New screening test proves earlier, more accurate predictor for Down syndrome
...ogram can be found at http://www.MFMF.org . Women seeking this early screening should seek healthcare professionals with appropriate ultrasound training and who participate in ongoing quality monitoring programs. Programs should provide sufficient information and resources for counseling regarding the diff...AACR-NCI-EORTC international conference
...ists and other professionals from around the world seeking to share the latest information in this field, otherwise known as molecular targets of cancer. More than 3,000 scientists and clinicians including top executives and researchers from hundreds of pharmaceutical and biotech companies are gatherin...Grid bridges 4,800 miles for molecular repositories
...ol, Birkbeck, Nottingham and York. Researchers are seeking to learn more about some of the most fundamental building blocks of life. According to Doug Ray, chief research officer at PNNL, collaboration with researchers at these institutions, which rank among the world leaders in biological science, positions...Innovative research set to push boundaries of cancer care
...kidneys. For those reasons, researchers have been seeking an agent that protects normal tissue against these effects. Although one such drug, Amifostine, is now on the market, it carries toxicities of its own which has limited its use. Now, researchers have studied how a nanoparticle, a soccer ball-shaped ...Studies show apo A-I Milano gene transfer and antibody therapy cut atherosclerotic plaque
...processes leading to plaque formation and rupture, seeking new ways to treat and even prevent atherosclerosis. Apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) is a protein that becomes part of HDL, or "good" cholesterol. About 25 years ago, a family in northern Italy was found by Italian researchers to have a mutation in the ...Information & communications technologies key to sustainable development in Africa: UNU
...ties in the industrialized world. At WSIS, UNU is seeking funds to support the further development of AFUNET...ve has already facilitated action. At WSIS, UNU is seeking financial support for online environment-related course development and joint-educational programmes...Surprise! Computer scientists model the exclamation point
...is not about a specific observer, but any observer seeking to pick out a message from its noisy environment, or send one with an assurance it will be read accurately, according to Itti, a research assistant professor in the Viterbi School's department of computer science. But the same noisy environmental buz...UF, Columbia scientists closer to new cancer detection method
... Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface, is seeking to patent the technology in conjunction with UF. He has been issued four U.S. patents for his work in the past two years. "In your body, if you want to detect a molecule that coexists with many other molecules, you have to sort through the signals fr...New book on rain forests, slash-and-burn agriculture
...mers to feed their families and by other interests seeking to convert forests to agriculture. The loss of the forests threatens Earth's biodiversity and climate. The new book also identifies the costs and benefits of alternative uses of forests and cleared land in several benchmark sites throughout the devel...'Survival' genes hold key to healthy brains in babies and the elderly
...Now, scientists at the University of Edinburgh are seeking to identify brain's 'survival' genes which lie dormant in unused brain cells, but are re-awakened in active brain cells. These awakened genes make the brain cells live longer and resist traumas such as disease, stroke and the effects of drugs, and ar...New study finds common herbal supplement helps to reduce cocaine cravings
...all inpatient study (n=15) involving non-treatment seeking cocaine-dependent subjects. In this phase of research, subjects were asked to look at pictures that were either neutral (e.g., trees, boats) or cocaine-related (e.g., drug paraphernalia). Those individuals treated with NAC reported less craving for...Researchers uncover remarkable developmental pathway
...phere of a few thousand cells. The scientists were seeking to understand more about the regulatory role of a family of proteins called bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). Certain BMPs are known to be key regulators of the dorsoventral (back-to-belly) patterning of embryos. In such patterning, dorsal cells di...Fish gene sheds light on human skin color variation
...del systems like zebrafish is a great paradigm for seeking understanding of other complex diseases such as diabetes or heart disease," Cheng said. The team started with the recently released HapMap a free and publicly accessible database of DNA sequence variation in the human genome. When researchers look...Scientists sequence DNA of woolly mammoth
...nd Penn State University. The researchers now are seeking funding for the completion of the mammoth genome sequence and hope to conduct detailed comparative studies that include the genomes of African and Indian elephants....Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say
...onger term livelihoods of the communities they are seeking to help. For fishers, the grim possibility that efforts to rebuild might actually send their communities on a downward path to economic misery is very real." WorldFish says data on fish stocks is lacking for the specific places most affected by the ...UCLA scientists uncover mechanism of response to targeted therapy
...cancer patients every year. Typically, scientists seeking a target for a new cancer therapy start work in cell lines andthen advance to laboratory animals to test their theories. Working backward from responsesin clinical trials is unusual, Thomas said. Responses observed in clinical studies led researchers...York researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land
.... A tree, for instance, is effectively a big pump, seeking out water, and if we can redeploy the enzyme which degrades the explosive making it harmless, it combines the capabilities of soil bacteria with the high biomass and uptake properties in plants "We are using an enzyme already existing in the soil but...Progress needed on global regime for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing
...how to set fair and practical conditions for users seeking genetic resources. In return, these users must offer benefits such as profits, royalties, scientific collaboration, or training. Until recently, all plants, animals and microorganisms were considered to be part of the common heritage of humankind. Fo...Satellite portrait of global plant growth will aid climate research
...l monitoring capability for Europe. Researchers seeking to follow the carbon Carbon's unique compound-forming properties underpin all life on Earth. They also mean this many-formed element is abundant not only in the biosphere but also in the geosphere, ocean and atmosphere, undergoing exchange often ra...18 million hours of supercomputing time awarded to 15 teams for large-scale scientific computing
...ir allocations. One University of Chicago group is seeking to increase our understanding of accretion in the cosmos through simulation and experiment by modeling an experiment being done at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab to understand magneto-rotational instability. Another group, from Sandia Livermore, is...