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W.M. Keck Foundation funds study of friendly microbes

... bioreactor programmed with at least 800 different species of bacteria." "Fortunately, these microbes endow u... for mining genome sequence data so that bacterial species can be more rapidly and accurately classified. A large publicly accessible database will be establis...

Termites feed through good vibrations

... a form of sonar. Dr Evans says different termite species are known to prefer eating particular sizes of woo... food very carefully. The palatability of the wood species and hardness is important as are defensive chemicals made by the plant. But our work shows that this...

Affymetrix Unveils Plans to Double Plant and Animal Genome Microarray Offering

...udied SNP effects in expression analysis ofdiverse species using an early prototype of the maize array-- Dr. Brett Tyler who studied transcriptional profiling ofPhytophthora sojae infection of the soybean plantThe Affymetrix GeneChip Consortia Program is a collaborative initiativethat enables the plant and a...

Ecological destruction fuels emerging diseases

...of habitat by human activity and the extinction of species around the world is more than a looming environmen...es of major climate change or mass extinction, and species have moved out of their areas of origin into other areas, there have been emerging diseases. Parasit...

Ancient olfaction protein is shared by many bugs, offering new pest control target

...though many odorant-receptor proteins appear to be species specific, there is a high degree of evolutionary conservation of the Or83b coding sequence among the fruit fly, the medfly (a citrus pest), the corn earworm moth (which damages corn and tobacco), and Anopheles gambiae, the malaria mosquito. When the ...

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Mut S from USB Corp.

...enting chromosomal recombination between different species of bacteria. Mut S binds to DNA specifically at base pair mismatches and small (<4 nt) insertions and deletions....

Mouse Anti-Salmonella typhimurium Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated, Clone 6331 from GeneTex

... most common cause of food poisoning by Salmonella species was due to S. Typhimurium. As its name suggests, it causes a typhoid-like disease in mice. In humans S. Typhimurium does not cause as severe disease as S. Typhi, and is not normally fatal. The disease is characterized by diarrhea, abdominal cramps, v...

Interferon Antibody Bioassays Services from PBL InterferonSource

...l and virus types, varies depending on the derived species of interferon to be analyzed....

microRNA Expression Profiling - Comprehensive Service from LC Sciences

...). We have standard arrays for mature miRNA of all species available in the latest version of the Sanger miRBase database (Release 8.2). Our service is comprehensive and includes small RNA enrichment from your total RNA sample, single or dual color labeling, hybridization, image data processing and data anal...

Mouse Anti-Nop1p / Fibrillarin Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated, Clone A00104.01 from GenScript Corporation

... have been cloned and sequenced from several other species (Mouse, accession P35550, Xenopus accession P22232, C. elegans accession Q22053, and S. pombe accession P35551). The N terminal 80 amino acids contain multiple copies based on the peptide RGG, and the remaining 240 amino acids consist of the fibrilla...

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Control RT-PCR Primers for Human Gene Transcripts with Varying Abundance

...ts and whether full-length or near full-lengthcDNA species are present for those genes. The RT-PCR Primers fo...malian cell expressesbetween 10,000 to 30,000 mRNA species at any one time. These mRNAs can begrouped into three distinct abundance classes. 4,5 Most prevalen...

Innovative Tissue Array Technology for High-Throughput Screening of Gene Expression

..., in which all tissues and cell types in an animal species are screened. Traditional sections for whole-animal surveys require approximately 25 to 40 histological slides for complete screening. With each slide requiring preparation and processing that includes staining, labeling, and ...

Detecting Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor by in situ PCR on Archived Tissue

...ription, RTISPCR permits thedetection of rare mRNA species in their precise histological location and issuperior to standard in situ hybridization. 9,10 Furthermore, RTISPCRcan be applied to archival tissues, specimens stored for years by pathologydepartments. Until now, such specimens have been an underuti...

Comparing Fidelity and Performance of Proofreading PCR Enzymes

...mococcus species(e.g., Vent, 9N-7) than Pyrococcus species (Pfu,Deep Vent). 7 According to its manufacturer, the Pfx version ofKOD DNA polymerase possesses hot start capability provided by neutralizingpolymerase antibodies. The manufacturers claimed that Pfx DNA polymerase exhibits greateraccuracy than Pfu...

