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A gene's first 'kiss' sets off that affair known as puberty

...ny Plant, Ph.D., a professor in the departments of cell biology and physiology and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, as well as director of the Center for Research in Reproductive Physiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The research, performed in collaboration with ...

Chemists create 'Superbowl' molecule; May lead to better health

...rug delivery, chemical synthesis and as models for cell and viral behavior. Until now, these molecules have had a very limited carrying capacity. "The compounds we made are bigger versions of these original bowl molecules," says study leader Michael Sherburn, Ph.D., a chemist with Australian National Uni...

DNA Molecules Used To Assemble Nanoparticles

...ack their movement. A series of experiments using cell sorters, 3-D microscopes and other tools verified that these dendrimers hit their targets, were admitted into the cells and gave off their signaling light. The self-assembled dendrimer clusters were shown to be well formed and functional. "This is t...

Bioartificial kidney under study at MCG

...olizes calcium and phosphorus, stimulate red blood cell production, play a role in blood pressure regulation and clear and metabolize cytokines that help direct the immune system. The new device for kidney failure adds billions of kidney cells that can perform many of these important kidney functions. Hu...

Viral DNA sequence a possible trigger for breast cancer

...a potential new mechanism for virus-induced breast cell transformation, which has largely been attributed to the integration of viral DNA into locations that trigger the expression of host cancer-causing genes. An intriguing wrinkle to this study is the previously reported presence of sequences highly hom...

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15(S)-HEDE from Cayman Chemical

...acid by 15-LO. 15(S)-HEDE is an inhibitor of RBL-1 cell 5-LO with an IC50 value of 26 µM....

Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST) Colorimetric Assay Kit from Sigma-Aldrich

... is intended for total GST activity measurement in cell and bacterial lysates, tissue homogenates, and in plasma and erythrocytes lysates. Kit utilizes 1-Chloro-2,4-Dinitrobenzene (CDNB) which is suitable for the broadest range of GST isozymes. Upon conjugation of the thiol group of glutathione to the CDN...

EBY100 S. cerevisiae Strain from Invitrogen

...hin the secretory pathway and are displayed on the cell surface (Figure 1)....

S. cerevisiae Direct Transformation Kit from Wako Chemicals USA, Inc.

...s. No complicated steps, such as centrifugation or cell washing, are required. The kit is particularly well suited for high-throughput transformation of a large number of yeast strains grown in 96-well plates. Even genome-wide screening, which has been probematic, becomes possible, since the kit easily tr...

S. cerevisiae Direct Transformation Kit from Wako Chemicals USA, Inc.

...s. No complicated steps, such as centrifugation or cell washing, are required. The kit is particularly well suited for high-throughput transformation of a large number of yeast strains grown in 96-well plates. Even genome-wide screening, which has been probematic, becomes possible, since the kit easily tr...

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A New C-Terminal GST Vector for Protein Production in S. pombe

...anismsregarding chromosome structure and function, cell cycle control and RNAsplicing. 5 Stratagenes ESP ...1.8 mM KH 2 PO 4 and 1% Triton X-100), and the cell pellet was further resuspended in 500 l of PBST buffercontaining protease inhibitors (1 mM PMSF, 1 g...

Human Primary Preadipocytes and Differentiated Adipocytes

...as conducted using rodentcells, mainly transformed cell lines. 2 However, because humansand rodents have distinct genetic backgrounds and metabolic pathways, potentialexperimental pitfalls were inevitable. For example, compounds effective inactivating the b 3-adrenergic pathway in rodentsfailed to stimu...

New Mammalian Two-Hybrid System Detects Protein-Protein Interactions

...n, transcription, translation,splicing, secretion, cell cycle control, signal transductions, and intermedi...cells. 5,6 In addition, theenvironment of a yeast cell is so different from higher eukaryotes thatuncertainties about the proper folding of these proteins ...

Assess the In Vivo Activation of Signal Transduction Pathways with PathDetect Reporting Systems

... With advances in molecular biology techniques and cell biology research,hundreds of genes encoding recept...e background level of luciferaseexpression for the cell line used. When a fusion trans-activator plasmid,the pFR-Luc reporter plasmid and a plasmid encoding...

