The mouse genome and the measure of man
...ce and the tools to interpret it, all of which are freely available through Ensembl and similar browsers. La...from the mouse consortium has been immediately and freely released to the world, without restrictions on its use or redistribution. The information is scanned...Two landmark fertility studies give hope to young male cancer patients
...the service to cancer patients ought to be offered freely over the long term, to avoid patients being under pressure and to avoid discarding preciously frozen semen samples. This was a highly sensitive group of patients because of the major biological changes taking place in adolescence and there was the po...International consortium launches genetic variation mapping project
...e the HapMap. The results will be made quickly and freely available on the Internet in keeping with the data...on The International HapMap Project builds on the freely available sequence of the human genome produced by the International Human Genome Sequencing Consort...Funding for global protein database
... a publicly funded project, UniProt's data will be freely accessible and will be released in a timely manner. A new web site will be created for UniProt and the web address will be: www.uniprot.org . NHGRI is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the NIH, which is an agency of the Department of Health a...New guide helps researchers mine genome data
..." Published as a supplement to Nature Genetics and freely available at http://www.nature.com/ng/web_special...s to mine the wealth of human genomic data that is freely available online. "There is no point amassing all of this data in data warehouses if no one is able ...Scientists decode mosquito/malaria parasite genomes
...e mosquito chromosomes. The mosquito genome is now freely and easily accessible through the efforts of Ewan Birney's group on the Internet at the homepage of the Ensembl genome database project, http://www.ensembl.org. Ensembl is a collaborative project of the European Bioinformatics Institute in the UK (EB...Study reveals clues to brain development
...called Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). GFP floats freely throughout cells, into every nook and cranny. By using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy, the scientists could observe changes in the complex three-dimensional branching patterns of optic tectal neurons, and could automatically measure such changes ...Scientists identify 'genetic signature' of stem cells
... of these genes have been published online and are freely available to anyone. "The question we have been asking is: Can we identify the molecular parts list, or toolbox, that the stem cell has at its disposal?" said Ihor Lemischka, the senior author of one of the papers. "We found that there is a core set ...Razing old dams solves some problems, creates new ones
...ables sediments, along with the nutrients, to flow freely downstream. At one site, Stanley and Doyle found that the reservoir along the Koshkonong Creek retained 15 to 20 percent of the total amount of phosphorous carried downstream. After removal, however, the nutrient poured into the water system: Phospho...National Institutes of Health awards $15.5 million grant to independent biology lab
...and materials. Similarly, the CGEC's work will be freely shared, so that its scientific achievements and new technologies can be disseminated quickly to scientists worldwide for maximum public benefit. "We are eager to develop and test an 'open source biology' approach," says Brent. "This means that in app...Biomarkers of aging news advisory
...y temperatures and blood insulin levels than their freely fed counterparts. These two biomarkers also have been found in calorically restricted monkeys. Caloric restriction also slows the decline of DHEAS, a steroid hormone that diminishes in monkeys and humans during normal aging. These three biomarkers su...Cambodian government creates 1,000,000-acre protected area
...und virtually nowhere else in the world can thrive freely in our forests." The Cardamom Mountains are a high priority for conservationists. Rare species such as the Indochinese tiger, the Asian elephant and the Malaysian sun bear survive there, as do globally threatened species such as the pileated gibbon ...New computer model promises detailed picture of worldwide climate
... have been refining global climate models that are freely available to researchers worldwide. CCSM-2, which supercedes the first CCSM created in 1998, will be used to produce improved simulations of average climate and climate variability. Richard Anthes, president of the University Corporation for Atmosp...Fluid forces within the body help invasive bacteria
...he kidney only by sending forth bacteria that swim freely against the urine flow until they land on a place to colonize. The new findings also have significant medical implications. For example, Urinary tract infection is the most common bacterial infection. It affects at least 7 million women a year in t...Science editor explores the role of environmental change on global security
...redistribution Pathogens and other organisms move freely around the globe even without human intervention, Kennedy said. For example, the Black Death originated in marmots in Asia and was transported in a series of steps along the Silk Road into Europe. Today, globalization plays an increasingly important...... protein malnutrition, even though the protein was freely available in the cages. Twenty-two rats used to consuming appropriate portions of protein were reassigned to three groups: one group had a balanced selection of nutrients, another had additional carbohydrates, and the third group was provided additi...Genomic data viewed on biological pathways with new computer program, GenMAPP
...ered to download the program, which is distributed freely to the public through its website ( http://www.GenMAPP.org ). Feedback from these users has been used to refine the program and guide plans for its future development. The program is the brainchild of the Conklin lab ( http://www.ConklinLab.org ) at ...Monsanto to share technologies with Danforth Center to support global cassava research
...he world, to continue our important work while now freely using Monsanto technology to even further advance agricultural research on cassava, a crop that hundreds of millions of people will continue to rely upon for food security and economic development in coming decades, he said. Cassava, a tropical crop ...NIH and ES Cell International Pte. Ltd sign International Stem Cell Research Agreement
...aterials, this agreement permits NIH scientists to freely publish the results of their research. The NIH wi... stem cells. It will allow science to move forward freely in an important and promising field. The cell lines being offered are genetically diverse and as su...Rice, first crop plant to be sequenced, may help fight world hunger, Science authors say
...IFL), will make information published in Science freely available to regions where it is likely to do the most good. Under the EIFL agreement, non-profit organizations in 41 of the worlds poorest nations will receive free access to papers published in Science . THE INDICA RICE GENOME RESULTS The draft ...