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Penn Researchers Use Robotic Surgery

...aryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. "We believe this technology will have a dramatic impact on the ability to comp...e the mechanical device to the right), the daVinci technology affords surgeons the direct, "intuitive" control they exercise in traditional open surgical procedur...

Two new retroviruses—transmitted from animals—identified

...aryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. "We believe this technology will have a dramatic impact on the ability to comp...e the mechanical device to the right), the daVinci technology affords surgeons the direct, "intuitive" control they exercise in traditional open surgical procedur...

Researchers Find New Technique To Identify Fetal Genetic Material From Amniotic Fluid

... expression differences observed suggest that this technology could facilitate the advancement of human developmental research, as well as the cultivation of new biomarkers for assessment of the living fetus." ### (JAMA. 2005; 293:836-842. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com) Editor's Note: This study was sup...

Chemical Engineer Kao Explores Antibiotic Synthesis With DNA Chips

...essor Patrick Brown, microarrays use both computer technology and DNA base pairing to track the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously. The technique has tremendous potential for the study of biological processes where numerous genes work in concert--an apt description of antibiotic synthesis. A micro...

Affymetrix and bioMerieux Extend Their Agreement on GeneChip(R) Technology to Breast Cancer Diagnostics

...g-term and comprehensive access to its GeneChip(R) technology to develop and market in vitro diagnostic tests fo.... "bioMerieux is at the cutting edge of diagnostic technology and we are pleased that they have chosen the Affymetrix platform for this project." Under the Power...

A probe, not an echo

...tives). Several other features promise to make the technology a scientific and clinical tool of great power: *...er. The most critical feature of the HUTT imaging technology is its potential to reliably differentiate types of tissue based on their multi-band signatures caus...

Researchers test new therapy for advanced melanoma

...microbiology and immunology who helped develop the technology used in the study. Electroporation is a technique...h -- moving the new application of a gene transfer technology from an animal model to the patient. Dr. Heller's team worked extensively with Dr. Daud to adapt the...

Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment

...eated in the past and may have done fine. Improved technology is forcing us to face new clinical questions such as whether or not every small clot diagnosed with CT warrants the risks of treatment," he said. ...

Experiment station researchers to explore genome of disease-fighting fungus

...we are leveraging the dramatic advances in genomic technology accrued since DOE launched the Human Genome Project nearly 20 years ago," said Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, director of the Department of Energy's Office Of Science. "Our ability to generate DNA sequences, particularly over the last three years, has approa...

Research may provide new link between soft drinks and weight gain

... composition analyzers that use magnetic resonance technology to carefully monitor body fat in mice. All the mice began the study at an average weight of 39 grams. Those consuming the fructose-sweetened water showed significant weight gain over the course of the study, with an average final weight of 48 grams-...

Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures

... and at the seafloor of the Canada Basin. "Modern technology has opened a window on this amazing world for the first time," says scientist Dr. Russ Hopcroft of UAF. "The imagery obtained of the mid-water and seafloor shows many life forms, such as soft bodied zooplankton, deep sea cucumbers and soft corals. Th...

Grass makes environmentally friendly biofuel

... Burning grass for energy has been a well-accepted technology in Europe for decades. But not in the United State...cause Washington has made no effort to support the technology with subsidies or research dollars. "Burning grass pellets makes sense; after all, it takes 70 days...

Best research work in the area of wine growing

...ral biodiversity, conservation of the environment, technology transference and interchange, as well as current tendencies of consumption, that determine the quality of production, transformation and commercialisation of horticultural products. Response to hydric stress The communiqué from the researchers at t...

High-powered gene profiles provide clues to genes involved in common form of lung cancer

Using technology that makes it possible to zoom in on smaller secti...na-Farber researchers used two forms of microarray technology to bring such abnormalities into focus. Using tumor samples from 44 NSCLC patients and 34 laborator...

Team Invents Device For Weighing Individual Molecules

... of weighing individual biological molecules. This technology may lead to new forms of molecular identification ...ctor of Caltech's Kavli Nanoscience Institute, the technology his group has announced this week shows the immense potential of nanotechnology for creating transfo...

Recombinant DNA technology may enable oral, rather than injectable, delivery of protein drugs

...y of Southern California School of Pharmacy. This technology may allow for oral administration of drugs that pr...inant fusion protein technology." Recombinant DNA technology utilizes a series of procedures to join (recombine) segments of two or more different DNA molecules....

Using nanoparticles, in vivo gene therapy activates brain stem cells

...er gene, demonstrating the ability of nanoparticle technology to deliver effectively genes to specific types of ...o healthy neurons," he said. "In the future, this technology may make it possible to repair neurological damage caused by disease, trauma or stroke," said Earl J...

Scientists reveal how disease bacterium survives inside immune system cell

...at of a weak strain of S. aureus. Using microarray technology that allowed them to compare about 14,000 different human genes, the researchers discovered how the response to A. phagocytophilum deviates from that of S. aureus, and thus permits the HGA agent to survive. "This study has given us a global model of...

Researchers use 3-D imaging system to unveil swimming behavior of microscopic plankton

...ts has remained elusive, mainly due to the lack of technology to track the motions of the miniscule animals in the sea. Now, an international team of scientists from Israel, the United States and Germany led by Amatzia Genin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has provided, for the first time, evidence of th...

First production of human monoclonal antibodies in chicken eggs published in Nature Biotechnology

...y small pieces of DNA," commented Dr. Etches. "The technology described here is a general method for inserting D...ls of protein expression. Moreover, it is the only technology to date that restricts deposition of the therapeutic protein to egg white." "Monoclonal antibodies ...

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