A humble aquarium fish may be the key to new therapies for birth defects
...-Krezel. The zebrafish also makes it possible to pursue another, even more promising approach for developing a treatment for Menkes: Testing hundreds or thousands of compounds to see if any can restore proper copper-handling in Calamity mutants. If such a drug can be found, it would be a strong candidate ...Study documents marathon migrations of sooty shearwaters
...implike krill, which they take from the surface or pursue underwater. The electronic tags recorded birds diving to depths as great as 68 meters (225 feet) to capture their prey. Average dive depth was about 14 meters (46 feet). The new study shows that, contrary to previous assumptions, sooty shearwaters ...Germans do well in the third round of EURYI Awards
...to establish independent junior research groups to pursue their projects at research institutions of their c...r will return from the United States to Germany to pursue research at the Institute for High Frequency and Quantum Electronics at the University of Siegen. He...Key fat and cholesterol cell regulator identified, promising target
...of the molecular interface may one day allow us to pursue a more comprehensive approach to the treatment of metabolic syndrome." High levels of cholesterol and lipids are linked to a number of interrelated medical conditions and diseases, including obesity, type II diabetes, fatty liver, and high blood pr...Top researcher-educators receive Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
... encouraging members of underrepresented groups to pursue careers in the sciences. For Biological Sciences Rachel M. Brewster of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is using genetic analysis of zebrafish to understand how the brain and nervous system form during embryonic development. Her effo...Suprising discovery may lead to new understanding of water quality
...new discovery. These x-rays enabled scientists to pursue new knowledge about the structure and function of materials and develop new methods for scientific study. Using the APS, the team was able to take advantage of the technique's spectroscopic sensitivity to identify the way specific ions interact at ...Prion disease agent causes heart damage in mouse study
... "Undoubtedly, this work will enable scientists to pursue new theories about the effects of these deadly brain wasting diseases," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "The implications of this research could be vital to our efforts to slow or stop these diseases." The new research follows last year's...HHMI helps physicians launch careers in research
...urage alumni of these HHMI programs to continue to pursue their interest in research once they accept academic positions. Only alumni of HHMI's medical and dental student research training programs were eligible to apply. "We want to make sure that these talented young physicians, who have already show...Iowa State plant scientists tweak their biopharmaceutical corn research project
...." Lamkey said Iowa State is uniquely qualified to pursue this research because of access to germplasm and "not many places have the genetic transformation capabilities that Iowa State has." Lamkey and Wang are considering breeding the transgene into a higher yielding, better seed producing, transformable c...Long-term changes in experience cause neurons to sprout new long-lasting connections
... HHMI's Janelia Farm Research Campus where he will pursue neurobiology studies and projects in optics and microscopy. In the studies reported in Nature, the researchers used mice that were genetically altered to produce a green fluorescent protein in specific neurons in the neocortex, which is a region of t...UBC researchers find stroke death channel
...unexpected we're now going to change channels and pursue a completely different research direction," says MacVicar, Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience. "This finding offers new possibilities for stroke therapies and reinforces the value of investing in basic science research." When stroke occurs, hemich...HHMI awards $86.4 million for undergraduate science education
...kind when given the resources, time and freedom to pursue challenging questions. The Institute prizes intell...to preserve the autonomy of its scientists as they pursue their research. At Janelia Farm, HHMI's first freestanding campus, small research groups will explor...Damaged Iraq marshes show renewed signs of life
...abs, and tens of thousands more who were unable to pursue their traditional means of livelihood -- fishing, herding water buffalo and hunting -- fled to southern Iran. When Richardson made his first trip to evaluate the marshes shortly after Hussein's downfall, he found that some of the remaining inhabitant...Iraq's marshes show progress toward recovery
...gn to ditch, dike, drain, and burn them. Unable to pursue their traditional means of livelihood--fishing, herding water buffalo, and hunting--tens of thousands of Marsh Arabs fled to southern Iran. US scientists undertook a first assessment of the status of the marshes in June 2003. They found massive but ...UCI among recipients of $3.9 million grant advancing wound healing research
... grant from DARPA will allow this talented team to pursue a number of exciting research avenues that could lead to great breakthroughs in wound healing and ultimately, tissue and limb regeneration. This is particularly important given the large number of soldiers today who suffer from limb loss among major ...Virginia study urges early emphasis on science
... it matter if a person decides early on whether to pursue science? The answer is yes," Tai said. "While the outcome may not be surprising, in light of the many stories we've all heard about the lives of famous scientists, this study put this notion to the test and found a link between early life expectation...Mary-Claire King to receive the 2006 Weizmann Women & Science Award
... has emphasized the need to inspire young women to pursue scientific careers, and I am pleased to see that this issue is now becoming an item of focus on the national agenda." The Award ceremony on June 12 will also include remarks from the Weizmann Institute's Prof. Ruth Arnon, a world-renowned immunologi......system. I find myself putting aside other work to pursue this further as I see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Researchers have suspected since the 1970s that deep reefs lay undiscovered between Miami and Bimini because pieces of reef-building corals had been brought up using surface-operated, d...National Science Foundation awards $15 million grant to Rutgers-led engineering research consortium
...ticle product and process design. "The research we pursue will apply to any organic material where the physical structure will affect how the material behaves," said Alberto Cuitio, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rutgers and the grant's co-principal investigator. Beyond pharmaceutical ......d. This conference is an important opportunity to pursue this multifaceted, multidisciplinary, and multifaith challenge." Other conference sessions include Indic Religions in an Age of Science Positive Psychology and Character Strengths The Emergent Mind Worldviews in Mathematics, Physics & Cosmology...