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Octopuses occasionally stroll around on two arms, UC Berkeley biologists report

... 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...

Development of portable infectious disease detector

...sume andexcrete in extremely small volumes and the use of fluids flowingthrough microscopic channels to move and manipulate small numbers ofcells reliably. In the process, the group has applied for more than 12patents. Meanwhile, Pria has developed a micro-optical fluorescence spectroscopysystem and use...

Researchers add new tool to tumor-treatment arsenal

...h Institute, where further studies continue. "The use of DNA-damaging agents has revolutionized chemotherapy against a wide variety of cancers," says Dr. Thomas. "However, a narrow therapeutic window, combined with possible severe side effects, has greatly limited their broader use." These factors, say...

Scientists discover unique microbe in California's largest lake

...osynthesis."While there are some bacteria that can use infrared light forphotosynthesis, they do not prod...ns. "Untilrecently, we thought it was necessary to use visible light to produceoxygen through photosynthesis, but now we know there are at least threeorgan...

Alcohol's effects on gene expression in the central nervous system

...ission to produce intoxication. Scientists can now use microarray technology to study brain function gene...gions and certain mouse strains. "We were able to use gene expression profiling to determine that alcohol produces multiple effects on different biologica...

Potential Cure for Lymphoma in HIV patients

...of this study are significant because, despite the use ofeffective antiviral drugs such as HAART, lymphoma is still a majorcause of suffering and death in HIV-infected individuals. It’simportant to know that stem cell transplant is an available and highlysuccessful treatment option for these patients,?sa...

HIV Infection Still On The Rise

...Although the ABC message (abstinence, be faithful, use a condom) is popular with the American government, its application in other parts of the world may not have the impact required. In the face of this global catastrophe, the epidemic in the United Kingdom seems both small and parochial, say the autho...

New SARS Protein Linked To Important Cell Doorway

...S protein that makes its home in a structure cells use to modify proteins destined for transport to the c...searchers had no proof yet that SARS actually made use of the sequence their analysis identified. Geneticists call such sequences of genetic information op...

NYC's First Rapid HIV Drug-resistant AIDS Case Prompts Call to Step Up HIV Prevention

... gay men, in particular, to practice safer sex and use condoms during all sexual encounters." "This case in New York underscores the crucial need to step up collaborative efforts among public health officials, medical providers and AIDS groups to fine tune and develop aggressive, ongoing and innovative ...

Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei

...ogy may be in its infancy, but biologists may soon use it to watch the inner workings of a living cell li...ward, California-based Quantum Dot Corporation for use in biological assays. More recently, Chen and Gerion wondered if they could get even closer to the ...

DNA Recombination and Repair—A New Twist to RecA Function

...of motors include myosin and dynein, proteins that use ATP to ferry intracellular cargo along fibers made...oherent motion implies a coordinated and polarized use of energy. Now, Julia Cox, Oleg Tsodikov, and Michael Cox present evidence indicating that filament...

Zebrafish may hold key to understanding human nerve cell development

...eurons known as hair cells. Like humans, zebrafish use haircells to detect sound and motion. However, in ...toPiotrowski, six other University faculty members use the fish to studyvarious clinical disorders including leukemia, colon cancer, congenitalheart defect...

Harmful Bacterium Commonly Found in Poultry May Survive Refrigeration and Frozen Storage Combined

...eurons known as hair cells. Like humans, zebrafish use haircells to detect sound and motion. However, in ...toPiotrowski, six other University faculty members use the fish to studyvarious clinical disorders including leukemia, colon cancer, congenitalheart defect...

GenMAPP 2.0 released

...eurons known as hair cells. Like humans, zebrafish use haircells to detect sound and motion. However, in ...toPiotrowski, six other University faculty members use the fish to studyvarious clinical disorders including leukemia, colon cancer, congenitalheart defect...

Gene vaccine for Alzheimer's disease shows promising results

... the latest study."We have been developing ways to use gene-immunization to manipulatethe immune response," Dr. Johnston said. "This study was the first stepto see if we can apply these techniques to create a safe and effectiveAlzheimer's vaccine." Said Dr. Rosenberg: "When we vaccinated the micewith the...

Scientists identify molecular events that drive cell senescence

... the latest study."We have been developing ways to use gene-immunization to manipulatethe immune response," Dr. Johnston said. "This study was the first stepto see if we can apply these techniques to create a safe and effectiveAlzheimer's vaccine." Said Dr. Rosenberg: "When we vaccinated the micewith the...

The Shapes Of Life: NIGMS Project Yields More Than 1,000 Protein Structures

...s ranging from bacteria to humans. Researchers can use these structures, which are determined experimentally, to build computer models of the structures of other proteins with related amino acid sequences. Although the main focus of the second phase of the PSI will be on solving protein structures, Norv...

New insight into people who 'see' colors in letters and numbers

...they all come from a homogeneous population. "The use of single case studies in synesthesia is also of concern because the results obtained with one synesthete may not generalize to other synesthetes. The researchers concluded that "Our results suggest that synesthetic colors lead to improved behaviora...

Study Models Impact Of Anthrax Vaccine

...al cases from occurring when compared to justrapid use of antibiotics. However, they found that if the vaccine is 95percent effective, it could reduce the time that antibiotics would beneeded up to 43 days.An 80 percent effective vaccine could reduce time on antibiotics by upto 23 days. The vaccine could...

The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born

... Members of the BioForge community will be able to use certified BIOS licenses (www.bios.net) to distribu...tion system for old challenges. It combines astute use of intellectual property, informatics, new biological sciences, and the unique human element that In...

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