Novel approach yields predictions validated by experiments
...ating a specific disease process." The researchers plan to refine their model with additional mathematical methods and then create new hypotheses for experimenters to test. "We'll be able to compute mathematically the points in the system that are most crucial to test because they are most sensitive to ch...Indiana University scientists' research success puts Indiana in new stem cell business
...provided assistance in putting together a business plan for the new company, and helped the founders arrange financing. The primary source of startup capital came from an "angel" investor who does not wish to be identified, Yoder said....Reviewing scientists say proposed conservation measures unlikely to help whales
...er Mark Zacharias argue that the current sanctuary plan is not scientifically sound because it does not su...r analysis shows that the science-based harvesting plan known as the Revised Management Procedure (RMP) would be much more effective in encouraging growth ...CMS plan recognizes PET technology for benefit of cancer patients
...for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a plan Jan. 28 that will lead to reimbursement for a broa...s and treatment of cancer patients nationwide. The plan will link reimbursement to a national patient database created by CMS to track clinical management d...NJIT professor receives NSF CAREER award for emergency response research
...ess and response. We must therefore plan, but also plan to improvise." At the core of Mendonca's work, under this grant, will be improving the public's understanding of how to improvise successfully in emergencies. The work builds upon his prior research on the response to the 2001 World Trade Center at...Melatonin shrinks bird gonads. What does the popular supplement do in humans?
...ley and Kriegsfeld, in collaboration with Tsutsui, plan to look at melatonin's role in the brain and reproductive cycle of a photoperiodic mammal, the Siberian hamster, which they've shown contains GnIH. In addition to Ubuka, who will follow Bentley to UC Berkeley this summer, the paper's other coauthors ...Examination of internal 'wiring' of yeast, worm, and fly reveals conserved circuits
...rmaceuticals could be designed to tweak the wiring plan of human cells to more effectively treat diseases while also generating fewer side-effects. "We're basically now able to open the hood of yeast, worm, and fly cells and look at the protein interactions inside," said Trey Ideker, a bioengineering prof...Combating blindness is vision of UT, ORNL project
...ssee Health Science Center in Memphis. Researchers plan to use digital retinal photography and optical coherence tomography -- a technique for examining living tissue non-invasively -- to image and quantify specific disease-based changes in the retina. They will develop an extensive image database of know...Computer-aided protein design wins prestigious AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
...as synthesized and confirmed to match the original plan earned the coveted 2003-2004 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize. The journal report, published in the 21 November 2003 issue of Science , was named to receive the Prize, the oldest award conferred by the American Association for the Advancement of Science...Inherited gene may increase risk for prostate cancer by 50%
...tate cancer," said Dr. Martignetti. "Ultimately we plan to investigate the potential of this gene as a diagnostic tool, an indicator of a patients risk for prostate cancer, and as a potential target for new treatments."...Stockpile bird flu vaccine now
...ers in Geneva last week Italy and France said they plan to stockpile 2 million doses each. But in a world of over 6 billion people that is nowhere near enough to make a significant difference, as Sthr points out. "This is an option only for affluent countries, and then for a fraction of their population,"...USGS featured at AAAS - Nation's largest science meeting
...scuss how this information is being used to better plan and target the types of management actions that may provide the most rapid water-quality improvement in the Bay ecosystem. Symposium: Top-Down, Bottom-Up Growth of a Global Invasive Species Information Network 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Omni Shoreham H...Purdue proves concept of using nano-materials for drug discovery
...ic cell membranes to mimic the real thing and then plan to use those membranes to create chips containing up to 1 million test chambers. Each chamber would be covered with a membrane containing the proteins, and the chambers could then be used to search for drugs that deactivate the pumps, Lee said. Such ...Inflammatory molecules released by pollen trigger allergies
... response to injury or infection. The authors now plan to assess whether cells from allergy-prone people are more sensitive to the effects of the pollen-derived compound than those from non-allergic individuals. A better understanding of these molecules and how they work may eventually lead to new appro...Neuronal 'traffic jam' marks early Alzheimer's disease
...drugs to preserve that machinery." The researchers plan to continue their exploration of the transport machinery's involvement in Alzheimer's pathology by using human embryonic stem cells to differentiate into neurons in culture. Their goal is to alter those neurons genetically by introducing mutations kn...Kids with chronic illness face difficult transition to adult care
...inions of many specialists to optimize a treatment plan for ailments such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease or congenital heart conditions. Many adult practitioners tend to work more independently and are less familiar with how to manage these complex cases because they haven't routinely encountered...NHGRI targets 12 more organisms for genome sequencing
...ities and goals, recently approved a comprehensive plan that identified two groups of new sequencing targets on the basis of their collective scientific merits. "Our sequencing strategy continues to focus on identifying the sets of organisms with the greatest potential to fill crucial gaps in biomedical ...Future diabetes drugs may target new protein interaction
...nces, the liver's production of sugar is a back-up plan that enables survival during food shortages; the brain and certain other critical organs rely on sugar -- specifically glucose -- for the energy to function. In people with diabetes, however, the liver doesn't sense the incoming calories, and it keep...New slant on vision research: Neurons sensitive to viewing angle
..., tools, faces and so forth." The researchers next plan to put volunteers in a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner and see how different neurons respond to different views of objects. The work was supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Universit......e Conservancy have teamed up with an unprecedented plan to map the chemical and structural composition of Hawaiian ecosystems and to find invasive species and track their ecological impacts. This month, Carnegie global ecologists and engineers from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are flying an upgraded...