A New PCR-based Mycoplasma Detection Method

...t when used toamplify DNA from the four mycoplasma species commonly associated with cellculture infections. R...C). We tested thecomprised mycoplasma/acholeplasma species most commonly encountered in infectedcultures. To approximate the conditions used in testing tissue ...

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Zoology

..., biogeography and taxonomy classify and group species via common descent and regional associations. In addition the various taxonomically oriented-disciplines such as mammalogy , herpetology , ornithology study mechanisms that are specific to those groups. Systems of classification Main art...

Y chromosome

...y for the survival of the chromosome, and thus the species carrying the chromosome. The primary repair mech...y species, including humans. As a result, the only species that would survive in the long term would be those species that naturally evolved a female-only meth...

Vitamin

...st mammals can synthesize this. The less related a species is to mammals , the more different the organisms' requirements become. For example, some bacteria need adenine . Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) was reported as a vitamin for mice in 2003 . In general, plants can synthesize all the organic ...

Virus

...e a specific host range, sometimes specific to one species (or even limited cell types of one species) and sometimes more general. Viruses form when molecules are assembled from organic compounds providing complex, microscopic structures which have the potential for self-assembly , and thusly they have l...

Virus classification

..., names of orders and families are italicized, and species names are not binomial - instead, they generally t...main unplaced. Approximately 80 families and 4000 species of virus are known. Classification by genome type DNA viruses Group I - dsDNA viruses (...

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Zoology

...oology In zoology , the scientific name of a sub species is the binomen followed immediately by a subspeci...gy is concerned with the origin and descent of species , as well as their change over time, i.e. their evolution . Full article >>> But the...

Y chromosome

...Y chromosome YeastA unicellular fungus . One species , the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , is used in brewing and baking because of the ease with which it ferments carbohydrates to ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide. Full article >>> Any chromosome other than a sex chromos...

X chromosome

...e of the two se x chromosome s in many animal species , including mammals (the other is the Y chromos.... Full article >>> In at least one species , two of their opsin genes are (like our mid- and long - wave sensitive opsins) on the X chromosom...

Wild-type

...ain nutrition al requirements depending upon the species . Full article >>> Wild-type The ... synthesized by wild-type strain s of the same species . Aves ... Full article >>>...

Weed

...fever plant s that includes nongrass and nontree species . weir Filtration apparatus in flame- cell proton...icle >>> Klamath Weed In 1946 two species of Chrysolina beetles were introduced into California to control the Klamath weed (also known as ...

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A Porcine Dolly

...type C retroviruses that cause leukemia in various species -- and from the fact that another type of retrovirus, harmless in its original host species, causes AIDS in humans. Every cell in a pig's body carries some 50 copies of PERV. Even so, this does not necessarily mean the end of pig-organ transplantatio...

Endangered species may be successfully cloned in another animal's womb

... found a way for the survival of endangered animal species of the world. In a major breakthrough a Massachu...dia and Burma. It will become the first endangered species to be cloned and the first cloned animal to gestate in the uterus of another species, the Washington...

Nitric oxide involved in high blood pressure

...molecules called free radicals and reactive oxygen species cause cellular damage and inactivate nitric oxide, causing blood pressure to keep rising. As blood pressure continues to rise, more nitric oxide is inactivated, causing pressure to rise even higher. According to researchers, while the initial cause...

The right is responsible

...nzees, orangutans, and some gorillas) are the only species that recognise their own faces in a mirror," says Keenan, who began researching self-awareness as a graduate student. "It has been thought that this ability is a hallmark of consciousness. To know that our own face is ours inevitably requires a knowl...

Memory loss associated with microbes

...forgetting they had mailed packages. About 1,100 species of dinoflagellates are known to science, a few of ...duce some of the most toxic substances known. Some species are responsible for shellfish poisoning, caused by people eating shellfish that have ingested the or...

