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NHGRI Selects 13 More Organisms for Genome Sequencing

...ederally chartered committee that advises NHGRI on program priorities and goals, recently approved a comprehensive plan that adds two new sets of sequencing targets. The strategy includes a mix of whole genome sequencing, genome mapping and sequencing of genomic regions chosen for their scientific merits. “...

Possible treatment found for 'chemobrain'

...ederally chartered committee that advises NHGRI on program priorities and goals, recently approved a comprehensive plan that adds two new sets of sequencing targets. The strategy includes a mix of whole genome sequencing, genome mapping and sequencing of genomic regions chosen for their scientific merits. “...

Traditional models underestimate extinction rates

...m the estimated parameters, Drake wrote a computer program to simulate all the possible population outcomes and predict extinction rates. However, one set of simulations included a parameter for density-dependent random interactions and another did not. The idea is that if organisms interact with each other ...

From a Few Wild Ancestors, a Citrus Cornucopia

...e project was no small feat. According to national program leader Peter Bretting, who has programmatic leadership responsibilities for all ARS germplasm collections, the set of genetic data they generated was one of the largest ever compiled of its kind. “Now,?says research leader and plant pathologist Rich...

Researchers Create DNA-Based Sensors for Nano-Tongues and Nano-Noses

...acteristics and an appropriate pattern recognition program would be able to identify a weak known odor in the face of a strong and variable background. "There are few limits as to what we could build these sensors to detect, whether it is a molecule wafting off an explosive device or the protein byproduct o...

Computers close in on protein structure prediction

...id, 'go.'" In the study, a sophisticated computer program folded 17 short strings of amino acids into 100,00... a refinement of a sophisticated computer modeling program called Rosetta, first developed several years ago in Baker's lab. The program works on the premise t...

Identical twins may have more differences than meet the eye

...ass, who is also part of the human cancer genetics program at Ohio State, studies methylation in both normal and cancer cells in hopes of better understanding how the process affects the beginning and progression of the disease. "Methylation is important for normal cellular development," Plass said. "It can...

Computer modeling reveals hidden conversations within cells

...a, San Diego biochemists have developed a computer program that helps explain a long-standing mystery: how the same proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes, including those leading to immune responses and cancer. Prior to the UCSD team's findings, which are published in the ...

Scientists find evidence of catastrophic sand avalanches, sea level changes in Gulf of Mexico

...ass, who is also part of the human cancer genetics program at Ohio State, studies methylation in both normal and cancer cells in hopes of better understanding how the process affects the beginning and progression of the disease. "Methylation is important for normal cellular development," Plass said. "It can...

Researchers develop gene therapy to reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension

...pported by the University's clinician investigator program and TORCH, a CIHR-sponsored multidisciplinary training program in cardiovascular disease, and a training grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. ...

DNA from feathers tells tale of eagle fidelity

...id. This project is one part of a larger research program on the eagles of Naurzumski Gosudarstvennyi Zapovednik (Naurzum State Nature Reserve), a large nature reserve in northern Kazakhstan. This reserve supports an unusual diversity of raptors and is home to no less than 24 different species of hawks, eag...

Virus uses tiny RNA to evade the immune system

... To launch their study, Grundhoff wrote a computer program to screen the SV40 genome for possible microRNA precursors. MicroRNAs are made from messenger RNA molecules with distinctive hairpin folds. The hairpin structure is diced into a microRNA segment that works with another complex to disable other messen...

Israeli scientists successfully transplant frozen-thawed ovaries in sheep

...sing only fresh grafts. Co-author Yehudit Nathan, program manager at Core Dynamics, the biotech company that funded and provided the scientific and technological expertise for the project, said the next goal was to attempt to transplant ovaries in women at risk of losing their fertility. "There is a lot o...

Surgical Robot 'Scrubs In' At UNC, May Be More Precise Than Conventional Surgery

.... UNC currently is the only gynecological oncology program in the Southeast that is using it. The robot has been used successfully at UNC for prostate removal surgery; for hysterectomies for endometrial and cervical cancers; and for pediatric gallbladder removal and stomach surgery to prevent gastric reflux...

Making plant cells work like miniature factories

...y produce sugars, fibers or waxes," said Ed Yeung, program director of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Am...oney is expected in 2007 and could continue if the program receives good marks during a peer review scheduled for 2008. Before they can study the chemical mak...

Screen all at risk for HIV, plus pregnant women

.... UNC currently is the only gynecological oncology program in the Southeast that is using it. The robot has been used successfully at UNC for prostate removal surgery; for hysterectomies for endometrial and cervical cancers; and for pediatric gallbladder removal and stomach surgery to prevent gastric reflux...

FDA: 'Highly Unlikely' Green Tea Lowers Cancer Risk

.... UNC currently is the only gynecological oncology program in the Southeast that is using it. The robot has been used successfully at UNC for prostate removal surgery; for hysterectomies for endometrial and cervical cancers; and for pediatric gallbladder removal and stomach surgery to prevent gastric reflux...

MSKCC researchers uncover structure of key protein complex in cells

...kola Pavletich, Chairman of the Structural Biology program at the Sloan-Kettering Institute, and an expert in ubiquitin, said the latest work "has given us a new view and a detailed understanding" of the process of sumoylation and should lead to a better grasp of SUMO and ubiquitin. "Identifying the addition...

New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network

...ouis. Additional information on NIAID's biodefense program is available online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/Research/rce.htm. ...

Rutgers to lead $52.7 million protein research program

... University will lead a new $52.7 million research program that will help reveal the roles that proteins play...lated disciplines," added McCormick. The research program will be funded by the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) of the National Institute of General Medica...

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