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2011 Career Award at the Scientific Interface Recipients Named

May 18, 2011
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Board of Directors approved 10 recipients for the 2011 Career Award at the Scientific Interf...

by Russ Campbell

Gene variation linked to infertility in women, study finds

May 16, 2011
A variation in a gene involved in regulating cholesterol in the bloodstream also appears to affect progesterone production in women, making it a likel...

by Russ Campbell

A tiltable head could improve the ability of undulating robots to navigate disaster debris

May 09, 2011
Search and rescue missions have followed each of the devastating earthquakes that hit Haiti, New Zealand and Japan during the past 18 months. Machines...

by Russ Campbell

BWF Launches Singapore Math Pilot in North Carolina

May 03, 2011
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Board of Directors approved grants totaling $1.2 million to be payable over six years to sup...

by Russ Campbell

Investigational agent shows promise in reducing spread of prostate cancer

Apr 29, 2011
Washington, DC - A drug developed to treat Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, may also help prevent human prostate cancer from spreading, as se...

by Russ Campbell

Researchers identify genes causing antimalarial drug resistance

Apr 22, 2011
In a first of its kind study, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Harvard University School of Public Health proved that a...

by Russ Campbell

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