MSI reveals invention for detection and precise quantification of molecules
...antification methods based on these molecules have exquisite sensitivity, immense dynamic range, and unprecedented quantitative precision. These attributes should make the molecules useful for applications from diagnosis and assessment of human disease, to environmental monitoring, to detection of pathogens du...Needling chromosomes yields insights into cell division
... and separate in the process of cell division. The exquisite management of adhesion properties between newly divided chromosomes, called chromatids, is crucial if the cells are to divide properly. In this process chromatids are drawn apart to separate poles of the dividing cell so that each new "daughter" cell...Research may speed development of new oral drugs for fertility treatments
...tion of oral medications to treat infertility. The exquisite detail of the images produced by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator Wayne A. Hendrickson and colleague Qing Fan begins to tell for the first time how the FSH hormone attaches to a key segment of its receptor on the cell surface. Th...Plants respond similarly to signals from friends, enemies
...ges were viewed in the plant's cytoskeleton. "This exquisite system that plants have developed to allow beneficial interactions with other organisms like rhizobia is being exploited by nematodes," says Dr. David Bird, associate professor of plant pathology, co-director of NC State's Center for the Biology of N...High fidelity keeps human DNA assembly line humming
... . Behind the basic research is a story that melds exquisite nanotechnology in living systems and cutting-edge biochemistry and molecular biology with a system of checks and balances. "RNA synthesis is at the hub of human genetic control. It's important for understanding cancers, viral infections and normal hu...Several minute intermediate stage in virus-cell fusion discovered; opportunity for drug development
...ipulated and monitored in the lab, allowing for an exquisite level of control of the whole process," said Young. "This allows us to do things that are not possible with other systems." The next stage is for researchers to confirm that other viruses such as HIV also have an intermediate step. Preliminary data f...Fighting malaria by manipulating mosquitoes' sense of smell
...pounds that interfere with the malaria mosquitoes' exquisite sense of smell. The effectiveness of such an olfactory strategy has been demonstrated by a program with the African tsetse fly that has replaced the practice of treating large tracts of land with persistent insecticides with the use of scented baits...Imaging goes 3-D: 'exquisite' PET/CT image captures SNM's 2005 Image of the Year
...rchers "stretched volume imaging" and produced "an exquisite structural and biochemical image." Wagner, who for 28 years has summarized current trends in molecular/nuclear imaging and the meeting's significant findings, annually picks an Image of the Year. This one image, chosen from the thousands presented at...Gene expands malaria's invasion options
...nvasion pathways and provides P. falciparum with exquisite adaptability in the face of receptor changes and immune system responses," the team concluded. The results have important implications for the design of anti-malaria vaccines. The molecule on the parasite that binds to sialic acid receptors on hos...Gene expands malaria's invasion options
... invasion pathways and provides P. falciparum with exquisite adaptability in the face of receptor changes and immune system responses," the team concluded. The results have important implications for the design of anti-malaria vaccines. The molecule on the parasite that binds to sialic acid receptors on host ...Researcher finds new use for botox
...e research strategy, he is taking advantage of the exquisite selectivity of powerful nerve toxins such as botox or glycerotoxin to selectively dissect basic nerve cell (neuronal) processes in Australian Research Council funded research. "Botox is the most potent neurotoxin currently known," Dr Meunier said. ...Newly discovered birdlike dinosaur is oldest raptor ever found in South America
... Gobi desert in its abundance of fossils and their exquisite state of preservation," Apestegua adds. A cast of the unusual dinosaur is on public display on the upper floor of The Field Museum in the MacDonald's Preparation Lab. It will be part of Evolving Planet, a permanent exhibition that opens March 10, 200...Go with the flow: How cells use biological flows to signal and organize
... even amplify their own morphogen gradients. "This exquisite system may have evolved as a way for cells to gain better control of their local extracellular surroundings, where they can use the fluid forces that exist in tissues to direct and amplify communication and organization," explains Swartz. First autho...Color perception is not in the eye of the beholder: It's in the brain
...s that maps out the topography of the inner eye in exquisite detail. The technology, known as adaptive optics, was originally used by astronomers in telescopes to compensate for the blurring of starlight caused by the atmosphere. Williams turned the technique from the heavens back toward the eye to compensate ...Virginia Tech scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers
...ell membranes in the human body or in an apple are exquisite in terms of their ability to self-organize," said Long. The researchers fabricated this natural compound into a sub micron fiber 100 times smaller than a human hair. "It is the first demonstration that electrostatic spinning, or electrospinning, a ...Yale researchers find environmental toxins disruptive to hearing in mammals
...rectly show that chloride ions are crucial for our exquisite sense of hearing," said Joseph Santos-Sacchi, professor in the Departments of Surgery and Neurobiology and first author of the study in the Journal of Neuroscience."These data also indicate that the hearing in marine and other mammals could be affect...Neurons find their place in the developing nervous system with the help of a sticky molecule
LA JOLLA The brain, that exquisite network of billions of communicating cells, starts to take form with the genesis of nerve cells. Most newborn nerve cells, also called neurons, must travel from their birthplace to the position they will occupy in the adult brain. Researchers at the ......ody parts are visible. And the detail they show is exquisite revealing features as small as one-tenth the thickness of a human hair. The idea is to allow geneticists to quickly examine large numbers of embryos, each with a different gene disabled, so that the normal function of many genes can be determined f...European commission earmarks 12 million for plant growth research
...inally entire organisms. In particular, leaves are exquisite solar-driven molecular machines for carbon assimilation and essential determinants of ecosystem productivity. Given their crucial role for mankind, we must improve our knowledge about the biology of plants. AGRON-OMICS But, times are changing and n...Virginia Tech chemists create new polymers by adding DNA base pairs
...ion of base pairs can be very low because they are exquisite at recognizing each other. The strength of recognition is high and tunable." The heated material is poured in a mold or applied to a surface to become a thin film. "We believe we can create thermo-reversible or self-healing surfaces, such as a wind...