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

...instigates the cascade of hormone secretions that, over time, produces puberty's tell-tale physical changes, including the development of breasts in girls and voice change in boys. As such, this research begins to answer one of the most vexing questions about human development: What causes puberty to begi...

Bioartificial kidney under study at MCG

...re from 50 to 70 percent of those patients die and over the past 20 years, despite dialysis, that has not ... underway is looking at the efficacy of the device over 72 hours, although researchers say that if the device is eventually approved by the Food and Drug Ad...

New push for public health, AIDS spending at African Union summit

...orts included. Controversial drug trials, battles over patents and the fate of millions of orphans are also likely to be discussed at a summit session devoted to the fight against AIDS on the world's poorest continent, home to nearly two-thirds of the 39.4 million people worldwide infected with HIV or AI...

Man and mouse share genome structures

...e yeast. Unexpectedly, they also found tags idling over regions near genes. The researchers think these si...tein is the unusual density of histone tags spread over the regions of genome containing the HOX genes, which are key regulators of development. "In most o...

UCSB scientists probe sea floor venting to gain understanding of early life on Earth

...ccur; fluid flow may therefore repeat episodically over hundreds of thousands of years as abyssal hills are uplifted and spread away from the mid-ocean ridge crest. Haymon compared the subsurface microbes they found to those living in hot springs such as those at Yellowstone National Park. ...

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Mastercycler ep gradient S thermal cycler from Eppendorf North America

...to 6C/s Freely programmable temperature gradient over 12 rows A gradient range of up to 24C...

AccuSpot LC-MALDI Plate Spotter from Shimadzu

... Easy-to-use software gives the user total control over the spotting operation from setting matrix flow rate to spotting pattern to report generation. The system includes a CCD camera as a standard accessory. An optional barcode reader is available for sample tracking. Compatible with any HPLC system ...

ProteinPilot Software from Applied Biosystems

ProteinPilot Software enables you to identify over 150 peptide modifications simultaneously. Now you can distinguish protein isoforms, protein subsets, and suppress false positives. You can also visualize peptide-protein associations and relationships easily. The software is ideal for protein identif...

LS 45 Luminescence Spectrometer, 120V from PerkinElmer

...been added to provide users with much more control over signal dynamics. This is particularly useful for samples with widely differing intra-sample signal size. For example, the LS 55 signal system has reduced noise by a factor of about 5 for intracellular ion analyses, and increased data transfer rates b...

Precision XS Microplate Sample Processor from BioTek Instruments

...rn lab providing the power of unattended operation over manual pipetting with the simplicity and economy lacking in high-end liquid handlers. The Precision XS is specifically designed to fit into most biological safety cabinets and chemical fume hoods....

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A Positive Selection Assay for Mutation Analysis in Big Blue Animals

...nsive databaseof experimental literature published over several years. By comparison, the l Select-cIImutation assay is more cost-effective and less labor-intensive to perform due toits selective nature and small target region. This new assay can also serve tocomplement plaque color screening through mut...

Low Abundance cDNA Cloned Using Stratagenes Human Universal cDNA Library

...ng subunit. 3,4 The protein was purified over 140,000-fold, and silver staining of the f...chosen because it offered several benefits over conventional protocols. First, a large number of clones can be screened conveniently without...

Highest Transfection Efficiency of an Endotoxin-Sensitive Mammalian Cell Line

... (Figure 1). The fold RLU increase over background (RLU LPS-stimulated divided by RLU LPS-unstimulated control) for StrataPrep Kit-, CsCl-, AEC-, and MB-purified plasmid was 29, 18, 12, and 0.16, respectively. The high induction ratio for StrataPrep DNA reflects bot...

Detect Single Nucleotide Sequence Changes with Mx4000 Molecular Beacon Allelic Discrimination Kits

...lar beacon technology has the following advantages over many mutationdetection techniques. First, the hairpin-shaped probes are more specific thanlinear probes, such as the TaqMan probe, 16,17 indistinguishing single base pair mismatches. Second, because the test isperformed in closed tubes and no post...

