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Bioelectronic ‘signatures?hold key to DNA mutations

...ns in the DNA. This creates enormous potential for applications such as the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases, detection of infectious agents and reliable forensic analysis. Wang, who recently was recruited to the Biodesign Institute and serves a joint appointment as professor in the chemical and mater...

Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication

...cy, seismic research may ultimately have important applications for elephant conservation. One goal of the 2004 Mushara experiment was to develop a remote census technique using geophone arrays to count elephants and other animals. The research team discovered that the footfall of a large animal produces a unique...

Integration of Agilent's MS technology, Proteome Systems' software to help scientists in proteomics research

...ystems will also collaborate on the development of applications and seminars as part of the marketing agreement. "Agilent is proud of this collaboration with Proteome Systems," said Taia Ergueta, general manager of Agilent's Proteomics and LC/MS business. "It illustrates our ongoing commitment to making leading-...

UN votes to ban human cloning

...gn States might want to permit strictly controlled applications of therapeutic cloning. The Declaration was a non-binding political statement, which would not affect Britain's position on the issue. China felt the prohibitions in the text might be "misunderstood" as covering all forms of cloning and the Declarat...

Biochemists report discovery of structure of major piece of telomerase; implications for cancer

... and the National Institutes of Health, could have applications for many kinds of cancers. The domain of telomerase whose structure the biochemists have determined is essential for telomerase to add nucleotides to telomeres. Telomerase is composed of both RNA and proteins. The entire RNA domain is composed of 45...

Product improves peptide identification for proteomics research

...it a powerful tool for a wide range of qualitative applications in which high performance and productivity are ess...improves performance for a wide range of demanding applications in metabolite characterization, natural products screening, product degradation studies and food and...

Researchers make surprise discovery that some neurons can transmit three signals at once

... research. Before there can be practical clinical applications several questions need to be answered, including how GABA, glycine and glutamate synapses cooperate to activate NMDA receptors. In the traditional sense, when inhibitory synapses are mature, they would never release glutamate, nor would they be able ...

Scripps scientists find potential for catastrophic shifts in Pacific ecosystems

...applications, medical applications, meteorological applications and in financial applications by investment banks. "We have shown by analyzing this data with these methods that there is a limit...

Stealth Worms May Improve Insect Pest Control

...ilable formulations of nematodes with custom- made applications of local nematodes. In Arizona, Stock's team is collecting native species of EPN for pest control trials in citrus and iceberg lettuce, with funding from the Arizona Citrus Research Council and the Arizona Iceberg Lettuce Research Council. Ninety pe...

Software Tool for Converting Scientific Text into a Database of Functional Relationships

...that would help them to process literature, patent applications and internal text documents in order to create and automatically maintain internal functional relationship databases, amenable to computational analysis," said Nikolai Daraselia, Director of Research at Ariadne Genomics. "Data extracted with MedScan ...

Researchers find gene that may be at root of potato blight

...des, controlling this disease has involved regular applications of agrochemicals, Kamoun said. But some experts fear that the pathogen is making a comeback. "Given the recent widespread occurrence of new fungicide-resistant strains of this pathogen, it could be considered a reemerging threat to global food secu...

Owl genomics presents a HEPATOCHIP for diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

... biotech company focused on providing leading-edge applications in human health with innovative and pioneer technologies within the international scientific community, provides the first product in early diagnosis and therapeutic targets in hepatic diseases. OWL Genomics is devoted to research into the diagnosis...

Purdue researchers use enzyme to clip 'DNA wires'

...er memory, the findings represent potential future applications for DNA-based structures in computers created with "molecular electronics," in which biological molecules might be harnesses to create devices for computers, sensors and other uses. Self-assembly might be used in the future to create electronic devic...

Single-donor Islet Transplantation Procedure Shows Promise For Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

...ebruary 16 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical applications of biotechnology. Type 1 diabetes remains a therapeutic challenge, according to background information in the article. The success rate of islet (cells that produce insulin to control blood sugar levels) transplants has recently been increased marke...

Human Eggs Can Develop From Ovarian Surface Cells In Vitro

... from adult ovaries in vitro has several potential applications in human reproduction. The technique of harvesting cells from the ovarian surface is relatively easy, can be accomplished by a laparoscopy technique, and yields more cells for use for in vitro fertilization. The ability to develop human eggs from OSE...

Researchers Find New Technique To Identify Fetal Genetic Material From Amniotic Fluid

...ebruary 16 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical applications of biotechnology. In background information in the article, the authors write that fetal monitoring in the womb is now "limited to noninvasive methods such as measurement of uterine size or anatomic evaluation by fetal sonography. In addition, genet...

New miniaturised chip dramatically reduces time taken for DNA analysis

...toring and the industrial sector. Other important applications for DNA sensors include: detecting genetically modified organisms in food, either in basic ingredients or in prepared food; identifying people, either to establish blood relations or to find criminal evidence; and testing the toxicity of different dr...

Mosaic mouse technique offers a powerful new tool to study diseases and genetics

...ertebrate geneticists." There are "many potential applications of this powerful approach," Anthony and Heintz wrote, including the "opportunity for in-depth studies of molecular mechanisms that underlie the dynamic properties of specific neuronal populations." MADM also could prove important for analysis of comp...

Proteomics brings researchers closer to understanding microbes that produce acid mine drainage

...um group II bacterium, that may have technological applications in the longer term, Banfield said. The "proteogenomic" technique Banfield and her team used to extract the proteome from the biofilm involved dicing up all the proteins in a melange of the organisms, then determining at ORNL the masses of these shor...

Motor transport in bio-nano systems

...molecular motors and filaments have many potential applications in bionanotechnology, pharmacology, and medicine. During the next couple of years, we may witness the development of sorting devices for biomolecules and biocolloids, drug delivery systems that utilize the motor transport within human cells, and moti...

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