Highest Transfection Efficiency of an Endotoxin-Sensitive Mammalian Cell Line

... efficiency transfection of an endotoxin-sensitive cell line whencompared to the other three methods. The... the transfectionefficiency of endotoxin-sensitive cell lines 2,3 and complicates theinterpretation of experiments designed to examine signal transduction ...

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Zygote

...ζυγωτόν ) is a cell that is the result of fertilization . That is, t...id cells—usually (but not always) a sperm cell from a male and an ovum from a female —merge into a single diploid cell called the zyg...

Y chromosome

...me have one extra copy of the X chromosome in each cell (47,XXY). Variants of the syndrome can involve mor...e than one extra copy of the Y chromosome in every cell (polysomy Y). The extra genetic material in these cases can lead to skeletal abnormalities, decrease...

Xylem

...the two types of transport tissues in plants. The cell walls of xylem cells derive most of their stren...maturity. A xylem vessel element is an elongated cell that dies once it has functionally matured. When the interior of a xylem vessel element disintegrat...

X chromosome

... syndrome have monosomy X (45,X), which means each cell in a woman's body has only one copy of the X chromosome instead of the usual two copies. Turner syndrome can also occur if one of the sex chromosomes is partially missing or rearranged rather than completely missing. Some women with Turner syndrome h...

Virus

...existing enzymes and other molecules of a host cell to create more virus particles. Viruses are neith...sometimes specific to one species (or even limited cell types of one species) and sometimes more general. Viruses form when molecules are assembled from o...

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Zoology

... used it. Because after all if you're in a single cell , you don't need a fancy microscope , you just need a very high- resolution microscope . Full article >>> of Zoology , University of Guelph, Ontario) shows a cross section through a skipjack tuna. Full article >>> Hi...

Zygote

zygote fertilized egg cell after fusion with male gamete , cell produced by the uniting of male and female sex cells Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Bio...

Zygospore

...pore resulting from a zygote . zygote Diploid cell produced by the fusion of an egg and sperm ; fertilized egg cell . Full article >>> zygospore A thick-walled resting spore that is formed from the...

Yolk

...embryo nic development; the first site of blood cell s and circulatory system function. Z ... Full article >>> yolk sac - the first of four extraembryonic membranes of amniotes to form during embryo genesis. Like the allantois , it arises from the splanchnopleure ( endoderm and ...

Y chromosome

...eings females have two X chromosomes in diploid cell s; males have an X and a Y chromosome . Full article >>> autosome Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome . autotomy The self amputation of an appendage. For example, the casting off of a section of a lizard's tail caught in ...

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Potential New Cancer Gene Identified

...pression of this target gene in Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines was blocked, the cancer cells revert back to normal-appearing cells. This could point the way to new therapies for one of the most aggressive childhood cancers, as well as other cancers associated with increases in the HMG-I/Y gene according to...

A Porcine Dolly

...riginal 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 transplantation. Indeed, PERV-infected mice remain as healthy as immunosuppressed animals can be. Needles to say that the jury is still out o...

Feeding channel created by malaria parasite - a new target for malaria treatments

...he parasite creates tiny channels in the red blood cell membrane, through which it can absorb nutrients. In fact, each infected red blood cell have a thousand or more such channels, which are not present on normal, uninfected red blood cells. ...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

...patients and found that patients whose white blood cell count is in what is considered a "high normal rang... heart attack than patients with lower white blood cell counts. But patients with elevated white blood cell counts who had previously undergone bypass sur...

Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map

... eye or even skin. It will also help say whether a cell will function normally or not, enabling one to screen babies in the womb for diseases, and device specific advancements against many hereditary diseases and remedies for crippling ailments. While it is customary to make the results of such ground-br...

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Cylindrical Sponge Implants - 3.0 x 80 mm

...y Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five implants per box....

Olk Design Sponge Implants - 5.0 x 2.5 x 80 mm

...th this half oval design. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five implants per box....

Olk Design Sponge Implants - 7.5 x 2.75 x 80 mm

...his one-half oval design. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five implants per box....

Cylindrical Sponge Implants - 4.0 x 80 mm

...y Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five implants per box....

Cylindrical Sponge Implants - 5.0 x 80 mm

...y Harvey A. Lincoff, M.D. The material is a closed cell sponge which is non-toxic and non-antigenic. Implants are soft with rounded edges to minimize scleral intrusion. These implants are packaged sterile and sold five implants per box....

