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Experimental drug reverses key cognitive deficits, pathology in Alzheimer's

...he treated animals could learn to find a submerged platform in a tank of murky water. This test is known to depend on the function of the hippocampus. The researchers found that the treated mice performed significantly better than untreated knockout mice on the task. Significantly, found the researchers, the...

Avian flu modeled on supercomputer, explores vaccine and isolation options for thwarting a pandemic

... Molecular dynamics (SPaSM) large-scale simulation platform developed for the nuclear weapons program. It runs on the Los Alamos supercomputer known as Pink, a 1,024-node (2,048 processor) LinuxBIOS/BProc "Science Appliance" running Clustermatic 3, the largest single-system image Linux cluster in the world. P...

Mitochondrial DNA sequencing tool updated

... lover, the chip served as the broad technological platform for laboratories to customize arrays more attuned to their research interests. In 2004, Dr. Anirban Maitra and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins did exactly that with the MitoChip v1.0. In addition to nitty-gritty technical innovations that vastly i...

Parkinson's disease mechanism discovered

...ndings are exciting because they tell us we have a platform for discovering new therapeutic strategies and for speeding the process of discovering treatments for these disorders." Current treatments for Parkinson's disease do not aim at protecting the dopamine-producing neurons themselves. Rather, the treatm...

Smooth sailing: 'cruise ship virus' tackled by UH, Baylor College of Medicine

...y test in speed and ease of use, we could create a platform for rapid detection of this virus and other pathogens." The tool Ruchhoeft and Willson are building will rely on the disease protein/antibody relationship that occurs in the human body. As with all diseases, when an individual is infected with t...

Even when faint, ovary scent draws sperm cells

... important first step toward having an easy-to-use platform to rapidly evaluate and quantify chemotaxis." The researchers hope their device will help other scientists more accurately examine the chemotaxis of all types of cells. The method also eliminates the phenomenon of "trapping," which causes study res...

NYU researchers decorate virus particles, showing potential to enhance MRI capabilities

...The protein coats of viruses provide an attractive platform for tailoring the physical properties and functions of molecular assemblies because they contain a large number of chemically reactive groups organized in a very precise array. Other researchers have recently sought to enhance MRI capabilities throug...

Too mellow for our predatory world

...y 2004 and again in March 2005, using the research platform of the Max Planck Society. The islands in the Pacific Ocean continue to be a magnet for evolutionary biologists. Nowhere else is it possible to observe such a variety of different adaptation strategies in such a relatively small number of species. Ho...

Planning ahead: Having the healthiest baby possible

...e Supplement has been made available on our online platform SpringerLink, free of charge, to anyone." The Supplement can be viewed at http://springerlink.com/content/k33g85g4242v/?p=5e9442a6c00a40888ebe95936ebca50a&pi=4 . ...

Pesticides need sunscreen to beat the heat

... many other pesticides. We are considering it as a platform carrier material for pesticides and have looked at several pesticides, including this oil-soluble avermectin, and water-soluble validamycin, and a couple of others, all demonstrating the same behaviors," Wen said. ...

Uniform tungsten trimers stand and deliver

...ington State University, the discovery may offer a platform for fundamental reactivity studies of metal oxides...yer of titanium oxide crystals ?holds promise as a platform for studying the behavior of early transition metal oxides. White noted, "While we have created the ...

Chemical tests of cell growth enter third dimension

...hnology to come from Yang's lab is a microfluidics platform that allows for testing of many types of cells or drug dosages at once. Tiny pipes connect wells that contain cells growing in 3D. The drug to be tested is pumped from a common reservoir into the pipes. Each well could receive a different dosage of ...

MIT's molecular sieve advances protein research

...ice can replace gels and give us an ideal physical platform to investigate Ogston sieving," Fu said. The new sieves also potentially could be used to replace 2D gels in the process of discovering disease biomarkers, as well as to learn more about disease. ...

Motorola researchers develop selective sensors based on carbon nanotubes

...t transistors. "This is a fairly general sensor platform for all kinds of applications," said Nongjian Tao,...ect. "We tested heavy metal ions in water, but the platform can be applied to many other areas to sense toxic chemicals in the air, or they can be used as biose...

Electric jolt triggers release of biomolecules, nanoparticles

...sed the bond between the sulfur atoms and the gold platform to break, setting free the tethered molecule. In theory, the researchers said, this technique could be incorporated into a biocompatible implant chip that would release medicine inside a patient on command. Scientists elsewhere are working on oth...

Columbia University licenses next-generation DNA sequencing technology

...e. We are poised to offer a simple, cost effective platform that will enable many researchers and clinicians to use this next-generation DNA sequencing technology in their own laboratories." Dr. Ju is a prolific inventor of new technologies for applications in genomics using chemistry and molecular engineer...

Nanoscale microscope sheds first light on gene repair

...sponse to a break. "The clusters may provide a platform for the immediate and robust response observed following DNA damage," said Bewersdorf. "Moving forward, we will analyze the localization of the H2AX clusters relative to other nuclear components." ...

Molecular motors and brakes work together in cells

... that a preexisting "mother" microtubule acts as a platform on which a new microtubule can be formed. The new "daughter" microtubule grows and moves along the mother microtubule. In time, the daughter grows beyond the end of the mother to ultimately produce two microtubules, connected by the cross-linking MAP...

NIH neuroscience microarray consortium launches high-throughput genotyping services

...ression profiling and genotyping on the Affymetrix platform and uses the Affymetrix exon arrays to look at spl...or at Yale, Shrikant Mane, says that the "Illumina platform provides an important complement to the other technologies currently available through the NIH Neuro...

New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly 2 years to your lifespan

...o the statistical corrections, walking across that platform in Stockholm apparently adds about 2 years to a scientist's life-span. How status does this, we just don't know." The researchers also looked at the Nobel Prize fund - the real value of which has changed over time. By comparing the possible effec...

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