University System wants $2.45 billion next fiscal year Aug 21, 2008
Included in the $251 million request is $43 million for the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Commons at Georgia Tech, $19 million for a laboratory addition in a science building at Kennesaw State University and $26. 6 million for The University of Georgia s special collections library. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
In the U.S., a trained eye solved the anthrax puzzle Aug 21, 2008
When the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it had cracked the long-unsolved anthrax case, the turning point cited by the bureau was its identification of a laboratory flask as the source of the anthrax ... "It may have been in people's minds that someone in the room could have been one of the perpetrators, which ended up being the case," said Chris Hassell, the FBI laboratory director. (International Herald Tribune)
Athens Tech to get first master's program Aug 21, 2008
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CRICKET : Expert says Pakistan fast bowler can be cleared of doping Aug 21, 2008
Asif faces a ban of up to two years after the B sample of a drug test taken on May 30 tested positive Tuesday at the World Anti-Doping Agency's laboratory in Switzerland. "There is a major discrepancy in the two (urine) samples of Asif which came out positive, and in such cases, the player has a chance to be cleared," Dr. Danish Zaheer, president of Sports Medicine Association of Pakistan, told The Associated Press. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
UI head urges collaboration Aug 21, 2008
The center will research new energy sources in collaboration with the Idaho National Laboratory. He said a medical program will never be established if university leadership continues to fight over which campus will house the institution. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
'Sovereignty' that risks global health Aug 21, 2008
Moreover, the Indonesian government is threatening to close down U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU-2), a public health laboratory staffed by Indonesians and U.S. military scientists. NAMRU-2 is one of the world's best disease surveillance facilities, and it provides health officials worldwide with vital, transparent information. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Young vet killed by Hendra virus Aug 21, 2008
"We are currently involved internationally in a $1.5 million program just in the last 12 months, collaborating with international researchers,'' Dr Glanville said. He said initial work had been completed at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Victoria, on the development of a vaccine. "Basic research has been done but as you would probably realise it takes quite a number of years to develop a vaccine against any new disease,'' he said. Queensland Health's chief health officer Dr... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Researchers discover how rheumatoid arthritis causes bone loss Aug 21, 2008
D., assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. "That has enabled researchers to begin designing small molecule drugs to shut down the action of Smurf 1 and its relatives. Furthermore, since mice engineered to have less Smurf1 expression develop thicker bones, future drugs that shut down Smurf1 may be also useful against more common forms of osteoporosis simply by changing the dose. Of course, this is early-stage work with many... (EurekAlert!)
Bone marrow stem cells may help control inflammatory bowel disease Aug 21, 2008
Parekkadan is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Yarmush, who is also Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology and a senior scientific staff member at the Boston Shriners Burns Hospital. Arno Tilles, MD, was also a co-author of the study, which was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Shriners Hospitals for Children. (EurekAlert!)
New insights into the regulation of PTEN tumor suppression function Aug 21, 2008
"Our laboratory recently discovered that even when PTEN is produced normally by a cell, it has to be properly localized within the nucleus in order to maintain its full tumor suppressive abilities," explains senior author Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, Director of Basic Research in BIDMC's Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School ... "From there, we observed that the loss of another tumor suppressor known as PML [whose mutation is a main cause of acute promyelocytic... (EurekAlert!)
