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...rts. To date, the researchers have received $11.5 million from the National Cancer Institute for their work with PEBBLEs. Related links: * Raoul Kopelman (http://ipumich.temppublish.com/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?beginswith=Kopelman&SubmitButton=Search) * Kopelman laboratory (http://www.umich.edu/...Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Moves Forward In Animals
...ot ready for clinical trials.?/p> About a half million Americans struggle with Parkinson's disease, including former Attorney General Janet Reno, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and film star Michael J. Fox, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Pope J...Studies reveal methods viruses use to sidestep immune system
.... Hepatitis C is a chronic disease that affects 4 million people in the United States, making it the nation's most common blood-borne infection. It is transmitted primarily through intravenous drug use, blood transfusions or blood products, as well as through sexual contact and is the leading cause of cirrh...Scientists discover unique microbe in California's largest lake
... producingcyanobacteria between roughly 10 and 100 million years ago."The maintenance of this hybrid gene ove...h reaches 51 feet and its total volumeis about 7.5 million acre-feet. It was formed in the early 1900s, whenflow from the Colorado River was inadvertently dire...HIV Infection Still On The Rise
... an editorial in this week's BMJ. An estimated 38 million people worldwide, including over 2 million children, are now infected with HIV, and a record 4.8 million became infected in 2003. The underlyi...Jumping gene helps explain immune system's abilities
...gle set ofinstructions -- the key to recognizing a million immune-stimulatingproteins. But until now, no jump...he process used by the immune system torecognize a million different proteins, called antigens, than anypreviously studied jumping gene," says Nancy Craig, Ph....UCSD Discovery Shows How Embryonic Stem Cells Perform 'Quality Control' Inspections
...gle set ofinstructions -- the key to recognizing a million immune-stimulatingproteins. But until now, no jump...he process used by the immune system torecognize a million different proteins, called antigens, than anypreviously studied jumping gene," says Nancy Craig, Ph....New therapy for HIV/AIDS eliminates needles and excessive toxicity
...gle set ofinstructions -- the key to recognizing a million immune-stimulatingproteins. But until now, no jump...he process used by the immune system torecognize a million different proteins, called antigens, than anypreviously studied jumping gene," says Nancy Craig, Ph....Gene sequencing explains bioremediation 'bug'
...gle set ofinstructions -- the key to recognizing a million immune-stimulatingproteins. But until now, no jump...he process used by the immune system torecognize a million different proteins, called antigens, than anypreviously studied jumping gene," says Nancy Craig, Ph....The Shapes Of Life: NIGMS Project Yields More Than 1,000 Protein Structures
...dicines. The PSI is a 10-year, approximately $600 million project funded largely by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health. The first half of this project ?a pilot phase that started in 2000 ?has centered on developing new tools and processes th...The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born
...ull-text searchable patent database, with over 1.6 million patents in the life sciences. CAMBIA has flagged its intent to expand its scope beyond the life sciences to include all patents in many countries, to create comprehensive search capabilities and to assist with opportunities for patent system reform. ...Beyond lithium for bipolar disorder
...ent has proven to be a godsend for many of the two million Americans with bipolar disorder, it is not without its downside. People on the drug may develop hypothyroidism, tremors, cognitive impairment, and excessive thirst and urination and gain weight. However, better treatments for bipolar disorder depend...New research indicates a 'troubled' greenhouse is brewing
... play during a well-known greenhouse event some 55 million years ago during the late Paleocene epoch. Retalla...ne greenhouse spike, which lasted less than half a million years, was a catastrophic release of natural gas from undersea ices and permafrost. "In a remarkabl...Newly Discovered Compound Blocks Known Cancer-Causing Protein
...uke's new facility is a finalist for one of six $9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants that will create a national network of publicly accessible small molecule facilities and make them available to researchers nationwide. Duke University has filed a patent application for cysmethynil, Casey ...Simple drug has the potential to save many lives threatened by malaria
...researchers in this week's BMJ. Every year over a million children die of malaria in Africa. The majority of fatalities occur outside hospital, especially in rural areas. For those who do make it to hospital, half of deaths occur within 24 hours of admission. Conventional treatment, given by injection, is ...New RNA polymerase discovered in plants
...ted to have been a plant feature for more than 200 million years. RNA polymerase is an enzyme, or protein ma...sis a dicotyledon. "These two plants diverged 200 million years ago, and there is some speculation that this form of polymerase might extend twice as far back...Research Using Mouse Models Reveals A Novel Key Player In The Initiation Of Colon Cancer
...ric and colorectal cancers account for more than 1 million deaths worldwide every year and several research groups have been working to identify the molecular events that result in the initiation and progression of these tumors. It has been established that interfering with the function of one gene, called A...Unexpressed But Indispensable -- The DNA Sequences That Control Development
...t common ancestor of these two species existed 450 million years ago, the authors reasoned that non-coding sequences conserved between them are likely to be fundamental to vertebrate development. Through sequence alignment with increasingly strict criteria, they identified 1,373 highly conserved non-coding e...Scientists discover how fish evolved to float at different sea depths
...discovered how fish have evolved over the last 400 million years to stay motionless at different water depths...ygen secretion, were present in the eye system 250 million years ago. This predated the swimbladder system by 100 million years. The special blood proteins ind...Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
...it's not ready for clinical trials." About a half million Americans struggle with Parkinson's disease, including former Attorney General Janet Reno, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and film star Michael J. Fox, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Pope J...