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Man and mouse share genome structures

...led large-scale study to date of the proteins that package DNA, researchers have mapped a family of switches that turn genes on and off. Their findings may help scientists understand regulatory mechanisms underlying cancer and human development. The research team includes first author Bradley Bernstein, rec...

Affymetrix and Stratagene Announce Strategic Software Alliance

... agreement, Stratagene will develop a new software package for Affymetrix, ArrayAssist(R) Lite, which will be offered as a standard statistical analysis solution of Affymetrix gene expression microarrays. In April 2005, Affymetrix will make ArrayAssist Lite available to its existing GeneChip customers via t...

Applied Biosystems Introduces Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program

...stem backed with technical and promotional support package from the leader in gene expression technologies,?said Catherine M. Burzik, President of Applied Biosystems. The Applied Biosystems Expression Array System is a highly sensitive gene expression detection system. The system detects more genes and achi...

Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld

...stem backed with technical and promotional support package from the leader in gene expression technologies,?said Catherine M. Burzik, President of Applied Biosystems. The Applied Biosystems Expression Array System is a highly sensitive gene expression detection system. The system detects more genes and achi...

Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers

...ation of cells. "Here we're showing an integrated package where the cells have an ability to send messages and other cells have the ability to act on these messages," said Weiss. The creation of patterns, such as the bull's-eye effect, is a key step in one of Weiss' eventual goals, which is to have the cel...

UCLA scientists store materials in cells natural vaults

...t causing harm. A big challenge is how to design a package for this biomaterial that will be compatible with living cells and will not provoke an immune reaction. Previous efforts have relied upon viruses or artificial chemicals to house and deliver drugs or other substances to targeted cells. RESEARCH: Sci...

Unique library of plant genes germinates, takes root at UNC

...put those two things together in one user-friendly package like Phytome." Phytome went online at www.phytome.org in the fall after two years work and already is being used by basic and applied scientists worldwide. The first version of the database contains information on more than 730,000 unique protein se...

Genomatix, AAAS ink agreement

...MESH filters -- all in one dynamically overlayable package -- makes BiblioSpherePE even more powerful and essential for molecular biology research." ...

New brain scan technology could save babies' lives

...and the time the light takes to travel. A software package also developed with EPSRC funding uses this information to build up a 3D image. This can show which parts of the brain are receiving oxygen, where blood is situated, evidence of brain damage etc. MONSTIR is the size of a fridge-freezer and takes ar...

Novel enzyme offers new look at gene regulation

...in length," said Zhang. "Histones are necessary to package the DNA so that it fits inside a cell's nucleus." Because they are so intimately associated with DNA, even slight chemical alterations of histones can have profound effects on nearby genes. Depending on the precise location and how many methyl group...

Swiss researchers develop all-in-one remote control gene expression tool

...he protein encoded by the new gene. This versatile package can also carry bits of RNA that stop the cell from expressing one of its own genes, by way of RNA interference. But the cargo that makes this tool really novel and exciting is a fusion protein that acts as a kind of remote control. By administering a...

UW scientists unravel critical genetic puzzle for flu virus replication

... virus has a specific mechanism that permits it to package its genetic materials" as it creates its infectiou...0 million people. Knowing how influenza A viruses package their genetic contents, and knowing that they do so systematically, suggests it may be possible, by ...

MIT researchers build tiny batteries with viruses

...h electrical energy into as small or lightweight a package as possible. The batteries they hope to build could range from the size of a grain of rice up to the size of existing hearing aid batteries. Batteries consist of two opposite electrodes - an anode and cathode - separated by an electrolyte. In the cu...

Many cleaners, air fresheners may pose health risks when used indoors

...he products were used in various ways according to package directions: some at full-strength and others at various dilutions as recommended on their labels. In some tests, used cleaning supplies such as paper towels and sponges were left in the room. In others, supplies were promptly removed. The tests prod...

Mapping the protein world

...anks to sophisticated software and in particular a package called ARP/wARP. Developed by Victor Lamzin at the Hamburg Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Anastassis Perrakis at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) in Amsterdam, ARP/wARP is currently used by over 2,000 researc...

Amgen introduces comprehensive financial assistance programs for cancer patients

...ng financial assistance programs into a simplified package with a single gateway: The new Vectibix Cap will limit total patient co-payments for Vectibix in the United States, regardless of income or insurance status. Once a patient reaches the cap (five percent of their adjusted gross income), he or she w...

'Mindless autopilot' drives people to underestimate food decisions

...think to let small things around us -- plate size, package size, people around us, distractions -- influence these 200-plus decisions because we are not aware of them in the first place," said Wansink. "Rather than try to overly obsess about our food decisions, it's better to change the environment so that...

Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible

... and evaluated using FSL, a sophisticated software package developed at the Oxford FMRIB Centre, and LCModel (a computer program that analyses spectroscopy data) to give estimates of changes to brain volume, form (morphology), metabolism and function. The technology enabled the researchers to superimpose...

Memories: It's all in the packaging, scientists say

...ain that bound the different details together as a package at the time the event occurred. When this brain region wasn't activated to bind together the details, only some aspects of an event were recalled. The findings appear in the current issue of Neuron. "This study provides a neurological basis for wh...

Bacterial walls come tumbling down

... sugar-coating by plucking sugars from a fat-sugar package known as lipid II. The antibiotic, which is another kind of sugar-lipid, probably mimics the lipid II molecule by tucking into a fold in the enzyme and taking up the space needed to bind to lipid II, the researchers believe. "We would like to see the...

Male-killing bacteria makes female butterflies more promiscuous

...le mating frequency and the size of the male sperm package (Spermatophore) per copulation to find how female promiscuity was affected by the sex ratio. They found that the size of the Spermatophore was key to female promiscuity. However, female promiscuity only rises up to the point where males become so rar...

Warning from Asian bees

..., Australian beekeepers cashed in, shipping export package bees worth $3-4 million to America. However, this is in contrast with the rest of the local industry, beset by poor yields and low prices, brought on by the drought. “The bee industry had a reasonable summer honey crop, but domestic prospects f...