Stanford environmental molecular science institute will study pollutants, one molecule at a time
... Laboratory, as well as quantum chemical theory-to unravel the structure and properties of solid surfaces and water; determine how microbial biofilms adhere to solid surfaces and interact with heavy metals; and identify the molecular structure of arsenic, chromium, lead, mercury and other pollutants that are...Tufts Veterinary School scientists decode Cryptosporidium genome
...ntify potential drug and vaccine targets, but also unravel key biological characteristics that might help explain the difference between the pathogen that infects humans only and C. parvum, which is transmitted between humans and animals." ...Single genetic defect links many risk factors for heart disease and stroke
...researchers are hopeful their discovery could help unravel the complex genetic and environmental factors that cause a range of metabolic disorders. The researchers, led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Richard P. Lifton, who is at Yale University School of Medicine, published their findings O......epression. We need to study this system further to unravel this question." Even as they made their discovery, the researchers grasped the potential significance of the FGF finding. "It's a new direction for depression research to go," says Evans. "Given the known roles of this FGF family in neural developmen...