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Discovery may speed forest biotechnology

... the journal Science. They represent a significant fundamental advance in explaining the annual growth cycles and reproduction of trees. By knowing the genes that control these processes, it should be possible to genetically engineer trees that flower and reproduce more quickly. The long, slow growth of trees b...

ANU scientists crack DNA replication mystery

...covery was important "not just because it solved a fundamental scientific question, but also because TUS was foun...discovery illustrates once again how the quest for fundamental knowledge can result in unexpected technological progress." ...

Novel connection found between biological clock and cancer

...essor and chair of genetics at DMS. "It suggests a fundamental connection among circadian timing, cell cycle progress, and potentially the origins of some cancers." Dunlap is a co-author of the paper with DMS colleagues, Jennifer Loros, professor of biochemistry, graduate student Christopher L. Baker, and forme...

Scientists elucidate the kinome of key model organism

...in all organisms, and are likely to be involved in fundamental cellular processes. "We believe this study will be very useful to researchers who are studying cell communication pathways in other organisms, including vertebrates, by demonstrating what aspects of signaling are conserved, and revealing opportunitie...

Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology

...h and development funds have targeted silicon, the fundamental material in the semiconductor industry. But LCPs are less brittle and more pliable than silicon, Elias said, adding that LCP devices could be tailored to respond to specific external stimuli, such as temperature changes and UV radiation exposure, whi...

Flick of a protein switches immune response

...t would "open a big door for people to explain the fundamental mechanism of immune tolerance." In the July 28 issue of Cell, the USC-Harvard group shows that the protein Nuclear Factor of Activated T cells (NFAT), in collaboration with FOXP3, an essential factor in regulatory T cells, orchestrates a genetic pr...

Purdue creates new low-cost system to detect bacteria

... this quickly in real time. There is absolutely no fundamental reason why we wouldn't be able to do this, and we are pretty close to having an actual prototype of a product that could be commercialized." A provisional patent has been filed for the data-processing technique, and a full patent application has be...

Marine 'dead zone' off Oregon is spreading

...ding to researchers at Oregon State University. A fundamental new trend in atmospheric and ocean circulation pat..., they appear less like an anomaly and more like a fundamental shift in marine conditions and ocean behavior. In particular, a change in intensity and timing of co...

Neuronal cell cultures kept on the straight and narrow

...f Standards and Technology (NIST), may enable new, fundamental insights into the behavior of neuronal cells. Culturing particular types of cells in isolation is a basic technique for measuring how they respond to various stimuli, testing new drugs, and similar cell biology tasks. Neuronal cells, which make up t...

What's shaped like a pear and has 2 genomes? Check the pond

...ication of its genome is likely to lead to further fundamental insights into how cells work." Throughout the project, Eisen says, collaboration between researchers has been critical, including work by co-author Eduardo Orias of the University of California-Santa Barbara. The team emphasized open access to data...

Study finds how organs monitor themselves during early development

...t fly? This insect is helping researchers to grasp fundamental principles of biology and body function, explains Dr. Gilboa. "Drosophila inspires scientists in other fields and they can build on those general principles to further their work," she says. A researcher studying the challenge of infertility in human...

Sandia work launched on space shuttle shows live cells influence growth of nanostructures

... then by DOE's Basic Energy Sciences group for its fundamental implications, and then (through UNM) by the Department of Defense (Air Force) for its practical possibilities. Along with Baca, the lead researcher, current graduate students Carlee Ashley and Eric Carnes and undergraduate Deanna Lopez have made si...

DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome

...e variety of conditions; photosynthetic, providing fundamental insights into light-driven, renewable-energy production; can detoxify metal oxides. Shewanella species. Jim Fredrickson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Degrades metals including uranium, technetium, and chromium; important in carbon cyclin...

Rehydrate -- your RNA needs it

...om where it can wreak havoc," Walter said. "So the fundamental understanding we are gaining of the role of water in RNA almost certainly will have relevance in the treatment or prevention of disease." ...

Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors

...he U-M Medical School, is currently focused on the fundamental vaporization and transport topics that must first be understood in order to translate this developmental technique to the clinic. In traditional embolotherapy techniques, the so-called cork that doctors use to block the blood flow---called an embol...

Connect the Quantum Dots

... quantum dot. This research proves this important fundamental principle and lay the necessary groundwork for researchers to further improve its sensitivity, stability and reproducibility for biomedical applications. "Our method has a long-term impact on biomedical diagnostic applications which currently rely ...

Researchers identify human DNA on the fast track

...nding because it is expressed in cells that have a fundamental role in the design and development of the mammalian cortex." And beyond HAR1 lie HAR2, HAR3, and so on through the 49 regions Pollard identified with her DNA screen. "We've only studied one of these regions carefully," said Haussler. "Now we have t...

When the going gets tough, slime molds start synthesizing

...tific community, groups come together to address a fundamental question in biology. In the process, we collective...aceuticals used to treat disease today. "The major fundamental question in our case is why do organisms make chemicals, what role do these molecules play in nature...

'Sticky' mice lead to discovery of new cause of neurodegenerative disease

...m began its studies, it did not expect that such a fundamental defect in protein synthesis could be behind the neurodegeneration they had observed in sticky mice. "There were a lot of candidate genes in the chromosomal region containing the sti mutation," she said, "and this gene was actually the last candida...

Molecular DNA switch found to be the same for all life

...plicate its DNA in a timely and faithful manner is fundamental for survival, but, despite decades of study, the structural and molecular basis for initiating DNA replication, and the degree to which these mechanisms have been conserved by evolution have been ill defined and hotly debated," said biophysicist Eva ...

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