OHSU researchers discover brain cell mechanism possibly linked to mental retardation
...resulted in numerous conversations between the two labs and, finally, collaboration on this project." Scot...ture studies conducted between the Scott and Raber labs will try to determine whether this trait is also found in humans with the corresponding form of ment...Backstage with a command performer
...modifying histone proteins. At Rockefeller, a few labs try to decipher DNA and histone changes, and the r... thanks to Su's stamina on the Ezh2 inquiry, other labs likely will follow the same footsteps to study effector molecules. "We thought that Ezh2 might serve...Environmental influences play significant role on experiments
... protocols on identical equipment but in different labs will ensure similar results. A University of Alberta researcher and his team have found that assumption not to be true--fuelling the nature vs. nurture debate and shedding some light on the importance of environmental factors in experiments. Dr. Dou...Scientists find new way to grow human embryonic stem cells
...st year has the investigation expanded to multiple labs in the United States and elsewhere. What we've learned so far shows human and mouse ES cells to be quite different. The more ways we have to study human ES cells, the faster we can learn."...Carnegie Mellon University research story ideas on DNA
...ed by a cell and how they interact. Most academic labs are still focused on assessing the abundance of messenger RNA (mRNA), the chemical precursor of proteins. But an individual mRNA may not be translated into a protein, so it can be a wildly inaccurate predictor of a protein's presence. Furthermore, o...Novel method identifies 'hidden' genes
...stdoctoral researcher in both the Bartel and Burge labs and the tool's chief architect, used MiRscan to cross-examine these 15,000 genomic segments and accurately predict which were likely to be microRNA genes. The researchers found most of the human microRNAs and estimated that there are at least 200 bu...Molecular defect may lead to osteoporosis
...-doctoral fellow who conducted the research in the labs of senior co-authors and U of T professors William Stanford and Jane Aubin. "We believe that one reason for age-dependent osteoporosis in humans may be defective maintenance of these stem cells. If we can learn how Sca-1 influences the number of stem...Pathogenic yeasts and fungi: A growing health concern
...ns interacts with immune system cells are enabling labs elsewhere to explore this yeast at the molecular level. Fink's team and other researchers in the field want to determine how the immune system recognizes and defends against different fungal pathogens and explore the mechanisms that enable these path...Researchers gather at Smith College for science 'boot camps'
...s. After a 7:30 a.m. breakfast, a daily regimen of labs and lectures begins at 8:30 and continues to 10 p.... the molecular biological literature, set up their labs to do experiments right away and collaborate with other scientists," Williams explains. Program facu...Real-time detection of pathogens in the environment: How close are we?
...ond. The Laboratory Response Network (a network of labs that can perform analyses during an emergency) was inundated with 2,500 suspected anthrax samples to analyze from 46 states, and the Centers for Disease control responded to 8,860 calls between Oct. 8 and Oct. 31, 2001. Ultimately, more than 32,000 p...Automated imaging of brain tissue, high-quality glimpses inside arteries
...r products. The speakers worked for four separate labs that independently built these lasers in a thrilling race forty years ago. The Plenary discussion will highlight the monumental achievements of these individuals, investigate the road the semiconductor laser has taken to achieve commercial success ...A tiny pump promises big time performance
...n hands cannot -- or should not reach. "One of the labs we're working with on this project is interested in dealing with metal contaminants from nuclear waste," said Zhong. "Their current technology is to go in the field, take samples of contaminated soil, and analyze them back in the lab. What we want to...Researchers use lab cultures to create robotic 'semi-living artist'
Working from their university labs in two different corners of the world, U.S. and Australian researchers have created what they call a new class of creative beings, "the semi-living artist" a picture-drawing robot in Perth, Australia whose movements are controlled by the brain signa...Protein can predict progression of most common childhood brain tumor
...history of pilocytic astrocytomas. "Most pathology labs can do it, and it is available at most major medical centers," she said. The next step in the research is to identify genes that are overexpressed or turned on in progressive tumors. Researchers hope to one day define tumors genetically and create ...New theory of cell death proposed in UCSB Alzheimers research
... Sciences. The work is a collaboration between the labs of Professors Leslie Wilson, director of the UCSB Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and Stuart Feinstein, director of the UCSB Neuroscience Research Institute. Both are also faculty members of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmenta...Jaws of clamworm are hardened by zinc say UCSB scientists
...y work." For their study, the scientists also used labs outside of UCSB. For example, they used a nanoindentation device in the lab of Thomas Schberl of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to test for mechanical properties -- flexibility, hardness and elasticity. Besides nanoindentation, a number of state-of...New principle guides memory dynamics
...d. Research into the subject took place in leading labs around the world, but the results were indecisive, as in some cases it was found possible to erase old memories upon recall, while in others no evidence for this was found. Prof. Dudai's group have now identified a new principle guiding the activity...Scientists: Cloak of human proteins gets HIV into cells
...plain a number of observations in their respective labs that couldn't be explained by existing models of HIV biology. However, these as-yet unpublished findings can easily be explained if HIV can act like an exosome, tiny pockets made from cell membranes that are used to send molecules between cells. Goul...New compound library to speed drug discovery
... And Stockwell continues to collaborate with other labs interested in using his library for experiments similar to the cancer cell research. Gathering the Fallen Angels Stockwell uses as his model other similar publicly available databases for biologists. For example, the National Institutes of Health h......chnologies has enabled both companies and academic labs to assemble huge libraries of genomic information....'" At the moment, there's no clear answer. But as labs continue to do these types of experiments, there eventually could be a huge payoff in comparing such...