Chemical engineer Kao explores antibiotic synthesis with DNA chips
...o comes in. On Sunday, she will present her latest progress at the 229th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego, focusing on research that earned her the 2004 Jay Bailey Young Investigator Award, which recognizes the best paper in the journal Metabolic Engineering. Funded by the National...Disease diagnosis, biodefense among UH chemical research projects
...ose binding protein." His group's poster presents progress toward better understanding of the chemical and physical driving forces of carbohydrate-protein interactions that are important in biological systems. Roman S. Czernuszewicz, associate professor of chemistry, will present research on "Resonance ...New lab technique identifies high levels of pathogens in therapy pool
...e and diversity of microbial life. "Public health progress has fallen in recent years, in part because of a shift in the nation's priorities toward bio-weapons research that diverts valuable money and resources away from very basic and important issues." Higher winter levels of airborne pathogens in such en...DNA with three base pairs - A step towards expanding the genetic code
... national meeting of the American Chemical Society progress toward the creation of a system for replicating a modified form of DNA containing an unnatural base pair. According to the Scripps Research scientists, this finding is a significant step towards expanding the genetic code and the ability of DNA to ac...Consortium to create comprehensive tools for uncovering the functions of human, mouse genes
.... "The TRC is consistent with our goal of enabling progress in biomedical research." Separately, Sigma said that it plans to commercially distribute clones, purified DNA and viral stocks from TRC RNAi libraries, facilitating their use by researchers worldwide. In addition, TRC will make the clones available ...Desert plant may help treat insidious tropical diseases
...ash and swollen glands and, if left untreated, can progress into the brain, where it causes inflammation, coma and, eventually, death. "The primary drug used to treat African sleeping sickness kills 5 percent of the people who take it arsenic is one of its main ingredients," Werbovetz continued. "But left unt...Men and women: The differences are in the genes
...ifferences in how certain diseases are manifested, progress and respond to treatment. Further studies will be required to establish such a role for these genes."...Nanotechnology's progress and challenges addressed during ACS meeting
...nvironment to business, highlight nanotechnology's progress and challenges during the 229 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, in San Diego, March 13-17. Highlights from selected symposia and research presentations are highlighted below: Monday, Mar...Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes
...er anti-MIF treatments could attenuate the disease progress in its early stage. Indeed, our small molecule, ISO-1, reverted the disease development. All these findings are new. Yousef Al-Abed Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry North Shore-LIJ Research Institute 350 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 Phone Nu...NIH should take decisive steps to promote independence, originality
...actices, NIH should improve data collection on the progress of all postdocs. And it should evaluate different models of supporting their work, including the proposed new award for independent research, the committee said. FROM POSTDOC TO INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR The agency now offers a collection of "K22"...RNA project to create language for scientists worldwide
... of RNA scientists. Members will also report their progress at the annual RNA Society meetings and receive feedback from the wider community of researchers. The ontology team will identify all RNA motifs, or repeated patterns, mentioned in the literature or appearing in databases, to agree upon and write a de...Tiny scaffolding allows stem cells to become working fat cells
...ngineering at Ohio State University, reported this progress in the current issue of the journal Tissue Engineering. "There is a serious shortage of transplantable organs available for thousands of patients nationally," Kniss said. "One ultimate goal of this work might be creating new tissue that could serve e...New insights into skin blistering disease pop up
...leins in a patient with pemphigus in order to make progress into the development of more targeted therapy for this disease. The authors engineered antibodies like those found in the pemphigus patient, then showed that the antibodies inactivate desmogleins and have harmful effects on skin cells in culture. ...Wine, music and schizophrenia genes
...tinued funding, research could produce significant progress in terms of turning these genetic factors into potential treatments," Brzustowicz said. "I and all of Linda's colleagues are optimistic that her work on schizophrenia genetics may one day lead to better treatments and reduced morbidity," said Jay Tis...'Chemical dynamic' duo aids Navy
...xity of scientific models increases, computational progress is often best advanced by the collaboration of individuals with widely differing backgrounds," said U of M chemistry professor Donald Truhlar, the principal investigator for the project. "Combining our expertise with that of PNNL produces a team that...As the protein folds: The tail of the gene tells the tale of Machado-Joseph disease
...ltering this region of the gene can accelerate the progress of the disease. "The secret of ataxin-3 is that regions near the start of the protein can counterbalance the toxicity conferred by the excessive polyglutamine repeats in the mutant protein," Bonini said. "In fact, we found evidence that mutant ataxi...Alcoholism reduces male heart's ability to synthesize protein; possible therapy target?
...ly a contributing factor for the precipitation and progress of the disease," according to Thomas C. Vary, the lead researcher, working with Joseph M. Leese, an undergraduate summer research fellow and Scot R. Kimball. Changes in protein metabolism would be expected to influence the expression of proteins that...Infants needing a heart transplant can accept organs from different blood types
...tal and infant mice and later, human babies, whose progress has been tracked for more than eight years. The Protocol has now been adopted at 15 medical centers around the world with similar successes at each of the centers. "We found that the acceptance in mice and in humans occurs through the same processes...Ebola virus: from wildlife to dogs
...sent. This research work as a whole indicates the progress that has been made over the past years in the understanding the ways in which the virus circulates in its natural environment. Although the reservoir has not yet been identified, investigations are under way to identify the stages which, starting fro......eetings, where TGen researchers discuss scientific progress and review budgets and timelines. By understanding...is research, Mr. Thurston will stay connected with progress through the lab and will play an integral role in helping improve productivity thus shaving time fro...