Carol Greidger shares Lasker Award
Recognition honors pioneering work on the structure of telomeres

Carol Greider shares the prize, considered by many to be the nation's most prestigious for basic and clinical medical research, with two former colleagues.

Carol Greider, one of the world's pioneering researchers on the structure of chromosome ends known as telomeres, was named yesterday to share the 2006 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
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Belafonte to open MSE Symposium
Whether you agree or disagree with the speaker's point of view, you're sure to leave with plenty to talk and think about when you attend the annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium.
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Jolt triggers release of biomolecules, nanoparticles
Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a way to use a brief burst of electricity to release biomolecules and nanoparticles from a tiny gold launch pad. The technique could someday be used to dispense small amounts of medicine on command from a chip implanted in the body. The method also may be useful in chemical reactions that require the controlled release of extremely small quantities of a material.
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