A University academic who left school early with dreams of being a rock star has been recognised for his internationally outstanding work in microbiology and his studies into the social lifestyle of the opportunistic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa - the leading cause of death in Cystic Fibrosis patients and an important cause of hospital acquired infections…

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services has announced that the prestigious journal Current Opinion in Cell Biology (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ceb) will host a Cellular Host-Pathogen Interactions Conference, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 5-7 September 2010 (http://conferences.current-opinion.com)…

In the long evolutionary road from bacteria to humans, a major milestone occurred some 1.5 billion years ago when microbes started building closets for all their stuff, storing DNA inside a nucleus, for example, or cramming all the energy machinery inside mitochondria…

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RGN) announced that a university research team has published an article ahead of print in FASEB Journal, a high-impact scientific journal, describing novel biological properties of several Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) peptide fragments. The researchers summarize related published studies and report on their work showing that Tβ4 and these smaller peptides were able to block inflammation, reduce fibrosis, promote cell survival and block apoptosis, stimulate stem/progenitor cell differentiation, induce angiogenesis, and promote cell migration…

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:RGN) announced that a university research team has published an article ahead of print in FASEB Journal, a high-impact scientific journal, describing novel biological properties of several Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) peptide fragments. The researchers summarize related published studies and report on their work showing that Tβ4 and these smaller peptides were able to block inflammation, reduce fibrosis, promote cell survival and block apoptosis, stimulate stem/progenitor cell differentiation, induce angiogenesis, and promote cell migration…

Researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center have figured out how ATP is broken down in cells, providing for the first time a clear picture of the key reaction that allows cells in all living things to function and flourish. Discovered some 80 years ago, adenosine triphosphate is said to be second in biological importance only to DNA. Each cell in the human body contains about a billion ATP molecules, and the power derived from the breakdown of them is used to deliver substances to their cellular homes, build needed complex molecules and even make muscles contract…

Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT), announced William A. Hawkins, chairman and CEO, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). AIMBE Fellows are recognized for their outstanding achievements in medical and biological engineering. A formal induction ceremony was held at the Institute’s 19th Annual Event in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21-23, 2010

Promiscuous females may be the key to a species’ survival, according to new research by the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool. Published 25 February in Current Biology, the study could solve the mystery of why females of most species have multiple mates, despite this being more risky for the individual. Known as ‘polyandry’ among scientists, the phenomenon of females having multiple mates is shared across most animal species, from insects to mammals. This study suggests that polyandry reduces the risk of populations becoming extinct because of all-female broods being born…

A team of scientists led by Dr Simon Richardson at the University of Greenwich has got a step closer to one of the holy grails of drug delivery. The goal to find a vehicle that can carry drugs not just to a specific cell but a specific organ (organelle) inside the cell, and accurately measure how it behaves when it gets there has proved elusive despite two decades of research, according to the Journal of Controlled Release, a top international scientific publication…

Life’s smallest motor, a protein that shuttles cargo within cells and helps cells divide, does so by rocking up and down like a seesaw, according to research conducted by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Brandeis University. The researchers created high-resolution snapshots of a protein motor, called kinesin, as it walked along a microtubule, which are tube-shaped structures that form a cell’s “skeleton.” The result is the closest look yet at the structural changes kinesin proteins undergo as they ferry molecules within cells…