Forsyth scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation
...m cells and their neighbors, provides an important roadmap for learning about regeneration. These findings suggest that similar mechanisms may be extraordinarily relevant for controlling the behavior of migratory, plastic cells. Further analysis in both planarians and in vertebrates will provide crucial op...Energy department selects 3 Bioenergy Research Centers for $375 million in federal funding
...ellulosic Ethanol. The report provides a detailed roadmap for cellulosic ethanol research, identifying key roadblocks and areas where scientific breakthroughs are needed and is available at http://genomicsgtl.energy.gov/biofuels/b2bworkshops.html ....Nanotechnology requires immediate changes in EPA
...evaluation, J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, provides a roadmap for a new EPA to better handle the challenges of nanotechnology. New nanomaterials and nanotechnology products are entering the market each week, and an adequate oversight system is necessary to identify and minimize any adverse effects of nano mater...Plants that produce more vitamin C may result from UCLA-Dartmouth discovery
...en the first six steps in vitamin C synthesis to a roadmap in which there are multiple possible routes from glucose to a variety of cellular compounds. Once the GDP-L-galactose compound takes the exit marked "VTC2," however, the atoms are reconfigured to make vitamin C. The remaining three steps, like a curv...Researchers create interactive map with Google technology to track avian flu spread
...pread of the avian flu, known as H5N1, to create a roadmap of viral spread in time and space, said CU-Boulder ecology and evolutionary biology Assistant Professor Robert Guralnick, a study co-author. The team projected genetic and geographic information onto an interactive globe using Google Earth technolog...Breathing easy: When it comes to oxygen, a bug's life is full of it
... will assess these new developments and consider a roadmap for future research, said Kirkton. The symposium, which is also sponsored by the London-based Journal of Physiology, will feature the following speakers: Gabriel Haddad, of the University of California, San Diego, will speak on the "Genetic basis...Alternative-fuels pioneer receives first-ever $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
...ngly recognized of late. For example, a recent DOE roadmap states, CBP is widely considered to be the ultimate low-cost configuration for cellulose hydrolysis and fermentation. The difference of opinion is how long it will take, said Lynd. Most people still think CBP is a decade off, but I think we can g...Major gene study uncovers secrets of leukemia
...ds for treating pediatric ALL, but also provides a roadmap for the identification of unsuspected mutations in adult cancers. ALL is a tumor in which immature white blood cells that normally develop into immune system cells, called B or T lymphocytes, instead multiply rapidly and overwhelm the normal blo...Worldwide research network needed to really understand what is changing in the Arctic
...eally important." The committee's report was "a roadmap to really learn how the Arctic is changing. We need to do this in a much more organized manner than is being done right now," he said. Lyons also said that aside from the current AON activity in the U.S. through the National Science Foundation, th...Scientists find method to pick noncompetitive animals, improve production
... to production. "This selection methodology is a roadmap to improving the breeding of domesticated animals," Muir said. "The tool also could allow us to domesticate more species as readily available food sources, such as cannibalistic shellfish and game fish." ...Earliest fungi may have found multiple solutions to propagation on land, new study infers
...y into a receiving cell. The scientists' genetic roadmap also pinpoints a location the next branch down the evolutionary "tree" where the animal kingdom diverged from the fungi, Vilgalys said. And evidence suggests that most of those earliest animals got around with the aid of flagellae....Research holds promise for herpes vaccine
... to the same "wild-type" strain. "We have a clear roadmap for producing an effective live vaccine against genital herpes," said Halford, who works in MSU's Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology. "Although my studies were performed with HSV-1, the implications for HSV-2-induced genital herpes are clear....Winning the oil endgame in America to be discussed at NJIT forum
...fornia, Santa Barbara. Glasgow will chart a clear roadmap for getting the United States completely, attractively, and profitably off oil. This roadmap integrates several technological components for displacing oil: using oil twice as efficiently, subs...Mars mission Risk 29: Scientists research ways to reduce radiation-induced brain damage
...push to put a man on Mars, NASA has sketched out a roadmap laying out 45 risks to astronauts in a space mission that is likely to last two years. Those risks include accelerated bone loss, motion sickness, the inability to treat minor illnesses, an inadequate quantity of food and the possibility of "interper...DOE to invest $250 million in new bioenergy centers
...ellulosic Ethanol. The report provides a detailed roadmap for cellulosic ethanol research, identifying key roadblocks and areas where scientific breakthroughs are needed. The proposal deadline for this funding opportunity is February 1, 2007. DOE's Office of Science will provide $25 million in the first...DOE publishes research roadmap for developing cleaner fuels
...TL program is poised to help do just that." The roadmap responds directly to the goal recently announced b...the President's Advanced Energy Initiative. The roadmap identifies the research required for overcoming challenges to the large-scale production of cellulos...Progress being made in exploring potential use of stem cells to treat heart disease
...ny obstacles to overcome, it is significant that a roadmap of the derivation and use of stem cells for human heart disease is now conceivable." In the Nature article, Srivastava and Ivey point to several challenges ahead: Developing the ability not only to guide and expand stem cells into the cardiac linea...Scientists find gene in obese mice that increases type 2 diabetes
...e scientists searching for those genes in people a roadmap to help locate a new "genetic bottleneck" that contributes to the onset of type 2 diabetes in humans. "We hope this is replicating what happens in humans," Attie says. "Our work covered a lot of genetic real estate, and it should help others drill do...New title on nutritional genomics now available
...tle/productCd-0471683191.html ) provides a genomic roadmap that helps navigation of the many scientific data on food bioactives, human clinical studies, animal models, and population genetics. World-renowned experts in the field of nutrigenomics have contributed their latest breakthroughs and insights to cre...Earth Rx: A microbial biotechnology prescription for global environmental health
...at a symposium held at ASU last April to work on a roadmap for biology-based solutions to turn these threats into opportunities. The culmination of the workshop was a paper published as the cover story in the latest issue of Environmental Science & Technology ( http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag/...