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Weill Cornell Research Reveals Secrets Of Trafficking Within Cells

As you read this, cells in your eye are transmitting information to your brain, while cells in your heart and arteries work just as hard to keep that brain alive. Every one of these cells -- and others throughout the body -- depends on an internal process called endocytosis to keep the flow of cellular nutrients and information healthy and strong. It's an incredibly important life process,...

Artifical cornea lets woman blind 20 years see

A severe allergic reaction to a medication robbed Elma Phifer of her vision two decades ago when she was 39. The reaction scarred her corneas and reduced the ability of her eyes to soothe their damaged surfaces by remaining moist. She came to rely upon family and friends to help her do many of the activities people with normal vision sometimes take for granted. Now, twenty years and severa...

The genetic origins of corn on the cob

In 1909, while harvesting a typical corn crop (Zea mays) in Illinois, a field worker noticed a plant so unusual that it was initially believed to be a new species. Its "peculiarly shaped ear" was "laid aside as a curiosity" and the specimen was designated Zea ramosa (from the Latin ramosus, "having many branches"). Due to the alteration of a single gene, later named ramosa1, both the ear and the...

UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn

Daniel Gallie's findings propose a useful approach to feed the world's growing population Because his research holds promise for efficiently fee...

From a Few Wild Ancestors, a Citrus Cornucopia

For most of us, the word “citrus?conjures up images of oranges, grapefruits, lemons, limes -- and possibly citrons or blood oranges, if you’re a true connoisseur of fruit. But for ARS horticulturalist Robert R. Krueger, the genus Citrus includes at least 16 species, with hundreds of distant relatives, including lesser-known, peelable oddities like pummelos, trifoliate oranges, and kumquat...

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Corning Proculture Spinner Flask,15L,Vertical S/Arm, No. Of S/A 4,Cent Neck 100mm from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:This CLS number is a new product number, created to easily match Cornings product number. If showing no availability yet, please order under the old Sigma-Aldrich number (Z71,487-9) or contact customer service for assistance. ID clarifier: centre neck 100 mm, No. of sidearm 4 Mfr Desig: Corning 4510-15L...
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CORNING CELL LIFTER,STERILE from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:General description: Designed for use with dishes and cell culture clusters....
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CORNING SPATULA, TAPERED BLADE/SPOON, STERILE from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Corning single use spatulas have been designed to save time and provide contamination-free samples. They are for those interested in eliminating the recycling and resterilizing necessary with reusable spatulas. Each spatula is individually packaged, RNase/DNase free, non-pyrogenic and antistatic. Linkage: This CLS number is a new product number, created to easily match Cornings product number....
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CORNING CELL SCRAPER, SMALL ,STERILE from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Useful for the mechanical harvesting of cells • Blade design minimizes cell damage and ensures even contact with the growth surface • Designed for use in 25 and 75cm flasks • Individually wrapped • Sterilized by gamma radiation and certified nonpyrogenic Linkage: This CLS number is a new product number, created to easily match Cornings product number. If showing no availabi...
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CORNING MICROSPATULA, ROUNDED END/SCOOP from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Corning single use spatulas have been designed to save time and provide contamination-free samples. They are for those interested in eliminating the recycling and resterilizing necessary with reusable spatulas. Each spatula is individually packaged, RNase/DNase free, non-pyrogenic and antistatic. Linkage: This CLS number is a new product number, created to easily match Cornings product number....
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Corn prices and ethanol: Are the markets flaky - or working as they should?

- About eight percent of the weight of a box of corn flakes is corn. Less than five percent of the price of a box of corn flakes represents the cost of the corn - the rest is transportation, packaging, Super Bowl commercials, little plastic-wrapped toys for your kids, and more. Heck, the price of the box alone probably exceeds the cost of the co...

Proceeding with caution at corner of IT & biotech

However, while information technology is extremely important in the biotech sector - computers run the instruments for manufa...

Sonic closer to turning profit corner

Chairman and CEO Rimas Buinevicius and CFO Ken Minor released upbeat re...
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Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner

Alzheimer’s Disease, one of the most common and perhaps the most dreadful kind of Dementia, where there is degeneration of the brain tissue, might at last have the much awaited miracle cure round the corner. A vaccine made headlines sometime ago, as being efficient in reducing plaque formation in mice, which is characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Latest reports say that it also improves mental...

US On Alert After Outbreak Of Corneal Infections

A severe corneal infection, which is linked with contact lens wearers, seems to be on rise in US and health officials are seeing that no stones are unturned in combating it. // The fungal infection is said to be associated with the lens wearers in Asia and has started spreading in America, according to foodconsumer.org. The New York state Department of Health has issued an alert in col...

Sweet corn releases antioxidants on cooking

Effect of antioxidants have always been beneficial to our body. When sweet corn is heated, its antioxidant content is released from the grain, and thereby making it a very healthy addition to one's diet.// There has always been a common misconception that boiling or steaming vegetables and fruits lowers their nutritional content. According to new study, one loses some vitamin C when you h...

New heart-healthy corn due in stores by 2007

A new breed of corn that mixes the conventional seed with a bright-blooming relative offers the promise of helping prevent clogged arteries and reducing harmful cholesterol.// Corn oil and other food products with this heart-healthy strain as an ingredient could appear on supermarket shelves in the world within four years. The breakthrough after 10 years of research could lead pl...

Popcorn Workers At Health Risk

A new study that is published in the current issue of the journal Chest says that people working in organizations that make popcorn are at a heightened health risk from neutrophilic airway // inflammation. Researchers from Morgantown, WV, Bethesda, MD, and San Francisco, CA, administered a questionnaire, spirometry testing, and sputum induction to 81 workers employed by a popcorn facto...

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Castroviejo Corneal Trephine Set

Description:Set includes: trephine body and guard, two disposable blades and stainless steel sterilizing case. May be used freehand or with Elliot trephine handle. Adjustable stop calibrated in 0.2 increments. Polished finish. Most popular size or model....
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Machat Corneal Spatula

Description:This double ended instrument was designed to lift and manipulate the corneal flap in Lasik procedures. Manufactured in titanium....
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Storz Corneal Burr

Description:Set consists of one each:E0824 A replacement burr set. E0824 B handle....
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Handle for Corneal Burrs

Description:Handle will hold E0824 A replacement burrs and E0813 Pterigium diamond burrs. Round knurled handle. Most popular size or model....
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Pediatric Corneal Shields 10/Box

Description:Developed by Dr. Earl Crouch for pediatric oculoplastic procedures for corneal and scleral protection. Dimensions enable protector to rest on the sclera and not the cornea. Easily removed with Bishop-Harmon forceps. Individually packaged sterile, 10 per box....
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