News: NIH boosts translational funding Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 29th May 2008 10:45 PM GMT] The National Institutes of Health announced plans today (May 29) to inject $533 million over the next five years into speeding up the ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Collins to industry, top of NIH? Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 28th May 2008 09:49 PM GMT] Francis Collins told reporters at a conference call today that he'd be considering "a number of opportunities, some in the private, some in the public sector," and said he'd even consider heading up the NIH, after ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Francis Collins leaves NHGRI Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 28th May 2008 08:00 PM GMT] The director of the NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Francis Collins, announced today (May 28) that he will step down from his position on August 1. Collins ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Want longevity? Call a friend Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 27th May 2008 04:12 PM GMT] Having a social life may just be the key to longevity, and the effect of interacting with peers shows up even in basic molecular pathways, according to a new study from University of Iowa ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Thousands vie for Gates grants Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 21st May 2008 04:23 PM GMT] Biologists have been submitting research proposals in droves hoping to receive money from a new Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant program aimed at improving ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: HIV vaccines: Plan B Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 20th May 2008 07:57 PM GMT] Anthony Fauci, director of NIH's National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is apparently making good on the promise to "turn the knob towards discovery" in HIV ... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this news story News: Explorers find Brittlestar City Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 20th May 2008 05:01 PM GMT] A team of researchers has discovered millions of slender, sea star-like creatures - called brittlestars - thriving on a submerged oceanic ridge in the icy waters between New Zealand and ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: That's misconduct, eh? Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 13th May 2008 06:56 PM GMT] A researcher in Canada has been living high on the government hog, spending thousands on toys and personal effects with federal money meant to fund his research. According to a ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Plagiarism detection 2.0 Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 12th May 2008 05:57 PM GMT] Publishers are getting a new tool in the fight against plagiarism in scientific manuscripts. The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters announced on May 1 that they would be offering ... Click to continue View comments (8) | Comment on this news story News: Get political, scientists Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 12th May 2008 03:18 PM GMT] A former Congressman, speaking at a meeting of researchers, policy makers, and advocates last Friday (May 9), urged scientists to become intimately involved in the political process. And he encouraged the nation's scientists to do much more than ... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this news story News: Platypus genome published Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 7th May 2008 06:01 PM GMT] The platypus joins the ranks of fruit flies, rice, humans, and other subjects of ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Fat cell numbers fixed in adults Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 5th May 2008 03:17 PM GMT] The number of fat cells in a person's body is determined during childhood and stays constant throughout life, with about 10 percent of fat cells dying and being replaced annually, according ... Click to continue View comments (8) | Comment on this news story News: Barcoding the world's trees Posted by Bob Grant [Entry posted at 2nd May 2008 06:32 PM GMT] Botanists from all over the world have convened in New York City and are hammering out plans to assemble a DNA-based catalog of the Earth's tree species. The scientists met yesterday (May 1) and ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

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