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

...king with Dr. Plant and now with the department of biological sciences at Quaidi-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan; Claudio Mastronardi, Ph.D., and Sergio R. Ojeda, D.V.M., both from the division of neuroscience at the Oregon National Primate Research Center; and Stephanie B. Seminara, M.D., and William ...

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

...essor of geology. Newly discovered geological and biological manifestations of hydrothermal activity at two sit...The team describes newly discovered geological and biological manifestations of hydrothermal activity at two sites on young abyssal hills flanking the East Pacifi...

UAB scientists discover the origin of a mysterious physical force

...statically charged molecules, such as DNA and some biological compounds, and when thin films form in detergents....s the solvent in which most physical, chemical and biological processes take place. Therefore, it is essential to understand the nature of interactions between mo...

Quantum Dots Research Leads to New Knowledge about Protein Binding in Plants

...nt markers and their small size make them idealfor biological imaging. The researchers then added the molecules togerminated lily pollen grains and examined them under a confocalmicroscope.This is the very first time that Quantum Dots have been utilized forlive imaging in plant systems. The study opens the door...

New, automated tool successfully classifies and relates proteins in unprecedented way

...proteins within cells," saidMurphy, a professor of biological sciences, machine learning, andbiomedical engineer...rvik and PeterBerget, both associate professors of biological sciences at CarnegieMellon. The computational analyses were carried out together with XiangChen, a g...

UW's Rosetta software to unlock secrets of many human proteins

...oteins fold, informationthat is highly valuable to biological and biomedical researchers.UW Tech Transfer's Digital Ventures licensed Rosetta software withoutcharge to the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), a non-profitresearch organization. The institute has partnered with IBM and UnitedDevices, an Austin-ba...

Researchers find how protein allows insects to detect and respond to pheromones

...oteins fold, informationthat is highly valuable to biological and biomedical researchers.UW Tech Transfer's Digital Ventures licensed Rosetta software withoutcharge to the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), a non-profitresearch organization. The institute has partnered with IBM and UnitedDevices, an Austin-ba...

Study Demonstrates Gene Expression Microarrays are Comparable and Reproducible

...all labs were the next mostcommon contributor, and biological differences in different sampleswere the largest source of variation.“This study indicates that microarrays have a high degree ofreproducibility, as long as standardized protocols are carefullyfollowed,?said Jacobson. These promising results will all...

Inexpensive, mass-produced genes core of synthetic biology advances at UH

... issue of Nature, the weeklyscientific journal for biological and physical sciences research. “Synthetic genes are like a box ofLego building blocks,?Gao said. “Their organization is very complex,even in simple organisms. By making programmed synthesis of geneseconomical, we can provide more efficient tools to...

Study finds more than one-third of human genome regulated by RNA

...iny,single-stranded pieces of RNA are newcomers to biological research. Itwasn't until 2000 that researchers even knew that microRNAs existed inhumans. Now, in the January 14 edition of the journal Cell, BenjaminLewis, a graduate student working jointly with Whitehead's Bartel andMIT associate professor of biol...

NYU researchers simulate molecular biological clock

...iny,single-stranded pieces of RNA are newcomers to biological research. Itwasn't until 2000 that researchers even knew that microRNAs existed inhumans. Now, in the January 14 edition of the journal Cell, BenjaminLewis, a graduate student working jointly with Whitehead's Bartel andMIT associate professor of biol...

Automatic extraction of gene/protein biological functions from biomedical text

...eveloped a method for automatically extracting the biological process functions of genes/protein/families based on Gene Ontology (GO) from text using a shallow parser and sentence structure analysis techniques. When the gene/protein/family names and their functions are described in ACTOR (doer of action) and OB...

New imaging method gives early indication if brain cancer therapy is effective, U-M study shows

...said Brian Ross, Ph.D., professor of radiology and biological chemistry at the U-M Medical School and a member of the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center. In the study, 20 participants with brain tumors underwent diffusion MRI before beginning a new treatment involving chemotherapy, radiation therapy or a combinat...

Solution to Pollution: New Bacteria Eats Toxic Waste

...capability to be a master engineer,?said Ron Sims, biological and irrigation engineering department head. “Past disposal practices and accidental spills have put these carcinogens in our environment, and nature has figured out a way to cleanse herself. We want to be able to understand it better through genomic ...

Scientists collaborate to assess health of global environment

... oversee major international treaties dealing with biological systems requested the information. The lack of adequate data to uphold such treaties is what helped convince the United Nations to initiate the program, he added. Case studies In September, the assessment team will release five technical reports to...

Taking Aim With Nanoparticle PEBBLEs

...chool of Public Health; Brian Ross, a professor of biological chemistry and of radiology in the Medical School; Alnawaz Rehemtulla, an associate professor of environmental health sciences, radiation oncology and radiology with joint appointments in the Medical School and the School of Public Health; and Yong-Eu...

Probing The Promise And Perils Of Nanoparticles

...meable. Hong is now trying to learn more about the biological mechanisms involved. The usual explanation for how polycationic polymers and similar nanoparticles get into cells involves a process called polycation-mediated endocytosis. But Hong's experiments suggest that nanoscale hole formation may be at least ...

Nanogen Issued Patent for Electronic Microarray With Memory

...tage information allows for precise control of the biological molecules during analysis and increases data management efficiency by tracking test site activation and array usage directly on the electronic microarray cartridge. "This addition to our growing intellectual property portfolio illustrates our abilit...

Study shows nanoshells ideal as chemical nanosensors

...nts of amaterial, like a few molecules of a deadly biological or chemicalagent....

Scientists identify genetic pathways essential to RNA interference

...iana, both of which are common model organisms for biological research. The process interrupts the usual transfer of instructions from double-stranded DNA, through single-stranded messenger RNA and finally into proteins. Short, double-stranded pieces of RNA bind to the complementary messenger RNA segments, shut...

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