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Contact: Wileen Wong Kromhout wwkromhout@support.ucla.edu 310-206-0540 University of California – Los Angeles Shell of single-protein capsule degrades or remains intact based on environment Protein therapy – the delivery of healthy proteins directly into human cells to replace malfunctioning proteins …
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Contact: Anita Srikameswaran SrikamAV@upmc.edu 412-578-9193 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Banking cords, as well as cord blood, may be invaluable PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17 – Stem cells that could one day provide therapeutic options for muscle and bone disorders can be easily …
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Contact: Ben Stein ben.stein@nist.gov 301-975-3097 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) NIST physicists predict new form of soliton in ultracold gases Solitary waves that run a long distance without losing their shape or dying out are a special class of waves called solitons. These everlasting waves are e…
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Contact: Lars Hellman lars.hellman@icm.uu.se 46-018-471-4532 Uppsala University It should be possible to use therapeutic vaccines to create both cheap and effective drugs for diseases like cancer and allergies. One problem in developing such vaccines has previously been the lack of adjuvants, substances that make vaccines more effective. However…
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Contact: Diana Lutz dlutz@wustl.edu 314-935-5272 Washington University in St. Louis Scientists at Washington University have isolated a channel that shuttles the vital but vulnerable heme molecule across biological membranes In some ways a cell in your body or an organelle in that cell is like an ancient walled town. Life i…
[NEWS] Contact: David Terraso david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu 404-385-2966 Georgia Institute of Technology Allows controlled attachment of nano-objects to be performed weeks apart in any lab Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic technique that can produce high-resolution patterns of at least thr…
[NEWS] Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles in municipal sewage treatment plants – their main gat…
[NEWS] Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of “personalized solar energy,” in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities. That’s the top…
[NEWS] Contact: Darrell E. Ward darrell.ward@osumc.edu 614-293-3737 Ohio State University Medical Center COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of that step contributes to cancer. </…
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Contact: George Hunka ghunka@aftau.org 212-742-9070 American Friends of Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University researchers unravel the mysteries of DNA packaging Imagine a huge spool of film containing thousands of sequences of random scenes. Without a talented editor, a screening would have no meaning. The RNA &qu…