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Ancient olfaction protein is shared by many bugs, offering new pest control target

...who had previously identified a key gene essential for the sense of smell in fruit flies now shows that t...general function in detecting odors. When the gene for Or83b is deleted, the flies can't smell. In the new study, Vosshall, in collaboration with research...

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

...rent issue of Nature, the weeklyscientific journal for biological and physical sciences research. “Synth...is technology may therefore yieldprofound benefits for human health and quality of life.“The technology developed by Dr. Gao and her collaborators has thep...

Study Links Ebola Outbreaks To Animal Carcasses

... the study found that many animal carcasses tested for Ebola between 2001 and 2003 produced positive resu...tion of great apes represent a serious health risk for people in Central Africa, and a risk that can be avoided," said Dr. William Karesh, field veterinari...

New Technique for Tracking Gene Regulators

...abeled A, T, G, and C) thatmake up the source code for running the machinery of the cell ?we arejust begi... to search theregion around the specific locations for CREB binding sequences orgenes that might be regulated by CREB.Using this technique, the scientists ...

Bacteria collection sheds light on urinary tract infections

...e likely to get UTIs than men because it is easier for the bacteria to reach their bladder. Fifty percent...teric Disease Center, it would have been difficult for the researchers to carry out the research, according to DebRoy. The Gastroenteric Disease Center has...

Bound for destruction: Ubiquitination protects against improper Notch signaling

...se existence has beenknown, or at least hinted at, for nearly a century since theidentification of a muta... is best knownfor its function in marking proteins for degradation by a wastedisposal unit known as a proteasome. Hayashi et al. sought to study thepossibi...

HIV Patients May Be at Risk of Heart Problems When Taking Protease Inhibitor Drugs

...ly over the long term, and by looking specifically for heart rhythm irregularities in vulnerable individu...exams, and in taking patient histories to be alert for signs of heart rhythm disturbances. Implications of the Findings "In no way does it mean patients ...

Combination therapy boosts effectiveness of telomere-directed cancer cell death

Sometimes apotential target for a drug seems very promising on paper; things areof...lomerase. What to do then? Scrap the project? Look for somethingelse? Hell no! Look out for whats stopping the drug! Perseverance issometimes worth it, as ...

GATA: a graphic alignment tool for comparative sequence analysis

Sometimes apotential target for a drug seems very promising on paper; things areof...lomerase. What to do then? Scrap the project? Look for somethingelse? Hell no! Look out for whats stopping the drug! Perseverance issometimes worth it, as ...

Whole genome fine map of rice completed

... rice genome sequences will lay a solid foundation for studying the differences among strains of rice and...nes were found in the two genomes. After adjusting for residual errors of predictions with EST data, the number of genes is estimated to be between 30,000 ...

Research on Worms Yields Clues on Aging

Humanityhas been looking for a "Fontaine de Jouvence" forever; a way to slow or...revealed in a random screening of 19 drugsapproved for treating a variety of disorders in humans. "We didn'tstart with a hypothesis about what causes aging...

Imaging Lymph Nodes with Nanoparticles

...the most important parts of thework up of patients for both prediction of prognosis and determinationof t.... Currentmethods include surgical removal of nodes for examination and varioustypes of imaging, ranging from ultrasound to newer technologies such asmagnet...

“Nano-scissors?laser shows precise surgical capability

...r toother cells.“This tool opens up a new frontier for biologists studying nerveregeneration,?says Ben-Ya...to be cut, then cut it, but this heightens therisk for tissue damage.Ben-Yakar’s nanosurgery technique used a series of low-energy“femtosecond?laser pulses...

U-M scientist to talk about tissue engineering at AAAS

... jaw bone of a person undergoing radiation therapy for cancer means managing the constant bacteria bath of a human mouth as well as compensating for the damage of radiation. "It's not just a question of whether we can make new tissue in a perfect c...

Finding Cures For Tropical Diseases: Is Open Source An Answer?

...le about a possiblesolution titled "Finding Cures for Tropical Diseases: Is Open Source an Answer?" The... post. Onlyabout 1% of newly developed drugs are for tropical diseases, such asAfrican sleeping sickness and dengue fever. While patent incentiveshave dr...

Genome-wide mouse study yields link to human leukemia

...use, and the findings offer important implications for patient care, since we know that methylation, whic...ssor gene gives clinicians another possible target for intervention. "We already have a drug, decitabine, that we know can reverse the effects of methylat...

Breakthrough Microarray-based Technology for the Study of Cancer

...iling microarray technology to improve its utility for DNA analysisapplications. This new platform provid...cult to detect.Additionally, the technology allows for the use of total genomic DNA todetect chromosomal changes across the entire genome. The Platformenab...

The transparent organism: EMBLEM and Carl Zeiss give labs a unique look at life

...ific conferences has generated a flood of requests for the instrument. "We were extremely pleased to hav... "We see the SPIM technology as an ideal approach for satisfying the growing demand in highly resolved image information from living organisms. The produc...

Iron Deficiency Sparks Dramatic Changes In Gene Expression

...at Duke University Medical Centerhave demonstrated for the first time what happens inside a cell when iti...roduced, and the body is deprived of oxygen needed for energymetabolism. Iron deficiency causes wide-ranging symptoms from fatigue,weakness and cognitive d...

Learning to fight an adversary that won't stay down

...rial history is any kind of track record, we're in for an endless running battle, says Dr. Julian Davies,...ce at the 2005 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington D.C. The ongoing appearance of new pathogen varieties like...

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