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New findings challenge established views on human genome

...as a pilot to test the feasibility of a full-scale initiative to produce a comprehensive catalog of all components of the human genome crucial for biological function. “This impressive effort has uncovered many exciting surprises and blazed the way for future efforts to explore the functional landscape of t...

Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice

...ife Conservation Society (WCS) is launching a bold initiative to save the Earth’s largest terrestrial predator, ...ore on earth." The "Warm Waters for Cool Bears" initiative represents a departure from previous polar bear studies, which typically focused on either observing...

New knowledge improves rice quality

A major international initiative is being launched to try to boost the income of the world’s millions of poor rice farmers and at the same time provide consumers with more nutritious, better tasting food. New scientific knowledge is allowing rice researchers to develop better quali...

Uniform language for describing genes of pathogenic and beneficial microbes

...de range of disease-related organisms. The ongoing initiative is part of the Plant-Associated Microbe Gene Ontology (PAMGO) project, a recently-established interest group of the worldwide Gene Ontology Consortium. The GO Consortium has been working since 2000 to develop a common language of terms that can be u...

Biodiesel study targets cleaner air, cleaner engines

...urce on selected Ontario farms. This province-wide initiative is the only one of its kind in Canada. It involved six farms to evaluate the effectiveness of using biodiesel in agriculture. "This project was designed to accelerate the adoption of biodiesel use on Ontario farms through a series of on-farm eval...

New study challenges 'critical period' in childhood vision development

...Massachusetts Institute of Technology, launched an initiative with the hopes of shedding some light on the acquisition of visual skills. The goal of his "Project Prakash" is to find, treat, and study congenitally blind children in India. A unique case study that resulted from this project appears in the Decemb...

Africa's first large-scale HIV vaccine study launches

... laboratories, a well-established national vaccine initiative and experience in running clinical trials," said James Kublin, M.D., M.P.H., one of study's lead investigators, along with Glenda Gray, MBBCH, FCPaeds (SA), of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, based at the Chris Hani ...

New antibacterials being developed to tackle MRSA superbug

... by the Wellcome Trust. The Seeding Drug Discovery initiative is aimed at catalysing the development of new drugs in areas of unmet need. Prolysis, an R&D company based in Oxford, has received one of three inaugural Seeding Drug Discovery awards for its new antibacterial compounds aimed at tackling life-t...

Music genes and musical geniuses

...rew up within the European Genetics Foundation, on initiative of Professor Giovanni Romeo, medical geneticist at the University of Bologna: “We realized how music is in itself an extraordinary communication vehicle, also when discussing scientific topics. But we also understood the existence of many analogies b...

A valuable fly for research into disease

...ana de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados), on the initiative of Cayetano González and Marco Milán, ICREA research professors at IRB Barcelona and experts in the field of cell and developmental biology. The role of the fly Studies using Drosophila date back to the last century and have provided valuable ins...

Recycling technology

...n 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 it towards the task of wealth creation. "By providing a focus for collaboration and delivery, this partnership will help establish British indus...

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

...ral Quantum Grant for their international research initiative to regenerate damaged brain cells and blood vessels for the treatment 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-v...

Knockout Mouse Project

...ect (KOMP) 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 th...

Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world

...developing countries. And they recommend: An initiative on Grand Challenges in Non-communicable Diseases, ...art by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative would work to remove the barriers -- behavioural, scientific, and technological ?to preventing and m...

Nano-devices hold promise for early-stage cancer detection

...ized." The funding is part of a $10.6 million initiative to expand existing nano-fabrication and integratio...ersity and the National Research Council. "This initiative is possible because engineers are collaborating closely with medical practitioners and scientists to...

Handling HPV vaccines and screening: The views of 100 authors

...lable via the HINARI programme, the public-private initiative (launched by the World Health Organization) to bridge the digital divide in health information access ( http://www.who.int/hinari/en/ ). ...

Protect patients from exploitation by alternative medicines industry

...est, might be viewed as delusional. The current EU initiative to bring forward legislation on this matter is welcomed.?...

Radiologists attempt to solve mystery of Tut's demise

... CT examination of King Tut is part of a five-year initiative called the Egyptian Mummy Project to image and preserve Egypt’s mummies and to solve various mysteries about the diseases and lifestyles of ancient Egyptians. King Tutankhamun, who ascended to the throne when he was just eight years old, was mumm...

Fire ant-attacking fly spreading rapidly in Texas

... fire ant colonies with phorid flies. He began the initiative in 2005 with ranchers from Bee County, Texas. To...on of Wildlife Management Associations adopted the initiative and plans to help promote the spreading of phorids by private ranching and wildlife groups. ...

Major cancer study aims to identify protein markers for early-stage disease

... will work." The UCSF component of this research initiative will be carried out in two phases. Initially, scientists will study blood samples from mice that have been transplanted with human breast cancer cells. Later they will study blood samples from patients with various stages of the actual disease. The...

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