Common molecular 'signature' identified in solid tumors
...sociation for Cancer Research and a Kimmel Scholar award to George Calin. ...Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist
...e prestigious 2005 International Cosmos Award. The award recognizes exemplary research that "promotes the harmonious co-existence of nature and mankind." Dr. Pauly, 59, has authored or co-authored more than 500 scientific articles, book chapters and shorter contributions, and authored, or (co-)edited about...Manchester scientists create new bio-gel for 3D cell culture
...f di-peptides. The team recently received a £630k award from EPSRC to develop the gels further. ...New weapon in battle against osteoporosis
...an Society for Endocrinology, which entails a cash award of 8,000 euros. Her study will now be published in the renowned "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" (PNAS). Working together with colleagues from the University of Jeruslam, Dr. Meliha Karsak found that mice with a particular gene def...Common molecular 'signature' identified in solid tumors
...sociation for Cancer Research and a Kimmel Scholar award to George Calin. ...Stanford doctors advance in bid to turn mice stem cells into blood vessels
...national Society of Endovascular Fellows' research award in laboratory sciences. The findings are published in this month's edition of the Journal of Endovascular Therapy. The ultimate goal of the research is to bring together two of today's most promising areas of medical investigation: stem cell researc...Eminent inventor of DNA fingerprinting gains new recognition
...Berlage Building in Amsterdam. A statement on the award pays tribute to Sir Alec's invention: "Since his discovery, it has been possible to identify every individual from any cell in his or her body, the only exception being identical twins, who share the same DNA pattern. The consequences of Jeffreys' di...PNAS study reveals why organs fail following massive trauma
... was launched in 2001 with an original $30 million award over five years, and has just been renewed with an additional $30 million in funding. The University of Rochester Medical Center team will receive about $3.9 million for its role between the two periods of the grant. "These findings strikingly re...New engineered drug may offer prolonged arthritis relief
...lter Foundation Translational Research Partnership award to the biomedical engineering department at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, and by the National Institutes of Health and a United Negro College Fund-Merck graduate dissertation fellowship. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that aff...Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres
...ll receive the Gaden Award at the ACS meeting. The award is named for Elmer L. Gaden, the founding editor o...chool of Engineering at Stanford, will receive the award for a paper showing for the first time how glucose, the abundant sugar produced by photosynthesis an...'Best of both worlds' -- Targeting a single gene could inhibit bone decay and stimulate bone growth
...s Ho-Am Prize for his work in osteoimmunology. The award recognizes scholars and researchers who make outstanding achievements by international standards while encouraging future activities of even higher levels and who also present exemplary models for the academic community. Choi, who is originally from ...Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'
...uate student Henry C. Lin, received the conference award for best student paper. "Now, we're acquiring enough data to go from ‘words' to ‘sentences,'" said Hager, who is deputy director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology,...Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology
...llion Renaissance at Rensselaer campaign. "This award further advances the strong partnership between IB...rding to the Rensselaer research team. The new SUR award is designed to help develop simulations for prototyping medical devices in "virtual patients," with ...American scientist's research of life's first cells
...AAS, the nonprofit society. Chen will receive her award in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, 11 December, during an award ceremony. She will also meet with Nobel Prize winners Andrew Fire and Craig Mello during her stay in...Studies look at how genes affect antipsychotic drug response
...ing response to the drug. He was presented with an award for new investigators from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for the project. The UIC Center for Cognitive Medicine's First Episode Program, directed by Dr. John Sweeney, has been studying patients with first-episode schizophrenia for the ...NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective
...ce. Then the cycle will be repeated. This phased award will increase if specific milestones are met in th...s used to join pieces of DNA together. This phased award will increase if specific milestones are met in the initial experiments. Amit Meller, Ph.D., Bost...ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays
...native treatment for Buruli ulcer. What makes this award even more interesting is the rarity for a geochemist to net a NIH grant. National Center encourages alternative studies The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at NIH was established in 1998 for just this kind of study. O...Faster, low cost sequencing technologies needed to drive era of personalized medicine
...mmalian-sized genome sequenced. Now, with a grant award from the National Human Genome Research Institute ...ip, about the size of a dust mite, by 2009. The award to Zhang and his team was one of nine grants given by the NIH to achieve the $1,000 genome goal. Zh...Nanoparticles for delivery of prostate cancer treatment
... and biochemistry at Yale has received a $100,000 award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to expand research on the delivery of a targeted therapy for prostate cancer using nanoparticles. Garen and his collaborator Zhiwei Hu have developed a way to directly target and destroy the blood vessels of so...Williams College biologist explores photosynthetic apparatus
The National Science Foundation has announced the award of $263,274 to Williams College biologist Claire Ting. It will support her work in exploring the structure, function and evolution of the photosynthetic apparatus in one of the most important marine primary producers of the world. Her project is ti...