Fundamental change to Immunology 101
...s. Flow cytometry squeezes cells one-by-one past a bank of lasers, detecting which cells fluoresce in a certain way based on a prescribed molecular tag. The suspected early progenitors (HSCs, MPPs, and CLPs) had known differences in cytokine receptors, so the team used these as molecular tags to character...NIH awards grant for cancer research to the University of Wisconsin
...metry laboratory, and a molecular pathology/tissue bank facility. The University of Wisconsin is part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Program, a program supported by the National Cancer Institute, which is also a part of NIH. The program supports major academic and research institutions throughout th...Kinase backgrounder: Iressa discovery part of major kinase project at Dana-Farber
...in liquid nitrogen, that come from the DFCI tissue bank or from collaborators at other facilities. Paez extracts the DNA and singles out the particular blocks of DNA code, called exons, where kinase mutations are likely to be found. The most exacting step is designing "primers," short DNA sequences that h...Research bank makes good use of umbilical cords
...r baby's umbilical cord blood to a new UI research bank that aims to advance our understanding of human di...ve donated their child's umbilical cord blood. The bank coordinates with staff in the UI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to inform mothers of the do...Anthrax spores can germinate, grow and reproduce in soil
...anna's laboratory collected ordinary soil from the bank of Miller's Creek part of the Huron River watershed in Ann Arbor, Mich. The soil was taken to the laboratory where U-M researchers added water and dormant spores of an attenuated, or non-infectious, strain of B. anthracis, which was modified to ma...AGI publishes 42nd edition of Directory of Geoscience Departments
...se make your check or money order, drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds, payable to the American Geological Institute. AGI also accepts VISA and MasterCard. Orders are sent by UPS Standard Service, whenever possible, and take two to three weeks for delivery. For overseas shipping costs or for additional inf...Protein data bank opens new era with broader support
...ndustrial andbiotechnical pursuits. When the data bank was first established in 1971, it containedseven structures. After 25 years, that number grew to slightlymore than 5,000 structures. Three years later, there were morethan 10,000. Deposits keep coming, and their data keepsgenerating interest worldwid......l be forwarded to the RCSB and entered into a data bank archive by the RCSB the "archive keeper" with sol...andards and Technology managed the PDB. The data bank contains more than 23,000 structures, a number that has been growing exponentially. The PDB is suppo...Three genes linked to psoriasis susceptibility identified on chromosome 17
...2003 Researchers using data gleaned from a tissue bank created by the National Psoriasis Foundation have identified three of the first genes associated with psoriasis. The finding, published in the December 2003 issue of the prestigious journal Nature Genetics, marks a significant advance in the understa...Pollutant-eating microbe could speed gasworks cleanup
...sal site in South Glens Falls, N.Y., near the west bank of the Hudson River. "Strain CJ2 alone won't solve the coal tar problem because naphthalene is only one of the many organic chemicals involved. That's why we're going back to look for other microorganisms -- perhaps with similar gene sequences -- t...Embryonic hope for damaged spines
...roblem with embryonic stem cells (ESCs). "One cell bank derived from a single embryo produces enough neurons to treat 10 million Parkinson's disease patients," says Okarma. What's more, he claims, adult stem cells may not be as versatile. "At this moment, there is very little hard evidence that a bone mar...AGI publishes 41st edition of Directory of Geoscience Departments
...se make your check or money order, drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds, payable to the American Geological Institute. AGI also accepts VISA and MasterCard. Orders are sent by UPS Standard Service, whenever possible, and take two to three weeks for delivery. For overseas shipping costs or for additional inf......ase make your check or money order drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds payable to the American Geological Institute. AGI also accepts VISA and MasterCard. Orders are shipped by UPS Standard Service, whenever possible, and take two to three weeks for delivery. For additional information, bulk order pricing,...Seven CD-ROM global GIS data set available from AGI
...ase make your check or money order drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds payable to the American Geological Institute. AGI also accepts VISA and MasterCard. Orders are shipped by UPS Standard Service, whenever possible, and take two to three weeks for delivery. For additional information or for costs for ove...Neural stem cells take a step closer to the clinic
...ays Svendsen. "It is like creating a library and a bank at the same time." By tuning in to the genes that are at work in the neurospheres, scientists will be able to gain the molecular insight necessary to create cells that can be customized for therapy. For example, the Wisconsin group was able to monito...Virgin birth method could found stem cells
.... Wininger thinks it will possible to establish a bank of parthenogenetic stem cells that could provide cells to suit most individuals. And such banks would be much cheaper than creating stem cells from scratch for each individual....Scientific innovations, social issues and biobusiness at Bio Tech Helsinki 03
... a genomicscompany with exclusive rights to a gene bank on the Icelandic population,conducting research into the inherited causes of common diseases. A parallel seminar dealing with the mystery of the brain has attracted asspeakers international researchers from Switzerland, Germany, GreatBritain and Esto...Brain banks are a powerful tool for alcohol research
...there is a second smaller, more recently developed bank in Brisbane." Harper said both were initiated and...ent to establish the first systematic brain tissue bank and donor program for neuropsychiatric disorders in Japan has demonstrated the need for collaboratio...Science picks -- leads, feeds and story seeds (February 2003)
...he "Boogie Dopp" can be used from a bridge, stream bank or towed behind a kayak (see photos at: http://www.usgs.gov/features/boogiedopp.html ). For more information on acoustic technology and its applications to streamflow monitoring, check out: http://hydroacoustics.usgs.gov . Gail Wendt ( gwendt@us......ggest number we could afford. We have a tremendous bank of all the chunks of DNA of the honey bee. Twenty-five times over we have the honey bee genome, and all of these assembled chunks are called libraries." Each living cell contains long strands of DNA, or the genetic code that contains all the info...