High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
... many cancer therapies because of its potential to tackle both primary tumors and metastatic cancers that have spread to other organs -- all without the need for surgery, the research team reported in the Journal of Translational Medicine on Aug. 3 (a provisional version appeared online on July 11). The wor...Link identified between Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
... have shown that drugs for Alzheimer's disease can tackle glaucoma, then potentially we could use damaged retina to screen Alzheimer's drugs that target beta-amyloid build up."...Scientists find stem cell switch
... this understanding we can start to devise ways to tackle it, said research leader Professor Liam Dolan, of the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK. The research team determined that the hormone ethylene regulates cell division in root stem cells. Ethylene is known to play a role in perceiving and communicat...FDA Nanotechnology Task Force takes positive step forward
...and positive step forward in the agencys effort to tackle the new scientific and regulatory challenges posed by nanotechnology. The Task Force is clear and candid in acknowledging the pervasive potential of nanotechnology to affect virtually every product category FDA regulatesfrom pharmaceuticals and de......logy. His microfluidics chips, which he designs to tackle problems in fields including structural genomics, systems biology, microbial ecology, and synthetic chemistry, are akin to having a fully automated laboratory on a postage stamp-sized wafer. Remember the early days of electronics with all of those bi...Nature's secrets yield new adhesive material
...ults are extremely promising, his group still must tackle several practical problems before it can scale up its research. Any time that you fabricate an array of nano pillars of this type over large areas, you must have a very effective way of doing it without losing the efficacy of the approach, said Mess...Researchers use new approach to predict protein function
...ey pioneered will help scientists more efficiently tackle the problem of understanding these and other unknown proteins. There are 4 1/2 million protein sequences in the sequence databanks, and maybe the functions are known for, can be assigned to, half of those with some reliability, Gerlt said. That t...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
... The Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers will tackle key scientificproblems that currently hinder the cost-effective conversion oflignocellulose into biofuels and other important chemicals. They willalso develop the tools and infrastructure to accelerate futurebiofuel research and production efforts, a...University of Arizona launches major scientific research initiative at Biosphere 2
...day announced a major new scientific initiative to tackle the grand challenges facing science and society, i...n inspiring place for researchers to gather and to tackle problems that science and society will face now and in the future. "At Biosphere 2, we will addres...Invertebrate immune systems are anything but simple, conference finds
...tebrates might help us to better engineer drugs to tackle these debilitating diseases in humans. Insects can also boost their immune systems ready for a pathogen invasion. Female bedbugs, which are often wounded during mating, enhance their immune system prior to mating in anticipation of pathogen invas...New tumor markers -- 'Spot the differences'
...de are potential diagnostic markers and targets to tackle when developing new anti-cancer treatments. Finally, we generated antibodies that detect the proteins coded by some of the messages. Using a microscope and colour-labelled antibodies, we managed to dye PC cells and to distinguish them from cells of ...Recycling is not enough -- we need to consume less
... We should be among the first countries to tackle consumption by making innovative and transformative producer responsibility agreements. We could be much more ambitious in our recycling targets. We should try harder on construction and demolition waste. We should develop more closed loo...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
...lves off fossil fuels, the sooner we'll be able to tackle the climate problem,'' said Sally Benson, executive director of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) and professor of energy resources engineering. ''But the idea that we can take fossil fuels out of the mix very quickly is unrealistic. We're...University of Manchester researchers reveal clues to new genes behind rheumatoid arthritis
...dly herald major advances in how we understand and tackle disease in the future." The findings have been welcomed by Dr Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity. The Wellcome Trust not only funded the WTCCC, but also co-funded the Human Genome Project and Hap...Conference to examine role technology can play in managing health care costs
...om many traditional disciplines to collaborate and tackle the challenges together, Doyle said....Largest ever study of genetics of common diseases published today
...dly herald major advances in how we understand and tackle disease in the future." Further analysis as part of the Consortium will be looking at tuberculosis (TB), breast cancer, autoimmune thyroid disease, multiple sclerosis and ankylosing spondylitis. The results are expected later this year....Avian influenza survivors' antibodies effective at neutralising H5N1 strain
...dies generated using our technique will be able to tackle such a virus," says Professor Lanzavecchia. "Nevertheless, we are encouraged by the broad neutralizing activity of these antibodies in the lab and the moderate doses required." Using administered antibodies has a historical precedent. During the 19...Bigelow Laboratory Scientists develop new approach to study marine microbes
...n unresolved mystery. The cutting-edge approach to tackle this enigma, originally developed for the human genome sequencing project, has been sequencing large quantities of short sections of DNA from the extracts of entire microbial communities, and then assembling these sections back into individual genome......f the field. This intelligence allows an animal to tackle new and unpredictable situations. Domain-general cognitive ability stands in contrast to domain-specific skills that are suited to particular environment challenges, such as a bird remembering where it cached food. The new study compared how well e...Berkeley Lab Life Sciences division awarded NIH grants for fruit fly, nematode studies
...nogaster and C. elegans "should aid our efforts to tackle such questions in humans." Elise Feingold, NHGRI program director in charge of the ENCODE and modENCODE projects, emphasizes the importance of comparing the genomes of model organisms to those of humans. "If a DNA sequence has been conserved throu...