NSF awards $4.5 million to researchers for study of protein folding mechanisms
...s. The award is one of three awarded by the NSF totaling $14 million given to researchers at UCLA, Stanford, UC Davis, Texas A&M, Michigan State University and the Scripps Research Institute to investigate under-studied or unanswered questions in biology. The researchers are expected to use innovative ...Gene linked to autism in families with more than one affected child
...lopment (NICHD) have discovered. In a large sample totaling 1,231 cases, they traced the connection to a tiny variation in the part of the gene that turns it on and off. People with autism spectrum disorders were more likely than others to have inherited this version, which cuts gene expression by half, likel...InHealth awards two research grants to Stanford University
...required of new medical technologies. The grants, totaling $538,207, are part of InHealth's continuing research mission to bring objective data and perspective to understanding the impact of medical technology on patients and the health care industry. The first study, "The Diffusion of Imaging Technologies...NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective
..., today announced the latest round of grant awards totaling more than $13 million to speed the development of innovative sequencing technologies that reduce the cost of DNA sequencing and expand the use of genomics in medical research and health care. "There has been significant progress over the last sever...New study aims to stop sepsis in its tracks
...alth, launched the project this month with a grant totaling more than $8.4 million over five years. Derek C. Angus, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, leads the consortium, which is a partnership between physicians in emergency medicine and those in critical care medicine. "By...IU, Purdue selected for major NCI biomarker tools initiative
...r, $104 million national program. The five grants, totaling $35.5 million, will establish a collaborative network to assess the proteomics technologies used to improve cancer research and treatment. Proteomics is the study of proteins: their structure, function and how they interact with each other. The goal...Berkeley lab life scientists are leaders in team to detect cancer by studying proteins in the blood
...onal Cancer Institute (NCI) today announced awards totaling over $35.5 million to establish a network of teams that will investigate how to detect cancer by finding cancer-specific proteins and protein patterns in blood samples. The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a leading mem......ulture program has been recognized with two grants totaling $550,000 from NOAA's National Marine Aquaculture Initiative 2006 with an expected total of $1 million over two years, pending congressional appropriations. The grants support two ongoing projects: one that works to improve hatchery and offshore aqua...NIH launches Knockout Mouse Project
...IH) today awarded a set of cooperative agreements, totaling up to $52 million over five years, to launch the K...NIH today awarded five-year cooperative agreements totaling up to $47.2 million to two groups for the creation of the knockout mice lines. Recipients of those a...Cell's fight against cancer revealed
...ing the complex of one LTag and six p53 molecules, totaling more than 50,000 atoms between them. "It's quite a technical achievement, because these are fairly large proteins," Pipas said. Chen said his study gave him new respect for LTag and its parent, Simian Virus 40. SV40 has long been used as a resear...$18 million grant will boost ASU research into mysteries of fatal diseases
.... The new funding comes from one of three grants totaling $54 million awarded by the NHGRI. In addition to the grant to the Microscale Life Sciences Center, $18 million each will go to the Yale Center for Excellence in Genomic Science at Yale University and to establish the Center for In Toto Genomic Analys...Widespread elephant slaughter discovered in Chad
...m discovered five separate elephant massacre sites totaling 100 individuals during a survey made Aug. 3-11 from their small plane. Fay also was on assignment for National Geographic magazine. All the elephants were killed since the end of May 2006, more than 50 of them in the days just before they were found....NHGRI awards $54 million to three Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science
...Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced grants totaling $54 million over five years to establish one new Center of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) and continue support for two existing centers. NHGRI's CEGS program, which was started in 2001, pulls together multi-institution, interdisciplinary te...One therapeutic dose of radiation causes 30 percent spongy bone loss in mice
...eive a series of doses over the course of therapy, totaling 10-70 Gy. (The amount of radiation in a Gy varies, because it is calculated based on the recipient's weight.) The mice were divided into five groups. The control group received no radiation. Each of the remaining four groups received a different ty...Report: Canada's Yellowstone too small for wildlife
...rshed and the adjacent Nahanni Karstlands, an area totaling more than 38,000 square kilometers four times larger than Yellowstone National Park. The report's author, Dr. John Weaver of the Wildlife Conservation Society, said that the park's current narrow boundaries are too small to contain grizzlies, cari...Global patterns of geographic range sizes: A bird's eye view
...of species. Species range areas were calculated by totaling all the cells containing the species. Latitudinal extent was defined as the difference between the northern and southern limits of the vector maps for each breeding range. Species richness was calculated by adding all the species in each cell. Their ...NIH launches clinical studies nationwide to investigate rare diseases
... The RDCRN has received five-year funding awards totaling $71 million and is coordinated primarily by two NIH components--the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) and the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). A central data and technology coordinating center and 10 research consortia will investigate a v...Interdisciplinary team develops guidelines for treating severely injured patients
...s project was launched in 2001 with a 5-year award totaling $37 million. "This program shows how partnerships between clinical and basic researchers can speed the pace of improving medical practices," said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "Combining cutting-edge basic science tools with clinical know-how ...USC receives first round of stem cell training funds
...les received the largest portion of the new funds, totaling $1.38 million. The Keck School's grant was called "very thoughtful" by CIRM's Research Funding Working Group and was one of several grants announced last September by the Independent Citizen's Oversight Committee, or ICOC, the group charged with gove...Identity theft, cancer detection among interactive demos at UH event
...demonstrations to win software and hardware prizes totaling $5,000. Area high school students will be eligibl..., judged by UH faculty and the public, with prizes totaling $2,000. Advance registration is only required for the teams participating in the programming contes...