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Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'

... than ever. This research work represents a strong effort toward this." Hager's other collaborators include Sanjeev Khudanpur, a Johns Hopkins assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Izhak Shafran, who was a postdoctoral fellow affiliated with the university's Center for Language a...

Scientists win grants to develop $1,000 genome sequencing technology

... in UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering, leads the effort at UCSD to develop a promising technology that shrinks what is currently being done in large genome-sequencing laboratories down to a glass slide the size of a business card. Huang's team will combine micro- and nano-fabrication technologies with inn...

From hot springs to rice farms, scientists reveal new insights into the secret lives of archaea

...me of Rice Cluster I species. This gene sequencing effort may one day help scientists find a way to reduce agricultural-based methane emissions through genetic engineering. Non-extremophiles everywhere ''For many years, we always thought of archaea as extremophiles-halophiles [salt-loving], thermoph...

Knockout Mouse Project

...nd is leading one of two teams in an international effort to produce thousands of genetically altered mice for a study to understand the role of individual genes in human health. Other members of the team represent the School of Veterinary Science at the University of California, Davis and the Wellcome Tru...

First Biodiversity Census of coral reef ecosystems in the NW Hawaiian Islands

...hief scientist for the expedition, this pioneering effort is unprecedented in the level of taxonomic experti...in a tropical aquarium." Information from this effort will be posted on the CReefs website at www.creefs.org , and the cruise can also be followed at ww...

Artificial cornea offers better results for infants, some blind patients

...s to encourage the growth of new tissue ?all in an effort to help a patient's body accept the new device?and then implant the whole structure in the patient's eye Traditional corneas still constitute the great majority of transplants, with approximately 40,000 performed in the United States each year. Ab...

An artificial cornea is in sight, thanks to biomimetic hydrogels

... the Stanford University Medical Center, leads the effort with Frank. Ta says scientists have tried to develop artificial corneas for half a century, but prototypes were not well tolerated. Infections developed around implants. Eyes extruded implants.A few years ago, in a pilot study for a Bio-X grant to sh...

Climate experts search for answers in the oceans

...ver the last five years there has been a concerted effort by the world space agencies to share and develop satellite ocean temperature measurements together for the benefit of all, and we can expect improvements in operational weather and ocean predictions based on the application of these products," Dr Cra...

Protein 'fingerprint' in spinal fluid could spot Alzheimer's disease

...or key differences between the two groups." This effort yielded intriguing results: 23 proteins that indiv... imaging," Relkin said. "We hope to link into that effort to expand on these findings." The dream of a highly accurate Alzheimer's disease test that patient...

Particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metals

...ents where they interact with microorganisms. This effort by the Virginia Tech team is addressing one component of a wider effort by various scientists led by a PNNL team in looking at the fundamental mechanisms of metal reduction...

The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource

...els is focusing on both plants and microbes, in an effort to discover new biotechnology-based methods of producing fuels from plant matter (biomass) cost-effectively. Earlier this year DOE published a study summarizing the views of over fifty leading scientists in the field of biofuels research that exp...

Beyond the book: Software automates access to brain atlases

... reviving NeuART as a part of a larger development effort he was working in, concerned with knowledge management of the neuroscience literature. Burns asked programmer Wei-Cheng Cheng to develop a prototype under the guidance of Swanson and Thompson guidance. Cheng wound up rebuilding NeuART from the gr...

First-time analysis reveals millions of Europeans left at risk from influenza

...ld Health Assembly resolution issued in 2003 in an effort to help establish the health and economic impact of influenza vaccination within the European Union 25 Countries. "At Solvay Pharmaceuticals we are exploring every avenue to increase vaccine capacity and are making significant investments to incr...

Genomic comparison of lactic acid bacteria published

... The publication is the culmination of a multiyear effort by the Lactic Acid Bacteria Genome Consortium, a group of at least a dozen academic organizations formed in 2001. Paul Richardson, DOE JGI Genomic Technologies Program head, said that the functional classification embraced a variety of industrially i...

Pilot study successful in taming allergic reactions to food

...ng small amounts of the troublesome allergen in an effort to build their tolerance to it. The therapy works on a cellular level to alter specific immune system cells, called lymphocytes, that play a part in orchestrating allergic reactions and to increase the immune system’s production of antibodies that at...

Walking not enough for significant exercise benefits

...walking, there didn't seem to be much focus on the effort that needed to go into the activity. The Universi...mulated, and not pay much attention to the pace or effort invested in taking those steps," Dr. Harber said. "The 10,000-step or pedometer-based walking progra...

Asia's odd-ball antelope gets collared

...ning System) collars on eight saiga antelope in an effort to help protect one of Asia's most bizarre-looking...e medicines and competition with livestock. In an effort to safeguard remaining populations, WCS, along with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and support fr...

Plutonium or greenhouse gases? Weighing the energy options

...cture when choosing among energy sources." In an effort to capture that complete picture, Ewing compared carbon-based fossil fuels with nuclear power, considering not only the technologies involved but also the environmental impacts. Similar comparisons have been made between different energy-producing sy...

Better sludge through metagenomics

... bacteria to remove the nutrient phosphorus, in an effort to protect lakes and rivers from eutrophication, a deterioration of water quality characterized by excessive algae blooms. Accumulibacter play a vital role in wastewater management, accumulating massive amounts of phosphorus inside their cells. "E...

Second opinion yields treatment changes for half of patients

...linary tumor board that involves the collaborative effort of multiple medical specialties allows expert opinion and recommendations based on the most recent research findings. Meanwhile, the patients come to only one setting, with no need to visit multiple specialists individually,?says study author Michael...

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