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Uniform language for describing genes of pathogenic and beneficial microbes

...open-source resource and a powerful way to advance our understanding of host-pathogen relationships.? Michelle Gwinn-Giglio, Staff Scientist at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and a senior PAMGO member, remarked: “During the process of developing terms for PAMGO, it was immediately apparent t...

Man's best friend lends insight into human evolution

...cial cues cooperatively we should look not just at our closest animal relatives, but also at our best animal friends. While chimps may fail to infer others' mental states when cooperating, domestic...

MIT's ocean model captures diversity of underwater forests

... vast diversity of the invisible forests living in our oceans-tiny, single-celled green plants that domin... cycles and climate. "The guiding principle of our model is that its ecosystems are allowed to self-organize as in the natural world," said Follows, a ...

NIAID expands capability for influenza research and surveillance

...d domestic influenza surveillance efforts, further our understanding of influenza viruses, and generate the information and tools necessary to better prepare and respond to a pandemic situation.? The new awards build upon an ongoing program led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, i...

Genome sequencing reveals key to viable ethanol production

...more enzymes at a time would have taken "more than our lifetime," Wu says. Wu is now working to re-engineer C. thermocellum to express an abundance of particular genes so it can readily and efficiently produce ethanol from a particular biomass. He’s also continuing the genome-wide search for enzyme com...

Scientists see DNA get 'sunburned' for the first time

... bases are arranged in space," Kohler said. "In our efforts to understand photo-damage, this new result shifts our attention to the DNA structure, and the kinds of arrangements that exist at the moment DNA absorbs l...

Flies don't buzz about aimlessly!

...w these tiny animals are so successful at crashing our dinner parties. The research will appear in the April 4th issue of the international, peer-reviewed, open-access online journal PLoS ONE. ...

Natural antibiotics yield secrets to atom-level imaging technique

...said. "Just as an MRI produces a detailed image of our internal organs, solid-state NMR spectroscopy is used to construct a detailed image of a peptide or protein and to reveal how it sits in the cell membrane," providing clues for modifications that might make synthetic AMPs even more effective in overc...

Investigating the measles virus as a tool to kill multiple myeloma

...ry hopeful that this will be a step toward helping our patients.? Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is the only institution in the world currently pursuing using engineered measles viruses for cancer treatment. It has shepherded the research from basic laboratory science to therapies being tested today in seve...

Researchers find link between food odors and lifespan in fruit flies

...n human longevity and caloric intake, and the role our sense of smell may play in the process, will requi...n human longevity and caloric intake, and the role our sense of smell may play in the process, will require more knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms at...

Study examines genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

... genes will be linked with Alzheimer’s disease and our current programme of research is designed to identify them.?...

Tundra disappearing at rapid rate

...m the Department of Biological Sciences. "But what our data indicates is that there was an upslope surge of trees in response to warmer temperatures. It’s like it waited until conditions were just right and then it decided to get up and run, not just walk." Danby and Dr. David Hik, also from the Facul...

Biodiesel study targets cleaner air, cleaner engines

... the agricultural sector while also taking care of our environment." Natural Resources Canada contributed $300,000 to the project, with other partners Environment Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, UPI Energy, and the University of Guelph provid...

Sandia researchers take new approach to studying how cells respond to pathogens

...ized cells, which really simplifies development of our new technologies and methods," Singh says. "We'll ...them into one compact, miniaturized platform using our unique microfluidic and imaging tools," Singh says. Hyperspectral fluorescence imaging with multi...

Paper challenges 1491 Amazonian population theories

...rridors there wasn't that much impact. That's what our findings tend to support." Bush doesn't expect that his new findings will settle the debate, however. "There's just too much passion on this issue. People who are inclined to believe what we're talking about will say this is very strong evidenc...

Glucose triggers brain cell death in rats after hypoglycemic coma

...nce, he says, "this calls for a reconsideration of our concepts about the causes of oxidative stress in o...cal science, Swanson observes that "as clinicians, our first reaction when we see a patient in hypoglycemic coma is to give lots of glucose, fast. But our ...

Good behavior, religiousness may be genetic

...s in behavior genetics are repeatedly showing that our behavior is also influenced by our genes," says Koenig....

Study shows isolation of stem cells may lead to a treatment for hearing loss

...is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects won’t show u...or the development of hearing. “Previous work in our lab with young-adult mouse cochlear tissue showed expression of genes normally found in stem cells a...

Despite their heft, many dinosaurs had surprisingly tiny genomes

...Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. "In fact, our work shows these streamlined genomes arose long before the first birds and flight, and can be added to the list of dinosaur traits previously thought to be found only in modern birds, including feathers, pulmonary innovations, and parental care and n...

Scientists find genes involved in the battle between Hessian flies and wheat

...that are resistant to the larvae. "The focus of our work is to try to understand how the insect overcomes plant resistance and use that basic knowledge to enhance the durability of wheat against Hessian fly attack by combining several genes for resistance or through some other novel strategies," said ...

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