2011 Science News Archives

Epigenomics

• Embryonic and induced-pluripotent stem cells reveal own molecular signature
  February 3, 2011
  
  

Global Health

• Health care: an African solution
  March 26, 2011
  
  
• US Funding to train 140,000 African healthcare workers
  March 9, 2011
  
  

NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

• New polymeric material developed at UC San Diego has potential for use in non-invasive surgical procedures
  October 3, 2011
  
  
• How to grow wires and tiny plates
  July 14, 2011
  
  
• Researchers demystify a fountain of youth in the adult brain
  July 13, 2011
  
  
• Studies of Mutated Protein in Lou Gehrig’s Disease Reveal New Paths for Drug Discovery, Penn Study Suggests
  April 26, 2011
  
  

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

• Immunity Against the Cold
  December 12, 2011
  
  
• Blink of an eye: Stanford researchers are redefining how the brain plans movement
  August 11, 2011
  
  
• Study finds brain regions go offline at different intervals
  April 12, 2011
  
  
• The Daily Show Interview with Miguel A. Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D.
  March 29, 2011
  
  
• New findings on drug tolerance in TB suggest ideas for shorter cures
  March 3, 2011
  
  
• Researchers closer to creating synthetic blood
  January 18, 2011
  
  
• Team Develops Groundbreaking Technology to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease
  January 10, 2011
  
  
• Brain biology may dictate social networks
  January 4, 2011
  
  
• Understanding the anesthetized brain
  January 3, 2011
  
  

NIH Director's Transformative Research Award Program

• Scientists create stable, self-renewing neural stem cells
  April 25, 2011
  
  

Interdisciplinary Research

• Taking out a cancer’s co-dependency
  July 13, 2011
  
  
• Colorful solution to extending lifespan
  April 1, 2011
  
  

Molecular Libraries and Imaging

• Scripps research team discovers treatable mechanism responsible for often deadly response to flu
  September 15, 2011
  
  
• Scripps Research and MIT scientists discover class of potent anti-cancer compounds
  March 7, 2011
  
  
• Scripps Research and MIT scientists discover class of potent anti-cancer compounds
  March 7, 2011
  
  
• Going Underground in Search of New Drugs  
  February 1, 2011
  
  
• Discovery from Molecular Libraries program enters clinical trials
  January 28, 2011
  
  
• Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Partners with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  January 17, 2011
  
  
• Scripps Research and Vanderbilt Launch Joint Institute to Advance Science at Interface of Chemistry and Medicine
  January 13, 2011
  
  

Structural Biology

• New laser technique opens doors for drug discovery
  March 14, 2011
  
  
• Experiment reaches biology milestone with hard X-ray laser
  February 3, 2011
  
  
• Scientists Develop Breakthrough Method for Finding Protein Shapes
  February 3, 2011
  
  

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