BU chemist to map DNA's surface, uncovering details that will show how structure abets function
... Tullius's research will give scientists a finely detailed picture of how the most fundamental aspects of nak...structural maps of naked DNA, giving researchers a detailed idea not only of where regulatory proteins bind to genomic DNA, but also of how DNA's structure abet...Powerful 'toolkit' developed for functional profiling of yeast genes
... Boeke's goal is to use the new technique to build detailed maps of yeast genes' interactions, an ambitious project being done with Joel Bader, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins and a computational biologist in the HiT Center, among o...New Royal Society journal studies
...th a knowledge of winner and loser effects to make detailed predictions regarding hierarchy formation. Contact...e initial doubling time of the epidemic, with more detailed structure added by allocating cases to risk groups. The model's use in the design of strategies to m...US DHS sponsored evaluation confirms superior performance of Response Biomedical's RAMP anthrax test
...he data produced by the 12 laboratories. For more detailed information, please visit http://www.aoac.org/ILM/sept_oct_04/homeland_partners.htm About AOAC INTERNATIONAL: AOAC INTERNATIONAL is a 120 year-old not-for-profit scientific association committed to worldwide confidence in analytical results....Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...iences. The 8-by-30-foot power wall makes possible detailed study and collaborations in astrophysics, chemistry, climate, combustion, fusion, high-energy physics, life sciences, material science, nanotechnology and engineering sciences. "Visualizing and sifting through the incredible amount of information gen...Academy eBriefings offer comprehensive reports on more than 100 cutting-edge scientific issues
... provide quick overviews as well as comprehensive, detailed information in drill-down format, providing a diverse array of readers scientists, educators, and the lay public - with just the right amount of information. Among their user-friendly features are: Edited video and audio presentations, organized...Scientists advocate genomic sequencing of 'living fossil'
.... These efforts will enable scientists to perform detailed comparisons of the complete genetic codes from multiple species, identifying the sequence changes that contributed to evolutionary adaptation and speciation. Although a wide assortment of species have been chosen for sequencing, ranging from lamprey...Nuclear imaging offers possibility for early detection of patients with coronary heart disease
...ts of the study, one of the first of its kind, are detailed in "Evaluation of 18F-FDG Uptake and Arterial Wall Calcifications Using 18F-FDG PET/CT." While the results are exciting, the two authors said that more research is needed "to confirm our results and lead to the understanding of their clinical signifi...JCI table of contents, November 15 2004
...inska Institute used electron tomography to obtain detailed images of the SD that were previously impossible to obtain. They found that some elements of the proposed zipper-like structure hold true but the pores of this filtration structure appear to be more irregularly shaped that previously proposed. The au...A puzzle posed by black-headed ducks yields to persistent biologists
...ejected from host nests, and it took four years of detailed field research to figure out why. Lyon and Eadie published their findings in the November 18 issue of the journal Nature . The key breakthrough was their discovery that each of the black-headed duck's two main host species--the red-gartered coot and...Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...10 to 13 projects (acronyms below in parentheses), detailed online at www.coml.org. Census researchers organize their work in two ways, according to kinds of life and geography. Scientists are studying everything from large ocean predators to the tiniest microbes in ocean realms ranging from shallow...Study in Royal Society journal on possible genetic factors in social responsiblity
...d at other sites within the mouth. Comparison with detailed knowledge of the mouse remarkably shows that the same genes are deployed in trout at equivalent stages of tooth development. We conclude that the genes needed to build a dentition are conserved from fish to mouse and notably are repetitively used for...Researchers reconstruct parts of the genome of a common mammalian ancestor
...d they incorporated into a program that provides a detailed simulation of the evolution of DNA in these mammalian lineages. By running repeated simulations, they were able to test the accuracy of their DNA reconstruction method. "I was very pessimistic at the beginning because I thought we weren't going to be...Computer analysis shows scientists could reconstruct the genome of the mammalian common ancestor
...hette] took all of the information we learned from detailed examination of this one region and incorporated it into a software program that is able to simulate mammalian evolution at the molecular level," Haussler said. The researchers applied the software to a hypothetical ancestral DNA sequence, artificial...Eating red meat may increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis
...At the study's onset, each participant completed a detailed 7-day food diary, with advance instruction on measuring food portions to help them be as specific as possible in recording their intake. Each participant also supplied information on his or her past and present status as a smoker. Patients were more...Yerkes researchers discover baisis for determining handedness in chimpanzees
...s homologous to the human language brain region. A detailed review of the data showed the asymmetries in the KNOB corresponded to right- and left-handedness whereas the asymmetries in the language area did not, leading the researchers to conclude handedness is linked explicitly to the KNOB and not other brain...New drug sidesteps Gleevec resistance in human trials
...s. Dosing was fine-tuned for each patient based on detailed studies that examined how well the drug inhibited its target a technique that was devised by Sawyers's group for use in earlier studies in mice. Another novel facet of the study, Sawyers said, is that each patient's resistance-enhancing mutation was...Study reveals developing countries with recipe for thriving health biotech industries
...ment of successful health biotechnology sectors in detailed case studies of seven countries. It identifies factors that led to their success and the challenges that remain. The key findings underline the importance in developing countries of 1) focusing on local health needs ("necessity beco...NIDCR launches unique initiative on oral biofilm
...rchers. Included among these new leads are a more detailed understanding of their physiology, virulence, and potential vulnerabilities. However, because the oral cavity houses not one but hundreds of bacteria that interact to cause disease, some have sought new approaches that comprehensively evaluate the co...New approach studying protein structure could advance drug development
... Argonne's Biosciences Division, "You can see more detailed changes that take place in protein-ligand interact...ological macromolecules) doesn't show the level of detailed changes WAXS provides. WAXS does not require any crystallization, but uses the same X-ray scattering...