malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax
...programme has a large importance, and an estimated initial duration of 4 years. This is the reason why CRESIB, through DR. Hernando A. del Portillo, specialist in molecular biology and vaccine development against Plasmodium vivax , gives plenty of importance to the development of new control tools for thi...