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Affymetrix Launches New Globin-Reduction Kits and Protocol Developed with PreAnalytiX

...gene regulation as it relates to different disease states and a patient's response to drug therapy," said Noel Doheny, Vice President of PreAnalytiX and QIAGEN. "We continue to see a strong market trend towards the correlation of gene expression profiles of whole blood and tissue samples. With the new GeneC...

Changing ecosystems throw scientists mega-challenges

...hile addressing urgent societal issues. The report states those results could then be applied to other potential focus areas for research on complex environmental systems, such as land use, energy and climate. ...

Disease progression model of pancreatic cancer developed by Penn researchers

... to translate our findings into better therapies," states Hingorani. The study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Pancreas Foundation, and an AACR-PanCAN Career Development Award. Study co-authors are Lifu Wang, Chelsea Combs, Therese B. Der...

South African Tribunal Asks For Damages Estimates in GSK AIDS Drug Case

... illegal drug pricing and policies. The order also states that the parties will come back in late April or the first week of May 2005 to present oral arguments on these issues. "In our case, we will submit to the Tribunal evidence of the monetary damages suffered as a result of GSK's illegal actions in cha...

The evolutionary triumph of flower power

...s, The State University of New Jersey; and others, states that in spite of some basic survival uses such as edible or medicinal flowers, most flowering plants grown in the flower industry today are not used for any purpose other than emotional satisfaction. "Our hypothesis is that flowers are exploiting an...

Protein helps regulate the genes of embryonic stem cells

...f thinking in genetics: that not all human disease states are due to alterations in DNA sequence. Dr. Terry ...gets to study relative to cancer and other disease states that may have these marks and have not been examined but should be," Magnuson said. Another applica...

UNC launches study of liver injury caused by drugs

...nts from anywhere in North Carolina or neighboring states who are willing to come to UNC can be enrolled now," Watkins said. "Overall, we believe that the network will bring greater focus and interest to the study of drug-induced liver injury and will help to develop better ways to prevent, detect and treat...

U-M team recovers ancient whale in Egyptian desert

...ist of humans surviving prolonged hibernation-like states with no lingering physical or neurological damage. For example: * In May 1999, a female Norwegian skier was rescued after submersion in icy water for more than an hour. When rescued she was clinically dead with no heartbeat, no respiration, and her ...

Buying Time Through Hibernation on Demand

...ist of humans surviving prolonged hibernation-like states with no lingering physical or neurological damage. For example: * In May 1999, a female Norwegian skier was rescued after submersion in icy water for more than an hour. When rescued she was clinically dead with no heartbeat, no respiration, and her ...

Computational Method Speeds Mapping of Cell Signaling Networks

...d be particularly useful for understanding disease states where signaling malfunction plays a prominent role, including cancer and autoimmunity. Until now, the large amounts of data the technique requires prevented its application to protein networks. Being able to monitor multiple components in thousands ...

No relief for Pacific Northwest drought

...project that the drought severity the northwestern states are now experiencing will only get worse in coming... In terms of the current projections for a tier of states in the northwestern U.S., it appears the situation is going to go from bad to worse. It bears some s...

Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities

...tspots. Three other hotspots that extend into U.S. states or territories -- the California Floristic Province, the Caribbean Islands, and Polynesia-Micronesia -- remain under severe threat. Hotspots Revisited (CEMEX, 2004) contains the results of an in-depth reanalysis of global hotspots, a widely used pri...

NASA links nanobacteria to kidney stones and other diseases

...putative nucleic acid has not been completed yet," states lead researcher Neva Ciftcioglu, Ph.D. However, the group's research provides additional clues to understanding NB and its link to pathologic calcification-related diseases. "Hopefully, eradication or treatment of these diseases will be possible in ...

Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells

...s no rapid method for identifying the transitional states [of a stem cell] with the functional cell type it eventually becomes. That process is a mysterious sequence of metabolic and genetic changes." There are, he says, metabolic similarities between stem cells and cancer cells, and researchers would like ...

NC State scientist finds soft tissue in T. rex bones

Conventional wisdom among paleontologists states that when dinosaurs died and became fossilized, soft tissues didn't preserve ?the bones were essentially transformed into "rocks" through a gradual replacement of all organic material by minerals. New research by a North Carolina State University pal...

Weill Cornell Research Reveals Secrets Of Trafficking Within Cells

...ay also give us insights into the kinds of disease states that can happen when clathrin-regulated endocytosis goes wrong. The findings, already published online, will appear in the April print edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell, whose editors have chosen to highlight the Weill Cornell research due to...

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