Epilepsy Drug Reverses Obesity in Rats Aug 21, 2008
Even rats bred to be obese lost up to 19 percent of their weight and normal rats lost 12 to 20 percent of their weight after 40 days of injections of the drug, called vigabatrin or GVG, the team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory found. "When we gave GVG, they would steadily lose weight, and when we took them off GVG, they would steadily gain weight," Amy DeMarco, who worked on the study, said in a telephone interview. (Newsmax)
Mouse cloned to cure Parkinson's Aug 21, 2008
The stem cells were taken from these and, in a laboratory culture, and body chemicals used to "persuade" them to shift, stage by stage, from this state into the type of brain cells that their Parkinsonism mice were lacking ... Dr Lorenz Studer, head of the Stem Cell and Tumor Biology Laboratory at the centre, and the lead researcher on the study, told BBC News Online that the study was "proof of principle" that cloned embryonic stem cells could be reliably transformed into a variety of useful... (Yahoo News -- Parkinson's Disease)
Stem cell progress on Parkinson's Aug 21, 2008
There are hopes that eventually, cells from adults could be "persuaded" by chemicals in the laboratory to behave more like embryonic or foetal stem cells. Stem cell guide:What are stem cells and what might they be used for. (Yahoo News -- Parkinson's Disease)
Two more have West Nile Aug 21, 2008
Also, late Friday, the LSU Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed that five sentinel chickens out of eight submitted by Stokes tested positive for the disease. Right now, Iberia Parish is now at "level 4," according to the alert system used by the state of Florida, considered the leader in the United States in mosquito control. (Yahoo News -- West Nile Virus)
St. Anthony's Diagnostic Center now open in Neoga Aug 20, 2008
- Laboratory blood tests. - Electrocardiograms (EKG). (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Democratic National Convention Media Tip Sheet -- Colorado State University Experts on Politics in the West and Election Hot Topics Aug 20, 2008
Clean and renewable energy Bryan Willson, a mechanical engineering professor, is founder and director of CSUs Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, which is the largest independent laboratory of its kind in North America and a world leader in the study of large engines, natural gas engines, two-stroke engines, and hazardous air pollutants ... C2B2 was founded in March 2007 by the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory ... Paul Hudnut, a longtime entrepreneur currently teaching management... (PR Newswire)
Stem cell advance may boost blood supply Aug 20, 2008
Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. The promise of a virtually limitless supply is tantalizing because of blood donor shortages and disappointments in creating blood substitutes. (MSNBC -- Health)
Zambia: Sharing the Copper Windfall Aug 20, 2008
"We have put up a very good management team that is committed to build and develop low carbon emission technology at the mine plant. This includes a chemical storage shed and a twin tower laboratory," Chishimba explains to IPS.. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Guatemala rights scientist honoured Aug 20, 2008
"We look for documents - anything that can aid in identification; we search for the graves, we excavate them, and exhume the remains. Then everything is taken to the laboratory for analysis.". From the remains, Mr Peccerelli's team tries to construct a picture of what happened at the time of death. (Yahoo News -- Guatemala)
Parasite in Galpagos penguins prompts avian malaria fears Aug 20, 2008
Additionally, if the mosquito is native, it would be protected, said Dr. Virna Cedeo, director of the Fabricio Valverde Laboratory in the Galpagos. "It may not be as nice as a penguin," Cedeo said. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells Aug 20, 2008
Roger Dodd, director of the American Red Cross' Holland Laboratory in Rockville, Md. said that producing blood in the lab could cost thousands of dollars per unit -- far too expensive to replace the 14 million pints of red blood cells that are transfused every year. (Los Angeles Times)
New Urine Test ID's Prostate Cancer Aug 20, 2008
The PCA3 gene was discovered by Marion Bussemakers, PhD, while she was working in the laboratory of William B. Isaacs, PhD, professor of urology and oncology at Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute. Isaacs is among the patent holders for the diagnostic use of the PCA3 gene. (Yahoo News -- Prostate Cancer)
Bayer second-quarter profit off 13% Aug 20, 2008
6 percent increase in sales as it integrated products from the Schering laboratory that Bayer bought in 2006. Meanwhile, the MaterialScience unit was hit by rising costs of raw materials and the rise of the euro against other major currencies, but posted a sales increase of 5. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Bristol-Myers offering $4.5 billion for ImClone Aug 20, 2008
ImClone has five drugs in early- to mid-stage human testing for breast, prostate, ovarian and other cancers; it's conducting laboratory tests on a half-dozen experimental drugs for solid tumors and one for two types of leukemia. Cornelius said if the purchase goes through, Bristol-Myers should still be able to make more deals, and if it doesn't, "then we simply move on to the next one (target) on the list.". (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
