Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
...is leadership, UT Southwestern researchers hope to unlock some of the complicated questions surrounding mental disorders and addiction, with the objective of finding new and better treatments. Dr. Nestler left Yale University in September 2000 to join UT Southwestern, where he holds the Lou and Ellen McGinl...Mayo collaboration: Discovery blocks breast cancer growth, stimulates immunity
...e cancer to grow unchecked. This new finding helps unlock that mystery and may lead to safer, gentler therapies. "Evidence is emerging that some of the effects of chemotherapy are due to depleting T-regulatory (T-reg) cells," says Keith Knutson, Ph.D., the Mayo Clinic immunology researcher who led the stu...UCI wins $2.4 million grant to study how brain understands language
...f Health grant for $2.4 million over five years to unlock the secrets of how the brain translates sound waves into meaningful language. Greg Hickok, professor of cognitive sciences, will lead a team of scientists from UCI, UC San Diego, the University of Southern California and the University of Iowa in th...St. Jude conducts first large-scale bird flu genome study
..., and we are inviting all of the miners to help us unlock the secrets of influenza." Webster is an internationally renowned expert on bird flu viruses and a co-author of the report that appears in the January 27 issue of Science. St. Jude was uniquely positioned to conduct these studies because it houses ...Researchers probe enzyme that may lead to new SARS drugs
... X-rays that are bent by atoms in the molecules to unlock the details of the molecular structure. The X-ray studies were conducted at Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source. As the X-rays leave the crystal, a unique pattern is created on an ultra-high resolution charge-coupled device camera, ...JK Rowling and the MS Society Scotland fund a new MS Research Centre
...ting step forward in the on-going battle to try to unlock the mysteries of MS and which will hopefully, one day, lead to a cure." Sue Polson, who has MS, said: "I am delighted that Edinburgh has been chosen as the site for the new Centre. This tremendous news means that research should now move forward with...Chronic alcohol exposure can affect brain protein expression
...ndance after alcohol exposure has the potential to unlock new pathways both for understanding the mechanisms of alcoholism and alcohol toxicity, as well as its amelioration," said Richard A. Rabin, Ph.D., professor in the UB Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and senior author on the study. Senthilk...2007 ARVO Annual Meeting draws spotlight on aging eye
...ajor forum to present the many efforts underway to unlock the mysteries surrounding eye diseases including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic eye disease," said ARVO President Frederick L. Ferris III, MD. The Annual Meeting will include over 6,000 paper and poster presenta......ccurring in the brain, then perhaps we can finally unlock the secrets of these devastating diseases." Kaddurah-Daouk believes that this and other studies that explore metabolism at the global level have the potential to greatly impact medical practice. Future experiments focused on correlating these lipid...