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Plants respond similarly to signals from friends, enemies

...he formation of either nodules housing bacteria or giant cells from which the nematodes feed. The scientis... Root-knot nematodes form feeding cells ?so-called giant cells ?in the plant and later galls or knots on it. "We don't know the precise structure of Nematod...

Dinosaur DNA? New Patent Covers Degraded DNA recovery

...ruct genes from animals such as the wooly mammoth, giant sloth, saber-toothed cat or even from tissues of the Tyrannosaurus rex that was described last Friday in the journal Science," says Dr. Ensley. Brenda Jarrell, Ph.D., Patent Attorney and Partner at the law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart remarks, ...

South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn

South America's giant Pantanal wetlands, one of the world's most bio-div...ther animals. (The Pantanal's other fauna includes giant anteaters, armadillos, capybara, the Brazilian tapir and jaguar, and endangered species like the how...

Small species back-up giant marsupial climate change extinction claim

... humans, was responsible for wiping out Australian giant marsupials or megafauna 40,000 years ago. Instead of only excavating 'trophy specimens' such as giant kangaroos and wombats, the researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Queensland...

Anammox bacteria produce nitrogen gas in oceans' snackbar

... ocean, which is visited by many animals including giant whales. The newly discovered anammox bacteria remove ammonium from the ocean, which as a result can not be taken up anymore by other organisms. Algae and cyanobacteria only partly succeed in fixing the released nitrogen gas to form new nutrients that...

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FlexiPlate siRNA

... screening FlexiPlate siRNA is a giant leap forward for more flexible RNAi screening. FlexiPlate siRNA can be ordered at 0.1 nmol, 0.25 nmol, and 1 nmol scales in 96-well plates for your choice of target genes. For maximum flexibility, select siRNAs and specify pla...

To be a player in the "Knowledge Economy," Wisconsin needs more tech workers

...ne when NimbleGen was acquired by pharmaceutical giant Roche for $272.5 million. There are more than 100 biotechs of all sizes in the Madison area alone ( Promega is a leader with about 750 employees) and about 60 elsewhere in Wisconsin, mostly in the Milwaukee area. Wisconsin's medical devices indu...

Outflanking the Google, Yahoo, MSN juggernaut

The giant is under attack on multiple flanks. Google , the Internet utility and search-engine king, home to 64.1 percent of all U.S. searches in March 2007, according to Hitwise , is drawing out entrepreneurs and other search giants looking for strategies an...

Olympics of biotechnology has international flavor

...ambridge. So has AstraZeneca , biotech West Coast giant Amgen , and even Midwest Big Pharma Abbott Labs (in nearby Worcester). International interest What strikes me this year is the huge international growth of biotech. The annual meeting used to just a U.S. and Canadian event (it has been held tw...

GenTel acquires GlaxoSmithKline chip platform

...ithin GlaxoSmithKline's system, so when the pharma giant decided to reorganize its technology development group and shed the protein chip technology platform, GenTel was interested. Vodenlich isn't the only person who is bullish on the purchase of the protein chip platform. Paul Domanico, former vice pres...

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Unsolved problems in biology

...tic changes in hominid morphology ? Why are there giant hominid skeletons and very small hominid skeletons? Is hominid evolution static? Is hominid devolution possible? Are there Human- Neandertal hybrids? What explain the differences between Human and Neanderthal Fossils ? Viking 's methane. The ...

Myosin

...l as the elastic filament system composed of the giant protein titin....

Morphogenesis

...velopmental control genes. Hunchback , krppel , giant , tailless and knirps are all gap genes . Their expression patterns in the early embryo are determined by the maternal effect gene products and shown in the diagrams on the left side of this page. The gap genes are part of a larger family called...

Malaria

... backed by the Gates Foundation and the pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline announced a partially successful field trial in October 2004 , for RTS,S/AS02A , a vaccine which reduces infection risk by 30% and severity of infections by over 50% [1] . Further necessary research will delay this vaccine from ...

Endosymbiont

...nthellae , are found in corals , molluscs (esp. giant clams , the Tridacna ), and foraminifera . These endosymbionts drive the amazing formation of coral reefs by capturing sunlight and providing their hosts with energy for carbonate deposition. Previously thought to be a single species, molec...

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Unicellular

...n isms are microscopic in size, but there are some giant bacteria and protozoa that are visible to the naked eye. Full article >>> A unicellular form of fungi . Some fungi (for example Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) are only known to reproduce as yeast while other fungi (for example,...

Ubiquitin

...atory particles. Full article >>> A giant protein complex that recognizes and destroys proteins tagged for elimination by the small protein ubiquitin . protoderm (pro-toh-durm) [Gk. protos, first + derma, skin] ... Full article >>>...

Synapsis

...ter chromatids . Full article >>> A giant chromosome produced by an endomitotic process in which, following synapsis of the two homologues, multiple rounds of replication produce chromatid s that remain synapse d together in a haploid number of chromosomes . Full article >...

