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
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...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
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...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
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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.......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......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...Subretinal Fluid Cannula - Curved
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...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
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