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Mapping the protein world

...es of this software will now expand even further - thanks to a grant of over 800,000 US Dollars from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant, which will run over four years, comes at a perfect time. "More than 1,000 research laboratories from over 50 countries are holding ARP/wARP licenses...

Research links protein to breast-cancer migration

... breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, thanks to research published this week. The University of Manchester team has discovered a protein potentially involved in the spread or "metastatic progression" of tumors. The researchers believe their findings could lead to new approaches to treating br...

New bird flu drug promises to beat the problem of resistance

...begin clinical trials within the next three years, thanks to a new research grant. Dr Andrew Watts from the University of Bath (UK) and Dr Jennifer McKimm-Breschkin from CSIRO (Australia) have been awarded over £408,000 from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to develop a new class of inhibitor they have ...

Snakes' virtual glasses, leopard spots and all-optical transistors

...ep a close watch on terrorized passengers and crew thanks to small cavities near their snouts known as pit organs. The organs are sensitive to the infrared radiation emitted by warm prey such as rats, rabbits, and Samuel L. Jackson. An optical analysis of pit organs suggests that snakes shouldn't be able to...

Jellyfish dominate fish in over-harvested Namibian waters

...ast, this region has offered abundant fish stocks, thanks largely to its being served by cool, nutrient-rich upwellings occuring along the continental shelf. The fish stocks, including sardines and anchovies, have been heavily exploited since the 1970s and have been strongly depleted in the process. Becaus...

Pollen proves beneficial for northern lakes

...ction of harvestable sport fish may also rise, all thanks to pollen. Since climate also affects annual pollen production predicted climate change scenarios could affect the productivity of northern lakes by altering the magnitude and timing of delivery of this important source of forest-derived nutrients,...

UBC researchers find stroke death channel

...herapies for stroke patients may soon be possible, thanks to a discovery made by a team of University of British Columbia neuroscience researchers who have found a new stroke death channel ?the conduit through which key chemicals are lost from brain cells during stroke, causing the cell death that disables ...

Researchers to develop ultra-miniature implantable sensors to measure blood flow

...sure and temperature with tiny, implanted devices, thanks to research being conducted by a Cornell University professor and an Ithaca-area high-tech firm. This new technology is being developed by Edwin Kan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Cornell, and Transonic Systems of It...

Light-sensitive photoswitches could restore sight to those with macular degeneration

...ine." The research got off the ground this month thanks to a $6 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of a nanomedicine initiative within NIH's Roadmap for Medical Research. The initiative, which has funded eight Nanomedicine Development Centers around the country, in...

Immune cell communication key to hunting viruses, Jefferson immunologists show

...ingly little virus can turn on the killer T-cells, thanks to some complicated communication among so-called "antigen presenting" proteins that recognize and attach to the virus, in turn, making it visible to the immune system. T-cell receptors then "see" the virus, activating the T-cells. The research...

St. Jude finds clues to hearing loss from chemotherapy

...ing back through pharmacological and gene therapy, thanks to work done with mouse models at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Mice with a variety of genetic mutations that disrupt different parts of the ear will also help scientists understand age-related hearing loss in adults, as well as hearing loss...

UNC scientists solve mystery of how largest cellular motor protein powers movement

...force, thus powering the process of cell division, thanks to a new structural model by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers. The structural model helps solve a scientific mystery: how the protein dynein fuels itself to perform cellular functions vital to life. These functions include mi...

Researchers use multiphoton microscopy to watch chromosomes in action

...vary glands. The research was ultimately possible thanks to the unique composition of the fruit flies' so-called polytene cells, giant, multistranded chromosomes with hundreds of sets of the genome instead of the usual two sets in conventional cells. This enlarges the usual nuclear dimensions by about 10 t...

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

...rown from an idea to a successful start-up venture thanks in part to Excell Partners Inc. The Rochester-based consortium assists young companies with funding from New York state, Cornell University and the University of Rochester, and provided Rosero's start-up with the opportunity to develop a first-genera...

Professors to develop hand-held pathogen testing device

...d water pathogens may get a lot easier and cheaper thanks to the work of a Michigan State University researcher and his team. Syed Hashsham, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Center for Microbial Ecology, is developing a portable, hand-held device capa...

PNAS study reveals why organs fail following massive trauma

...vere injury caused by a car crash, gunshot or fall thanks to high-tech emergency medicine. Unfortunately, the body does not know what to do when it survives an injury that would have been fatal until recently in human evolution. Nearly one third of the time, mechanisms in place to protect people from diseas...

MIT designs portable 'lab on a chip'

...ical weapons could soon be much faster and easier, thanks to MIT researchers who are helping to develop a tiny diagnostic device that could be carried into battle. By tweaking the design of a tiny pump, researchers affiliated with MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies have taken a major step towards...

Caterpillars tell us how bacteria cause disease

...cited by the opportunities that we can now explore thanks to this new method. It has given us a cheap and easy way of mapping bacterial virulence factors across an entire genome. This will allow us to rapidly and inexpensively bridge the enormous knowledge gap that has grown in the post-genomic era where it...

Telemedicine robots help improve health

... Local doctors take the robot to the bedside and thanks to a video-link, established via the Centre for On...at will be commissioned over the next three years, thanks to a $335,000 grant provided by mining company Xstrata (Community Partnership Program), through the ...

Artificial cornea offers better results for infants, some blind patients

... damaged cornea are seeing some remarkable results thanks to a new version of an artificial implant that takes the place of the cornea, the clear covering of the eye that serves as our window on the world. The results of operations involving the first infants and children in the world to receive the device...

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