American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
... pursuit: Instrument makers harness technology to pursue budding applications for their tools This story will be available on August 15 at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/business/85/8533bus1.html FOR ADVANCE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michael Bernstein ACS News Service Phone: 202-872-6042 Fax: 202-872-4370 Emai...AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
...; authorize programs to encourage U.S. students to pursue S&T careers; and create a new DOE agency to fund high-risk, high-reward energy research. Biomedical advances: Lawmakers in both chambers would add more than $1 billion to the White Houses spending plan for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) bu...Universe's stringy birth revealed by young Czech scientist in EURYI winning project
...Heads of Research Councils (EuroHORCS) to help him pursue his project and build on five years of hard work culminating in the solution of an equation in string field theory that had gone unsolved for 20 years. The elegance and beauty of the solution have been widely praised in a field that is highly regarde......tion. They have also identified gene candidates to pursue as possible anthrax drug targets. They say the methods they used to detect the microbes activities should become important new tools for other researchers. Ultimately, the goal in this and other related research is to discover more effective, more...Under magnetic force, nanoparticles may deliver gene therapy
...o deliver gene therapy. Levy said his team would pursue further studies into the feasibility of using the nanoparticles for gene therapy in blood vessels damaged by vascular disease. He suggested that the nanoparticles might find broader application, such as delivering gene therapy to tumors, or carrying ...UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute partners with Abraxis BioScience
...and Abraxis researchers the opportunity to jointly pursue innovative approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of life threatening diseases, leveraging the complementary resources and skills of both organizations. To further support the partnership, visiting scholars from other institutions will also partic...Report recommends off-site disposal of secondary waste
...e disposal is severely limited, and recommends CMA pursue off-site shipment, as long as it adheres to and enforces packing, shipping, monitoring, and treatment restrictions. Decontamination solutions are used to wash work areas and decontaminate workers prior to removal of their suits. They are analyzed ...Scientists find endangered grey-shanked doucs in Vietnam
...nd funding programs. When I gave up economics to pursue my passion for wildlife, I never dreamed that I would be able to make such an impact, Duong said. I look forward to continuing my work at the site to ensure that this population is protected. The doucs are located in the proposed Central Quang Nam ...Critical protein prevents DNA damage from persisting through generations
...en collaborators for more than a decade, intend to pursue the molecular mechanisms by which these chromosomal translocations occur. "I think it's important to understand them," he says, "because eventually we might be able to prevent these dangerous chromosome fusions."...Damon Runyon names new class of rising stars in cancer research
...the nation's most promising young investigators to pursue careers in cancer research by providing them with independent funding to work on innovative projects. The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has committed more than $140 million to support the careers of cancer researchers across the United Sta...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...objectives, and a structure to enable it toquickly pursue promising scientific and technological developments,"said Keasling. "In addition, the DOE JBEI will seek collaborationswith companies that have relevant scientific and market capabilitiesin energy, agribusiness, and biotechnology." The Joint BioEne...CSHL awarded Pre-College Science Education Grant by HHMI
...hes Medical Institute (HHMI). The program we will pursue will be a model for how research institutions can interact with large school systems and transform science education for urban students, said David Micklos, Executive Director of CSHLs Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC). CSHLs program will add six ...Study could impact noninvasive treatment of cancer tumors
...w temperatures. Both Devireddy and Monroe plan to pursue this project, citing their teamwork as a driving factor in the effectiveness of their research and teaching. The benefit of having each other to cross-train our students also better prepares them for future careers in bioengineering research, said M...Dartmouth professor makes case for ethically universal stem cell lines
...to being universally acceptable. I think we can pursue hESC research and also respect the sensitivities of our fellow citizens. Its not impossible to do both, says Green, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, and the faculty director of the Dartmouth Ethics Insti...Studies to find better ways to preserve human eggs, ovarian tissue under way
...ork faster, better and cheaper in embryos. They pursue the potential of egg preservation as well to really find out which is the best option: ovarian tissue or pure eggs. Also, a better way to preserve eggs which last about 24 hours outside the body without preservation would reduce the cost and logist...Washington University in St. Louis to invest $55 million for renewable energy research
...leagues at Washington University. We will actively pursue joint initiatives that enlist key research strengt...th in the School of Law. The university aspires to pursue and to demonstrate best practices with respect to its facilities design and development, and its use...Michael R. Zalutsky receives SNM's 2007 Paul C. Aebersold Award
...reating an environment where I could independently pursue research interests, which at the time, were beyond the traditional domain of nuclear medicine." Zalutsky received his masters degree and doctorate in nuclear chemistry from Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Prior to joining the faculty of Duke ...Genomic signatures identify targeted therapies for lung cancer
...tures" will give clinicians the tools they need to pursue alternatives to the traditional blunt force of chemotherapy. Following this test, patients might be treated with drugs that specifically target the faulty pathway, the researchers said. "Traditional chemotherapy is not always effective," said Anil ...Blood test may help signal tumor's remission, return in throat cancer patients
...hroat cancer early on, when there is still time to pursue a second line of treatment, such as surgery or drug therapy. Cancers of the head and neck are insidious because surgical removal of the tumor can severely impair a persons ability to talk and to swallow, said NIDCD Director, James F. Battey, Jr., ......t notification process, the company has decided to pursue that route of market clearance based on the preliminary discussions with the agency. The prognostic gene signature was developed entirely from FFPE samples. Designed to help clinicians determine the risk of cancer recurrence in patients diagnose...