ImClone hints at dim view of Bristol-Myers offer Aug 20, 2008
A laboratory researcher in a file photo. Biotechnology company ImClone Systems said on Monday that. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Chemists Make Beds With Soft Landings: Researchers Create Stable, Highly Pure Helical Peptide Arrays Aug 20, 2008
Physical chemists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory pulled off this design trick using a "soft-landing" technique that disperses the tiny protein coils onto a waiting surface ... Working with a specially designed mass-selected ion deposition instrument at DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory on the PNNL campus, they deposited the peptides on the support layer in one of two ways, starting either from a liquid form for electrospray or from a gaseous... (Science Daily)
DEET's Not Sweet To Mosquitoes, Groundbreaking Research Shows Aug 20, 2008
Bernier, who studies how repellents impact mosquitoes' feeding behavior, said the Leal-Syed work "presents as a very logical basis to help us understand how DEET is perceived by the mosquitoes, and this work provides an excellent explanation to link physiological processing within the mosquito to the (macroscopic) behavioral response that we observe in laboratory bioassays with this repellent.". Leal, a past president of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, received the 2007... (Science Daily)
Poor Teen Sleep Habits May Raise Blood Pressure, Lead To CVD Aug 20, 2008
Researchers also measured sleep quality in a sleep laboratory and took nine blood pressure readings in a two-day period. Participants with less than 85 percent sleep efficiency in the lab had nearly three times the odds of elevated high blood pressure. (Science Daily)
Light Finds A Way -- Even Through White Paint: Specially-prepared Light Moves Through 'Open Channels' Aug 20, 2008
(May 1, 2005) A new optical method that can image subsurface structures under skin has been demonstrated by scientists at NIST and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The method was. (Science Daily)
Greenland Ice Core Reveals History Of Pollution Aug 20, 2008
"Conventional wisdom held that toxic heavy metals were higher in the 1960s and 70s, the peak of industrial activity in Europe and North America and certainly before implementation of Clean Air Act controls in the early 1970s," said Joe McConnell, lead researcher and director of DRI's Ultra-Trace Chemistry Laboratory. "But it turns out pollution in southern Greenland was higher 100 years ago when North American and European economies ran on coal, before the advent of cleaner, more efficient coal... (Science Daily)
New Way To Grow Human Embryonic Stem Cells Aug 20, 2008
(June 27, 2005) According to a research published today, investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have used new techniques in the laboratory that allowed them for the first time to derive unlimited. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Evergreen residents blame mold for health woes Aug 20, 2008
According to mold tests done late last year by a national environmental laboratory testing service provider, PRO-LAB, apartments at Evergreen Square contained several strains of mold, including. - Alternaria. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Officer's Death Linked To Rodent Waste Aug 20, 2008
Testing by the state health laboratory in Shoreline and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be completed by the end of this week or early next week, Baer said. A Bellingham resident whose name has not been released was sent home from the hospital to finish recuperating last week after being treated for hantavirus, Baer said. (KIRO TV, WA)
Were Clemens' 'implausible' comments perjury? Aug 20, 2008
They portrayed McNamee as an unstable man who had falsely implicated Clemens to avoid being jailed as a drug dealer by the federal prosecution team that broke the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case. Clemens struck those same notes at the hearing, adamantly denying drug use while accusing McNamee of trying to frame him. (Yahoo News -- Drugs in Sports)
New lab procedure uses stem cells to grow blood Aug 20, 2008
Scientists said Tuesday they have devised a way to grow large quantities of blood in the laboratory using human embryonic stem cells, potentially making blood drives a relic of the past ... Roger Dodd, vice president of research and development at the American Red Cross' Holland Laboratory in Rockville, Md ... What it means: The method is a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Depositions Taken In Anthrax Case Aug 20, 2008
Hatfill, a physician and bioterrorism specialist, worked from 1997 to 1999 in the Army's infectious diseases laboratory at Maryland's Fort Detrick. Hatfill alleges that Justice officials leaked discrediting and false information to the media about him that caused him great harm. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
Bill Gates' millions to battle TB Aug 20, 2008
"We are in the midst of a new TB epidemic. The world desperately needs an effect vaccine to prevent TB, particularly in adolescents and adults. Dr Jerald Sadoff: New approaches are promising "Through accelerated research and development, a new vaccine could permanently change the trajectory of the epidemic and save millions of lives every year," he added. Two billion people - one out of every three people on Earth - are infected with the TB pathogen, a bacterium called Mycobacterium... (Yahoo News -- Tuberculosis)