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Fungitell assay

...The Fungitell assay does not detect certain fungal species such as the genus Cryptococcus, which produces very low levels of (1-3)--D-glucan. This assay also does not detect the Zygomycetes, such as Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus, which are not known to produce (1-3)--D-glucan....

Legionella Latex Test

...t for the identification of predominant Legionella species grown on plate media from patients with suspected Legionellosis or from environmental sources....

NOW® Malaria Test (P. Falciparum)

... antigen and an antigen that is common to all four species of malaria: Plasmodium falciparum (P.f.), Plasmodium vivax (P.v.), Plasmodium ovale (P.o.), and Plasmodium malariae (P.m.) in whole blood....

OptiMAL Malaria Test

... and therapy control of an infection by Plasmodium species (Malaria)....

PALUTOP+4

An immunochromatographic test for detection of 4 species of Plasmodium antigen ( P. falciparum , P. vivax , P. malariae , P. ovale ) in whole blood....

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West Nile Virus Screening and Diagnostics Technology Emerges In Step with North American Outbreak

...d received reports of WNV infection in 58 mosquito species and 284 bird species and had recorded 6690 cases of neuroinvasive WNV disease (meningitis, encephalitis, or acute flaccid...

Avian (Bird) Flu: Is There a Role for Rapid Tests?

... virus. Now that the H5N1 subtype has crossed the species barrier to humans, there is concern for human-to-human transmission. Given the presumed paucity of human resistance to the H5N1 subtype, infections could then reach pandemic proportions. This is particularly worrisome since the observed case fatali...

Halozyme Therapeutics' Enhanze Technology Large Protein Molecule Therapeutic Clinical Trial Results Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society

.... "We have shown previously in two differentanimal species and with three different representative largemolecules that rHuPH20 locally co-injected with the large moleculeincreases the bioavailability in a rHuPH20 dose-dependent fashionand to essentially complete absorption." About Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc...

Arisaph Pharmaceuticals Announces Results of its Potent Smart DPP-4 Inhibitor, ARI-2243, at the ADA

...irculation, which limits the exposure ofthe active species to unwanted targets, such as DPP 8 and 9. Theconversion product, ARI 2498 is a millimolar inhibitor of the DPPfamily, in particular, DPP 8 and 9. Such soft drug inactivationconfers functional selectivity and contributes to a favorabletherapeutic wind...

Research on New Treatment for Neglected Disease Published in The New England Journal of Medicine

...asis VL is a systemic infection caused by various species ofLeishmania parasites. The infection is transmitted by sandflies andcauses chronic fever, weight loss, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly andanemia. Left untreated, VL is nearly always fatal. VL currentlyoccurs in 62 countries, primarily in the developing w...

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Medicine

...icine is the practice of health care in animal species other than human beings. History of medicine Physician treating a patient. Louvre Museum, Paris , France . Main article: History of medicine The earliest type of medicine in most cultures was the use of plants ( Herb...
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Yellow Fever

...s, and both are spread by a particularly efficient species of mosquito: Aedes egypti. Full article >>> Arilvax A live-attenuated yellow fever vaccine marketed in Europe and some Asian markets. Availability in the U.S. is subject to registration and licensing approval from the FDA following...

Yeast Infections

...are commonly called, are caused by one of the many species of fungus known as candida , which normally live in the vagina in small numbers. Full article >>> Yeast infections may also occur in association with diabetes or problems that affect the immune system (such as AIDS or HIV...

Wind

...> These airborne pollen s come from various species of trees, grass es, weeds and other plants whose pollen s are carried by the wind rather than by insects. Full article >>> If going indoors isn't possible, protect the person from the wind , cover his or her head, and insulate his...

Wasp

...f Northern Australia and the Philippines. related species Note: This list may not be all inclusive. Full article >>> Other triggers include various ingredients used in the manufacturing of cosmetics and fragrances, as well as bee or wasp venom . People with an insect allergy may develop ...

Vulva

...ion of the skin or any mucous membrane by any species of Candida , but typically Candida albicans. May invade the blood stream, but is usually localized to skin , nails, mouth, vagina , vulva , bronchi , urinary tract or lungs . Full article >>> For example, some types of HPV c...

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