NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
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...al Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is using laboratory experiments to help answer this questio...ment occurs) and identified the resulting products using multiple techniques. Scientists found that the reactions are complicated and often produce several p...Penn receives grant for initiative to help understand genes' effects on medications
...s to biomedical problems that have not been solved using traditional, disciplinary approaches," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, MD. The NIH initiative, fronted by the National Center for Research Resources, is part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, which is intended to support and transform the...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...r electronics and optoelectronics applications, by using an approach that incorporates new techniques of cr...tional Antibiotics in AquacultureDevelop therapies using naturally occurring bacteriophages and phage-produced enzymes to treat and prevent major bacterial d...Commandeering cellular machinery: recognition mechanism to detect small molecules
... samples which would have been impossible to test using conventional screening methods. However, Doyle an...g technique used to produce them. Doyle envisions using that technique to produce other nuclear receptors that could be the basis for sensing arrays in whic...College students recognized & rewarded for their innovative work
...Computerized microfluidic control for cell biology using Braille display (micro plumbing), University of Mi...oys a piece of rubber in which he has made tunnels using molding and lithographic techniques, then places it on top of a portable Braille display which featu...Talented sniffer: A receptor known for guiding sperm to egg plays a role in the nose
...ersity Bochum, Germany, addressed this question by using a number of experimental approaches. They demonstr...ted the expression of hOR17-4 in the human nose by using standard molecular techniques, whereas they tested and demonstrated the actual function of the recep...Research team develops nonhuman primate model of smallpox infection
...s possible to achieve lethal infection of primates using variola virus, the team next tried to determine whether lower doses of virus would produce a less accelerated disease course. In order to more closely mimic human smallpox, the animal model would include near uniform mortality, but a longer mean time...Daphne Koller named MacArthur Fellow
...een many genes, proteins, metabolites and signals" using computational modeling, and is optimistic that she... with high levels of uncertainty can be approached using algorithms, probabilistic modeling and other computational methods. These tools strive to represent ...Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
...at the rapid increases in strength people get when using the device persist after they stop using it. So, whatever physiological benefit you get, you keep. That's the beauty of it." ...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
...comfortable is being developed by two universities using nature as a guide. The clothing will use the latest in micro technology to produce material which will let in air to cool a wearer when it is hot and shut out air when it is cold. This is similar to a system used by pine cones to open up and emit see...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
...comfortable is being developed by two universities using nature as a guide. The clothing will use the latest in micro technology to produce material which will let in air to cool a wearer when it is hot and shut out air when it is cold. This is similar to a system used by pine cones to open up and emit see...NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
...collections of patient data and design experiments using secure informatics tools for sample management. An...rations needed, a menu of services will be offered using three different technology platforms. When fully operational, the center will be able to process fr...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
... can take as long as seven days to complete a test using conventional methods, Geng said. Other tests rely on DNA markers, but these also can take days to process, he said. That's a problem because by the time test results come back, products may already be in food suppliers' warehouses or on s...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...veys are as good as those from traditional surveys using mailed survey instruments to a larger population, 2) the timeliness of response is greatly enhanced using electronic communication within practice-based research networks, and 3) the validity of results eme...Most promising clinical uses for stem cells from fat agreed on by international society
...e of the technology should be to develop therapies using patients' own cells, as opposed to cells that might be donated by other individuals. Because adipose is both abundantly available and easily accessible, it offers a practical source of stem cells. A key question the group answered was simply what ...Marine Biological Laboratory summer investigator wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
...udying cyclins and the cell cycle in the test tube using the eggs of local surf clams as models. It turned out to be exactly the system that Hershko needed to study what role, if any, ubiquitin played in the process. In collaboration with Robert Palazzo, now at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Hershko det...Muscle-building hand-grips aid systolic blood pressure, carotid AD, endothelial function
... increase in blood flow, was measured in both arms using a technique called flow-mediated dilation (FMD). This technique involves stopping blood flow to the forearm for 5 minutes then measuring the artery's internal diameter with ultrasound after blood flow is reintroduced. After training, systolic blood p...Interactive health information system to detect Japanese encephalitis in Asia
...tis Project. "Surveillance will be made easier by using Voxiva's system to share data. Control of the disease can be improved by getting information to health workers where they need it, when they need it. This can ultimately save people's lives." PATH's effort to reduce the incidence of Japanese...ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
...healthier and safer foods than can be accomplished using traditional plant breeding technologies. Research...rt many childhood deaths. The progress of science using modern technologies, such as biotechnology, is leading to genetically engineered foods that will be ...