First real-time view of developing neurons reveals surprises, say Stanford researchers
Scientists have believed that neurons need a long period of fine-tuning and training with other neurons before they take on their adult role. But after using new technology for the first time to watch these cells develop, a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that neurons come into this world with a good idea about what they'll become as adults. The work...LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation
Luca Technologies LLC today announced that its researchers have confirmed the presence of a resident, methane-generating community of microorganisms ("microbial consortium") in substrate samples taken from the 110,000 acre Monument Butte oilfield located in North Eastern Utah. This site represents the latest in a series of active "GeobioreactorsTM" that Luca Technologies has identified since its...Buying Time Through Hibernation on Demand
Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have, for the first time, induced a state of reversible metabolic hibernation in mice. This achievement, the first demonstration of "hibernation on demand" in a mammal, ultimately could lead to new ways to treat cancer and prevent injury and death from insufficient blood supply to organs and tissues. "We are, in essence, temporarily conv...Human Cells Filmed Instantly Messaging for First Time
Relief from soaring prices at the gas pump could come in the form of corncobs, cornstalks, switchgrass and other types of biomass, according to a joint feasibility study for the departments of Agriculture and Energy. The recently completed Oak Ridge National Laboratory report outlines a national strategy in which 1 billion dry tons of biomass ?any organic matter that is available on a rene...To sea or not to sea: When it comes to salmon sex, size sometimes doesn't matter
The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority ?but not all ?travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched. There are chinook salmon populations in Idaho in which an occasional male stays put and matures when only 6 inches long ?that is, he's able to fertilize eggs at even that diminutive size,...Applied Biosystems 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System from Applied Biosystems
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Description:The Chromo4 real-time PCR detector is an optical unit that can be used interchangeably on a DNA Engine or Dyad Disciple gradient-capable thermal cycler (purchased separately). The system includes a compact scanning photonics shuttle that contains four LEDs for fluorescence excitation (450-490 nm, 500-535 nm, 555-585 nm, 620-650 nm) and two filtered photodiodes for 4-color fluorescence detection (...MyiQ Single-Color Real-Time PCR Detection System from Bio-Rad
Description:The new MyiQ real-time PCR detection system offers an affordable alternative for the detection of common green fluorescent dyes such as FAM and SYBR Green I. This system interfaces directly with the iCycler thermal cycler, offering superior features such as thermal gradient and Peltier-effect driven performance. The MyiQ real-time PCR detection system is a perfect solution for those just getting...MyiQ Single-Color Real-Time PCR Detection System from Bio-Rad
Description:The MyiQ detection system is used for single-color real-time detection using SYBR Green I, FAM, VIC, TET, or JOE fluorophores and features a real-time PCR thermal gradient, simultaneous collection of fluorescence data from 96 wells, a gene expression macro for relative quantitation, and customizable end-point analysis. The system includes the optical module and optical power supply, SYBR Green I...DNA Engine Opticon Real-Time PCR Detection System from Bio-Rad
Description:The DNA Engine Opticon real-time PCR detection system uses a fixed array of LEDs for fluorescence excitation (450-495 nm) and a photomultiplier tube for fluorescence detection (515-545 nm). The Opticon system is built on an DNA Engine thermal cycler base, which includes a thermal gradient feature. This item includes the thermal cycler, 96-well sample block, optical tower, analysis software with m...Critical factors for successful microarray and real-time PCR analyses
QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany Gene expression profiling at the RNA level has been significantly facilitated by microarray analysis and quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Microarray analysis offers the advantage of profiling expression levels of hundreds or thousands...National broadband policy: Let's get it right this time
Several articles have popped up that discuss the need, but do not reflect some of the keys to making it right. One <a href="http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/...It's not Y2K, but changes to Daylight Saving Time could cause tech problems
will have significant implications for organizations worldwide, but few business organizations are prepared to address their potential information technology impacts, according to a new <a href="http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=500284&subref=simplesea...Historic lists - The greatest rock bands, rock guitarists of all time
Can you imagine this: a week of playing rock all...UW's Waisman Center seeing strong demand for biomanufacturing facility time
In its very low-technology manner, the whiteboard indicates the success of the facility, which is a...The Cancer Rumour mill working over time
The single most important word to make people sit up and take notice in health care apart from AIDS or HIV should be cancer!!!!!!!!!! The mere mention of the word is enough to bolster people to sit up and listen. But should we really accept all that is heard and said about the disease? Or should we use our gray cells and analyse the pros and cons and then decide? Should we believe all tha...Sexual abuse affect health for a lifetime
Sexual abuse occurred when the women were 16 years old and the men were 13.5 years old revealed by a study conducted by California University Researchers. It appears that the sexual abuse or assault was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, arthritis and thyroid diseases. It varied by gender, where arthritis and breast cancer occur in women and increased risk of thyroid dis...No harm in reducing prenatal check up to 3 - 6 times says WHO report
A world health organisation report says that women with low risk pregnancies, who live in the developing nations, can safely cut down their vists to the doctor during pregnancy to 3 - 6 times during pregnancy instead of the prescribed 8 - 11 visits as in the developed nations. However, these women are not more at risk than women who had more prenatal visits to have a low birth weight bab...Osteoporosis Drugs: right time to take-off
Millions of Indians are at risk of developing osteoporosis. While women are more likely to develop the disease, men are equal sufferers from it. It is estimated that at the age of 50, a woman has a 40 per cent chance of developing an osteoporotic fracture during her remaining lifetime. Drugs, which are used to treat osteoporosis, can be grouped into two classes. The first category compris...Medicare Queries Expected To Increase Over Time
The long awaited Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (Rite Aid) was at last implemented in areas close to Long Island and New York City yesterday. This brought in mixed feelings of anxiety and joy regarding the concept. // "There's a lot of confusion about insurance, period, this is just going to add to it," said Greg Jackson, at Rite Aid on West 109th Street in Manhattan. A very...Bellco Personal Microplate Orbis Shaker w/Timer & Lid
Description:Personal Plate Shaker with Timer are designed to give reliable performance for all mixing requirements of 96 & 384-well microplates. The on/off button, power supply socket and fuse holder are conveniently located on the side of the unit. The speed knob is located on the bottom of the unit for adjustment of speed from a minimum 950 rpm to a maximum of 1300 rpm....Prothrombin Time Comes in Small (CLIA-Waived) Packages
Determining prothombin levels is necessary to plan or evaluate anticoagulant therapy, to diagnose various inherited conditions, such as hyperhomocystinemia, elevated factor VIII levels, dysfibrinogenemia, factor XII deficiency and disorders of plasmin generation, and to assess acquired conditions, such as pregnancy, postoperative state, antiphospholipid syndrome, hyperhomocystinemia, among ot...Refrigerated Stem Cells Survive 12 Times Longer with ProtoKinetix's AAGP
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 7, 2007 - As afollow up to ProtoKinetix Inc.'s (OTCBB:PKTX) May 23, 2007 pressrelease related to cryopreserved (or frozen) cells treated withAAGP(TM), in collaboration with the University of Helsinki,Finland, ProtoKinetix has recently finished a set of trialsdesigned to determine whether AAGP(TM) treated cells could surviveafter preservation...