California Licenses 2 Companies to Offer Gene Services Aug 20, 2008
The letters said that companies could not solicit customers from California without receiving a license from the state to operate as a laboratory. And they said that doctors had to be involved in ordering genetic tests. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Hantavirus suspected in Ellensburg officer's death Aug 20, 2008
According to the health department press release, the results of laboratory tests to confirm HPS will not be available for several weeks. (See related story. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Commercial projects stay hot as housing market cools Aug 20, 2008
5 million: the Edward A. Doisy Research Center now under construction in Midtown, combined with the renovation of existing laboratory space, and the Saint Louis University Arena ... Genevieve County $900 million Mississippi River bridge $690 million to $910 million MetroLink expansion $678 million Highway 40 reconstruction $535 million Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District system upgrades $500 million Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. casino, Laclede's Landing $400 million Busch Stadium 365 million... (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Pesticide Buildup Could Lead to Poor Honey Bee Health Aug 20, 2008
"We already had in place ways to test for viruses, bacteria and fungi, but it was difficult to find an analytical laboratory that could analyze for unknown pesticides," says Christopher A. Mullin, professor of entomology ... They eventually turned to the National Science Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agricultural Marketing Service that already tests commodities such as milk and fruits and vegetables to allow them to meet national and international standards ... The researchers, including... (Agri-View, WI)
Best-worst hospital death rates unveiled Aug 20, 2008
"Maybe five minutes more and I'd be gone," Silverman, 63, co-owner of Pro-dent, a dental laboratory in Allentown, says his doctor told him. Doctors at Lehigh Valley are proud of their speed. (USA Today)
Low Vitamin D Raises Women's Hip Fracture Risk Aug 20, 2008
The fracture-vitamin D link "has been observed for 15 years," noted Dr. Michael F. Holick, director of the Vitamin D Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University. "The good news is it's consistent, the higher your vitamin D status, the lower the risk of your developing a hip fracture.". (MEDLINEplus)
Reaching the Heart through the Wrist Aug 20, 2008
"It's done in about 1.5 percent of all procedures in the U.S.," said study author Dr. Sunil V. Rao, director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the Durham VA Medical Center. The study found that bleeding complications in angioplasties done through the femoral artery in the groin were twice as common as for the radial approach, with 1. (MEDLINEplus)
NYU scientists identify critical protein complex in formation of cell cilia Aug 20, 2008
The authors of this study are NYU Cancer Institute scientists William Y. Tsang and Brian David Dynlacht; Carine Bossard (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona); Hemant Khanna (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan); Johan Pernen (Institute of Biotechnology, Program in Cellular Biotechnology, University of Helsinki), Anand Swaroop (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan / National Eye Institute, Neurobiology Neurodegeneration... (EurekAlert!)
Stem Cell Find May Help Transfusions Aug 20, 2008
Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic , a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. Related Articles. (Time.com)
St. Anthony's Diagnostic Center now open in Neoga Aug 19, 2008
- Laboratory blood tests. - Electrocardiograms (EKG). (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Teaching wing on the way Aug 19, 2008
Once completed, the facility will provide a high fidelity simulation laboratory to conduct both clinical and surgical skills training, support high quality clinical research to support improvements in patient care and include lecture and teaching space. It is hoped that the redevelopment project will attract more doctors, nurses and medical students to Melbournes Western suburbs. (Keilor, Taylors Lakes, Sydenham Star)
A Foothold For Renewable Power? Aug 19, 2008
The Colorado-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory is adding 100 jobs. Colorado's growing political and economic commitment to renewables is causing fear in the oil and gas industry, which is fighting to keep its tax breaks and its influence over state rulemaking. (CBS News)
The Anthrax Files Aug 19, 2008
They swabbed his residence, locker, several cars, the tools in his laboratory, and his office space, but found no trace of anthrax that genetically matched the bacteria in the letters. Indeed, some of the evidence all circumstantial, none forensic was downright laughable. (The American Conservative)
Guatemala rights scientist honoured Aug 19, 2008
"We look for documents - anything that can aid in identification; we search for the graves, we excavate them, and exhume the remains. Then everything is taken to the laboratory for analysis.". From the remains, Mr Peccerelli's team tries to construct a picture of what happened at the time of death. (Yahoo News -- Guatemala)
Tougher Laws Needed to Protect Your Genetic Privacy Aug 19, 2008
