Tag: "collaborate" at biology news

New designer lipid-like peptide with lipid nanostructures for drug delivery systems

...n May 2006. They shared some ideas and decided to collaborate since Laggner is a world-expert on nanostructure using small angle X-ray scattering and Zhang can provide the designer lipid-like peptides that he has been studied since 2000. In the near future, many colloidal aqueous dispersions, which are simi...

World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'

...As part of its work, the Encyclopedia of Life will collaborate and partner with a wide range of organizations, individuals, and experts to help strengthen the Encyclopedia and its impact on communities throughout the world. "The solidarity of the U.S. and global communities for the Encyclopedia of Life is tr...

York mathematician probes geometric route to combat viruses

...al positions and four PhD students. The group will collaborate closely with the Astbury Centre in Leeds, and they will jointly organise a workshop on Mathematical Virology at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in August 2007. Dr Twarock’s group will be part of the York Centre of Complex Syste...

Stem cells act through multiple mechanisms to benefit mice with neurodegenerative disease

...le mechanisms -- not just cell replacement - which collaborate to benefit disease. These findings also raise the possibility - somewhat counter-intuitively -- that stem cells may inherently exert an anti-inflammatory influence in degenerative diseases," said Snyder. To demonstrate that a better understandi...

Autism gene identified by researchers at Yale working with a global research consortium

... when researchers from around the world decided to collaborate and share their samples, data and expertise to aid in identifying autism susceptibility genes. Funded by Autism Speaks, a national non-profit dedicated to increasing awareness of autism and raising money to research the disorder, and the National...

Researcher to study astronaut bone loss for space biology agency

...r of an NSBRI science and technology team, he will collaborate in person and via teleconference with NSBRI colleagues. He and the other two Fellows were chosen from among a nationwide pool of applicants. "The loss of mechanical forces on bone in the weightlessness of space dramatically weakens bone," says Lon...

Scientists uncover new target in cancer mutation puzzle

...ancer to develop, several mutations must arise and collaborate within a single cell. Ras and p53 mutations are particularly dangerous, implicated in colon, pancreas, lung and other cancers. Ras is part of a family that transmits signals controlling the way cells behave. Hyperactive Ras can lead to the uncontroll...

Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu

...merged out of PRAGMA." Pacific Rim institutions collaborate in PRAGMA to develop grid-enabled applications and coordinate deployment of the needed infrastructure throughout the Pacific region to allow data, computing, and other resource sharing. The announcement of the TATRC award coincides with PRAGMA 12, wh...

Cardiologist's 'living chip' changes science of disease monitoring

...and that of researcher Keigi Fujiwara, Ph.D., will collaborate with Physiologic Communications on the technology. "21st Century medicine recognizes that individual patients respond differently to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions," Rosero said. "The key to personalizing an individual's care is to improv...

Spike in testicular cancer is focus

...ic Health at Yale School of Medicine. Zheng will collaborate with researchers at Harvard School of Public Health and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to conduct a population-based, case-control study on men in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The researchers will determine whether exposure to environme...

Bacterial protein shows promise in treating intestinal parasites

...ing of the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund and decided to collaborate on a project to see if crystal proteins could be effective against hookworm infections. Three years ago, Aroian and his colleagues purified Cry5B toxin and sent it to Cappello, who then tested the compound in a laboratory model of hookworm infection....

How bad is malaria anemia? It may depend on your genes

...nflammatory diseases. The researchers continue to collaborate in an effort to develop drugs that might block MIF and treat severe anemia in malaria patients. ...

Gut microbes' partnership helps body extract energy from food, store it as fat

...s have shown that two common organisms collude and collaborate to increase the amount of calories harvested from a class of carbohydrates found in food sweeteners. In the study, conducted in previously germ-free mice, colonization with two prominent human gut microbes led to fatter mice. Scientists at Washingt...

A protein complex that untangles DNA

...eneral goal ?a summary of the many mechanisms that collaborate to maintain our genetic stability", says Camilla Sjögren. ...

When the going gets tough, slime molds start synthesizing

...rk as one, very complete story while continuing to collaborate on the chemical diversity found in this fascinating organism that crawls around on the forest floor. Says Noel, who is a professor in the Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics at Salk, "This is a wonderful example of where ego...

DOE JGI sequences, releases genome of symbiotic tree fungus

...between the two genomes as the tree and the fungus collaborate to generate biomass. It also helps us to understand the interaction between these two symbionts within the context of the changing global climate." "Characterization of the interactions between poplar and its symbiotic associate, Laccaria bicolor, ...

Malaria, potato famine pathogen share surprising trait

...estans was remarkable, he said. "So we decided to collaborate and see if the sequences were not just similar, but also functionally the same," he said. "It turned out that they were. But although the mechanism of getting virulence proteins into a host cell is very similar, the infection-causing proteins that ar...

UC San Diego partners with Venter Institute to build marine microbial genomics cyberinfrastructure

...ries are virtual laboratories where scientists can collaborate on research from dispersed locations--interacting ...e space for environmental metagenomics visitors to collaborate with CAMERA specialists. Over the next few years, CAMERA is expected to include other environmental ...

Researchers reverse juvenile diabetes in animal model

...genetics at Children's, and his research team will collaborate with Theresa Whiteside, PhD, scientific director at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Dr. Trucco and his team found that by removing dendritic cells from the blood during a two- to four-hour procedure, some 20 million dendritic cells ca...

Breakthrough for stem cell research

...Bernie Tuch, Director of the DTU. "We now hope to collaborate with other researchers, using this line. We will also make it available to other researchers for their own work." The National Health and Medical Research Council granted a licence to IVF Australia in collaboration with the DTU at the Prince of Wal...

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