Sentences with phrase «led discovery efforts»

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Edwards, Sandin, and their collaborators say they expect the photomosaic technology to lead to many more scientific discoveries, and to continue to aid in conservation efforts.

The discovery is part of a trend among local and foreign scientists to focus again on Afghanistan after decades of civil war and invasions there, says Stephen Peters, lead researcher on a U.S. Geological Survey effort to assess the mineral resources in the central Asian country.

A co-founder of Tenaya Therapeutics, he was also chosen for his efforts to bring his discoveries to market to fight the world's leading cause of death — heart disease.

The consolidation of these efforts in an independent initiative will allow faculty from the CMI to lead a focused investigation in small molecule drug discovery for multiple therapeutic applications.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Sept. 15, 2008 — Assay Designs and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (SMAF) are very pleased to announce a collaborative agreement for development of reagents and assays for SMN (Survival Motor Neuron) protein to expedite drug discovery and development efforts for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the leading genetic cause of mortality in infants and toddlers.

The team reports that the results of their efforts have led to the discovery of two duplications that occurred in the conifers they studied, one in the ancestry of all Pinaceae, which includes spruces, pines and firs, and the other in cupressophytes, which includes junipers, redwoods and yew.

The discovery was a combined effort by a European consortium led by Pascale Cossart, head of the French l'Unité des Interactions Bactéries - Cellules at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.

Previous efforts targeting viral entry led to the discovery of bis - tetraazamacrocycles (Bicyclams) as a class of potent and selective anti-HIV-1 agents.

Following completion of a massive epitope discovery effort (also supported by an HHS contract), current work on MTB includes development of tools to isolate MTB - specific T cells (supported by the Gates Foundation) and identifying T cell signatures that distinguish three possible infection states: cleared infection, stable latent infection, and latent infection with high risk of progression to disease (in conjunction with a large consortium led by Henry Blumberg at Emory University).

«This funding will help provide important new opportunities to translate basic discoveries and leading - edge technologies from UC San Diego's research laboratories into needed therapies for patients — an effort being spearheaded by our new Drug Discovery Institute,» said Palmer Taylor, PhD, associate vice chancellor for Health Sciences and dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

He coordinates specific combinatorial research efforts, including follow - on studies of promising lead materials in order to facilitate transition of discoveries to directed research projects and to scaleup integrated components.

The discovery belongs to the four American scientists who lead the effort such prof Thorne.Recommend

Brent Stockwell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University leads drug discovery efforts.

Our efforts lead to the discovery and introduction of new, unique and improved pet food ingredients.

Combined efforts of the dedicated Miniature Poodle breeders and the research team led by Dr. Mark Neff at the Van Andel Research Institute culminated in the discovery of a partial deletion of the sulfate transporter gene, SLC13A1, as a cause of the osteochondrodysplasia in this breed (2,3).

Background: Another successful collaborative research effort between OptiGen and scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has led to the discovery of a mutation causing Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) in your Portuguese Water Dogs (PWDs).

Another successful collaborative research effort between OptiGen and scientists at the University of Pennsylvania has led to the discovery of a mutation causing Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) in your Portuguese Water Dogs (PWDs).

A collaborative research effort by a team of investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, veterinary ophthalmologist Dr. Chris Dixon and the OptiGen Research Program, has led to the discovery of a novel mutation in the CNGA3 gene that causes Day Blindness in the Labrador Retriever (1).

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