New protein discovered by Hebrew University researchers
...inal or otherapplications.Called SP-1, the protein has a nanometric, "bagel-shaped," circularform and is extremely stable. It has been found to be capable ofsurviving contact with enzymes that break down proteins or exposure toext...NC State scientist finds soft tissue in T. rex bones
...ppointment at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, has succeeded in isolating soft tissue from the femur of a 68-million-year-old dinosaur. Not only is the tissue largely intact, it's still transparent and pliable, and microscopic interior structures resembling blood vessels and even cells are still pres...The death of a very special chimpanzee
...inal or otherapplications.Called SP-1, the protein has a nanometric, "bagel-shaped," circularform and is extremely stable. It has been found to be capable ofsurviving contact with enzymes that break down proteins or exposure toext...Zebrafish may hold key to understanding human nerve cell development
...identify this signal but we're optimistic our work has set the stagefor future discoveries," said Piotrowski.The University of Utah has one of the largest zebrafish facilities inthe country with more than 6,000 zebrafish tanks. In addit...New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible
...lity of airborne dissemination of SARS coronavirus has been controversial," said Dr. Tong, "this important work shows beyond doubt that SARS coronavirus aerosol generation can occur from a patient with SARS." The Hong Kong study provides additional, complementary evidence that the virus may be capable of...Harmful Bacterium Commonly Found in Poultry May Survive Refrigeration and Frozen Storage Combined
...identify this signal but we're optimistic our work has set the stagefor future discoveries," said Piotrowski.The University of Utah has one of the largest zebrafish facilities inthe country with more than 6,000 zebrafish tanks. In addit...Circles Of DNA Might Help Predict Success Of Stem Cell Transplantation
...am. "sjTRECs appear only after the gene shuffling has successfully occurred in the parent cell," Handgretinger said. "So if we extract large numbers of sjTRECs from T cells in the blood of a patient about to undergo a stem cell transplant, that's a good sign. It means the patient's thymus is a good T-ce...Ice core 'dipstick' indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
...ith other calculations, indicates ice in that area has lost only 200 to 400 meters of its thickness in th...tinental margin in the Ross Sea. However, that ice has retreated substantially in the last 20 millennia, at the same time Siple Dome was thinning. Part of ......identify this signal but we're optimistic our work has set the stagefor future discoveries," said Piotrowski.The University of Utah has one of the largest zebrafish facilities inthe country with more than 6,000 zebrafish tanks. In addit...UCLA scientists transform HIV into cancer-seeking missile
...mals' lungs. "For the past 20 years, gene therapy has been hampered by the lack of a good carrier for therapeutic genes that can travel through the blood and aim itself at a precise location, thereby minimizing harmful side effects," explained Irvin S.Y. Chen, Ph.D., director of the UCLA AIDS Institute....First real-time view of developing neurons reveals surprises, say Stanford researchers
.... "We're looking at a dynamic process that nobody has ever seen before," Smith said. Understanding how neurons mature into their adult role goes beyond zebra fish and their ability to see their eventual planktonic prey. "Probably these same processes are happening in our own brains all the time," Niell...New Breast Cancer Test Could Save Lives
...which can prove unreliable. This latest technology has the ability to image through dense breast tissue, ...l to the project. Commercialisation of the project has been driven by SETsquared, the high-tech support programme for very early stage ventures. SETsquare...The Shapes Of Life: NIGMS Project Yields More Than 1,000 Protein Structures
...ee-dimensional shapes of a wide range of proteins, has now determined more than 1,000 different structure... the number of protein structures they have solved has increased significantly. In the second, third, and fourth years of the pilot phase, the centers in a...The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born
...r 1.6 million patents in the life sciences. CAMBIA has flagged its intent to expand its scope beyond the ...ith opportunities for patent system reform. CAMBIA has also just added the INPADOC patent status database to its free online service, now allowing any sear...Estrogen-like Component of Plastic Stimulates Growth of Certain Prostate Cancer Cells
...ommonly used to synthesize plastic food containers has been shown toencourage the growth of a specific ca...gical response,?Dr. Knudsen said.The safety of BPA has been under intense debate for several years, withsome arguing that exposure to the chemical among hu...Beyond lithium for bipolar disorder
While lithium treatment has proven to be a godsend for many of the two million...behavior of one such activated gene, called GPR88, has been found to be associated with a rat model of mania, they said. This gene codes for a protein that...Discovery Could Lead To Novel Approaches In HIV Treatment
...adian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, has announcedthe development of a new method to assess how well the thymus (an organlocated at the base of the neck) works and the discovery of afunctional abnormality of this organ in HIV-infected individuals. Theteam of investigators led by Dr. Rafick-...FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Home-Use Diagnostic Kits Marketed by Globus Media
... of the problem from two consumer complaints. FDA has not approved or evaluated the performance of any o...ave these products should not use them. Anyone who has used one of these test kits should be retested using valid test methods. Only one HIV home collectio...Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells
...dia National Laboratories researcher Paul Gourley, has provided laboratory demonstrations of accurate, re... effects of clustering. To date, the research team has found that 90 to 95 percent of light scatter generated is from optical properties of mitochondria. ......ems biology. We are honored thatthe PANTHER system has been accepted as an InterPro member database andlo...FlyBase. “Our collaborationwith the PANTHER system has been excellent and very informative for theannotation of the Drosophila genome.?This week’s release ...