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Nanogen Issued Patent for Electronic Microarray With Memory

...tiplexed Active Biologic Array" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The '048 patent relates to a met... electrodes (or "test sites") across multiple rows and columns of a microarray. The patent also covers a method for storing the value of the voltage associ...

Researchers discover molecule that causes secondary stroke

... who survive the initial stroke develop vasospasm, and 40 percent of them die from it. Vasospasm, says n... fluid that envelopes the brain carries off wastes and exchanges them for nutrients at what's called the blood-brain barrier," Dr. Clark says. "After a hem...

Study shows nanoshells ideal as chemical nanosensors

...scattering thantraditional methods. Whenmolecules and materials scatter light, a small fraction of the l...d by medical researchers, drug designers, chemists and otherscientists to determine what materials are made of. An enormouslimitation in the use of Raman s...

Gene Vaccine Protects Mice Against Development Of Her2/neu Breast Cancer

...ed clinically both to treatHER2/neu breast tumors, and to prevent them from spreading.?Up to one-third of...tibody, but this treatment“produces only a passive and transitory immune reaction,?Lachman said.“This vaccine, however, like many that treat microbial infe...

Elephants imitate sounds as a form of social communication

...l social relationships among animals that separate and reunite over time, like dolphins and whales, some birds, and bats. Researchers from the Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya, the Woods...

Highly adaptable genome in gut bacterium key to intestinal health

...t conditions but also helps maintain the functions and stability of the gut's highly complex microbial so...enter for Genome Sciences at Washington University and professor of molecular biology and pharmacology. "Together, these microbes can be viewed as a 'micro...

Researchers find missing genes of ancient organism

...ter Söll in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale focuses on the most ancient o...containing organisms that are primitive, parasitic and extremophile, or notable for living in the most extreme environments. Surprisingly, Söll's team fou...

Amino acids in nectar enhance butterfly fecundity: A long awaited link

The fascinating interactions between flowers and their pollinators have resulted in a spectacular d...nators such as bees, flies or butterflies to visit and successfully pollinate their flowers, plants have evolved intriguing mechanisms and attractants, of ...

Scientists identify genetic pathways essential to RNA interference

...ase. The report will appear in the journal Science and is receiving early online release on the Science E...ed RNA molecules that could be synthesized quickly and inexpensively to silence a single gene. Promising targets could include viruses like HIV and hepatit...

A comprehensive response to HIV could prevent 10 million AIDS deaths in Africa by 2020

...ed clinically both to treatHER2/neu breast tumors, and to prevent them from spreading.?Up to one-third of...tibody, but this treatment“produces only a passive and transitory immune reaction,?Lachman said.“This vaccine, however, like many that treat microbial infe...

Ants Genetic Engineering Leads To Species Interdependency

...ider to be our own: division oflabor, agriculture, and even slavery.Indeed, these traits have been taken ...ybrid workers.In a new study, Dr. Sara Helms Cahan and colleagues demonstrate thatboth of the species involved have effectively given up the ability toprod...

Same mutation aided evolution in many fish species, Stanford study finds

...to put on the hip waders, pull out the fishing net and go learn how their theory compares to the real wor...ture took advantage of the same genetic trick time and again to allow freshwater species to shed their burdensome body armor and transform into a lighter, ...

Papers of DNA Pioneer and Nobel Laureate Francis Crick Added to National Library of Medicine’s Profiles in Science Web Site

...aboration between the National Library of Medicine and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine in London, which holds the Crick papers. The Crick collection brings to 14...

Introduced foxes transformed vegetation on Aleutian Islands from lush grasslands to tundra

...om the ocean to the land by feeding on marine fish and invertebrates and spreading nutrient-rich guano around the islands. Add foxes, and the indirect effects on the whole e...

Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Moves Forward In Animals

...erapy in two separate studies to renew brain cells and restore normal movements in monkeys and rats with a drug-induced form of Parkinson's disease. The research, detailed online in the scientif...

Researchers trace evolution to relatively simple genetic changes

...nes changing slightly, allowing newcomers to adapt and populate new and different environments. In collaboration with zoologist Dolph Schluter, at the University of Britis...

Scientists reveal molecular secrets of the malaria parasite

...elopment, scientists have used genomics,proteomics and gene expression studies to trace how malaria paras...a molecular level as they move between their hosts and insectvectors.That focus on the parasites' complex life cycle is helping researchersunderstand when ...

Octopuses occasionally stroll around on two arms, UC Berkeley biologists report

...nes changing slightly, allowing newcomers to adapt and populate new and different environments. In collaboration with zoologist Dolph Schluter, at the University of Britis...

Studies reveal methods viruses use to sidestep immune system

...used by viruses to thwart a host's immune defenses and may aid in the development of more effective drugs to fight hepatitis C and West Nile viruses, as well as the flu and the common cold. In a study to appear in a March issue of...

Development of portable infectious disease detector

...presence of infectiousdiseases, including HIV-AIDS and measles, as well as biological agentssuch as ricin and anthrax, is the object of a new jointuniversity/industry research project.Vanderbilt University's In...

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(Date:12/3/2009)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Most scientists believe that staph infections are caused by many bacterial cells that signal each other to emit toxins. The signaling process is called quorum sensing because many b
(Date:12/3/2009)Forest dwellers must be included in the design of the upcoming forest deal at Copenhagen in order to avoid a humanitarian crisis, according to a scientist at the University of Leeds. , Writing today
(Date:12/3/2009)The 30-year record low in Antarctic snowmelt that occurred during the 2008-09 austral summer was likely due to concurrent strong positive phases for two main climate drivers, ENSO (El Nio - Southern O
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(Date:12/4/2009)NEW YORK, Dec. 4 Thousands of KPMG LLP employees came together in more than 90 offices nationwide today, to participate in a community service event which combines the audit, tax and advisory firm,s
(Date:12/4/2009)KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 4 The large, two-day free health clinic sponsored by the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) in Kansas City on Wednesday and Thursday is not just for the sick but also
(Date:12/4/2009)Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the
(Date:12/4/2009)Rockville, MD "Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?" wrote author Lynn Hecht Schafran. The answer, according to an article in the Journal of Vision , may lie in
(Date:12/4/2009)BOSTON, Dec. 4 Substantial progress has been made over the last 15 years in the healthcare community,s ability to diagnose and treat epilepsy and its complications. Yet this progress in epilepsy man
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