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Gov't Creates Gene Database of Normal Human Tissues

... other disease specimens, and should be a valuable resource for the research community." The normal organ database uses a technology known as gene expression microarrays, more commonly known as gene chips, to provide a kind of fingerprint that researchers and clinicians can use to compare cells and tissue th...

Rabies spread speeds up

...rsal - the authors' simulations provide a valuable resource for anticipating alternate outbreak scenarios and preparing multiple game plans to prevent or contain them. They also indicate the best sites for establishing a new vaccine barrier. And given how fast raccoon rabies could spread, Real and colleagues ...

Venom doc tracks down snake bioweapons

...y that exists within animal venoms is a tremendous resource waiting to be tapped." By comparing the amino acid sequence of each toxin to the amino acid sequences of multiple proteins from non-venomous tissues, Fry was able to reconstruct the phylogenetic history of each snake venom constituent. He determined...

U.N. mulls the protection of Earth's forests

...nments will look at a forested area and say, 'This resource is mine. I don't want someone else telling me how to manage it.' Nevertheless, there are regional and global services provided by otherwise local forests, including carbon storage and life-giving oxygen." The U.N. Forum on Forests was created by the...

Amazon symposium to address large-scale conservation

...sin. This region has entered a new era of natural resource destruction as the principle industries driving deforestation (cattle ranching and soybean farming) are strengthened by expanding world markets for open-range beef and grain. The paving of highways into the heart of the region will facilitate the exp...

Unique library of plant genes germinates, takes root at UNC

...rant it awarded to UNC in 2002. "This is a unique resource for scientists trying to understand the genes contributing to variation in traits of economic importance in crops," Vision said. ...

The first impact factor for PLoS Biology ?13.9

...sury of scientific and medical literature a public resource ?is fulfilled. We hope that PLoS Biology's first impact factor will inspire even greater support for PLoS journals and for open access. * Thomson ISI calculated the impact factors that it announced this year by counting all the citations in 2004 to ...

Researchers grow stem cells from human skin

...velopment. "These cells should provide a valuable resource for tissue repair and for organs as well," said Anthony Atala, M.D., director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and senior researcher on the project. "Because these cells are taken from a patient's own skin, there would not be pr...

Researcher gets NSF grant to create mutant maize lines

...try, Brutnell says. "This is going to be the only resource of its kind, a sequence-indexed library that allows researchers to do a database search for a DNA sequence and identify a single line of maize with a single disruption in the genome," says Brutnell, who notes that the project could expand the underst...

Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU

...ion costs but the absence of clear rules governing resource access benefits sharing. Some companies say uncertainty over access procedures is a major deterrent to their research and investment, according to the report. Seabed is not a lawless realm, but almost Bioprospecting in the seabed within territorial...

A Father’s Day Gift: Free DNA Paternity Testing

...ion costs but the absence of clear rules governing resource access benefits sharing. Some companies say uncertainty over access procedures is a major deterrent to their research and investment, according to the report. Seabed is not a lawless realm, but almost Bioprospecting in the seabed within territorial...

From a Few Wild Ancestors, a Citrus Cornucopia

...bank -- a University of California-Riverside (UCR) resource that is used cooperatively by the ARS repository -- has been gathering accessions for almost a century. Right now its holdings number about 900 specimens, many of which were acquired outside the United States. But it hasn’t been known, until recently...

Genomatix, AAAS ink agreement

...ience's STKE, that also functions as an electronic resource enabling scientists, researchers, students and educators to find, organize, and use information relevant to cell regulation processes. Leading authorities enter their knowledge about cell signaling into the Connections Maps database, which includes d...

New plant DNA libraries provides massive boost to world's plant researchers

...ic Libraries Limited" to develop this powerful new resource for plant researchers. It will be of particular benefit to academic researchers, scientists working in agriculture and horticulture and also to pharmaceutical research teams interested in the medicinal properties of plants. The new libraries have tw...

Genetically modified maize not found in southern Mexico

... genetic diversity of native maize is an important resource with great cultural significance," Snow said. "If farmers think that their highly revered native plants have been altered by transgenes, they might even stop planting them." "No one knew how common transgenic corn was in this area, we thought it cou...

Elusive salamanders have role in developing new sampling models

...sence of salamanders can help installation natural resource managers apply effective conservation strategies f... as part of the ongoing challenge faced by natural resource managers to balance resource use and resource preservation." ...

California computer scientists double volume of data in NIH biotech repository

...today. "This information provides an invaluable resource for understanding the structure of human genetic v...frica, Asia and Europe. The HapMap data is a major resource for understanding the structure of human variation and the genetic basis of human disease. All of ...

U-M scientists say fused genes trigger the development of prostate cancer

...today. "This information provides an invaluable resource for understanding the structure of human genetic v...frica, Asia and Europe. The HapMap data is a major resource for understanding the structure of human variation and the genetic basis of human disease. All of ...

Biologist Discovers What May Be World’s ‘Pickiest?Mates

...h provides one of the first examples of how choosy resource selection can help offspring survivorship.?/p> Male fiddler crabs attract suitors by standing in front of their burrows and waving their enlarged claws at prospective female passers by, much as humans motions “come here?with their arms and hands ...

New molecule may aid in production of biofuels and fungi-resistant plants

...cell walls of fungi. Because chitin is an abundant resource and, most importantly, because it occurs in several types of plague organisms and parasites, chitin degradation is of great interest to humanity. For example, insects might be combated by interfering with their chitin metabolism. Insect viruses need ...

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