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... The instruments will help synergize our efforts, speeding up research and lowering costs. They will make it easier to identify proteins and their encoding genes and to study how these proteins interact with one another so that we can improve our understanding of how cells function. More knowledge about th...American Physical Society March Meeting 2003
...yet available, this method shows great prospect of speeding up the genome sequencing process. (Paper A10.1) See also http://mcb.harvard.edu/branton/index.htm . IMPACT CRATER FORMATION Although scientists can't do full-scale experiments with asteroids and planets, they can study impact craters through scal...Smart polymers provide light-activated switch to turn enzymes on and off
...a protein that acts as a catalyst in initiating or speeding up a chemical reaction in the body. Endoglucanase facilitates the breakdown of cellulose. The latest research builds on earlier work by the group in the use of so-called "smart polymers" to control access to binding sites on proteins. The polymer...The mouse genome and the measure of man
...ble to study many, even all, genes simultaneously, speeding the understanding of the mouse in molecular terms. Scientists say such molecular understanding of the mouse will be essential to realize the full benefits of the human genome sequence. The sequence information from the mouse consortium has been imme...Gene researchers close in on nicotine's 'evil cousin'
...n a high-resolution scanner, the high-tech tool is speeding the search for the unwelcome, nornicotine-triggering gene....Biosensor research expands globally to reach a variety of key industries
...continue to exploit the potential of biosensors in speeding new drug trials, monitoring and regulating time released medication, and detecting toxic agents and explosives that are the deadliest weapons in terrorism's and rogue states' arsenals," says Technical Insights Analyst Michael Valenti. Because biosens...International consortium launches genetic variation mapping project
...ional HapMap Project, this new venture is aimed at speeding the discovery of genes related to common illnesses such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Expected to take three years to complete, the HapMap will chart genetic variation within the human genome. By comparing genetic differences among ......terflies. However, if the researchers succeeded in speeding up the development of the female butterflies in a new generation, the male butterflies also developed quicker. Even after eight generations and much effort on the part of the researchers, the difference remained unchanged. Constraints were shown not ...New screening technique may speed hunt for genes
...l systems extremely useful for studying people. By speeding the identification of genes in animals, the Wayne-McIntyre screening method could aid the search in people. Modifications of the screening method also could be used directly in humans. "The important thing is that this method has a real potential to...Leading cancer research organization urges FDA to speed approval of drugs for precancers
...rnment to open a new front in the war on cancer by speeding the approval of agents that prevent and treat precancerous lesions when the link between these lesions and cancer is shown. The statement is being released in conjunction with AACR's first-ever annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting...Seven E.O. Lawrence Award winners named
... supernovae, that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up rather than slowing down. Perlmutter is an astrophysicist in the physics division of the Berkeley Lab. Santer, a physicist, was honored in the Environmental Science and Technology category for his contributions to understanding the effects of hum...Of mice and men: Deaf mouse leads scientists to new human hearing loss gene
...hrman credits the public mouse genome database for speeding his team's research. Both TMIE and Tmie are located on a stretch of DNA that is similar in humans and mice -- a stretch that has been sequenced by both the mouse and human genome projects. The ready availability of DNA sequences is making it easier ...PNNL gathers most complete protein map of 'world's toughest bacterium'
...er have to repeat the identification step, thereby speeding up our experiments. As a result we not only have a much more complete view of the proteome than existed previously, but we also can follow changes to it much faster." The experiments were conducted in the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Scie...UCLA researchers invent first technique to image Alzheimer's onset
...llow doctors to monitor the disease as it unfolds speeding diagnosis, intervention and new therapies for the disorder that afflicts 10 percent of people older than 65. UCLA researchers combined a new chemical marker called FDDNP with positron emission tomography (PET) to see for the first time the brain lesi...Rutgers scientists help uncover protein implicated in multiple sclerosis
...th the disease, or if it actually played a role in speeding up progression of the ailment," said Rittling. To find out, the researchers used a "knockout" strain of mice developed at Rutgers -- mice whose genes do not make the protective protein osteopontin. Injected with another protein that causes the "model...Science Report: Super-crocodile crawls out of the African Cretaceous
...ding the duration of its growing time, rather than speeding up its rate of growth like most dinosaurs, says Sereno. The new Sarcosuchus skulls have long snouts, comprising about 75 percent of total skull length, that are relatively broad compared to the needle nose of the living gharial (a modern crocodilia...New study shows that salmon 'feed' the very forests that nurture them
...s may in turn adversely impact the salmon, thereby speeding up a negative process. Helfield and Naiman say that scientists and policymakers working to ensure a healthy salmon population must be cognizant of this linkage within the ecosystem. The traditional approach of focusing on just getting more salmon ...New software streamlines the search for disease-causing genes
...mputer program with the potential for dramatically speeding up the search for disease-causing genes and hastening the discovery of new drugs to treat a wide range of genetic illnesses. The new software called Digital Disease is described in a study in the June 8 issue of the journal Science. "The beauty of ......neurial opportunities between Maryland and Israel, speeding the rate of scientific discovery and making two premiere bio-capitals even stronger," said Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening. "This alliance brings together the intellectual and technical resources that could fundamentally improve the lives and......ing the metabolic costs of alternately braking and speeding up when running. "Now it's up to NASA to give it a try and see if impact forces comparable to those on Earth actually prevent bone loss." The airborne experiment by Chai, Rudner, Hamerski and Guo was the first microgravity test of this hypothesis, an...