International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort
The International HapMap Consortium, boosted by an additional $3.3 million in public-private support, today announced plans to create an even more powerful map of human genetic variation than originally envisioned. The map will accelerate the discovery of genes related to common diseases, such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. When the project was launched in October 2002, th...Computer scientist sorts out confusable drug names
Was that Xanex or Xanax? Or maybe Zantac? If you're a health care professional you'd better know the difference--mistakes can be fatal. An estimated 1.3 million people in the United States alone are injured each year from medication errors, and the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has been working to reduce the possibilities of these errors, such as a documented case in which a patie...Biological motors sort molecules one by one on a chip
Researchers from Delft University of Technology's Kavli Institute of Nanoscience have discovered how to use the motors of biological cells in extremely small channels on a chip. Based on this, they built a transport system that uses electrical charges to direct the molecules individually. To demonstrate this, the Delft researchers sorted the individual molecules according to their color. Professo...NIH neuroscience microarray consortium launches high-throughput genotyping services
The NIH Neuroscience Microarray Consortium today announced that it has added high-density genotyping on both the Affymetrix and Illumina platforms to its list of services. Stan Nelson, the principal investigator at UCLA, says that "adding ultra-high throughput genotyping for its user-base of ~10,000 investigators across the world keeps the Consortium current with the demands of the scientific com...Autism gene identified by researchers at Yale working with a global research consortium
Yale School of Medicine autism experts Fred Volkmar, M.D. and Ami Klin are part of a global research consortium from 19 countries to identify a gene and a region of a chromosome that may lead to autism in children. The findings are published online today in Nature Genetics and also will be published in the journal’s March print edition. They are based on the largest-ever autism genome scan...BD FACSAria Cell Sorting System from BD Biosciences - Immunocytometry Systems
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Can't find your files? Desktop search applications bring some of the same technology used by Internet search engines to your hard drive, but the market is getting more crowded. The University of Wisconsin-Madison evaluated a dozen desktop search tools for usability, accuracy, versatility, efficiency, security and enterprise readine...University Consortium Enables Transformation and Survival for Wisconsin Businesses
Madison, WI - Todays business climate is not for the faint of heart. Global competition and offshore manufacturing are striking a blow to Wisconsins economy, and this, combined with rising unemployment, the need to retrain workers, and a huge budget deficit is forcing Wisconsins business leaders to look for new ways to survive and grow. If youre in business, youd better start thinking a...Cells-to-cDNA II Using FACS Sorted Cells
Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) is a tool for measuring phenotypic, biochemical and molecular properties of individual cells using fluorescent probes that bind specifically to molecules associated with the cell. This technology is commonly used to collect cells of a given population down to the level of a single cell....Research consortium aims to bring security and defense contracts to Wisconsin
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Congress has approved a $500,000 start-up grant for the recently announced Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, a non-profit group for classified, defense-related projects. The consortium, led by the Wisconsin Technology Council, will also initially include the UW System, the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, and the Milwaukee School of Engineer...More Youth In Himachal Resort To Suicide
More and more youth belonging to Himachal Pradesh are committing suicide by consuming poison as a result of stress and changing lifestyles.// In the year 2005 alone, as many as 1,254 people committed suicide by consuming poison, according to sources from the State Forensic Laboratory. "This figure has been rising each year since 1995 when 841 people died. It rose to 1,123 in 1999 a...Try a consortia of cholesterol-lowering foods for best results
A new University of Toronto study by Professor David Jenkins encourages people to take a combination of cholesterol-lowering foods as soy protein, almonds, plant sterol margarines, oats and barley. //Since these may reduce cholesterol levels more effectively than being eaten in isolation. The study is published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Another finding of the study was...Depressed Seniors Resort to Nursing Homes
According to scientist from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore and George Washington University in Washington, D.C it is said that aged people// who are depressed resort to nursing homes. Depression among aged can be dangerous and sometimes result in death of the patient. Hence the researchers analyzed the relationship between depression and nursing home admission...Many teens resort to Tobacco,worldwide: Survey
A new survey has shown some alarming world statistics regarding the use of tobacco amongst teenagers, which has indicated// that almost one in five 13-15 year olds consume tobacco and its products. These figures were made available in the run up to the World Health Organization's World No Tobacco Day; on May 31st. This years theme will revolve around the topic, ''tobacco: deadly in an...NIH Funds the Development of National Consortium of Universities
A $100 million grant has been given to a dozen top universities on Tuesday by the government in order to set up a network// that would hasten scientific discoveries towards better health care thereby trying to transform how medical research is done. This idea came about because of the increased specialization in medicine which has made it more difficult than ever for scientists from d...Seed Sterilization and Sorting Tray
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