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Agent slows aging in mice

...udies. “The National Institute on Aging decided to fund grants at three institutions to do studies of this sort in the right way,” he says. In six to 10 months, once all the mice in the control group have died, the scientists will get answers to the really burning question: Will the mice fed NDGA, alr...

Technique monitors thousands of molecules simultaneously

...ce Foundation and the CombiMatrix Corp. in Seattle fund the work. The Great Wall of China syndrome Moeller said that the standard problem for synthetic organic chemists has typically been a structural one ?how do we build molecules having novel structures? "We've worked very hard to develop new c...

Diminishing dinosaur steps saved by laser and laptop

...ant of Euro 9,000 from the Consorci Ruta Minera to fund the laser scanning. The computer modelling for the project was done by Dr David Hodgetts, a senior lecturer in Reservoir Modelling and Petroleum Geology. Student Karl Bates, who is now carrying out Post Graduate research into dinosaur locomotio...

York mathematician probes geometric route to combat viruses

...ant will enable Dr Twarock to expand her group and fund three postdoctoral 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 Augus...

ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State

...ies that produce biofuels. ConocoPhillips will fund research to understand and support environmental sustainability and rural economies. Studies will emphasize crop improvement and production, the harvesting and transportation of biomass and the impacts of biofuels on economic policy and rural sociolo...

New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly 2 years to your lifespan

... The researchers also looked at the Nobel Prize fund - the real value of which has changed over time. By comparing the possible effects of that variation, they found that the amount of actual prize money won by Nobel prize winners had no effect on their longevity - suggesting that it is the sheer statu...

Largest genomic search finds genes that may contribute to autism

...ncreasing awareness of autism and raising money to fund autism research, and the National Institutes of Health. The consortium scientists utilized statistical power from the largest set of autism-related genetic material yet examined. The researchers found neurexin 1, part of a family of genes that plays...

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

... (TGNC). Five non-U.S. partners have pledged to fund collaboration on the avian flu virus project: Japan’s National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); China’s Jilin University (JLU) and Computer Network Information Center (CNIC); as well as the Korea Institute for Science ...

Army research mission focused on autism

...and the advocacy community can partner to find and fund the best research." The process of translating Congressionally appropriated dollars into meaningful and productive research outcomes began with a Stakeholders Meeting. Nationally recognized scientists and clinicians, who are leaders in the ASD res...

Researchers to study why dead zone returned to Lake Erie

A $2.5 million grant will fund a 5-year study examining why dead zones have returned to Lake Erie, and researchers hope the findings will allow them to detect the cause and stop the spread before the fishery and tourism industries suffer. "This is a very serious problem," said U...

Genome info from 'plant destroyers' could save trees, beans and chocolate

...r molecular and cellular biosciences, which helped fund the work. "These new genome sequences will contribute to our basic understanding of normal plant-microbe relationships as well as their roles in disease," she said. ...

NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective

...on's unique genetic profile. The new grants will fund nine investigators developing revolutionary technologies that may make it feasible to sequence a genome for $1,000, as well as two investigators developing "near term" technologies to sequence a genome for $100,000. Both approaches have many compleme...

Recycling technology

... Lighting Knowledge Transfer Network. The DTI will fund 50% of a total bid worth £1.7 million. Welcoming the research, Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Sainsbury said: "This research initiative provides a real opportunity to harness the world class expertise that we possess in the UK and direct ...

Using nature's most primitive anti-viral defense system to find new approaches to cancer research

...to research worldwide. "We believe it important to fund work that pushes the boundaries of science, and Dr Baum and his team are charged with tackling one of the greatest scientific challenges of all."...

Search on for treatment of slow-healing wounds

...ronic wounds. The money will allow the center to fund undergraduate research, hire more doctoral-level researchers and purchase equipment for its investigation into the role biofilms play in chronic wounds. The money will be distributed over four years. Biofilms are bacteria that grab onto a surface,...

Other patients bear the real cost of Herceptin

...currently expected for Herceptin. So they could fund Herceptin if they did not treat 355 patients recei...ven responsibility to decide what should be cut to fund newly recommended technologies or the ability to allocate extra funds for implementation, or both....

Americans support free access to research

...(S.2695). The bill requires federal agencies that fund over $100 million in annual external research to make electronic manuscripts of peer-reviewed journal articles stemming from their research publicly available via the Internet. ATA supports this measure and provides information and materials related...

Tigers get a business plan

...ation to pledge $10 million over ten years to help fund the initiative. "I am most interested in supporting efforts that will get results," said Cline. "WCS's Tiger's Forever initiative has brought together two key initiatives ?superb people armed with an understanding of what it takes to save tigers. ...

UCLA study finds same genes act differently in males and females

...men interested in advancing women's health, helped fund the study. "Many of the genes we identified relate to processes that influence common diseases," said Yang. "This is crucial, because once we understand the gender gap in these disease mechanisms, we can create new strategies for designing and tes...

Researcher studies, treats military with 'silent disease'

...2005, the program has spent almost $300 million to fund nearly 200 projects in a range of medical topics, including combat casualty care and technology and infectious disease research like Sjogren's. Once members from any of the military services were diagnosed as positive for the hepatitis C virus, thei...

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