Dog DNA study yields clues to diverse size of breeds
... which holds the most comprehensive canine genetic database in the world. This has been built up with the help of pet owners who consent to their pets providing saliva and blood samples for the database. Mars genetic data allowed the study to fill the gap between giant and miniature breeds ensuring coverage...Almac Diagnostics announces pioneering genetic research on colorectal pre-malignancies
...: 21,968 (42%) are present in the human RefSeq database 26,676 (51%) of transcripts are not present in the human RefSeq database 7% of the content represents expressed antisense transcripts to annotated genes To date, Al...U OF M awarded $22.5 million NIH contract to study avian influenza
...le types of influenza viruses, adding to the world database that supports research on how humans become infected with influenza, what factors influence the severity of illness, and the development of vaccines and antiviral medications. This award showcases the strength of the University of Minnesotas interdis...Recent declines in breast cancer mortality greatest in women under 70
...ancer registry, an NCI-sponsored, population-based database that compiles detailed cancer statistics. ...Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu
... access. USM will contribute its natural compound database for use in virtual screening for new inhibitors an...ral repository for the projects research data. The database will be distributed through the computational data grid, and accessible through web portals mirrored...DOE JGI releases enhanced Genome Data Management System IMG 2.1 marking 2-year anniversary
... with IMG in making the plasmid component of their database a valuable tool, especially for the rapidly growing study of horizontal gene transfer and for applications in genetic engineering." IMG 2.1 comprises a total of 2,782 genomes661 bacterial, 34 archaeal, 24 eukaryotic genomes, 1,661 bacterial phages,...Largest physics meeting of the year, in Denver
...d fulfill their potential of performing ultra-fast database searches, rapidly cracking secret encrypted codes, and greatly improving molecular-level simulations for designing drugs and other new materials. In session N2, researchers will describe quantum-computer designs based on a newer approach, the use of ...Climate changes brews trouble for marine life in European Seas, Marine Board-ESF report says
...marine environmental data (e.g. common open access database and annual Pan-European reporting based on national contributions); 2. Identifying the nature and rate of consequences of climate change in European marine and coastal waters; this will require the maintainance of sustained monitoring efforts and u...Mistaken identity? When a white marlin may not always be a white marlin
...ntified as white marlin in the historical landings database of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), then white marlin population sizes may have been overestimated in past assessments," said Eric Prince, Ph.D., of NOAA Fisheries Service and a co-author of the study. "Th...Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves
...Life OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System) database and its Antarctic component SCAR-MarBIN (the Marine Biodiversity Information Network), which to date has recorded some 5,957 marine life forms, with an estimated 5,000 to 11,000 species yet to be discovered. The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) used ...Eye movement tasks can be used to assess fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
... Disorder. In this way, we will establish a large database that will enable us to make direct comparisons of task performance and brain function across multiple clinical populations." ...2,000 influenza virus genomes now completed and publicly accessible
...the public through GenBank, an Internet-accessible database of genetic sequences maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at NIHs National Library of Medicine, another major contributor to the project. Seasonal influenza is a major public health concern in the United States, ...New research finds that a natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill
...is is the first time that a large, prospective STM database has been established with sufficient detailed information on sexual behaviour. It enables the true method effectiveness for STM to be calculated and we found this was 0.4% per year when there was no intercourse during the fertile phase. The user-effe...Primitive yeast yields secrets of human cholesterol and drug metabolism
...mans by looking for similar proteins in a computer database and repeated their experiments in human kidney cells engineered to lack the human version of Dap1. As in yeast, the altered human cells accumulated cholesterol precursors and died because cholesterol is essential for cell survival. To show that Dap...New bird, bat species revealed by extensive DNA barcode studies
...ts and pieces. When fully established, the barcode database will help quickly identify undesirable animal or plant material in food and detect regulated species in the marketplace. Barcoding will help reconstruct food cycles by identifying fragments in stomachs and assist plant science by identifying roots ...New study may show how to forestall a fatal, virus-caused immune-system meltdown
...tein-scanning chip and a uniquely capable computer database to examine the activation and deactivation of more...sis program, which draws on a large-scale computer database of biochemical interactions that have been described in a wide variety of peer-reviewed scientific p...Study reveals value of schizophrenia-related gene variation
... HOPA12pb gene variation advance drew on a genetic database that was about five times larger than sample sizes used in previous research, said Robert Philibert, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and the study's co-author. "The study us...Missouri's African-American mothers more likely to deliver prematurely
... Missouri Department of Health's maternally linked database of all births in Missouri between 1989 and 1997, adjusting for such variables as socioeconomic status, education level, cigarette smoking and maternal medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and eclampsia. Full-term birth is considered to b...Fighting influenza and co. with 40,000 blood samples
...g the partners. The Hamann Company is developing a database solution to acquire the medical data and analyse the results, which are extensive. In this manner, current respiratory diseases in the EU are to be recorded in coming years using a standardised format. New immune tests which are being developed by th...Gene found for rare disorder may reveal new pathway in mental retardation
... and Jackson together maintain the world's largest database of patients with CdLS. The current study screened 115 patients who did not have mutations in the NIPBL gene, but who were judged to have CdLS or a milder variant of the disease, based on evaluations by clinical geneticists. Of the 115 patients, 11...