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Scientists decipher genome of fungus that can cause life-threatening infections

...hthe HIV/AIDS worldwide epidemic and the increased use ofimmunosuppressive therapies.The study, posted on...ccuracy of the gene annotationmakes it feasible to use Cryptococcus as a model to study how fungicause disease. Using the genomic sequence data, the Crypto...

Needling Chromosomes Reveals Cell Division Secret

...her or not,"said Nicklas. "So, Leocadia set out to use micromanipulation todistinguish between visible separateness and physical separateness."To study chromatid adhesion, Paliulis mastered the high art ofmanipulating two infinitesimal glass needles to impale each of twosister chromatids in cultured gras...

Poplar trees redirect resources in response to simulated attack

...h now available online. "Just as we've learned to use radiotracers to image the inner workings of the li...tion, or the production of bio-fuels -- could also use functional imaging to help track their progress. In the New Phytologist study, the scientists asked...

Purdue proves concept of using nano-materials for drug discovery

...membranes to mimic the real thing and then plan to use those membranes to create chips containing up to 1 million test chambers. Each chamber would be covered with a membrane containing the proteins, and the chambers could then be used to search for drugs that deactivate the pumps, Lee said. Such an adv...

Scientists rid stem cell culture of key animal cells

...m cell lines poses a problem for the safe clinical use of many, if not all, of the current cell lines now...ls be simplified so that the average scientist can use them without extensive prior training," says James Thomson, a UW-Madison professor of anatomy and a ...

Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine

...ike molecule thatStreptococcus pneumoniae bacteria use to latch onto cells lining thethroat and lungs. Th...ody. S. pneumoniae is the only bacterium known to use CbpA to invade humancells by binding to pIgR, according to Richard W. Kriwacki, Ph.D.,associate memb...

Study: Soap And Water Work Best In Ridding Hands Of Disease Viruses

...relatively resistant virus, Rutala said. While the use of alcohol-based handrubs will continue to be an important infection control measure, it is important to recommend or require traditional hand washing with soap and water throughout each day. Researchers first had volunteers clean their hands and th...

New comparative toxicogenomics database

...ike molecule thatStreptococcus pneumoniae bacteria use to latch onto cells lining thethroat and lungs. Th...ody. S. pneumoniae is the only bacterium known to use CbpA to invade humancells by binding to pIgR, according to Richard W. Kriwacki, Ph.D.,associate memb...

Taking Aim With Nanoparticle PEBBLEs

...r beads known as Photonic Explorers for Biomedical use with Biologically Localized Embedding (PEBBLEs). First developed as sensors to explore and monitor cellular processes, PEBBLEs now hold promise for diagnosing and treating cancer, said Raoul Kopelman, who is the Kasimir Fajans Collegiate Professor o...

ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors

...han a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbo...Letters. Animals, like birds and fishes, commonly use biochromes like carotenoids to acquire red, orange or yellow coloration, but McGraw and Nogare found...

Elephants imitate truck noises, other animals

...ucks as she was hearing them, but rather seemed to use generalized truck sounds as the model for her imit...y species with similar social systems as elephants use vocal imitation to maintain individual-specific relationships, "study co-author Stephanie Watwood of...

UCSD researchers maintain stem cells without contaminated animal feeder layers

...developed, but they did not entirely eliminate the use of animal products. In the Hayek study, the animal...of new human embryonic stem cell lines without the use of animal or human feeder layers." ...

Transport System Smuggles Medicines Into Brain

...han a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbo...Letters. Animals, like birds and fishes, commonly use biochromes like carotenoids to acquire red, orange or yellow coloration, but McGraw and Nogare found...

Open microfluidic and nanofluidic systems

...meter. At first sight, it seems rather obvious to use such surface channels as microcompartments. Howeve...tial. The experiments described in the PNAS study use a polymeric liquid that freezes quickly and can then be scanned directly with the tip of an atomic f...

Nanogen Issued Patent for Electronic Microarray With Memory

...reat disease. Research and clinical reference labs use the highly accurate and reliable NanoChip(R) Molecular Biology Workstation, NanoChip(R) Electronic Microarray and broad suite of analyte specific reagents to develop tests to detect infectious diseases, drug toxicity and mutations associated with can...

Study shows nanoshells ideal as chemical nanosensors

...aterials are made of. An enormouslimitation in the use of Raman scattering has been its extremely weaksen...aneffect opens the door for biosensor designs that use a singlenanoshell, something that could prove useful for engineers who aretrying to probe the chemic...

Elephants imitate sounds as a form of social communication

...ucks as she was hearing them, but rather seemed to use generalized truck sounds as the model for her imit...y species with similar social systems as elephants use vocal imitation to maintain individual-specific relationships, "study co-author Stephanie Watwood of...

Highly adaptable genome in gut bacterium key to intestinal health

...ly changing its dietary preferences so that it can use whatever is most plentiful. In fact, it can call o...r microbe we know of." Next, the researchers will use germ-free mice to investigate how B. theta interacts with other members of the gut ecosystem. By def...

Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Moves Forward In Animals

...de protection against Parkinson's disease. But its use has been debated since trials in humans ended last...ogy company, conducted the trials and later halted use of the drug because of safety concerns, creating an outcry from hopeful Parkinson's patients. But t...

Researchers trace evolution to relatively simple genetic changes

... is related to the old argument whether Nature can use the same genes and create other traits in other animals." Ordinarily, "you wouldn't look at that gene and say it's an obvious candidate for dramatically changing skeletal structures in wild animals that end up completely viable and healthy,' he said...

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