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...es in molecular networks and cell systems with the help of computer aided calculation methods will be of immediate interest. Simulating complex cellular processes can lead to a deeper understanding of processes in human organs and ultimately to the development of new medications. The Partner Institute is ...New Royal Society journal studies
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... and global diversity, and these relationships may help us understand the effects of global climate change on species diversity. "Looking at fossils can tell you something about the controls on global diversity, but so much of the investigation of the fossil record has looked only at global compilations ...US DHS sponsored evaluation confirms superior performance of Response Biomedical's RAMP anthrax test
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...man Reproduction[1] (Thursday 11 November), should help allay fears that removing anonymity from sperm don...t him and, for many, the chance to see if it would help them to learn more about themselves. Lead researcher Dr Joanna Scheib of the University of Californi...Joslin and Stanford researchers find key clues to muscle regeneration
...e cells regenerate -- leading to powerful tools to help scientists better understand diseases such as muscular dystrophy. Skeletal muscle contains a complex array of cell types. Among its principal components are multi-nucleated muscle fibers and muscle satellite cells -- cells located in close associat...In a tiny squid, bacterial toxin governs organ development
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...uld die. The researchers hope that this study will help them better understand if the cell's failure to properly control calcium is what leads to the start of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Preliminary work by Grange and his associates has been funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Thomas and...UCSD researchers find effective treatment for unusual fever syndrom caused by cold exposure
...roval for anakinra treatment of FCAS. "This would help with insurance coverage," he said. The senior author of the Lancet article was Gary Firestein, M.D., chief of the UCSD Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and director of the UCSD Clinical Investigation Institute. Additiona...Automated scans let scientists track drugs' broad effects on cells
...es to a spectrum of anti-cancer drugs, which could help predict clinical responses in individual patients. Alschuler, Wu, and Mitchison were joined in this research, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, by co-authors Zachary E. Perlman and Yan Feng at Har...Order of species loss has important biodiversity consequences, grassland study reveals
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...f them wins and the other is eliminated." With the help of chemistry graduate students Johna C.B. DeNap, Jason R. Thomas and Dinty J. Musk, Hergenrother developed a technique that mimicked plasmid incompatibility by incubating bacteria containing plasmids with a specific compound -- in this case an aminog...... disease. NIEHS will develop a new RNAi library to help fight disease through its National Center for Toxi...we're building a library of RNAi molecules that'll help us fight diseases." The NIEHS project differs from what others are doing by focusing on genes relate...