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Love at first smell

..., females could also be fooled into believing that these males smelled repulsive: having too many immune ge...of perfume should depend on our MHC genes. Perhaps these results explain why some perfumes smell good on some people and terrible on others." Professor Thom...

Affymetrix and the Karolinska Institutet Announce Translational Medicine Strategic Alliance

...roving quality of life for patients suffering from these diseases. The Karolinska Institutet/Affymetrix Tr...ious diseases. The agreement enables us to perform these studies at an acceptable cost and we will also get access to new technology at an early stage. Our e...

New Treatment Rivals Chemotherapy For Lymphoma, Study Finds

...lymphoma and is not considered to be curable using these traditional treatments; even after patients initia...surface of the cancerous cells. The radiation zaps these malignant cells with minimal exposure to normal tissues. With the Bexxar therapeutic regimen, a pat...

World's largest rainforest drying experiment completes first phase

...mate change processes already in place. But beyond these global effects, drought and fire, which is a tool of choice among the Amazon's farmers and ranchers, pose a serious threat to a forest that is home to more plant and animal species, and more indigenous cultures, than any other forest in the world. A...

Family trees of ancient bacteria reveal evolutionary moves

... to produce oxygen and biomass ?has concluded that these species got their start on Earth in freshwater sys... the attempt to find evolutionary explanations for these major changes. There were lots of evolutionary movements in Cyanobacteria at this time, and the bact...

In the migratory marathon, parasitized monarchs drop out early

...tle-studied outcome of animal migration is whether these long journeys can limit the spread of parasites by weeding out diseased animals. Monarch butterflies in eastern North America fly up to thousands of kilometers from Canada to Central Mexico ?one of the longest migrations of any insect species. Emory ...

Scientists discover how fish evolved to float at different sea depths

...n high water pressures. My aim was to find out how these systems came into place and how this allowed for the great variety of fishes we have in our oceans today." The study revealed that the special blood proteins, which are essential for oxygen secretion, were present in the eye system 250 million years...

Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients

...ining optimal electrical stimulation to the heart, these CRT-D (cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation) devices are giving cardiologists a new view of subtle changes in a key measurement of heart health -- heart rate variability. Patients with little variability -- whose hearts are unable to...

Affymetrix and Stratagene Announce Strategic Software Alliance

...agene's software solutions business. "We've placed these capabilities in a software tool designed for life scientists, and the result will be better quality data to accelerate biological discovery and validation." "We are very pleased to announce this expansion of our longstanding relationship with Strata...

VCU Researchers Identify Networks Of Genes Responding To Alcohol In The Brain

...f either mouse strain. According to Miles, most of these genes showed regulation in only one or the other s...ate the function of one of the genes identified in these studies, they may be able to generate new treatments for alcoholism or addiction, Miles said. "The ...

Rush Physicians Using Gene Therapy For Heart Patients With Moderate To Severe Chest Pains Who Do Not Benefit From Other Treatments

..."bypass" the blocked blood vessels. While both of these treatments have been shown to be successful in rel...ant new approach to improve the quality of life in these seriously ill patients with refractory chest pain," said Dr. R. Jeffrey Snell, study co-investigator...

How an AIDS-Related Cancer Unleashes Inflammation

...enetic blueprint for cytokine proteins. The longer these messenger RNAs remain in the cell, the more cytoki...so forms of KS not linked to HIV, Ganem added, and these studies could also lead to new treatments for those forms of the illness. ...

Applied Biosystems Introduces Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program

...-La Roche Ltd ("Roche"). Performing services using these patented processes may require additional licenses from Applied Biosystems or Roche. For more information, visit http://docs.appliedbiosystems.com/pebiodocs/00114098.pdf ...

Sequencing of marine bacterium will help study of cell communication

...ells release autoinducer molecules. The numbers of these signal molecules increase with cell density, until...e are to understand the unifying themes underlying these contrasting bacteria–host interactions, we must begin to use comparative genomic approaches with clo...

Self-assembled nano-sized probes allow Penn researchers to see tumors through flesh and skin

... mixing together all component parts gives rise to these functional nanometer-sized, cell-like vesicles." ...tudy, the researchers demonstrate how they can use these emissive polymersomes to target markers on the surface of a specific type of tumor cells. When expos...

Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld

...-La Roche Ltd ("Roche"). Performing services using these patented processes may require additional licenses from Applied Biosystems or Roche. For more information, visit http://docs.appliedbiosystems.com/pebiodocs/00114098.pdf ...

Opposing fat metabolism pathways triggered by a single gene

...tion and fatty acid desaturation. Following up on these changes in gene expression, Yamamoto and colleagues show that in its normal actions, nhr-49 sets in motion two opposing pathways: it increases expression of a gene acs-2, which leads to reduction of fat content, and it increases expression of another...

Ophthalmologists Use Artificial Silicon Retina Microchip To Treat Vision Loss

...out 10 million Americans. More than one million of these people are legally blind. "As is commonly seen in with retinitis pigmentosa, these patients all have severe narrowing of their visual fields down to a very small central circle, and a...

Kinovate Life Sciences Launches Nittophase?High Performance Solid Support For Oligonucleatide Synthesis

...s a substantial portion of the cost to manufacture these oligonucleotides. NittoPhase?has been rigorously tested at both small and large scales, and has been observed to exhibit superior characteristics and performance when compared to other solid supports currently on the market. NittoPhase?has great pot...

Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes

...re common type. Results are not yet available from these tests, the researchers say. Although nobody knows the exact cause of type 1 diabetes, and there is no cure, the disease can be controlled and its complications minimized by following a healthy diet, getting exercise and taking prescribed medications...

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