30 April 2003
The AAEP recently issued a statement supporting the intent of the AVMA's policy on the surgical correction of genetic defects
30 April 2003
The number of veterinary students interested in food animal medicine is declining
30 April 2003
Cloned pigs appear to have the same degree of variability in physical appearance and behaviour as normally bred animals
30 April 2003
Using a powerful new technique, investigators have identified all the genes that are active in a single cell
30 April 2003
A surge of interest in RNA is due in part to the recent discovery of a new class of genes called microRNAs (miRNAs)
30 April 2003
Two recent studies indicate that chromosome instability caused by changes in DNA methylation can lead to tumour formation
30 April 2003
Maternal undernutrition around the time of conception can lead to premature births and health effects for the offspring
30 April 2003
An enzyme that protects bacteria from attack is key to human cell survival and growth and may explain why cancer cells multiply
unchecked
30 April 2003
A common protein known as aldolase helps propel the parasite Toxoplasma into host cells to cause infection
30 April 2003
Recent research challenges an assumption about cell growth that underpins modern cellular biology
30 April 2003
Scientists report for the first time that 'baby' teeth contain a rich supply of stem cells in their dental pulp
30 April 2003
Discovery of a new imaging technique Voxel-based Lesion-Symptom Mapping (VLSM) has recently been reported
30 April 2003
A new method to make large quantities of targeted immune cells that may protect against cancers and viral infections has been
developed
30 April 2003
Researchers have created a powerful and long-lasting analgesic using the gene silencing technique RNA interference (RNAi)
30 April 2003
A powerful anti-oxidant derived from red algae has produced 'spectacular' results in a pilot study of its efficacy as an infertility
treatment
30 April 2003
People can become infected from a worm that causes blindness simply by stroking a dog that carries the parasite
30 April 2003
Testicles might be outside the body because temperature influences the sex of human children.
30 April 2003
The phenomenon that leads to 'virgin births' in some species looks like a promising source of embryonic stem cells
30 April 2003
The global SARS epidemic reveals that at least 10 per cent of people who contract the new virus will die of the disease
30 April 2003
Dutch scientists are urgently checking whether the bird flu virus has mutated into a dangerous human pathogen
30 April 2003
The tooth fairy could soon face competition for baby teeth from scientists who have discovered the teeth are a source of stem
cells.
30 April 2003
People can become infected with a worm that causes blindness simply by stroking the coats of dogs that carry the parasite.
30 April 2003
A contraceptive vaccine that makes dogs temporarily sterile could soon be available.
30 April 2003
SARS patients in Hong Kong with unusual symptoms has prompted concern that the virus causing the disease is mutating
30 April 2003
Science and business acumen from the University of Rochester and University of California (UC), Berkeley won the $50,000 first
prize
30 April 2003
The European Commission yesterday took a step toward resolving its policy on the funding of stem cell research.
30 April 2003
Nucleoplasmin 2 (NPM2), an oocyte-specific nuclear protein, is crucial in chromatin organization and post-fertilization development
30 April 2003
Father of innate immunity dies at age 60
30 April 2003
Senior scientists have hit out at the MRC's plans to close the north London NIMR centre and relocate it to Cambridge
30 April 2003
The chicken's genetic sequence should prove extremely useful for both poultry farmers and doctors
22 April 2003
Biologists and cell physiologists report that they have isolated and identified a molecule that attracts sperm
16 April 2003
New animal welfare regulations in the UK require farmers to provide pigs with 'environmentally enriching' materials such as
straw and hay
16 April 2003
Fears grow that people in North America are contracting a new form of the fatal brain disorder from deer
16 April 2003
The virus causing deadly pneumonia is likely to be a new hybrid that mutated in China's Guangdong province
16 April 2003
Researchers have found by chance that fusing an antibody molecule to a protein with prion potential stops that misfolding
16 April 2003
The outbreak of SARS that originated in China is caused by a completely new type of coronavirus
16 April 2003
Enlargement of the EU may have profound effects on EU science and its funding
16 April 2003
A long-awaited decision on rights to the DNA-copying enzyme Taq polymerase was issued recently
16 April 2003
Contrary to previous beliefs, a 40-year-old Caucasian male developed pox-like lesions on a finger on each hand after working
with Vaccinia
16 April 2003
Researchers in Switzerland claim to have proved a long-standing theory about prions: that the proteins couple up to breed
mad cow disease.
