1 of deep ocean's most turbulent areas has big impact on climate
...utput from a small nuclear reactor, according to a landmark study led by Florida State University researcher Louis St. Laurent and described in the August 9 edition of the journal Nature. The study -- an international collaboration of scientists from the United States and France -- documents for the first ...Jan Lwe awarded 2007 EMBO Gold Medal
...n was selected for the award in recognition of his landmark work elucidating the structure and function of proteins involved in bacterial cell division, said EMBO Executive Director, Hermann Bujard. Awarded annually, the EMBO Gold Medal recognises outstanding contributions of young researchers in the molecu...Zebrafish: It's not your parents' lab rat
...aine addiction. For example, zebrafish were used a landmark 2005 study that led scientists to the human gene that regulates skin color. Lane's zebrafish studies explore one the major unexplained areas in developmental biology -- how the brain and central nervous system develop. It helps that zebrafish embry...Breast cancer and hormone therapy -- A looking-glass mirror?
... The Womens Health Initiative (WHI) trial was a landmark in menopause medicine since it provided information based on the best available study methodology[2]. By adopting its results as the ultimate source of information, many organizations, medical societies and health authorities actually declared that d...Nicotine rush hinges on sugar in neurons
...te, who was not involved in the study, called it a landmark accomplishment for the fields of structural biology and neuronal cell signaling. Besides substance addiction, Stevens pointed to epilepsy, schizophrenia and depression as targets for improved drugs that could result from the studys findings. T...High blood pressure medication strategy proves effective in Hispanic women
...esearchers studied 22,500 patients enrolled in the landmark International Verapamil SR-Trandolapril study, known as INVEST, and tracked a subgroup of 5,017 Hispanic and 4,710 non-Hispanic white women who were randomly assigned to a drug strategy containing either a sustained release form of the calcium antago...Cells take risks with their identities
...s and white blood cells. We expected to find the landmark on 30 to 40 percent of the genes because thats how many are active in each cell, Guenther says. We were shocked when it showed up on more than 75 percent of the genes in both unspecialized embryonic stem cells and specialized adult cells. Further e...Global community listens to TAU genetic researcher at EU Conference on Hearing Loss
...OTSC4, a form with onset in early adulthood. Other landmark gene discovery research conducted by Prof. Avraham is now being used in diagnostic tests for patients. Knowing ones genetic predisposition can certainly aid clinicians today and in the future for developing treatments and therapies to prevent furth...Nanotechnology: consumers must be convinced benefits outweigh risks
...ture, vol. 44, 16 November 2006), was praised as a landmark in the history of nanotechnology research by the then chair Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and ranking member Bart Gordon (D-TN) of the U.S. Congresss House Science Committee. In a statement about the papers findings, the Congressmen said they both had mad...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
...f scientists will mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark discovery of the first volcanic hot vent at a special meeting and public event in the Galpagos Islands, located just south of the discovery site, on June 27-29. Attendees will include many of the original explorers who first discovered these bubblin...AAAS decries latest stem cell veto
...the decision by President George W. Bush to veto a landmark stem cell research funding bill. The measure would have lifted restrictions on federal funding of medical research using embryonic stem cells, which proponents say would be derived from microscopic embryos left over and due to be discarded after in v...University of Manchester researchers reveal clues to new genes behind rheumatoid arthritis
...quered history of irreproducible results, but this landmark collaboration of scientists in Britain has shown conclusively that the new approach of analysing a large subset of genetic variants in large samples of patients and healthy individuals works," says Professor Donnelly. "We are now able to effectively ...Largest ever study of genetics of common diseases published today
...quered history of irreproducible results, but this landmark collaboration of scientists in Britain has shown conclusively that the new approach of analysing a large subset of genetic variants in large samples of patients and healthy individuals works," says Professor Donnelly. "We are now able to effectively ...Reprogrammed fibroblasts identical to embryonic stem cells
...ers at Kyoto University led by Yamanaka reported a landmark discovery that by activating four genes in a mouse skin cell, they could reprogram that cell into a pluripotent state resembling an embryonic stem cell. However, the resulting cells were limited when compared with real embryonic stem cells, and the K...First confirmed common genetic risk factors for breast cancer
...9/ LOC643714, MAP3K1, and LSP1. "This is a truly landmark breakthrough for breast cancer research, because these genes are the first confirmed common genetic risk factors for breast cancer," said Dr. Liu. As common genetic risk factors, these genes likely have more impact than the previously identified ri...Stowers Institute's Workman Lab demonstrates mechanism for decoding histone modification marks
...emarcate transcribed regions of chromosomes with a landmark the lysine 36 methylation of histone H3," explains Dr. Li. "We found that combination of two critical protein domains within a histone deacetylase complex is essential for its recruitment to this modified chromatin in transcribed regions. This speci...Landmark study identifies large number of new proteins implicated in Huntington's disease
...ganizations to get to work on following up on this landmark discovery." Traditional peer-reviewed journals usually require scientists to pay a fee to access study results. Tobin added that the need for further scientific inquiry is urgent. There is currently no effective treatment or cure for HD, which is...Landmark study highlights complex genetic risk factors behind type 2 diabetes
...ity of Oxford, who heads theconsortium said: "This landmark study reveals the power of the strategythat the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium has adopted to studydiabetes and several other common diseases. It is clear that these andother findings which the Consortium will shortly be reporting will havea ...New edition of touchstone microbiology reference book now available
...latest microbiology and clinical information, this landmark edition will be an invaluable reference. Clear, concise, and replete with practical advice, the two volumes bring together the latest scientific developments in clinical microbiology, clinical practice, human diseases, and diagnostic testing. For an...Stanford scientists make major breakthrough in regenerative medicine
...or-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. "This study is a landmark in regenerative medicine; the Stanford group has accomplished the biological equivalent of turning a sows ear into a silk purse and back again."...