Tandem transcripts team together
...ortium for more rigorous, in-depth analyses. When focusing on these regions, the researchers identified six TIC events (involving 3.6% of tandem gene pairs), only one of which was identified during the whole-genome survey. This indicates that future investigations of specific regions may reveal a greater pr...Stanford/Packard scientist's data-mining technique strikes genetic gold
... Although biologists use the technology routinely, focusing only on the few results pertinent to their particular research topic, most scientific journals require that their authors submit all of their data to international databases for use by other researchers. Butte and his Harvard co-author, Isaac Kohane,...Protein finding could lead to treatment for inflammatory diseases
...mpletely novel way, than any identified before, by focusing on this IKK complex." Shisler has obtained a patent to pursue the use of MC160, which is only made in skin cells and stays within them, as a therapeutic tool. Painful inflammatory responses caused by cytokine production in rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn...ASM Biodefense Research Meeting
...ence will be devoted two concurrent Focus Sessions focusing respectively on microbial forensics and the risk of biothreat agents in our drinking water. These will be followed by the Opening Session which includes a keynote address by Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...Researchers identify gene mutation as major cause of Parkinson's in Ashkenazi Jewish patients
...y at Einstein. "It also emphasizes the benefit of focusing genetic studies in a specific ethnic group, even with regard to a disease not thought to be primarily genetic in origin," "Up until now, genetic counseling for Parkinson's disease hasn't really been considered," adds study co-author Dr. Laurie J. Oz...ESMO International Symposium on Prostate Cancer
...meetings, namely ESMO International Symposia (EIS) focusing on organ-based malignancies. An EIS on prostate cancer will be in Antwerp, Belgium, 10-11 March 2006.An EIS on sarcoma and GIST will be in Milan, Italy, 17-18 May 2006. Special features of the EIS symposia: 2-day program Educational sessions by re...Scientist named first Ruth Patrick Chair in Environmental Science
...ental Research, has a long and accomplished record focusing on the use of microscopic aquatic plants called diatoms and other algae as ecological indicators and their use in influences on aquatic ecosystems. He has published nearly 100 scientific articles, papers and technical reports, served as associate edi...Studies examine associations between provider characteristics and mortality rates in ovarian cancer
...e-outcome relationships in ovarian cancer surgery, focusing on potential effects at both the hospital level and the surgeon level." Moreover, Lipscomb writes, the paper by Earle and colleagues "may be the first ever population-based study of the impact of provider specialty on surgical outcomes and care proc...Biologists build better software, beat path to viral knowledge
... fruition. Until then, software will be the key to focusing our technological eyes, and teams like ours must keep improving it."...Georgia Tech develops technology for more compact, inexpensive spectrometers
...orporate those necessary alignments along with the focusing functions into a volume hologram. This hologram is recorded by the interference pattern of two beams in a piece of photopolymer. "There were lots of challenges because the light we need to analyze is diffuse in nature," Adibi said. Conventional spec...High-tech tags on marine animals yield valuable data for biologists and oceanographers
...nd SMRU's Michael Fedak organized several sessions focusing on this area of research at the 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 20-24, in Honolulu. Costa and other researchers will present the results of tagging studies involving California sea lions, northern elephant seals, tuna, salmon sharks, and albatr...Grand challenge seeks carbon sequestration, hydrogen production solutions
... Specifically, Pakrasi and his collaborators are focusing on the amazing cyanobacterium Cyanothece, a one-celled marine cyanobacterium, which is a bacterium with a well-defined circadian rhythm, or biological clock. In particular, Cyanothece have the uncanny ability to produce oxygen and assimilate car...World faces challenge as life expectancies lengthen, scientist says
...e in the hands of companies that have a history of focusing solely on profit rather than the imperative to distribute medicines to those who need them most. "Big pharmaceutical companies have a well-established track record of being very difficult when it comes to making things available to those who can't pa...Apple trees resistant to fire blight and apple scab
...e pest. The Apple Scab acts in a different manner, focusing on the leaves and the fruit and, therefore, easier to control. The fungus causes a decrease in the size of the apple and deterioration in its overall aspect. Moreover, the leaves become full of dark stains. One of the main methods to control Fire Bli...Besides food, farming can provide wildlife habitat and reduce global warming
...es, etc. In the ecosystems services concept, we're focusing on services that people appreciate and enjoy. Since the amount of land involved in agriculture is so large, we have a strong motivation to provide farmers incentives to support the ecosystem." The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, launched by the Unit...A rare alliance forged to protect Wisconsin waters
... each measuring about 18 square miles. Rather than focusing only on degraded areas, the innovative ranking tool prioritizes Wisconsin watersheds according to how well they are likely to respond to restoration measures. Working from existing data on water flow, soil type, topography and other environmental var...Science class experiment reveals vitamin B12 secret
... do with vitamin B12. There, researchers have been focusing on how symbiotic bacteria form and invade the nodules in alfalfa roots that provide the plant with nitrogen and the bacteria with food. The scientists noticed that some of the bacteria on the glowing lab dishes did not light up. These stubborn dark s...International policy workshop on nitrogen in Paris March 8 10, 2006
...hree held thus far, one in the Netherlands in 1998 focusing on Europe; one in USA in 2001 focusing on North America; and one in China in 2004 focusing on Asia; the next one is scheduled to be held in...SNM Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment program modules approved by ABNM, ABR for CME credit
...es. Each self-assessment module offers a syllabus focusing on the latest information and developments in the field from the past three years; multiple-choice questions with critiques explaining the correct answer and why the distracters are incorrect; and interactive case studies, including clinical backgrou...Molecular imaging/nuclear medicine professionals explore new research in fight against diseases
...ill present about 100 continuing education courses focusing on molecular imaging in clinical practice, PET/CT, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer, cardiovascular nuclear medicine, radiation safety, molecular and clinical brain imaging, she added. Typically, more than 1,600 scienti...