and deCODE in Reykjavik, Iceland, have started aggressively marketing genome-wide scans, even if they do not have a license to operate as a medical laboratory. Within a decade, whole-genome sequencing that reads all three billion bases in human DNA might well be available for less than $1,000. (Scientific American)
Hospitals fined for violations Aug 19, 2008
Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, for failing to follow policies and procedures for a patient with critically low laboratory test results, resulting in the patient's death; and for failing to ensure that licensed staff were competent and trained to insert intravenous catheters, causing a patient to die. Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, for failing to activate a stationary ventilator during a transfer of the patient from a transport ventilator, resulting in the patient's death. (Los Angeles Times)
McCain's Straight Talk Express rolls into BCC Aug 19, 2008
-1) { write('\r\n'); write('+EXPAND'); } else { write('\r\n'); write('+EXPAND'); } write. Tuesday, August 19, 2008. (Florida Today)
Light Metals Against Bombs And Grenades Aug 19, 2008
One of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology s three Centres for Research-based Innovation is called SIMLab (Structural Impact Laboratory). Here, researchers are working with aluminium structures for protection against impacts, metal-piercing projectiles and explosions from everything from small stones to bombs -- in war or in peace. (Science Daily)
Potential Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Cure Found In Century-old Drug Aug 19, 2008
Dr. Atamna's research is the first to show that low concentrations of the drug have the ability to slow cellular aging in cultured cells in the laboratory and in live mice ... 4, 2001) A laboratory "fishing expedition" landed a surprising catch for researchers: a cholesterol-lowering protein produced by the body that might be able to slow the progression of Alzheimer's. (Science Daily)
Immune Response To Human Embryonic Stem Cells In Mice Suggests Human Therapy May Face Challenge Aug 19, 2008
12, 2005) For the first time, stem cell researchers at the University of Minnesota have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to create cancer-killing cells in the laboratory, paving the way for future treatments ... (July 21, 2004) Results of laboratory experiments by Johns Hopkins scientists suggest it may be possible to "educate" the immune system to recognize rather than destroy human embryonic stem cells. (Science Daily)
Synthetic Molecules Could Add Spice To Fight Against Cancer Aug 19, 2008
17, 2000) Naturally occurring substances in citrus juices, called flavonoids, show promise against prostate cancer, lung cancer and melanoma in laboratory studies, according to a joint Canadian-United States. . (Science Daily)
Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies Aug 19, 2008
25, 2000) Playing violent video games like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D or Mortal Combat can increase a person1s aggressive thoughts, feelings and behavior both in laboratory settings and in actual life, according to. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Maelstrom Quashes Jumping Genes Aug 19, 2008
16, 2002) Laboratory experiments led by Hopkins scientists have revealed that so-called "jumping genes" create dramatic rearrangement in the human genome when they move from chromosome to chromosome. (Feb. (Science Daily)
10 Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp Aug 19, 2008
(Sources: The American Geriatrics Society, The Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory at The University of California at Berkeley, Duke University Medical Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine). ADVERTISEMENTS. (SmartMoney)
College seeks to add two more programs Aug 19, 2008
One is for an Associate in Applied Science two-year degree in Science Laboratory Technology, and the other is for a Certificate in Massage Therapy ... Of the Science Laboratory Technology program, Carito explained, That s an A.A. degree that we hope will put people right into the workforce as laboratory assistants ... As noted in the program s summary, (It) has been proposed to meet the needs of the job market, in providing skilled support in our emerging laboratory technology fields. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Remains from 1948 plane crash ID'd Aug 19, 2008
A few pieces of the arm were sent to a commercial DNA laboratory ... In 2006, Dr. Odile Loreille at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory in Rockville, Md. (MSNBC -- Technology)
• Scientists elaborate on the case against Bruce Ivins Aug 19, 2008
The silicon did not make the anthrax more buoyant when exposed to air, said James Burans, associate laboratory director of the National Bioforensic Analysis Center ... The parent material for the anthrax mailings -- the one flask of RMR 1029 -- was derived from a mixture of various batches of spores, originally totaling 164 liters, said Chris Hassell, a chemist who since June has headed the FBI's laboratory. (Q13.com, WA)
Anthrax Scientist Aided FBI's Probe Aug 19, 2008
"Dr. Ivins was an adviser on the repository process," FBI laboratory director Dr. Chris Hassell told reporters today at FBI headquarters. Investigators codified the protocol in a subpoena sent to scientists around the globe, which ordered them to submit anthrax samples to the FBI as it built a repository as part of the investigation. (ABC News)
