Setting sights on the drugs of the future
...by EPSRC's Life Sciences Interface Programme. They offer a multi-disciplinary approach to postgraduate training bridging the gap between the medical, biological and physical sciences. In the Nottingham Doctoral Training Centre, during the initial year of the four-year PhD, students will receive a thoroug...ESA open-source software supports Germany's TerraSAR-X
...software is available to European industry who can offer the product for free in combination with value-added installation, support and maintenance services. "We hope that other SCOS-2000 users will have as much success as DLR. ESA's open-source licensing model provides strong business potential for Eur...NIH neuroscience microarray consortium launches high-throughput genotyping services
...des." Each of the four members of the Consortium offer specialized services. The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) offers both expression profiling and SNP genotyping on Affymetrix Genechips. UCLA, in addition to the Affymetrix platform, processes Agilent arrays; Duke offers LCM services, ...Evolutionary Medicine Meeting will advance a new scientific discipline
...ry consequences present novel medical problems and offer new possibilities for clinical interventions. "These ideas are novel, exciting, and much in need of further investigation and testing," says Stearns. "Evolutionary thinking definitely sheds useful light on medical research and practice. It comp...Toward improved forms of a time-tested cholesterol-fighter
CHICAGO, March 27 New discoveries offer promise for developing drugs that improve on the therapeutic profile of niacin, the inexpensive, time-tested B-vitamin that boosts levels of HDL cholesterol the good cholesterol with the potential to protect people against heart attacks and stroke, ...Polymers show promise for gene delivery, tissue scaffolds, other biomedical applications
...roving to be superior to surfactant benchmarks and offer reduced toxicity to viral vectors, Long said. Meanwhile, scientists at Virginia Tech have developed a single-step process for creating fibrous mats from a small organic molecule a new nanoscale, biocompatible material (Jan. 20, 2006, Science, "Pho...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
... time-tested cholesterol-fighter New discoveries offer promise for developing drugs that improve on the therapeutic profile of niacin, the inexpensive, time-tested B-vitamin that boosts levels of HDL cholesterol the good cholesterol with the potential to protect people against heart attacks and stroke, ...Ultrathin films deliver DNA as possible gene therapy tool
...sed to coat implantable medical devices, the films offer a novel way to route useful genes to exactly where...available drug-coated stents, Lynn's devices could offer additional advantages. For example, Lynn hopes to deliver genes that could prevent the growth of sm...UBC researchers find new superbug weapon for near-empty antibiotics arsenal
...unity without triggering harmful inflammation, and offer protection both before and after infection is present. The discovery, in animal models, will be published March 25 in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Researchers tested the peptide's effectiveness against Staphylococcus aureus including MRSA; ...ResearchChannel boosts awareness of vital research with video production program
...ive director, ResearchChannel. "We are thrilled to offer this program again this year and look forward to bringing exciting and vital, new research developments to the public." Last year, the Matching Funds program gave grants to a diverse group of institutions for a wide range of important research prog...Viral enzyme recruited in fight against ear infection
...nts and the elderly." This new approach might also offer some protection if the avian influenza virus, H5N1, sparks a pandemic among humans, he added. McCullers is first author of the "PLoS" paper. The investigators demonstrated in mice infected with S. pneumoniae that lysin can eliminate these bacteria ...International Astronautical Federation joins project to protect World Heritage sites
...their unique global perspective, satellite systems offer incomparable advantages to help us better understand, manage and protect the Earths precious environment." "The extraordinary cultural and natural diversity of the world is an important source of life and inspiration for humanity. Its preservation...Severe mental retardation gene mutation identified
...tify whether are not they are carriers, and we can offer prenatal testing to the carriers who want it." In the broader picture, this research is not only benefiting families with X-linked mental retardation, but it is also defining the genes involved in intellectual development. "If you find genes tha...Protein structures for the entire yeast proteome
... all the proteins in one organismits proteomewould offer a more global view of these relationships, but solving each structure individually would be a formidable task. However, in a new study published online this week in the open access journal PLoS Biology, Lars Malmstrm, David Baker, and colleagues ha...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...lla infection, say the researchers. These strains offer significant benefit for use in the food industry and may have potential in human applications. (P.G. Casey, G.E. Gardiner, G. Casey, B. Bradshaw, P.G. Lawlor, P.B. Lynch, F.C. Leonard, C. Stanton, R.P. Ross, G.F. Fitzgerald, C. Hill. 2007. A five...Agriculture, biology and conservation
... the importance of these services and has begun to offer interdisciplinary proposals to improve the provision and quality of ecosystem services. A multi-disciplinary group of organizations will examine ecosystem services and their implications with policy at a Congressional Briefing on March 20, 2007, fro...One Wwox isn't enough (to protect against cancer)
...er called chondroid osteosarcoma. The research may offer the first animal model for the study of this human disease. Osteosarcoma is rare in humans, but it is the most common form of bone tumor and the second highest cause of cancer-related death in children, after leukemia, he says. "Osteosarcoma fo...Mechanisms involved with tumor relapse identified
...he Massey Cancer Center. "Ultimately, we hope to offer a new polypeptide vaccine approach that induces tumor killing without causing HER-2/neu loss. Loss of HER-2/neu is a mechanism that tumors utilize to escape the immune-mediated destruction," he said. Since 2000, Manjili and his colleagues have been...New cell type identified in cancer development
...he growth and recurrence of the disease as well as offer new options for cancer prevention, detection and treatment. Current cancer stem cell theory holds that tumors are comprised of a variety of cell types. Among them is a small subset of rather primitive cells that, like other stem cells in the body,...A rarity among arachnids, whip spiders have a sociable family life
...f other creatures eating them, a mother nearby may offer young amblypygids some protection. When Rayor disturbed D. diadema youngsters, they gathered closer to each other or their mother. Now and then, the mother threatened Rayor. The adolescents, though, tended to scurry away and hide when faced with th...