Toward a less expensive, more convenient treatment of Gaucher's disease
...-fold. Gaucher's (go-SHAYZ) disease is rare, but ranks as the most common lysosomal storage disorder and genetic disorder affecting Jewish people of Eastern European ancestry. Individuals with Gaucher's disease, which can be fatal, produce a defective form of GC, a critical enzyme that breaks down a fatt...Rice tapped for model programs merging teaching, research
...ssors Bonnie Bartel and Jennifer West to the elite ranks of its HHMI Professor program. The highly competitive program provides four-year, $1 million grants for top-flight researchers to develop innovative programs that combine undergraduate teaching and research. HHMI also announced continued funding toda...Mars challenge is protecting humans from long space travel and heavy metal ion bombardment
...scular deconditioning that occur among the growing ranks of our elderly and sedentary population." In concluding, he noted that the "wonder of physiology is that all of the changes we experience in space are the body's automatic adaptations to the new physical environment. They are physiologically appropr...The American Association for Cancer Research provides support for promising cancer scientists
...ect research expenses as researchers move from the ranks of early career scientists to faculty status. Each award provides a twoyear grant of $50,000 per year. AACR-Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation CareerDevelopment Award in Translational or Prevention Lung Cancer Research, given in memory of Llo...Studies examine associations between provider characteristics and mortality rates in ovarian cancer
...nd from whom to seek medical care. Ovarian cancer ranks fourth in cancer death in U.S. women and was expected to have claimed more than 16,000 lives in 2004. It is typically a disease of women in their sixth or seventh decade. To examine the association between hospital case volume and procedure-specific ...New Zealand tops environmental scorecard at World Economic Forum in Davos
New Haven, Conn. -- New Zealand ranks first in the world in environmental performance, a...erland, at the World Economic Forum on January 26, ranks Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom two to five respectively. The top-ranked cou...'Fish with chips' reporting from ocean top highlights at Census of Marine Life mid-point
...n Pacific Ocean top the highlightsfrom the growing ranks of researchers conducting theglobal Census of Marine Life at its 2005 mid-point. A Census project tagging thousands of endangeredsalmon to chart their individual travels, withprofound implications for protection of threatenedstocks, will expand its a...New study pinpoints epicenters of Earth's imminent extinctions
...ties, the study's authors state. The United States ranks among the ten countries with the most sites. These include Torrey Pines in California, a cave in West Virginia, a pond in Mississippi, and six sites in Hawaii. The whooping crane and the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker are two spectacul...Fisheries science student describes new species of mussel
...of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech consistently ranks among the top five programs of its kind in the nation. Faculty members stress both the technical and human elements of natural resources and instill in students a sense of stewardship and land-use ethics. Areas of studies include environmental resour...EMBO elects 40 top researchers to its membership
...asis ofproven excellence in research and joins the ranks of over 1,200 of Europe's foremostresearchers. EMBO membership elections take place annually. Selection as an EMBO memberrecognises the key work being carried out by the chosen researchers in Europe andidentifies them as among the very best in their ...Ossur one of Europe's 500 fastest growing companies
...r of prosthetic and orthotic devices, has made the ranks of Europe's fastest growing companies. Ossur was ...hes, targets and selects high-growth companies and ranks them according to their David Birch Employee Growth Index. The listing is intended to focus attentio...USC neuroscientist to receive Prince of Asturias prize
...n in English-speaking countries, the Asturiasprize ranks among the world's highest honors for influence andselectivity. Damasio was the sole winner in the scientific category.Past recipients include Craig Venter, who led the team thatmapped the human genome; Judah Folkman, whodiscovered how to kill tumor ...The relationship between lawns and allergies and asthma
... Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America annually ranks allergy capitals. In 2004, Dallas / Fort Worth, Austin, Tulsa and Oklahoma City all ranked within the Top 10 of 100 American allergy capitals. Allergy is a genetic susceptibility to the IgE anti-body, which is present within the body of an allergy su...Allergies affect 15 million people in UK, says Professor
...hout the western world, especially in UK which now ranks as having amongst the highest levels of these conditions. Professor Aziz Sheikh says: "The rarer, potentially more serious systemic allergic disorders such as food allergy, nettle rash (urticaria), swelling of the tissues (angioedema) and the potent...Study shows eutrophic lakes may not recover for a millennium
...the rich, dark soils of Wisconsin farm country. It ranks as one of the most studied lakes in the world, and in recent decades has experienced a steady decline in water quality due to accelerated runoff and the resulting eutrophication. But the lake is similar in most respects to lakes anywhere in the world...Vampires beware: Scripps scientists describe molecular basis of raw garlic's pungency
...Caused Bad Breath for Thousands of Years Garlic ranks second only to salt, perhaps, in terms of flavoring humans have added to food throughout history. The plant originated in the wilds of Central Asia, and it appears in ancient writings by the Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, and Chinese cultures as far b...Aeras and UCLA announce license deal for new TB vaccine
...rin, or BCG, as a delivery vehicle. "Tuberculosis ranks among the world's most important diseases; yet it has received relatively little attention in the highly industrialized nations," said Dr. Horwitz, UCLA professor of medicine and microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics. "I am pleased that th...Brown wins major award to improve environment, protect RI health
...ded this year. This brings the University into the ranks of institutions such as Harvard, Dartmouth, Columbia and Duke, which have multiproject grants under the $51-million program. "Brown's project features first-rate science," Suk said. "Researchers are addressing important issues regarding health and en...NASH clinical research network launches new trial for treatment of liver disease
...ewly diagnosed cases of chronic liver disease, and ranks as one of the leading causes of cirrhosis in the United States, following hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease. Characteristics of the disease include abnormal liver enzyme levels, liver cell injury, inflammation and fibrosis in the liver, and exc...William C. Aird, MD, receives Established Investigator Award from American Heart Association
... research affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and ranks third in National Institutes of Health funding among independent hospitals nationwide. BIDMC is clinically affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and is a research partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. BIDMC is the official hospital of th...