Silver bullet: UGA researchers use laser, nanotechnology to rapidly detect viruses
...rs off viral DNA or RNA. This change in frequency, named the Raman shift for the scientist who discovered it in 1928, is as distinct as a fingerprint. This phenomenon is well known, but Tripp explained that previous attempts to use Raman spectroscopy to diagnose viruses failed because the signal produced...Scientific American names UCSB professor, alumna to list of Top 50 in Technological Leadership
... and one of his former graduate students have been named to the 2006 "Scientific American 50," the magazine...eing in the "Scientific American 50," she also was named "Research Leader of the Year" by the magazine. The collaboration between the two scholars continue....... The study in rats found that cone snail toxins named RgIA and Vc1.1 can treat nerve hypersensitivity and pain by blocking a molecule in cells known as the "alpha9alpha10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor." "The numerous analgesic compounds currently available are largely ineffective" for chronic nerve...Scientists design a PSA-activated protoxin that kills prostate cancer
...ue that he and his team3 had developed a protoxin, named PRX302, by modifying an inactive molecule, proaerolysin (PA). They engineered PRX302 to be activated by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) a protein made in higher than normal levels by prostate cancer. Once activated, they hoped that it would target ...Research Council feted NJIT chemical engineering professor
...ineering and eLearning. In 2006, Princeton Review named NJIT among the nation's top 25 campuses for technology and top 150 for best value. U.S. News & World Report's 2007 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities...An AIDS-related virus tricks cells to become tumors, new Penn study finds
... to a pathway in all cells whereby a protein aptly named ubiquitin binds to cellular proteins and marks them for degradation. This process can be likened to putting out the garbage for disposal. Ubiquitylation and degradation involve a complex set of proteins in addition to ubiquitin. "We found that th...Scientists use gene therapy to improve memory and learning in animals
...cholas, lead author of the study, who was recently named an adjunct professor at St. Mary's College. "In women, there are long-term protective effects of estrogen in the brain. As people age, females often fare better than males cognitively, in part because they have that estrogenic protection." In a 200...HHMI awards $19 million to Latin American, Canadian scientists
...g scientists in Latin America and Canada have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholars. Each will receive a five-year award totaling nearly $500,000. The competitive awards recognize the accomplishments and promise of biomedical researchers from Argentina, Brazil...Scientists discover two-component lantibiotic with therapeutic potential
...lantibiotic. The new two-component lantibiotic was named haloduracin by its discoverers. "The bacterium that produces haloduracin grows at pH 9 and above, suggesting that the lantibiotic it produces will be stable in the human body, unlike nisin, which is unstable at pH 7 and above," van der Donk said.Sign...Three new lung tumor subtypes identified in DNA profiling study
...nventional testing method." The tumor subtypes, named bronchioid, squamoid and magnoid, according to their genetic pattern, also correlated with clinically relevant events, such as stage-specific survival and metastatic pattern. For example, bronchioid tumors were associated with the likelihood of imp...Ghost protein leaves fresh tracks in the cell
...protein scaffold under the cell's membrane. It was named for its ability to maintain the shape of cell "ghosts," which have been emptied of their contents. Ankyrin serves as the mortar that attaches spectrin to the red blood cell membrane. Dubreuil and his UIC co-workers have spent a decade looking at dif...Ossur recognized with Frost & Sullivan 2006 Innovative Technology Award
...& Sullivan award comes on the heels of Ossur being named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum for 2006. Its Bionic Technology prostheses have also received accolades in the press, and prosthetists and users alike have been lavish in their praise of them. In fact, the Department of Defense and t...Research discovers oldest bee, evolutionary link
...acteristic of pollen-spreading bees. This species, named Melittosphex burmensis, is long extinct. "In archaeology, a lot of people look at the species Archaeopteryx, which is believed to be the first bird and was sort of half-bird, half-reptile," Poinar said. "Species such as that can be critically importa...Lehigh scientist receives NHGRI grant to streamline, expand use of genome sequencing
...or of chemistry at Lehigh University, was recently named recipient of a $905,000, three-year grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Part of the National Institutes of Health, the NHGRI recently announced the latest round of $13 million in grants, which were awarded to speed the d...Steep oxygen decline halted first land colonization by Earth's sea creatures
...rate colonization of land is known as Romer's Gap, named for the Yale University paleontologist, Alfred Romer, who first recognized it. But the term has typically been applied only to pre-dinosaur amphibians, and there has been little understanding of why the gap occurred. Now a team of scientists led by...In early embryos, cilia get the message across
... problems with left/right patterning," he says. He named the gene duboraya after the shape of the Japanese duboraya lantern, which fish with an inactivated version of the gene assume as they develop. Oishi discovered that duboraya is required for formation of fully functional cilia in Kupffer's vesicle, ...West Australian fossil find rewrites land mammal evolution
...ar-old fossil fish called Gogonasus, or Gogo fish, named after Gogo Station in Western Australia where it was found. The fossil skeleton shows the fish's skull had large holes for breathing through the top of the head but importantly also had muscular front fins with a well-formed humerus, ulna and radiu...New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines
...ctober issue of the Journal of Mammalogy, has been named Bubalus cebuensis (BOO-buh-luhs seh-boo-EN-sis) after the Philippine island of Cebu, where it was found. Its most distinctive feature is its small size. While large domestic water buffalo stand six feet at the shoulder and can weigh up to 2,000 pound...Researchers give name to ancient mystery creature
...st and only comprehensive account of the creature, named Horolodectes sunae, for the unusual shape of the crowns of the teeth. Horolodectes lived about 60 million years ago, soon after the dinosaurs went extinct, in a period known for its rapid diversification of small mammals. Based on careful examination...16 outstanding researchers receive Singapore's highest honor in science and technology
... gained international recognition. In 2004, he was named as a TR100 Young Innovator by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's magazine of innovation, Technology Review. The TR100 Young Innovator award recognizes the world's top 100 young innovators below the age of 35. Dr Han was among the youngest to...