aim 2 4

Tag: "aim" at biology news

BioMed Central launches Biology Direct

...al or scientific problems with the manuscript. The aim is to publish the most complete, informative, and interesting manuscripts possible but not to obstruct publication except in extreme cases. In an editorial to launch the journal, the Editors explain, "our goals with this new journal, Biology Direct,...

Scientists make first step towards 'holy grail' of crystallography

...advent of structural genomics and proteomics which aim to determine the structures of thousands of proteins. Protein crystallography plays a major role in this understanding because proteins, being the major machinery of living things, are often targets for drugs. To direct the proteins to become cryst...

How sperm crack the whip

...at they do." Further studies, said Clapham, will aim at exploring the many controlling currents inside sperm and also tracing how calcium triggers hyperactivation once it enters the cell. Such studies will enable exploration of sperm machinery from tail to head ?analyzing processes ranging from tail mo...

Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases

...ompanies to speed up this research exemplifies the aim Congress had in mind when it established the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health to support the mission of NIH," said John E. Porter, Vice Chairman of the foundation's Board of Directors. "Through the financial support of the private sec...

Wound monitor 'sniffs out' infections

...h severe burns, skin ulcers or gaping wounds. The aim is to produce a device which is able to detect har...ing the patient a great deal of discomfort". "Our aim is to produce a non-invasive system that can monitor the state of a patient's wounds simply by detec...

Researchers test new way to quit smoking

...e them up. "These are largely untested ideas. The aim of our research is to discover if there is a measurable difference in quitting success rates between the two groups in our trial," said Dr Bullen. ...

World first research to speed up cure for ear infections

...r and Hearing Institute (LEHI). The research will aim to understand why some eardrums heal by themselves (and why some do not heal at all) by identifying which genes are responsible for the wound-healing process of an infected human ear drum. According to the World Health Organisation, almost half of t...

How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing

...d seems sadder and all you see is bad news." "Our aim is to reverse that with drug treatment, so we're using these kinds of studies to determine whether particular antidepressants influence the response of that ventral system. And what is particularly exciting is that this method allows us to look direc...

Cheaper and simpler keyhole surgery

...the required (force) feedback to the surgeon. The aim of Joris Jaspers' research project was to develop simple mechanical alternatives to these complex robotic systems, and also to test them. Jaspers is a doctoral student at the department of Mechanical Engineering of Delft University of Technology, but...

Chemical warfare agent detection technology used to treat lung disease

...tal's North West Lung Research Centre (NWLRC). The aim is to produce a device which will enable doctors t...nt to breathe into a device like this. For now our aim to use the microDMx sensor to develop better instruments which will improve patient care and treatme...

Human albumin from tobacco plants

...co plants have been with laboratory varieties. The aim is to do tests with commercial varieties. Laboratory plants are very small and, as a result, the quantity of albumin extracted is not sufficient. However, the commercial varieties of tobacco are some 30 times more productive in terms of biomass. Des...

Terahertz imaging may reduce breast cancer surgeries

...dial scar. In breast cancer excision surgery, the aim is to remove the entire tumor with an adequate margin of normal tissue, while minimizing the amount of healthy tissue being removed. If a histopathologist analyzes the tissue and finds tumor at or near the edges, this indicates that there is a higher...

'Bad' enzymes may wear white hats after stroke

...While current efforts to design MMP-targeted drugs aim to inhibit the enzymes completely after a stroke, the researchers caution that, based on their findings, it may be necessary to regulate the activity of MMPs much more precisely to enable the patient's optimal recovery. During nine months in Lo's ...

New drug could reduce tissue damage after heart attack

...f the treatment proves safe and effective, we also aim to investigate its effectiveness in strokes. "It is likely that CRP contributes to tissue damage in a range of diseases in which CRP levels are greatly increased, and the inhibition of CRP may thus find broad application in medicine." Patents, pate...

Infants can organise visual information at just four months

...Brown at London South Bank University, the initial aim of the research was to investigate the underlying reasons why some babies are 'short-lookers' and shift visual attention rapidly, while others are 'long-lookers' who keep their attention fixed for longer. Previously, these categories were thought t...

HIV/AIDS rates in Tijuana, Mexico increasing at alarming rate

...nd pregnant women ?are of particular concern. The aim of the UCSD study, conducted along with collaborators in Mexico, was to estimate the number of men and women in Tijuana, aged 15 to 49 years, infected with HIV. This is the age group assumed to be at the highest risk of contracting the HIV infection...

Bones from blood: Scientists aim to break new ground on fractures

... marrow stem cells but they are hard to locate. We aim to isolate and expand them so we have enough cells to use in therapies. "We also want to compare them with bone marrow and embryonic stem cells and investigate how we can turn them into bone structures for use as 3D bone replacements." Dr Genever s...

Scientists directly view immune cells interacting to avert autoimmunity

...e before now, the scientists note. Their long-term aim is to use such imaging to diagnose immune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, and to further develop therapies that act at the level of T cell interactions. The research, published online this week in Nature Immunology, includes online videos of these...

Setting the standard for computer models of life

...atabase links to all the relevant metabolites. The aim of these annotation schemes is to make it easier for researchers to search models on the basis of their components, to contact the creators of the model if they need more information, and to track the history of a model if it has been modified. MIR...

Bees solve complex colour puzzles

...om ambiguous sensory information. 'One long-term aim of our research is to exploit this understanding to build seeing robots that, like the bee with its mere one million neurons, can learn to find a simple flower in a meadow, which no machine can do at present. Our lab has reconstructed our specially d...

1 2 3 4 5 6