Most common lung cancers may begin in newly discovered cells
...he unique molecular surface of BASCs and track the progress of the naturally arising tumor, Jacks said. The similar genetic activity profile of mouse tumors with K-ras mutations to the profile of human lung cancer samples make the researchers optimistic about the relevance of targeting BASCs for early tumor d...Scientists report tissue engineering success
... LANCET. Tissue engineering has made considerable progress in the past decade, but advances have stopped short of clinical application for most tissues. For elderly patients tissue-engineered arteries could provide grafts for bypass surgery. However, generating robust vessels using cells from elderly donors ...NIH awards $11.9 M to The Burnham Institute to establish the San Diego Chemical Screening Center
...emic researchers to explore novel ideas and enable progress on a broad front against human disease". Information generated by the screening centers will be made available to the public and private sectors through a database maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. The Burnham Institute's compo...APNS sees abnormal cell division as possible precursor of Alzheimer's disease
...discoveries. "We believe we are making significant progress in determining what causes brain cell abnormalities and results in Alzheimer's disease," said Dr. Davies, who is the Judith and Burton P. Resnick Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in The Bronx. "Th...Purdue scientists may have found key to halting spinal cord damage
...ntington's and Alzheimer's diseases - all of which progress slowly and resist treatment - Shi's team decided to see if the chemical was present in another slow-developing, seemingly untreatable condition: the degeneration of the spinal cord after initial traumatic injury. "Unlike most other parts of the body,...Foresight Nanotech Institute launches nanotechnology roadmap
...eing deployed globally and dramatically accelerate progress in the field. I look forward to contributing to th...map effort." "The accelerating pace of nanoscience progress makes it critical that we take arational approach to planning the future developments in productiven...BP Conservation programme marks 15th anniversary
...Programme that have shown exceptional conservation progress and have developed strong, reciprocal relationship...ough our support, these high-potential individuals progress in their careers with the ability to work with communities to collect good quality scientific data a...Oceans turning to acid from rise in CO2
...dification. It also strengthens the case for rapid progress on reducing CO2 emissions."...Scripps research-based center awarded more than $50 million by NIH to solve protein structures
... "This is a tremendous opportunity to make great progress towards understanding how all organisms have evolved and function," says Professor Wilson, who is a member of the Department of Molecular Biology and Scripps Research's Skaggs Institute For Chemical Biology. Along with Wilson and his colleagues at ...Urine test may help monitor disfiguring birthmarks
...lly grow in proportion to the child, but sometimes progress during adolescence or pregnancy, or after surgery or trauma, in rare instances becoming fatal. There are currently no effective drug treatments. Marsha Moses, PhD of Children's Vascular Biology Program, senior investigator on the study, had been stud...Inhaled nitric oxide protects premature infants' brains
...ginal study until they reach age 5 to assess their progress in kindergarten and to learn how teachers rate the children's abilities in the classroom. INO Therapeutics Inc., which supplies nitric oxide for medical use, and the Sheba Foundation supported this study. The two were not involved with the study des...State newborn screening programs advance, but most infants still not fully covered
...r than 10 conditions. "This is a snapshot of the progress that's been made by states in newborn screening over the past year or so," says Dr. Howse. "There is a growing understanding that newborn screening is a simple, safe, and efficient way to prevent a potentially devastating problem. We applaud those ......spontaneously to form tumors should not hinder the progress of stem cell research, since these cells will be used only as precursors to the differentiated cells needed to replenish damaged tissue. In light of the recent cloning of patient-specific human embryonic stem cells by researchers in South Korea, AACR...Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research announced
...d investment in the resources needed to accelerate progress in cancer research. Named after Albert Szent-Gyrgyi, M.D., Ph.D.--recipient of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for his study on Vitamin C and cell respiration--this award embraces and extends his vision of pursuing a cure for cance...UCSB chosen for two NIH Program of Excellence (PEN) in nanotechnology grants
...lth (NIH) are part of NIH's strategy to accelerate progress in medical research through innovative technology and interdisciplinary research. Both research efforts bring together bioengineers, materials scientists, biologists and physicians working in interdisciplinary teams. UCSB will be working with Wash...Identifying the 'signatures' of protons in water
...ed a change from Zundel to Eigen structures as you progress from 8 to 9 water molecules, the change in the low energy bands here is dramatic. The profile for the 9-membered cluster is much like bulk water, but then the 10-membered cluster is again simpler." The study shows that the proton associated with the ...Choline during pregnancy may avoid, reverse some Fetal Alcohol Syndrome nervous disorders
...ng adult offspring." Next steps toward FAS-related progress The rats' alcohol-induced symptoms are somewhat similar to the human babies' FAS symptoms, which include learning disabilities, mental retardation and sleep and suckling disturbances in infancy. Claybaugh believes there is reason to continue research...Siemens Medical solutions pledges $1.5 million to accelerate clinical cancer research
...ng are absolutely essential if we are to make real progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment," states Richard J. O'Reilly, MD, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Chief of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and chair of the selection committee for the D...Researchers make headway in mystery of migraines
...EAL 27 July 2005--Scientists at the MUHC have made progress in understanding what causes migraines. The research, published in the new issue of the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals how gene mutations known to cause a form of inherited migraine--the kind that cause debilitating heada...Researchers pinpoint genes that drive spread of breast cancer to lungs
...he metastatic genes identified, said Massagu. Once progress has been made on that front, Massagu believes the new knowledge could have profound implications for both diagnosis and treatment of breast cancers. "Clinicians tell me that the management of a patient who is likely to relapse -- or likely to relaps...