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New technology shows our ancestors ate…everything!

...d Teaford. "So it's a huge step to have a reliable technology that detects subtler diet variations." A team of ...t and soul of this project. We now have a reliable technology to quickly and accurately measure such surfaces." Teaford said future applications of the computer s...

Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative funds Yale project

...em replace the similar regions of the mouse. A new technology developed at the Institute for Research in Biomedi...ce to establish a human immune system. "Using this technology and the genetic modification of the mouse, we will end up with a reasonably faithful replica of the ...

A step toward the $1,000 personal genome using readily available lab equipment

...ic. The sharp drop is due to a new DNA sequencing technology developed by Harvard Medical School (HMS) research...the-shelf instruments and chemical reagents. Their technology appears to be even more accurate and less costly than a commercial DNA decoding technology reported ...

Researchers discover key to human embryonic stem-cell potential

...the Jaenisch and Young labs. Using a microarray technology invented in the Young lab, Boyer and her colleagues analyzed the entire genome of a human embryonic stem cell and identified the genes regulated by these three transcription factors. The research team discovered that while these transcription factors...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...rica's Development (NEPAD) continental science and technology network. These skills will be crucial to help African institutions understand and exploit genomic data for product development. The T. parva project was funded by the TIGR Board of Trustees; ILRI; prize money donated by TIGR's chairman, J. Craig Ven...

California computer scientists double volume of data in NIH biotech repository

...proximately 1,000 times faster than the prevailing technology until now. Their findings are featured in a special issue of the journal Genome Research, published today. "This information provides an invaluable resource for understanding the structure of human genetic variation," said lead author Eleazar Eski...

Software 'agents' could help unmask reality of disease clusters

...ed in healthcare decisions. They suggest that new technology which uses software "agents" to explore data could provide healthcare professionals with more accurate and meaningful information without risking patients' identities being revealed. Agents are advanced software programmes that can be set a specific...

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

...proximately 1,000 times faster than the prevailing technology until now. Their findings are featured in a special issue of the journal Genome Research, published today. "This information provides an invaluable resource for understanding the structure of human genetic variation," said lead author Eleazar Eski...

Scientists closer to new cancer detection method

...t the Bio/Nano Interface, is seeking to patent the technology in conjunction with UF. He has been issued four U.S. patents for his work in the past two years. "In your body, if you want to detect a molecule that coexists with many other molecules, you have to sort through the signals from the other molecules,"...

Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now

...o future generations." There is no currently known technology to address the radioactive shot cavities themselves; hence future surveillance is needed and the study serves to provide baseline data for that effort. The Catalyst In 2000 the Governor of Alaska specifically requested that DOE agree to fund and to...

UF study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails

...cessarily be taxonomy experts, he said. "This new technology is seen as kind of a fancy, cool tool that will re... tweet went through the combine." And because the technology also can identify eggs or other different life stages it could be used to help stop the spread of in...

UK is first to administer new anti-clotting technology

...ts kind. "This class of drugs is a very promising technology that allows for the development of 'designer' drug...nd development, such as Dr. Steinhubl. Leaders of technology and pharmaceutical companies have visited us in Lexington and are entrusting us to pioneer the next-...

Customized gene chip provides rapid detection of genetic changes in children's cancer

...cific regions of chromosomes with loss in DNA, the technology may help confirm a clinical diagnosis, said Saul Surrey, Ph.D., professor of medicine and Associate Director of Research at the Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research and the Division of Hematology at Jefferson Medical College. If a clinical dia...

Solexa and collaborating scientists illuminate the small RNA component of the transcriptome

...atory molecules on a genome-wide scale." Solexa's technology has the advantage of producing highly accurate, reproducible and quantitative readouts of the full complement of activated genes and small RNAs, including genes expressed at low levels, without requiring advance knowledge of the genes or sequences of...

Plants reveal a secret and bring researchers nearer a cleaner future

... unaccomplished dream due to the still inefficient technology for a better use of solar energy. The study of photosynthesis in plants could provide new clues by explaining how they absorb almost 100% of the sun-light reaching them, and how they transform it into other forms of energy. Researchers Michael Hauma...

'Smart' nanoprobes light up disease

...fically bound to their molecular targets." Rice's technology solves this longstanding problem by using emissive nanoparticles called quantum dots that give off light in the near-infrared (NIR), a rare portion of the spectrum that has no background component in biomedical imaging. Near-infrared light also passe...

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

...ps," says Dr. Eijsink. "However, a current lack of technology limits the exploitation of these waste streams. CBP21-like proteins may become an important tool for effective, enzymatic processing of this valuable resource. More in general, one might say that our discovery may lead to discovery of proteins with s...

Retinal scans eyed for New Mexico show cattle

...sity researchers are testing advanced eye-scanning technology on cattle as part of a national tracking system fo... the retinal scans proved a near-perfect animal ID technology because of its speed and accuracy, Encinias said. However, the eye-scans might not be practical on a...

New vaccine platform may fight infections with causes from influenza to bioterrorism

...-deficient individuals," Dr. Kolls said. "This new technology opens up the possibility that therapeutic vaccine response can be achieved in populations of patients who face the greatest risk ?children, the immunosuppressed and the elderly. Although not discussed in the paper, Dr. Kolls says the vaccine approac...

Researchers discover why melanoma is so malignant

...or the second experiment, the team used microarray technology (chips covered with fragments of DNA that can measure gene levels) and found that Slug was expressed in human melanoma. "Really, this isn't that surprising," says Gupta, "when you consider that melanocytes in the skin are direct descendants of the ne...

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