Burnham Institute awarded $13 M for Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology
...y is a vitally important research effort that will spur the development of novel technologies to diagnose and treat heart, lung, and blood diseases," said Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., director of the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH. "The program brings together bioengineers, materials sc...Textbook explanation of mRNA translation may need rethinking
...pplicable to higher organisms as well. This should spur more research in the field to confirm or disprove the findings and give us a clearer picture of RNA translation. In particular, the present clarification of the translocation process at the biochemical level may allow a deeper understanding of how re...Soil fertility in the tropics can be influenced by landscape and precipitation, study finds
...mate and land use change. Hopefully our study will spur additional and much-needed research into the spatial patterns of nutrient availability of other tropical landscapes."...Researchers pinpoint genes that drive spread of breast cancer to lungs
...ime the researchers set out to identify genes that spur metastasis of cancer cells to lung, and to demonstrate that those genes play a role in the establishment of human tumors. "Reasoning as biologists, we felt that when tumor cells escape into circulation and reach the various organs, these organs are a...Discovery of new dopamine action may yield alternative psychiatric drugs
...on, cell death and the cell proliferation that can spur cancer, the researchers added. Therefore, similar mechanisms might also underlie other disease pathways....Global scientific research project launched to improve understanding of the human brain
...cated methods of measuring a brain's functions. To spur developments in this new research field, called neuroinformatics, the seven founding countries (the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States) have set up the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facil...DOE publishes roadmap for new biological research for energy and environmental needs
...dustry, the research laid out in this roadmap will spur growth in a new industrial biotechnology sector," Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman said. "Microbes can be used for processes and products that can serve as an engine for economic competitiveness in the 21st century." The roadmap traces the path...NIH launches major program to transform clinical and translational science
...i, M.D., today announced a new program designed to spur the transformation of clinical and translational research in the United States, so that new treatments can be developed more efficiently and delivered more quickly to patients. "We are truly at a crossroads in medicine," Zerhouni said. "The scient...Haplotype map offers new insights into human disease, evolution
... Nature paper. Moreover, the HapMap project helped spur a remarkable advance in the technology for testing genetic variations in DNA, making it possible to undertake comprehensive studies in large patient samples. Stacey Gabriel, director of the Broad Institute's Genetic Analysis platform, and an author o...Common viruses may cause cancer
...ions in the number or structure of chromosomes can spur tumor formation is more than a century old. Such aberrations--known collectively as "aneuploidy"--arise in two principal ways: as a consequence of abnormal cell division, or as a result of cell fusion. By either mechanism, the resulting aneuploid cel...Global signaling study suggests cancer link to protein promiscuity
...icated in many human cancers have the potential to spur indiscriminate biochemical signaling inside cells, chemists at Harvard University have found. Their finding may expand scientists' current understanding of oncogenesis -- that cancer arises when an oncoprotein becomes overactive, ramping up the bioch...Scientists map one of biology's critical light-sensing structures
... light to guide their development. It will likely spur a rush by scientists to capitalize on the new knowledge and may one day lead to such things as plants whose growth, flowering and death can be precisely manipulated. "We can now start changing how phytochromes work in a rational way to improve how pl...UF scientists say stem cells may trigger bone cancer
...nerate the bulk of a malignant tumor, then help to spur on its growth. "Most current chemotherapeutic regimens are developed against the bulk tumor and therefore may not affect the small number of malignant stem cells, allowing recurrence and even metastasis," Gibbs said. Osteosarcoma is the most commo...NJIT engineer poised to take stem cell research a step forward
...ents who have cartilage damage. She and Jaffe will spur cartilage regeneration by combing stem cells with bio-degradable scaffolds that mimic fibers found in human cartilage tissue. They will test different scaffolds and determine which biomaterial is the best catalyst for stem cell differentiation. Again...Role of the nervous system in regulating stem cells discovered
...ich is synthesized by certain seaweeds, could also spur the stem cells into action. The group speculated that the seaweed derivative might work by imitating a similar compound, called sulfatide, naturally present in mammalian tissues. To test the idea, the researchers examined mice lacking the enzyme resp...Discoveries may advance stem cell therapy for Parkinson's, cancer patients
...ich is synthesized by certain seaweeds, could also spur the stem cells into action. The group speculated that the seaweed derivative might work by imitating a similar compound, called sulfatide, naturally present in mammalian tissues. To test the idea, the researchers examined mice lacking the enzyme resp...Scientists re-engineer a well-known antibiotic to counter drug resistance
...r said. "We hope that our pioneering efforts will spur further research into the development of more potent antibiotics."...ASPB supports the President's research initiatives
...ssions, reduce the nation's growing trade deficit, spur local economies, and help serve as a stabilizing effect against future energy price shocks," Dr. Thomashow said. The DOE and USDA report Dr. Thomashow cited is "Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility...Ancient DNA helps UF researchers unearth potential hemophilia therapy
...rs may be one step closer to finding a safe way to spur production of this missing protein in patients with the most common form of the hereditary bleeding disorder. Using a dormant strand of DNA that has quietly existed in fish for millions of years, the researchers replaced the faulty gene responsible f...Undergrads compete for American Physiological Society Bruce awards at Experimental Biology
...light the academic abilities of undergraduates and spur these students to even greater academic heights. Take the third annual David S. Bruce Undergraduate Research Awards, for instance. These awards, sponsored by The American Physiological Society (APS), recognize excellence in undergraduate research. Th...