Strand

...nd s of DNA spread apart at certain locations on giant chromosomes of some flies where that DNA is being trans cribed. pull factors (in urbanization) Conditions that draw people from the country into the city. Full article >>> Double- strand ed complementary DNA (dsc DNA ). A duplex...

Salivary glands

...article >>> The mature larva e show giant chromosomes in the salivary glands called polytene chromosomes - "puffs" indicate regions of transcription and hence gene activity. It has only 4 pairs of chromosomes : 3 autosomal, and 1 sex. Full article >>> saliva The ...

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Lean Protein Could Be Key to Obesity Drugs

...t drugs of the future.British scientists from drug giant SmithKline Beecham and the University of Cambridge have created mice with a human protein known as Uncoupling Protein 3 (UCP3) that increases their metabolism.In what is every dieter's dream, the mice were able to eat more than normal mice but still ...

Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients

...t there's good news. Multinational pharmaceutical giant Novartis - has announced that a new drug called 'Glivec ' can be used as a 'first line therapy' is the treatment of CMC. This was announced by researchers at a meeting of American Society of Hematology in San Francisco, on Saturday Evening. The res...

Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers

Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla is holding talks with London based mining giant, Anglo American for supplying AIDS drugs to South African workers. About 11% of South African population is HIV positive, totaling around 4.7 million people, giving it the dubious distinction of b...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...e the latest mantra of Pfizer. The pharmaceutical giant has announced that it will supply free antifungal drug to 50 countries hardest hit by the AIDS virus. The decision by the Pfizer comes close on the heels of the South African Government winning a landmark case against pharmaceutical companies. In an...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...e the latest mantra of Pfizer. The pharmaceutical giant has announced that it will supply free antifungal drug to 50 countries hardest hit by the AIDS virus. The decision by the Pfizer comes close on the heels of the South African Government winning a landmark case against pharmaceutical companies. In an...

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Sony DSR20-MD Grade Digital Video Player/Recorder

...D Grade Digital Video Player/Recorder represents a giant leap in digital technology. This equipment is intended to be used by physicians who teach or present medical techniques through computational methods....

Fidelity IAB Intra-Aortic Balloon Catheter

... product comes along that isn't a small step but a giant leap ahead of everything that has preceeded it. Such is the impact of the Fidelity IAB....

EndoEYE Flexible Video Cystoscope

...ndoEYE Flexible Video Cystoscope from Olympus is a giant leap forward in surgical technology. By marrying proprietary video chip technology with an industry-leading flexible scope design, Olympus is now providing a flexible video cystoscope with an image quality comparable to that of a rigid rod lens syste...

Perfluoron Liquid

...ts complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy, giant retinal tears and trauma. Certified to be >99.9 percent pure, Perfluoron is the purest perfluorocarbon available. The purity of cyclic chain perfluorocarbons such as perfluorodecalin (about 95 percent pure) and perfluorophenanthrene cannot be ac...

Eftiar Octane

...surgical management of : Retinal detachment with giant tears Retinal detachment with proliferative vitreotinopathy Traumatic Retinal detachment Subluxated lenses Retinal bleeding...

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Lab Automation Networks Proliferating

...undred clinical labs worldwide have even taken the giant stride of converting to total laboratory automation, based on strong evidence that automation not only heightens profitability but also improves quality, timeliness and lab flexibility. Pre-analytical processing is one of the most labor-intensive asp...
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Tumor

...Full article >>> Tumor , malignant giant cell : A type of bone tumor characterized by massive destruction of bone near the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most commonly struck by this tumor is the knee -- the far end of the femur and the near end of the tibia . Full artic...

Temporal

...temporal arteritis. As you know, the new name is giant cell arteritis. Full article >>> Our research program addresses the principles that govern temporal ly and spatially controlled-dynamics of protein localization, and the mechanisms that underlie cell cycle control and the acquisi...

Papilla

...62;>> Contact lens wearers may develop giant papilla ry conjunctivitis triggered by the constant local irritation of the contact lenses on the conjunctiva l surfaces. The lining of the upper eyelid is usually most affected. Full article >>> Gum swelling is quite common and ...

Necrotizing vasculitis

...er's granulomatosus, Takayasu's vasculitis , and giant cell arteritis. Full article >>> Giant cell arteritis Multiple myeloma Macroglobulinemia - primary Hyperfibrinogenemia (elevated fibrinogen levels in the blood ) Necrotizing vasculitis Polymyalgia rheumatica ... Full art...

Moles

...2;> moles (nevi) and bathing trunk nevi or giant nevi malignant melanoma cafe-au-lait spots Mongolian blue spots vitiligo ... Full article >>> Moles are small clusters of pigmented skin cells. Nearly everyone has moles , which usually appear after birth . Full article &#...

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