Automated Fluorescent-Tag Cycle Sequencing

... cycler (using the manufacturers protocol) took over 20 minutes longer than the reactions cycled with the RoboCycler unit. In addition, the sequence generated from reactions cycled on the GeneAmp system was 2% inaccurate or unassignable. The intensities of the fluorescent-tag si...

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Y chromosome

...Errors not caught by this technique are weeded out over time through natural selection. Until recently suc...ughly 1,000 protein-coding genes. As they diverged over time, the Y chromosome became significantly different from the X chromosome so that it could not swa...

Virus

...s ; they can only reproduce by invading and taking over other cells as they lack the cellular machinery fo... material begins the destructive process of taking over the cell and forcing it to produce new viruses. There are three different ways genetic information ...

Vestibular system

...rtex. The projections to the cortex are spread out over different areas, and their implications are currently not clearly understood. Otoliths While the semicircular canals respond to rotations, the otoliths sense linear accelerations. We havetwo on each side, one called Utricle , the other Saccu...

Vaccine

...ne formulations. In the late 1990s, controversy over vaccines escalated in both the US and the United Kingdom when a study, published in the respected journal Lancet , by Dr. Andrew Wakefield claimed a possible link between bowel disorders, autism and MMR vaccine, and urged further research [3] ...

Symbiosis

...g to Margulis and Sagan (1986), "Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking". As in humans, organisms that cooperate with others of their own or different species often outcompete those that don't. However, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism are often not discrete categories of i...

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Zygotene

... do so across the synaptonemal complex , which is over 100 nm thick, is unknown. 3. Pachytene ... Full article >>> The zygotene stage sees the completion of synapsis . The combined homologous chromosomes are said to be bivalent , a reference to the two homologous chromosomes . The...

Zoology

... and descent of species , as well as their change over time, i.e. their evolution . Full article >>> But the confocal microscope came up in the 1960's for botany and zoology and microbiologists never used it. Because after all if you're in a single cell , you don't need a fancy micr...

Zygote

...e >>> Hetero zygote advantage (or over dominant selection ) is an example in which an allele selected against in the homozygous state is retained because of the superiority of hetero zygote s. Full article >>> The human zygote is a totipotent cell . It basicall...

Yellow fever

...er United. Yellow fever in Mississippi Valley - over 13.000 dead US arbitration rejects Argentinean claims to Paraguay's part of Chaco region West Bromwich Albion F.C. play their first match. Full article >>>...

Xenopus

...nt, J. Morph.136:153. A "Citation Class ic" cited over 1130 times. (ORNL). Full article >>> Ectopic expression of Gli2 in Xenopus embryo s has been reported to lead to a repression of Gli1-mediated floor plate induction, also consistent with Gli2 playing a repressive role (Ruiz i ...

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Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

...ounding tissues and affects millions of people all over the world. Anti-arthritic drugs can cause side effects and surgery can be expensive, however there is hope from a natural product liquid glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Some excellent results with an approach based on a combination of the two s...

AIDS Disaster in India is Imminent

While concern over the AIDS crisis ravaging sub-Saharan Africa domina... Organisation (PHO) in India. With a population of over 1 billion people, India already accounts for almost 20% of all infections worldwide--currently the l...

El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

...atologists learn more about the frequency of ENSOs over the long term....

Abortion Pill approved by FDA

...ne (known as RU-486 in Europe) has been around for over a decade and used by European women as an alternative to surgical abortion in early pregnancy. It has now been approved by FDA for sale in the USA. It will be avilable as Mifeprex. Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Inc said,"Mifepristone...

Novel "CYCLOSPORINE CAPSULE FORMULATION" to be launched

...psule could offer SangStat a significant advantage over a 'me too' generic cyclosporine capsule in Europe" said Jean-Jacques Bienaimi, President and CEO. "This is a very positive development for SangStat. Compared to our current capsule product, we believe it has a stronger patent position and improved pr...

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Sinskey Hook Modified

0.2 mm hook with curved shaft to reach over lens optic. Flat serrated handle with polished finish. Overall length: 4.8 inches. Most popular size or model....

Subretinal Fluid Cannula - Curved

... to 25 gauge x 6 mm tip with 13 mm flexible tubing over mount. 10 per box....

Subretinal Fluid Cannula - Straight

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Mayo Instrument Stand

...t areas for easy instrument access. Easy placement over patient....

