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Leading reason for corneal transplants comes into focus

...at afflicted this family and that it resulted in a unique and severe form of FCD. "I knew Fuchs was not one but several diseases with multiple genes involved when I started comparing the symptoms of the two families," Gottsch says. "The Indiana family members developed their disease late in life, women ...

Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres

...nt step." He emphasizes: "A living cell has many unique demands for energy, such as for the synthesis of many types of molecules. We would like to focus all of those metabolic resources just on making our product." Whole cells can be difficult for researchers to use for making custom proteins because th...

What's next for gene therapy? Plastic

...usually biologists. Polymer scientists can bring a unique perspective that I think will lead to new advances." Long's graduate student, John M. Layman of Richmond, Va., will share information regarding star-shaped, or highly-branched, molecules, which are extremely effective at transfection. Long's group ...

New engineered drug may offer prolonged arthritis relief

...tem as foreign substances, and thus they have some unique advantages for biomedical applications, according to the researchers. Also, ELPs can be joined directly to genes that control the production of various proteins in cells, with the combination forming "fusion proteins." As the proteins degrade, they y...

Quantum dots reviewed -- Could these nanoparticles hold the cure to cancer?

...uctor quantum dots. These Quantum Dots (QDs) have unique optical and electronic properties that make them suitable for breakthrough treatments such as the detection and destruction of cancer cells. Just released on the nanotechnology website AZoNano, is a comprehensive review of the latest literature a...

Nano-devices hold promise for early-stage cancer detection

...ototyping and testing. "The development of this unique infrastructure complements research already underway at McMaster in the related fields of biomedical engineering, manufacturing and materials, information technology, and nanotechnology," said Elbestawi. "Funding support from government is seeding a...

World's smallest cancer detection device

...milestone for this partnership, which combines the unique expertise and resources of both institutions to apply nanoscale principles to detect diseases and develop treatments for them," says Ira M. Millstein, chairman of the Einstein Board of Overseers. "We are committed to ensuring that the Einstein-Albany...

Researchers barcode DNA of Venice museum's vast fungi collection

...ng region of the ribosomal DNA that is known to be unique in each species. The length of the region varies from around 450 base pairs to 900 base pairs, depending upon the taxa from which it is sampled. "If you're going to cross-compare species, you've got to amplify the same region," said Sarah Bergeman...

Uniform tungsten trimers stand and deliver

...rize the platform as well as the clusters. Using a unique approach that changed the tungsten oxide directly from a solid to a gas, the collaborators stabilized the molecular rings ?or "trimers" ?of tungsten on the titanium platform. A scanning tunneling microscope imaged not only the trimers but also thei...

Extraordinary life found around deep-sea gas seeps

...below. Like hydrothermal vents, cold seeps support unique communities of animals living in symbiosis with microbes that can convert these energy-rich chemicals to living matter (a form of 'chemosynthesis') in the absence of sunlight. New Zealand is one of the few places in the world where at least four t...

New moth variety disarms plants guarded by selenium

...nvertebrates, it can give rise to the evolution of unique selenium-tolerant herbivores, thereby providing a "portal" for selenium into the local ecosystem--that is, a pathway by which selenium hyperaccumulation may spread within parts of the food web. The authors point out that in a broader context, the ...

New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines

...ammals at The Field Museum. "The concentration of unique mammal species there is among the very highest in ...ive islands. Over the years, they evolved into the unique species found there today. According to Heaney, about 200 native mammal species currently live in...

New book uses ABCs to teach children microbiology

...Intended for school-age children and younger, this unique new book will stimulate parents, teachers, librarians, and even older students to discover the fascinating world of microorganisms. "We are immersed in microbes. They live in our bodies, in our food, and in everything that surrounds us; we cannot l...

Proteins anchor memories in our brain

...T cells display on their surface many thousands of unique receptors, generated by random gene rearrangements. This strategy allows the receptors to recognize the tremendous diversity of invading pathogens. In the process, however, they also develop receptors that bind to the body's own proteins. These T cel...

Autoimmune disease triggered if T cells miss a single protein early on

...T cells display on their surface many thousands of unique receptors, generated by random gene rearrangements. This strategy allows the receptors to recognize the tremendous diversity of invading pathogens. In the process, however, they also develop receptors that bind to the body's own proteins. These T cel...

Too mellow for our predatory world

...d; increasingly tourists have also discovered this unique archipelago. In 2005, approx. 126,000 people desce..., thereby ensuring the necessary protection of the unique animal and plant world of the Galápagos....

Study finds the air rich with bacteria

...ect up to 9,000 different types of this gene, each unique to a different type of bacteria. The microarray is sensitive enough to differentiate among these thousands of gene sequences, meaning it can analyze an air sample and list every type of organism present. To conduct the study, daily air samples we...

Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection

...ifferences in patterns of gene expression that are unique to sepsis vs. non-infectious inflammation. "Our findings hold out hope that scientists could develop a simple bedside blood test that would greatly speed the diagnosis of sepsis," says J. Perren Cobb, MD, director of Washington University's Center...

'Nymph of the sea' reveals remarkable brood

...s remarkable discovery provides an unequivocal and unique view of parental brood care in the invertebrate fossil record, it allows gender to be determined in an animal as old as the Silurian period of geological time, and indicates a remarkably conserved egg brooding reproductive strategy."...

Asia's odd-ball antelope gets collared

...kia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, but the genetically unique subspecies found only in Mongolia numbers perhaps ...o are spending their valuable time to protect this unique species," said Lhagva Lkhagvasuren of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences "Otherwise, we will have onl...

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