16 April 2003
Reserchers have found a second anthrax toxin receptor which could offer new ways to prevent the toxin entering cells
16 April 2003
Reserchers have developed a new tool to analysis the huge volumes of data generated by microarray experiments
16 April 2003
Anaerobic bacteria found at the core of many tumours can be genetically altered to carry chemotherapeutic agents directly
into tumour tissue
16 April 2003
The birth of the first apparently healthy clone of an endangered species has been announced
16 April 2003
Should there be an international body of scientists and public representatives to authorize research that may have grave social
consequences?
16 April 2003
The NSF has been critised for failing to address some recommendations outlined last year by its own Inspector General
16 April 2003
The new head of the UK Biobank has tried to ease concerns that the project is an over-ambitious waste of money
16 April 2003
American farmers are breeding wool-free sheep to bring down the cost of meat production
16 April 2003
The cloning of humans and other primates may not be possible with current techniques, U.S. scientists have found
16 April 2003
Investigators around the world are still wrestling with key questions about the transmission and origins of the mystery SARS
disease
16 April 2003
The full DNA sequence of the coronavirus believed to cause SARS has been published by scientists in Canada
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16 April 2003
The complete sequence of human DNA, as perfectly rendered as it ever will be, is now complete
16 April 2003
Five researchers have been honoured in the 2003 International Gairdner Awards
16 April 2003
German academic publishers, scientists, libraries, and legislators have been arguing over a new digital copyright bill
16 April 2003
Researchers show that low-density lipoprotein receptor–related protein (LRP1) has a pivotal role in protecting vascular wall
integrity and preventing atherosclerosis
16 April 2003
The director of one WHO laboratory investigating SARS says the new coronavirus implicated as the cause of the disease is around
in the environment but unlikely to be the causative agent
16 April 2003
The BCG tuberculosis vaccine derived from Mycobacterium bovis emerged from serial passage of a virulent strain and offers
limited protection against the disease
16 April 2003
A single genetic change could have created the deadly virus that has killed over 50 people and infected more than 1,600
16 April 2003
From the chaos of the widening SARS epidemic has emerged a globe-spanning team effort dedicated to finding the culprit as
fast as possible
16 April 2003
several thousand women for an unusual clinical trial
16 April 2003
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) wants the nation to invest $500 million in research on how to improve student learning
16 April 2003
Several researchers are moving away from microarrays as a tool to investigate differences in gene expression between healthy
and diseased tissue
16 April 2003
Scientists have worked out the genetic sequence of the virus that is thought to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
2 April 2003
Since the initial outbreak of exotic Newcastle disease, 14 of California's commercial poultry farms have been infected and
more than two million birds depopulated
2 April 2003
The National Academies has agreed upon a national study to evaluate the current state and future needs of veterinary science
research
2 April 2003
Deactivation of the immune system in patients infected with HIV could be one way to inhibit progression to the immunodeficiency
diseases associated with AIDS
2 April 2003
Researchers have developed a mouse model of the most prevalent and deadly form of human ovarian cancer – epithelial ovarian
cancer
2 April 2003
Human antibodies may drive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to mutate and escape detection by the immune system
2 April 2003
Researchers have developed a miniature device that can identify a fraction of a spore of anthrax and other biological hazards
within 30 milliseconds
2 April 2003
Scientists have discovered that primitive human embryonic stem cells can be grown with the help of cells from bone marrow
2 April 2003
A new study suggests that a set of genes important in early development fails to reactivate in adult, or somatic, cell-derived
clones
2 April 2003
HIV-1, a common strain of the virus that causes AIDS, uses a strategy not seen before in other viruses to escape attack by
antibodies
2 April 2003
Researchers have combined the precision of antibodies with the power of an antioxidant enzyme to create a new way to protect
transplanted lungs from oxidative stress
2 April 2003
Scientists have designed and engineered a broad-spectrum recombinant anti-viral agent that is active against HIV
2 April 2003
Researchers have discovered a surprisingly simple but effective repair system in airway barrier cells
2 April 2003
Researchers have a theoretical model that shows how the pressure exerted by the immune response of an infected population
can drive evolution of influenza virus
2 April 2003
Using a laser beam scalpel researchers have snipped their way to a new understanding of a key process in a fruit fly’s embryonic
development
2 April 2003
Researchers believe that the process of transdifferentiation may be the method by which adult stem cells differentiate
2 April 2003
Research into the hormonal triggers that drive spermatogenesis is beginning to reveal why male contraceptives have so far
failed
2 April 2003
Which approach is more likely to make a biotechnology company successful: a focus on novel technologies or on development
of novel compounds?
