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Harmless virus may hold key to more effective HIV drug discovery

...g discovery efforts for other anti-viral therapies faster and more effective. Study results appear in online version of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. "Viruses are clever about mutating to defeat the best efforts of chemists and biologists," said Weiss, an assistant professor of chemistry a...

Scientists turn tobacco against cancer

...er cells. The plants promise to provide a cheaper, faster method of producing anticancer antibodies, raising hopes that the technology can one day be used in humans. Scientists, led by Hilary Koprowski, M.D., professor of microbiology and immunology and director of the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories...

Researchers develop new method for facile identification of proteins in bacterial cells

... a "shortcut" for preparing samples that makes PMF faster and more economical. By reducing the cost of prote...e in the haystack; this task can be performed much faster and more economically if you have more needles--and that's exactly what our method is based on," exp...

Genomic sequences processed in minutes, rather than weeks

...ut special modifications, software doesn't run any faster on it than it would on a personal computer. In order to get answers to complicated biological questions more quickly, PNNL researchers "parallelized" the software using Global Arrays, a powerful programming toolkit, by creating algorithms to divvy up...

New defibrillator signals doctor of patient's irregular heartbeat or device malfunction

...D-treated patients. "The new ICD provides faster delivery of care to patients and also reduces the number of times a patient has to go to the doctor's office for follow-up visits," said Varma, who specializes in treatment of arrhythmias. Because patients' heart muscle pumping action can be poor as...

Scalpel-free surgery could reduce risk of HIV and hepatitis exposure for health care workers

...ach year, and hepatitis C is increasing at an even faster rate, according to the report. The study concludes that by studying the rates of HIV and hepatitis B and C among patients presenting for surgery, a more accurate incidence of disease is measured within a community, bypassing the selection bias of tra...

Genetic links could unlock clues to leading cause of blindness

...the monkeys can help. They age three to four times faster than humans, making it easier to track the progression of the disease. The monkeys also can remain in a controlled environment to test nongenetic factors, and their families can be studied more extensively. Although most rhesus monkeys never show si...

When it comes to cell entry, being average has its advantages

... readily than ones that are larger or smaller. The faster the viruses are absorbed, the more rapidly they reproduce. "Cells are simply optimizing the system," Freund explained. "If a particle is too big, there may not be enough receptors to bind to the virus. If it is too small, it takes too much energy to...

Using nanoparticles, in vivo gene therapy activates brain stem cells

...onics and Biophotonics. While they are easier and faster to produce, non-viral vectors typically suffer from very low expression and efficacy rates, especially in vivo. "This is the first time that a non-viral vector has demonstrated efficacy in vivo at levels comparable to a viral vector," Bharali said. ...

FDA approves more generic AIDS drugs

...oduction allows them to study the plant's genetics faster than they could with other species. Understanding Arabidopsis completely will teach scientists an enormous amount about all other flowering plants, which are closely related genetically, Dangl said. The new genomics technology, developed by Patrick ...

UNC plant researchers discover proteins interact to form hair-trigger protection against invaders

...oduction allows them to study the plant's genetics faster than they could with other species. Understanding Arabidopsis completely will teach scientists an enormous amount about all other flowering plants, which are closely related genetically, Dangl said. The new genomics technology, developed by Patrick ...

IMF Launches World’s First DNA Database for Myeloma Patients

...n a predator-laden environment because they have a faster burst speed than the males with larger genitalia, who lose out because the size of their organ slows them down, making them ripe for capture by larger fish. Brian Langerhans, Washington University biology graduate student in Arts & Sciences, has...

Certain fish have a special mating preference

...n a predator-laden environment because they have a faster burst speed than the males with larger genitalia, who lose out because the size of their organ slows them down, making them ripe for capture by larger fish. Brian Langerhans, Washington University biology graduate student in Arts & Sciences, has...

Amazon source of 5-year-old river breath

...iver organisms." "River breath is much deeper and faster than anyone realized," says Jeff Richey, UW oceanographer and another co-author. Carbon is carried by rains and groundwater into waterways from soils, decomposing woody debris, leaf litter and other organic matter. Once in waterways it is chewed up ...

Team Invents Device For Weighing Individual Molecules

...s of molecular identification that are cheaper and faster than existing methods, as well as revolutionary new instruments for proteomics. According to Michael Roukes, professor of physics, applied physics, and bioengineering at Caltech and the founding director of Caltech's Kavli Nanoscience Institute, the...

Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950s pandemic, study suggests

...ould mean that community acquired MRSA will spread faster and be more widespread than previously expected, warns an international team of researchers who have been studying the bacteria. First isolated in Australia and Canada in 1953, type 80/81 penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria caused sk...

Fungus Effective Against Winged Termites

.... According to Wright, just as some people can run faster than others, some fungi are simply more potent than others of their closely-related cousins. The researchers are currently seeking collaborators to further develop a formulation to deliver the fungal spores. They envision applying the fungus to buil...

Rabies spread speeds up

...read throughout the state in just three years, far faster than previously thought. One strategy for limiting rabies spread is to establish vaccine corridors by distributing vaccine baits - vaccine doses hidden in fishmeal - to wild raccoons. This cordon sanitaire strategy limited rabies in Ohio to sporadic...

Next Generation Body Scanner Launched By The University Of Manchester

... higher quality scans can be carried out at a much faster speed than ever before. The scanner will enable researchers to create images of structures in the body such as individual vessels in the brain, nerves and cartilage. Researchers working in the fields of cancer, stroke and mental illness will be amon...

Primates on the brink

...ber in the low thousands but are disappearing at a faster rate than other primates. The December tsunamis that devastated coastal Sumatra have triggered a possible new threat to orangutan habitat from resettlement of area residents. Changes to the list from 2002 reflect a desire to draw attention to other ...

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