Decoding the logic of olfaction
Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have succeeded in mapping the unique patterns of neural activity produced by a wide range of odors, including vanilla, skunk, fish, urine, musk, and chocolate. Revealing these distinct ?but often overlapping ?patterns of neural activity represents a significant step in understanding how the brain translates complex signals from odorant receptor...Scientists take aim at virulent bacteria by decoding machinery of key control enzyme
By deciphering the ingenious mechanism used by a particular enzyme to modify bacterial chromosome chemistry, scientists have come a step closer to designing a new kind of drug that could stop virulent bacterial infections in their tracks. Their research will be published in the May 6 issue of the journal Cell. Scientists have known for many years that an enzyme called Dam (DNA adenine meth...Non-coding RNAs help silence the mammalian transcription
Dr. Shirley Tilghman and colleagues (Princeton University) lend new insight into the mechanism of genomic imprinting, demonstrating a necessary role for a non-coding RNA transcript in the silencing of an imprinted gene cluster in mice. Imprinting, or the differential expression of a gene based upon which parent it has been inherited from, is integral to normal growth and development. Two h...Decoding protein structures helps illuminate cause of diabetes
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Researchers from the University of Manchester, US, have decoded the genetic code of the Fungus belonging to the family Aspergillus. This has been the major cause of death due to secondary infection in patients suffering from // leukemia and those who have undergone marrow transplants. This research is primarily focused on the idea of saving lives of millions of people by developing new...Non-Coding RNA Vital For Gene Activation And Protein Expression
Scientists at University of California have gained valuable insights about the differentiation of embryonic stem cells of fruit fly// , a finding that may eventually accelerate current research on stem cells and cancer. The research is a joint effort by Dr. Frank Sauer (UCR Biochemistry Professor), Dr. Elisabeth Kremmer (Institut für Molekulare Immunologie, Munich) and other researche...Smell Decoding System In Brain –Research Find
Researchers of the Duke University Medical Center have found from animal studies that the brain don’t receive fragnance as a single object //, but perceives it, divides it into categories and send to brain's olfactory system (smarter sections) to combine these compounds into a recognizable scent. Humans may rely on the same smell decoding system, because mice and men have similar brain...Decoding Protein Structures Helps Illuminate Cause of Diabetes
Any photographer can vouch for the difficulty of capturing a clear picture of a moving target . When it comes to molecules, however, sometimes the motion is exactly what scientists want to see - for example, to understand the pathological protein mis-folding and assembly that seem to underlie a host of human disorders, including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Now, c...BluefishRx ICD-9 2005 Coding Tool
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