Hyfrecator 2000

...e by physicians in office based electrosurgery for over 60 years. Remote control handpiece to change power settings, maintain the sterile field and decrease procedural time. Dual Microprocessors: one to control the function and output of the Hyfrecator, the second to terminate activation if a hazard or sa...

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

...s and to view trends. A physician can read trends over a day or a week, and this product gives fast access to information that can be used to identify events that cause hypoglycemic or hyperglycemia, to track responses to activity, medication and diet and to provide more data for clinical decision-making...

New Advances in Gastric Diagnostics: Smaller is Better

...construction scanning, allowing ultrasound imaging over a wider range that wa impossible with previous systems....

Digital vs. Analog Mammography

...by a series of smaller (100m) photo diodes arrayed over a flat panel measuring 19 x 23 cm. The special res...t certain efficacies of full-field digital imaging over film-based screening. For instance, one study published in the journal Medical Physician, found that...

Point of Care Strep Tests Speed Treatment, Lower Costs

...ion rate between patients tested with a rapid test over a throat culture. Thirty-five CLIA-waived antigen tests that test directly from throat swabs are currently available from 26 different biomedical firms, making this assay the most broadly produced point of care diagnostic kit. Among the most popula...

Fast, Accurate Influenza A/B Antigen Detection

...ferentiated diagnosis of Influenza A and B in just over 15 minutes. Assay advantages include superior performance with mucoid samples, specimen flexibility and performance equivalent to 14-day viral culture, thus decreasing overall diagnostic costs by making additional ancillary testing unnecessary. Whil...

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Telephone Triage

... place of formal instruction can be a mistake, and over reliance on a decision-making tool can lead to mis.... A wide variety of similar systems have sprung up over the last decade. In 1990, the term "telephone triage" appeared on Medline indexes--a formal acknowle...

Swank Multiple Sclerosis Diet

... , since 1948 . Swank's research on 144 patients over a 34 year period was published in one of the world...n any significant deterioration of their condition over a 34 year period. Conversely, those that did not follow the diet did significantly deteriorate over ...

Polysomnographic technician

...(measured with a thermistor or thermocouple placed over the mouth and nostrils). A central apnea is complete cessation of respiratory effort resulting in flat lines in the espiratory belt and flow channels. The person is not respiring. A mixed apnea begins as a central apnea , but then effort resum...

Personalized medicine

...s in the Human Genome Project . Research findings over the past decade, or so, in biomedical research hav...er drug is a product capable of achieving sales of over $1 billion per annum. The pharmaceutical industry is facing severe difficulties across several spect...

Newborn transport

...available. Infant transport systems commonly weigh over 100kg and present a challenge to vehicle operators in terms of weight, manual handling, crash-worthiness and power consumption. Integrated neonatal life support system Normally, regular ambulance staff and their vehicles are not equipped ...

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X-Ray

...t of 800 chest X-ray s each treatment session over a number of days. Full article >>> x-ray therapy The use of high-energy radiation from x-ray s to kill cancer cells and shrink tumor s. Radiation may come from a machine outside the body (external-beam radiation therapy ) or fro...

Xanthoma

... nodules filled with cholesterol ( xanthoma s) over various tendon s, especially the Achilles tendon s of the lower leg. Cholesterol deposits also can occur on the eyelids, where they are called xanthelasma s. Full article >>> erubescency; erubescent; erubescite; eruca; erucic; eru...

Wounds

... Comprehensive and reliable medical information on over 60 injuries and wounds , ranging from animal b... may not cause symptoms), often develops gradually over time and also may cause nausea , infection , and slow healing of wounds and bruises . Full art...

Wind

...r (SPF) of at least 15 or wear protective clothing over the treated areas. The skin may also become more sensitive to cold and wind . Full article >>> Frostbite occurs when part of your body is exposed to temperature s or wind chills below freezing, causing the temperature of ...

Whiplash

...r head, see your doctor immediately. Severe pain over a bone might indicate a fracture or an injury to a ligament . Shooting pain . Full article >>> When there is a direct blow to the head, shaking of the child (as seen in many cases of child abuse ), or a whiplash -type injury ...

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