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Monitoring Patient Glucose Levels: New Advances in software make it easier

...pted in Europe. Patients in France are using their cell phones to send their glucose levels and other information to their doctors offices via Gluconet. Clinical trials in France conducted since April 2003 by France Telecom R &D, in conjunction with Grenoble and Toulouse University Hospitals, are underway...

Rapid Whole Blood Testing for Infectious Mononucleosis Antibodies

...nclude a normal to moderately elevated white blood cell count, an increased total number of lymphocytes an...phile antigen extracts derived from goat and mouse cell lines. The presence of IM heterophile antibodies forms a visible line while the absence of a visible...

Bench-Top Centrifuges--Basic Tools for the Small Lab

...d-angle rotor allows the centrifugation of conical cell culture vessels at up to 10,000 x g, while a high-performance 24-place microliter rotor rapidly accelerates 1.5 or 2 ml tubes to a maximum RCF of 21,885 x g. Both rotors are autoclavable to 121C. Process control is via the EASYcontrol II panel, which...

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

... protein (WNRA) and a control consisting of normal cell antigen are each added to two of four replicate wells of sample. Detection is by means of HRP-conjugated anti-WNV monoclonal antibody and substrate. Absorbance is measured at 450 nm. Above a certain threshold, the ratio of the absorbance of the WN...

New Assays to Detect Disseminated Fungal Infections

...3)-beta-D glucan, a unique component of the fungal cell wall. Glucan is found in a number of medically im...omannan, a specific component of the Aspergillus cell wall. Galactomannan is recognized by a specific rat antibody, which then allows enzyme-linked photo...

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Thymocyte

... below for more information. Thymocytes are T cell precursors which develop in the thymus . The pro...nct maturational stages based on the expression of cell surface markers. The earliest thymocyte stage is the double negative stage (negative for both CD4 an...

Polysomnographic technician

...An obstructive apnea is usually caused by excess cell tissue lining the upper airway, abnormal airway anatomy, oropharyngeal crowding, or sometimes even enlarged tonsils. The technologist will observe continued respiratory effort (measured using pressure-sensitive thoracic and abdominal belts) but no ai...

Ocular oncology

... . The most common eyelid tumor is called basal cell carcinoma . This tumor can grow around the eye but rarely spreads to other parts of the body. Other types of common eyelid cancers include squamous carcinoma , sebaceous carcinoma and malignant melanoma . The most common malignant primary intrao...

Nuclear medicine

... radionuclide ( leukocyte scintigraphy and red cell scintigraphy). Most diagnostic radionuclides emit gamma rays , while the cell-damaging properties of beta particles are used in therapeutic applications. Refined radionuclides for use in nuclear medicine are derived from fission or fusion proce...

Muscle atrophy

...re necessary to maintain muscle mass and satellite cell survival. In addition to the simple loss of muscle mass ( atrophy ), or the age-related decrease in muscle function ( sarcopenia ), there are other diseases which may be caused by structural defects in the muscle ( muscular dystrophy ), or by inflam...

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Zygote

A zygote is the combined cell resulting from the union of sperm and egg. A z...hange in the DNA of a gene or chromosome in a cell destined to become an egg or a sperm or the zygote (the conceptus) at the single- cell stage. ...

Zinc

...equired for the enzyme activities necessary for cell di vision , cell growth, and wound healing. Full article >>> Zinc & Tinnitus The major breakt...

X-Ray

...ould be run in order to measure the white blood cell ( erythrocyte ) count and sedimentation rate, which will indicate whether infection is present. Full article >>> X-ray studies investigate swallowing difficulties. They either follow the progress of barium during swallowing usin...

Xeroderma Pigmentosum

...as xeroderma pigmentosum , albinism , and basal cell nevus syndrome Radiation therapy Medical conditions or drugs that suppress the immune system Personal history of one or more skin cancer s ... Full article >>> Proposed indication: topical agent for the prevention of cu...

Xanthoma

...teogenesis imperfecta , cutis laxa, cutaneous T- cell lymphoma , and sun-related changes of older skin . Home Care: ... Full article >>> People with this disorder can develop nodules filled with cholesterol ( xanthoma s) over various tendon s, especially the Achilles tendon s of ...

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