2 April 2003
Researchers may be able to carry out microscopic surgery at exact locations on a chromosome and observe real-time interactions
between DNA and proteins
2 April 2003
A US patent was granted early this year for a new class of compounds that could eventually represent a family of drugs with
antibiotic properties against the anthrax bacterium
2 April 2003
Laboratory acquired infections require further investigation because the true rates of infection are unknown, and some lab
workers may not be taking adequate precautions
2 April 2003
The quality of scientific research is under threat because scientists are focussed on seeking fame and fortune in ‘top’ journals,
argues a British scientist
2 April 2003
Some of the nation's best and brightest scientists have won large cash grants from the Australian government to stay in the
country and further their research
2 April 2003
Almost 100 kilograms of smuggled meat infected with the foot and mouth virus enters Britain every year, government epidemiologists
have estimated
2 April 2003
Britain's MRC was forced to defend itself against charges concerning funding decisions and inadequately consulting the research
community over plans for the $70 million Biobank
2 April 2003
The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) held its inaugural meeting at the University of California (UC) at Berkeley
2 April 2003
A retired New Hampshire physician is putting the final touches on an alternative Web marketplace for research ideas
2 April 2003
Scientists better understand the mechanism by which the alteration of adhesive properties of individual cells gives rise to
epithelial stem cell differentiation
2 April 2003
The state of European science and technology is assessed by the European Commission in the Third European Report on Science
and Technology Indicators 2003
2 April 2003
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has launched an inquiry into how the NIH manages the billions of dollars it receives
annually
2 April 2003
A new medical research center opens in London today (1 April), that will bring together scientists in four key areas to generate
novel treatments for diseases
2 April 2003
IUntil recently it has been unclear if hepatocytes derived from bone marrow arise from changing potency through cell fusion
or by direct differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells
2 April 2003
Procedures for fingerprinting as many as 20,000 scientists are expected to be released this week, as the FBI prepares to assess
security risks at laboratories working with select agents
2 April 2003
On 11 February, 2003, the Chinese Ministry of Health first informed the WHO that 305 cases of a severe atypical pneumonia
had occurred in southern China
2 April 2003
The WHO today moved to calm the increasingly competitive atmosphere that seems to be developing in the quest to identify the
cause of worldwide SARS outbreak
2 April 2003
Mystery pneumonia infections have killed 31 people in China, and infected 792 more, a state-run newspaper has revealed
2 April 2003
Infigen of DeForest and BioTransplant, both in the USA, recently announced the birth of three pigs that mark the next stop
on the road toward xenotransplantation
2 April 2003
BioMedNet (bnm.com) has announced a new service: For unique research, comment and context in drug discovery, pharmaceutical
science and toxicology
2 April 2003
Some late-life cancers may be due to defects that occur in early development, suggests a mathematical model of mutation patterns
in tissues
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