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World's largest rainforest drying experiment completes first phase

...stunted forest. As the forest becomes shorter and its leaf canopy more open, compromising its remarkable resistance to fire, it is clear that drought in tandem with fire can swiftly push the tal...

Carnegie Mellon scientists develop tool that uses MRI to visualize gene expression in living animals

...ens' new MRI reporter alters the magnetic field in its proximity, causing nearby protons to give off a distinctly different signal. The resulting image reveals dark areas that indicate the presence of the MRI reporter. "Our technology is adaptable to monitor gene expression in many tissue types. You cou...

Measuring the impact of post-genomics on Mediterranean populations

...e event, gave an overview of the EU-MPC programme: its past, present and future. Round table discussions were organised later that day on how the EU-MPC co-operation is working to alleviate communicable and non-communicable diseases in the region. ...

Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals

...cribes one strategy to halt Parkinson's disease at its onset and another strategy to treat the devastatin...de effects that occur when treating the disease in its later stages. By inserting corrective genes into the brain, scientists studying small monkeys calle...

Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients

...s tissues. Also known as congestive heart failure, its many causes include infections of the heart, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, previous heart attacks and valve problems. An estimated 4.7 million Americans suffer from the condition, with 400,000 new cases reported each year. Roughly one...

Affymetrix and Stratagene Announce Strategic Software Alliance

...Affymetrix will make ArrayAssist Lite available to its existing GeneChip customers via the Internet and w...ndard Affymetrix-format data files and reports. In its first release, ArrayAssist Lite will support RMA, GC-RMA, MAS5, and also PLIER, a new advanced signa...

Sequencing of marine bacterium will help study of cell communication

...s that occur at the point that a bacterium changes its gene expression pattern in response to quorum sens...sing on the relationship between the bacterium and its animal host. The PNAS article concludes, "If we are to understand the unifying themes underlying the...

Self-assembled nano-sized probes allow Penn researchers to see tumors through flesh and skin

...to actually see if chemotherapy is really going to its intended target." This work takes advantage of years of effort in the Therien laboratory focused on the design of highly fluorescent compounds. Polymersomes, which were developed by Penn professors Daniel A. Hammer and Dennis Discher in the mid-1990...

Opposing fat metabolism pathways triggered by a single gene

...e expression, Yamamoto and colleagues show that in its normal actions, nhr-49 sets in motion two opposing...hich, by reducing acs-2, increases fat content. In its function, nhr-49 resembles a mammalian NHR, called peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR...

Wiley announces publication of Databasing the Brain

...evant computational science and modeling issues to its diverse applications. Expertly edited by two pioneers in this growing discipline, the text covers the basic principles and specific applications across a range of problems in brain research. Extensively illustrated throughout, this book discusses t...

Kinovate Life Sciences Launches Nittophase?High Performance Solid Support For Oligonucleatide Synthesis

...ry, announced today that it will officially launch its new NittoPhase?solid support for oligonucleotide s...on, Isis is pleased to incorporate NittoPhase?into its own drug development operations going forward,?said B. Lynne Parshall, Executive Vice President and ...

Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes

...isease, but it is certainly a promising target for its prevention and treatment." In preliminary studies...bly by disrupting the network of genes involved in its development, he says. A potential drug treatment based on blocking the MIF protein is already being...

International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort

...um set September 2005 as the target for completing its map of common patterns of human genetic variation,... the group already will have reached completion of its first draft of the human haplotype map, or HapMap, which will consist of 1 million markers of geneti...

Towards precise classification of cancers based on robust gene functional expression profiles

...isease, but it is certainly a promising target for its prevention and treatment." In preliminary studies...bly by disrupting the network of genes involved in its development, he says. A potential drug treatment based on blocking the MIF protein is already being...

Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems

...ceed with a clinical research trial first to prove its safety and efficacy against HIV-associated cogniti... contrast, minocycline doesn't target the virus or its proteins. While they're still working out the details, the researchers have shown that minocycline "...

Protein offers way to stop microscopic parasites in their tracks

...asma has a rotating protein-based conveyor belt on its underside that enables it to move. To push forwar...via the addition of chains. The parasite supplies its moving belt with traction by putting spots of an adhesive protein on it. The adhesive protein allows...

Rats infected as newborns grew up vulnerable to memory problems during an immune challenge

...mplications involving infections of the uterus and its contents, a number that will rise as more children...d was shocked for two seconds and then put back in its home cage. After 24 hours, the researchers again put each rat in the experimental chamber and record...

Nonlinear Dynamics announces more details of its global partnership with PerkinElmer

...tics solutions, today announced further details of its global OEM partnership with PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYS...ure." She continued, "PerkinElmer is re-launching its gel imaging strategy this year with ProXPRESS, our new consumables and Nonlinear's software as the c...

Expression Project for Oncology (expO) completes first phase of standardized gene expression analyses

...t www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/. The goal of expO and its consortium supporters is to procure tissue samples...s and 500-1,000 normal tissues. expO has exceeded its first-year milestone of collecting consented and clinically annotated tumor biospecimens in a highly...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Create 'Obedient Virus'; First Step To Use Measles Virus Against Cancer

... the ability of the measles virus to interact with its two natural receptors. And they also show that we ... virus to seek a cancer cell to bind to instead of its natural binding partner. Then they invented a "molecular tag" that they attached to structures on th...

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