Clinical trial for diabetic macular edema
... Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the worlds largest charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research, announced that the Ranibizumab for Edema of the mAcula in Diabetes Phase 2 Study (READ 2) is now enrolling patients. The READ 2 Study will test the long-term safety and effectiveness of intraocular ...Researchers figure out what makes a simple biological clock tick
...minute frequency, can sustain a 24-hour cycle. The largest cog in the bioclock is the protein KaiC. It is a large, barrel-shaped molecule assembled from six identical components. The diurnal cycle takes the form of the regular increase and decrease in the number of phosphate groups attached to the KaiC molec......eting of the American Chemical society, the worlds largest scientific society. Scientists have long been looking for ways to develop molecular-scale tools that operate in response to specific stimuli, such as sound or light. Biologists, in particular, are enthusiastic about development of such techniques ...Microfossils unravel climate history of tropical Africa
...the land-sea temperature difference has by far the largest influence on continental rainfall. This can be explained by the strong relationship of air pressure to temperature. When the temperature of the sea surface is higher than that of the continent, stronger offshore winds reduce the flow of moist sea air...NIH announces phase III clinical trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease
... placebo-controlled, phase III study is one of the largest PD clinical trials to date. It will enroll 1720 people with early-stage PD at 51 medical centers in the United States and Canada. "This study is an important step toward developing a therapy that could change the course of this devastating disease...The Parkinson's Institute to conduct Phase III Clinical Trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease
... placebo-controlled, phase III study is one of the largest PD clinical trials to date. The Parkinsons Institute is one of 51 medical centers in the United States and Canada that will be recruiting patients as part of an effort to enroll 1720 people with early-stage PD. "This study is an important step. W...AACR's Sixth Annual Landon Awards recognize Richard Kolodner, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller
...CR Prize for Translational Cancer Research are the largest such awards offered to cancer researchers from a professional society of their peers. The recipients for each prize receive an unrestricted cash award of $200,000 and present a scientific lecture at the AACR Annual Meeting, held this year from April...UT Southwestern leaders to receive national award for medical research accomplishments
...cy Awards gala. Research!America is the nation's largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance. Its mission is to make health research a higher national priority, and its awards are given to individuals and organizations that advance that mission. Drs. Brown and Goldstein shared the 1985 ...Engineers develop process to recycle unused paint by blending it into common plastics
...eloped a process to recycle waste latex paint the largest component of household hazardous waste by blendin... Nosker noted that unwanted paint has become the largest component of household hazardous waste some 68 million gallons annually. And this doesnt even accou...Researcher to determine why oil still remains from Exxon Valdez
...ummer by the Lebanese government to consult on the largest oil spill ever in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March. 14, 2007
... With more than 160,000 members, ACS is the worlds largest scientific society. ACS NEWS SERVICE March 14, 2007Weekly PressPac - ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5 (EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, March 19, 2007) PressPac Archive: http://www.chemistry.org/news/presspac.html Cont...Soy found protective against localized prostate cancer
PHILADELPHIA The largest study examining the relationship between the traditional soy-rich Japanese diet and development of prostate cancer in Japanese men has come to a seemingly contradictory conclusion: intake of isoflavone chemicals, derived largely from soy foods, decre...New species declared: Clouded leopard on Borneo and Sumatra
... to body size of any cat. Sumatran tigers are the largest predators on Sumatra. Between 5,000 and 11,000 clouded leopards are estimated to live on Borneo. The total number in Sumatra could be in the range of 3,000 to 7,000 individuals. However, further studies are needed to obtain better population data....Darwin's famous finches and Venter's marine microbes
...o squeeze as much information as possible from the largest metagenomic dataset ever collected. For more information about the expedition, please go to: the J. Craig Venter Institute (URL: www.sorcerer2expedition.org and www.venterinstitute.org )...New species of snapper discovered in Brazil
...udes the Abrolhos area which contains the nation's largest concentration of coral reefs. The new species is named for 18th century naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, whose extensive work in the Brazilian interior remains largely unknown. Moura and Lindeman spent five years observing Lutjanus alexandr...Lifting Chinese tiger trade ban a death sentence for wild tigers say WWF and TRAFFIC
...urbing demand in what was historically the world's largest consumer in tiger parts. Together with international law under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the ban has virtually eliminated the domestic market for tiger products in traditional medicin...Smithsonian scientists report new carbon dioxide study
...atmospheric CO2 and that soils,which represent the largest and most stable terrestrial carbon pool,also may serve as a sink for excess carbon. During the course of their study, Smithsonian scientists foundthat the amount of carbon in the ecosystem as a whole increased.However, they also saw a consiste...Disease opened door to invading species in California
...rasses into much of California, one of the world's largest documented cases of invading species and one that dramatically changed the history and ecology of a vast grassland ecosystem. The study, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a professional journal, should improve the ...Dr. John A. Martignetti receives 2006 Prostate Cancer Foundation Award
...ic experts which comprise and are supported by the largest philanthropic group dedicated to prostate cancer research, represents an important lifeline as we try to move discoveries forward from the bench to the bedside." With its model of drawing new investigators around the globe to the field and enabling......M HEAVY OILS AND HYDRATES Colorado has the world's largest deposits of shale oil, rivaling the oil reserves of the Middle East, but in past years extracting the resource has been too expensive to make it feasible. Rising oil costs may soon change that. Douglas Schmitt (University of Alberta) will report on n...