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Living view in animals shows how cells decide to make proteins

.... 1, 2006, issue of the journal RNA. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Scientists previously have examined alternative splicing in cells and tissues in test tubes, but this study marks its first successful visualization in a living mammal, said senior investigator Mariano Garcia-...

The effects of smoking on fractures and ligament injuries

...impair soft tissue wound healing. Two new studies, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Football League Charities, examined the effects of smoking on fractures and ligament healing in mice and found that healing of both types of injury was delayed. The studies are published in the De...

Protein structure initiative launches new resources for the scientific community

...'s National Institute of General Medical Sciences, funded a materials repository in September. Next year, it will create an information hub where researchers can search for and submit structural information. Meanwhile, PSI scientists will continue to develop new methods and tools for protein structure studi...

Plant studies reveal how, where seeds store iron

...NSF's Division of Biological Infrastructure, which funded the research. "The discovery that iron localizes in specific parts of a seed opens the possibility of developing seed crops such as grains and beans with increased content of this important nutrient." The findings reveal how essential it is to loo...

Are genomic technologies the answer to world hunger?

...dustry where basic research is dominated by public funded research centres. Others argue that even greater private-public interactions are not sufficient. Dr Andy Hall, from the Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology, believes members of the Consultative G...

NASA satellite data helps assess the health of Florida's coral reef

...t was part of the Florida Reef Resiliency Program, funded by the state of Florida and The Nature Conservancy. It involved volunteers and researchers from several agencies, organizations and universities, including the University of South Florida. Data from the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer...

NHGRI aims to make DNA sequencing faster, more cost effective

... continue to implement a novel approach previously funded through this program in which a nanopore is used to simultaneously detect electrical and fluorescent signals from many nanopores at one time. A novel sequencing instrument will be fabricated, along with additional analysis tools, with the aim of prod...

Transplanted photoreceptor precursor cells restore visual function in mice with retinal degeneration

...as such." The collaboration with Ali's group, funded by the UK's Medical Research Council in London, was critical in testing the next phase of the research. The goal was to learn whether transplanting cells isolated at a specific time period would significantly increase the chances that "precursor" cel...

New bird discovered on unexplored Columbian mountain

...be described soon." The new bird discovered was funded due to an on-going commitment to the environment from BP, whom supports the BP Conservation Programme Awards. This year, the programme awarded 27 winning teams from 21 different countries with support totalling $475,000. The awards support the vi...

New research identifies gene important for nicotine's effects on the brain

...cotine-induced behaviors in the brain. The study, funded by National Institutes of Drug Abuse, was presented today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology's Annual Meeting. Investigator Marina Picciotto, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and her colleagues at Yale University, found that n...

Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say

...discuss details and goals of the project, which is funded by the Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest biomedical research charity. The map will be constructed using information from sources such as satellites and population censuses. Statistical approaches will enable comparisons to be made between areas whe...

First Quantum Grant to fund stem cell repair of damage from stroke

...nt of stroke. The three-year, $2.9 million grant, funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the NIH, will support research on neuro-vascular regeneration, which will make new brain tissues in the laboratory. The new brain tissue is planned to have its own bl...

Sea urchin genome suprisingly similar to man and may hold key to cures

...ssue of Science. The National Institutes of Health funded most of the nine-month project. The genome of the purple sea urchin is composed by 814 "letters" coding for 23,300 genes. Sea urchins are echinoderms, marine animals that originated more than 540 million years ago. The reason for the great inte...

What does the public really know about HPV?

...cation practices and needs. The survey is jointly funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Annenberg School for Communication and the Sunnylands Trust at Annenberg. It was fielded in June, 2006, roughly coinciding with FDA approval of the vaccine. A nationally representative sample of U.S. adults...

Plants give up answers in the war on bacteria

...plant's ability to fight infection. The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Energy and supported by the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. "We've known for 100 years that bacterial pathogens cause illness in crops, yet we still don't understand how they...

Knockout Mouse Project

...on September 7, 2006. The $50 million initiative funded by the NIH is intended to help researchers explore the functions of 10,000 mouse genes. Humans and mice share the same characteristics for most of the 10,000 mouse genes identified for this study. Researchers hope to catalogue and confirm the funct...

T for two: Scientists show how immune system chooses best way to fight infection

... such as type I diabetes and arthritis. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, appears online in the journal Nature. T cells are produced by the body to fight infection. Scientists previously identified two types of T cell, both produced in the thymus: "effector T cells", which attack infected cells, and...

A new target for painkillers

...edicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. A Pain in the Nerves The study dealt with what is known as neuropathic pain, which is chronic pain due to injury to the nerves, spinal cord or brain. Such pain can result from diabetes damage to nerves ...

LSU professor discovers new species

...uate students. He is currently working on research funded by the National Science Foundation to understand why New Guinea, called a megadiverse region, has such a high level of biodiversity. "While we were there, we collected what we think is a new species of snake, a new species of lizard and probably t...

An artificial cornea is in sight, thanks to biomimetic hydrogels

...cal engineering in Frank's lab. Myung's project, funded by Stanford's Bio-X interdisciplinary biosciences program, was to design, fabricate and characterize a bioengineered cornea based on the dual-network hydrogel. The result was a disc with a clear center and tiny pores populating the periphery. Myung c...

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