DFG establishes 11 new research units
...late Korean Choseon era. The Research Unit aims to complement the extensive research into the role played by silver in East Asia and in the early stages of the global economy and to conduct an empirically sound investigation into this so far neglected area of research. Researchers from the universities of Dssel...Don Quixote's home shows way to future Earth Observation missions
... new data gathered between 11 and 15 July serve to complement the initial measurements carried out in Barrax last month between 30 May and 4 June, demonstrating the capability of test sensors to detect variability among vegetation species and developmental states, but also to monitor changes in the same fields ...Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures
...vision in Hobart will lead the project, which will complement existing Census initiatives studying life at the world's deepest depths. During the main field phase, December 2007 to March 2008, the involvement of up to 200 scientists from about 30 countries is expected, together with several million dollars i...Scientists crack 40-year-old DNA puzzle and point to 'hot soup' at the origin of life
...no acids. Whether we could eventually reach a full complement of 64 amino acids I don't know, a compromise between amino acid vocabulary and its error minimising efficiency may have fixed the genetic code in its current format. "...Smoking gun for Alzheimer's disease
...d need to be tested for efficacy, could be used to complement other treatments. "Quinolinic acid may not be the cause of Alzheimer's disease, but it plays a key role in its progression," said Alzheimer's researcher, Dr Karen Cullen from the University of Sydney. "It's the smoking gun, if you like. "While we won...Gene's discovery could help prevent a leading cause of blindness in the elderly
... variant thought to be a major contributor to ARM, complement factor H (CFH) on chromosome 1. The Pittsburgh study confirms involvement of this gene and, for the first time, shows that the association results also accounted for findings from previous genetic studies of AMD families. Importantly, the new study f...Gambling monkeys give insight into neural machinery of risk
...sized that such animal studies are a highly useful complement to human studies and genetic studies using mice. Neuroimaging studies in humans performing such tasks can identify brain regions involved in making decisions based on risk, he said. "And then, using these animals, we can do electrophysiological studi...JCI table of contents September 1, 2005
...i.org/article.php?id=24898 PHYSIOLOGY A targeted complement will cure what ails you The pathogenesis of many ...iseases are due to inappropriate activation of the complement system - proteins found in blood that help destroy bacteria and other foreign cells. Complement inh...EBI and Ghent University launch PRIDE: An open source database of protein identifications
... the growing mass of information on how the body's complement of proteins is altered in many disease states, paving the way towards new predictive and diagnostic methods in medicine. Proteomics is the identification and characterization of all the proteins produced by a particular type of cell, tissue or organi...SciFinder 2006 launches powerful new substance search capablities
...inder 2006 include: Similarity Searching - as a complement to SciFinder substructure searching, similarity searching permits new options for identifying substances of interest via precise statistical analysis using the Tanimoto algorithm; Structure Query Tools - to identify substances more precisely, new t...International stem cell meeting in Kobe, Japan
...iences and the humanities at Max Planck Institutes complement the work done at German universities and other res...tutes occupy key positions, while other institutes complement ongoing research. Moreover, some institutes perform service functions for research performed at univ...Institute of Medicine news: Quarantine stations at ports of entry
...a plan focused on communicable diseases that would complement other security plans devised by the Department of Homeland Security, the report recommends. The new plan should pinpoint the greatest potential risks and outline the roles and responsibilities of each partner. This will ensure that finite resources...Solexa and collaborating scientists illuminate the small RNA component of the transcriptome
...reproducible and quantitative readouts of the full complement of activated genes and small RNAs, including genes expressed at low levels, without requiring advance knowledge of the genes or sequences of interest. Solexa performed this research in its Genomic Services business unit. The Company also intends to...VA Community College to help biotech economic development with link to global biotech training firm
...ses offered by WilBio on TCC's Norfolk Campus will complement Norfolk's commitment to the biotechnology industry, best evidenced through a 22,000-square-foot biotechnology incubator recently built by the city....Marine bacterium suspected to play role in global carbon and nitrogen cycles
...tivation and cutting-edge molecular techniques can complement one another to achieve big advances in our understanding of the complexity of our global ecosystem." Kane says studies like these continue to highlight the importance of non disease-causing microorganisms and their critical role in our understanding ...Hair-raising stem cells identified
...atients with severe burns. This study is a logical complement to other work in Barrandon's Laboratory of Stem Cell Dynamics, recognized for research into the reconstruction of injured tissues and organs.......tained and critically needed monitoring program to complement , and evaluate the effectiveness of, stricter regulations and enforcement activities in the area. The group will also be exploring new portions of the reef revealed by a recently developed high-resolution seafloor map. The Oculina reefs, in depths fr...NIH joined by advocacy groups to fund research on autism susceptibility genes
...sorder, Fragile X syndrome. These new initiatives complement a large autism genetics project funded byNIMH earlier this year and awarded to Johns Hopkins University for researchled by Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D. This effort employs state-of-the-art genechips to study variation across the genome in children wit...Study uses stream fish as indicators of water quality
...rchers are discovering how biological criteria can complement chemical standards to assess the status of water bodies, including streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries. "Our study uses stream fish as indicators of environmental quality. Stream fish are excellent indicators because different species respond to po...Exercise plus gene therapy shows promise for treating Lou Gehrig's disease
...for one or two years. "Somehow, the two treatments complement each other and benefit the mouse," said Kaspar, who is also an investigator with the Center for Gene Therapy at Columbus Children's Research Institute. He presented the work November 14 in Washington, D.C., at the annual meeting of the Society for Ne...