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Genomatix Microarray Analysis Pipeline achieves Affymetrix GeneChip compatible?status

...rs with a broad spectrum of software solutions for biomedical research and development. As a GeneChip-compatible...ate exciting new results in both basic and applied biomedical R&D," said Klaus May, Director of Sales and Marketing at Genomatix. "Especially in conjunction w...

New antibody shows promise as cure for anthrax

...thrax infection. In 2002, Iverson and Georgiou, a biomedical and chemical engineer, reported that their labs had developed a high-affinity, "sticky" antibody designed to bind with anthrax toxin and remove it from the body. This antibody was licensed to Elusys Theraputics, a New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical c...

Purdue's gold nanorods brighten future for medical imaging

...g (pronounced Gee-Shin), an assistant professor of biomedical engineering.The gold rods are about 20 nanometers ...Haifeng Wang, a postdoctoral research associate in biomedical engineering; Terry B. Huff, a graduate teaching assistant in chemistry; Daniel A. Zweifel, a graduat...

On a wing and a prayer - Alaska researchers seek clues to bird flu

...ological science, the state resources, and now the biomedical capabilities." ...

Does manganese inhaled from the shower represent a public health threat?

...otheses, a forum for ideas in medicine and related biomedical sciences. The journal publishes "interesting and important theoretical papers that foster the diversity and debate upon which the scientific process thrives." Everyone is exposed to small levels of manganese, which is found in food and many types o...

Virginia Tech football player uses prototype cast

...previously used bracing materials in medicine, the biomedical community was already familiar with the composite's characteristics. The company sent sample materials to Love, and the class was able to mold prototypes in their engineering laboratories. Then, the university hired a professional orthotist who com...

NHGRI expands effort to revolutionize sequencing technologies

...f DNA sequencing and expand the use of genomics in biomedical research and health care. "The efforts are aimed at speeding the rate at which the next generation of sequencing technologies become available in the scientific lab and the medical clinic," said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. "Not on...

Rutgers to lead $52.7 million protein research program

...istory, will reinforce our dynamic position in the biomedical sciences, inspire our researchers toward new disco...ber of the PSI network and a valuable asset to the biomedical research community," said John Norvell, director of the PSI. The PSI program is part of a national ...

Protein structure key for AIDS, cell function

...acromolecular Diffraction Facility (MacCHESS), the biomedical research arm of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS). "So this is a very fundamental question for biologists." It turns out that CD38 helps produce at least two calcium messenger molecules, each of which then opens channels for the re...

‘Blue Brain?project explores thought at molecular level

...ers to identify many important aspects relating to biomedical research as well as to production, food safety and animal health traits that will greatly benefit health care, industry and consumers. The Sino-Danish Pig Genome Project has been one of the best examples of international scientific collaboration, wh...

Public release of pig genomic sequences

...ers to identify many important aspects relating to biomedical research as well as to production, food safety and animal health traits that will greatly benefit health care, industry and consumers. The Sino-Danish Pig Genome Project has been one of the best examples of international scientific collaboration, wh...

Nanoscale method for investigating living systems

...nanometers are making them increasingly popular in biomedical applications ranging from intracellular tagging of molecules to applications such as tracking devices for neuronal receptors and as interfaces between nerve cells. Researchers have labeled the dots with isotopes, injected them into mice and then trac...

Possible treatment found for 'chemobrain'

...species already is proving useful in many areas of biomedical research that may benefit both humans and animals,?said Mark S. Guyer, Ph.D., director of NHGRI’s Division of Extramural Research. The first group of targets consists of nine mammals. Eight mammals will be sequenced at low-density draft coverage, cr...

NHGRI Selects 13 More Organisms for Genome Sequencing

...species already is proving useful in many areas of biomedical research that may benefit both humans and animals,?said Mark S. Guyer, Ph.D., director of NHGRI’s Division of Extramural Research. The first group of targets consists of nine mammals. Eight mammals will be sequenced at low-density draft coverage, cr...

UF researchers kill resistant bugs one bandage at a time

... said Christopher Batich, Ph.D., a UF professor of biomedical engineering and one of the coating's inventors. "This has the potential to be used widely." The coating also does what it was created to do - aids healing, Schultz said. When added to gauze, it makes the material superabsorbent, pulling excess moist...

When in danger humans are similar to a deer in the headlights

...ience, health science and behavioral medicine, and biomedical engineering. It is published on behalf of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. The study is authored by Tatiana M. Azevedo, Eliane Volchan, Erika C. Rodrigues, Luiz G. Lutterbach, and Claudia D. Vargas from the Institute of Biophysics Carlo...

Study: Predatory dinosaurs had bird-like pulmonary system

..." said Patrick O'Connor, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine and lead author on the study, which was funded in part by the National Science Foundation. O'Connor and collaborator Leon Claessens of Harvard University visited museums in New York, Berk...

Rensselaer researchers develop approach that predicts protein separation behavior

...operties, and also aid in evaluating its potential biomedical applications." The research findings are reported in the Aug. 16 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in a paper titled "A Priori Prediction of Adsorption Isotherm Parameters and Chromatographic Behavior in Ion-Exchange Systems...

Microscopic brain imaging in the palm of your hand

...e has been successfully demonstrated, ranging from biomedical research to clinical imaging applications. The Stanford researchers will be looking into several of those options. "This is a portable handheld device with the power of two-photon imaging -- the full functionality of a microscope that fits in the p...

TGen awarded $7.1 million to accelerate brain disease research

...e nation's primary supporters of basic and applied biomedical research on the brain and nervous system. Additional information about the NIH Neuroscience Microarray Consortium can be accessed at http://arrayconsortium.tgen.org. ...

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