Researchers compare chicken, human genomes
...n genes and, ultimately, develop new strategies to improve human health." In their paper published in Nature , members of the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium report that the chicken genome contains significantly less DNA than the human genome, but approximately the same number of genes. ...Chicken genome analysis will benefit human health and agriculture
...n genes and, ultimately, develop new strategies to improve human health." "Having the chicken genome sequenced is a fundamental tool for doing research in chicken genetics," Dodgson explained. "Now, whatever trait we want to look at whether it's resistance to a virus or how the bird responds to a new...New tuberculosis antibiotic may shorten treatment time, fight drug-resistant strains
...fects and inconvenience, according to Andries. To improve adherence to the lengthy regimen of current tuberc...e system. A shorter TB drug regimen will radically improve treatment and compliance, accelerate the reach of DOTS and allow more patients to be treated," Andri...Injectable gel could speed repair of torn cartilage
...ged ligaments, the technique also could be used to improve the outcome of ligament repair surgery, he says. Burdick predicts that it might one day be possible to use the technique to repair worn cartilage covering the large surface area of joints, as occurs in arthritis. The same material, he says, al...Study in Royal Society journal on first evidence for magnetic field detection in sharks
... an adaptive, yet costly, invertebrate strategy to improve resistance to future parasitism. Contact: Dr Alain Jacot, Institute for Ornithology, Max Planck Society, Postfach 1564, STARNBERG (SEEWIESEN), 82305, Germany Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences The eff......ents. The programme, established in 1985, aims to improve the working conditions of outstanding researchers, to extend their research opportunities, to relieve them of administrative work and make it easier for them to employ especially highly qualified young researchers. Scientists and academics from all r...Satellites plus software equal best-ever Mediterranean heat map
... fully account for this diurnal cycle, in order to improve the overall effectiveness of its data assimilation into ocean forecasting models....NYU chemists create DNA translation machine
...fibers, advance the encryption of information, and improve DNA-based computation. The device, developed by NYU Chemistry graduate student Shiping Liao and Professor Nadrian C. Seeman, emulates the process by which RNA replicas of DNA sequences are translated to create protein sequences. However, the signals ...New compound could enhance cancer treatments
... the potential of this compound for its ability to improve conventional therapeutic treatment," Tepe said. Other members of Tepe's team include graduate students Vasudha Sharma and Satyamaheshwar Peddibhotla, and research associate Theresa Lansdell....VA patients get better chronic, preventive care than similar US adults
... are important because they show it is possible to improve the care patients receive," said lead study author...o consider how the methods that the VA is using to improve care could be used to raise the bar in other healthcare settings." The study found that the diff...Hospital epidemiologists trace outbreak of organism to commonly used wound care equipment
...tool to wash and clean wounds should be adopted to improve the safety of wound care. The Hopkins finding comes in response to the investigation of an outbreak of the antimicrobial resistant bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii at JHH during a two-month period in 2003. The organism infected 11 patients and wa...Cells don festive holiday colors
...ker. Shaner, Tsien and their colleagues set out to improve mRFP1's fluorescent properties -- making strategic mutations in the gene for the protein -- to render it more useful as a biological marker. "Basically, we were trying to guess from the crystal structure of the protein or from past knowledge of mutat...Inexpensive, mass-produced genes at core of synthetic biology advances at UH
... gene function. Down the road, these efforts will improve health care, medicine and the environment at a fundamental level. Using current methods, programmed synthesis of a typical gene costs thousands of dollars. Thus, the prospect of creating the most primitive of living organisms, which requires synth...Ocean colour satellites guide research ship through South Pacific's watery desert
...ments like iron, phosphate, nitrate and silicon to improve understand marine biogeochemical cycles in the Sou...aracterising local atmospheric conditions helps to improve data quality. And by better determining the relationship between chloroph...Federal/private partners launch resource for diabetic kidney disease gene studies
...earchers might intervene to prevent the disease or improve treatment. Studies have already linked several genes to susceptibility to type 1 diabetes, but scientists are confident that more genes exist and that other, as yet unknown, genes increase susceptibility to complications such as kidney disease. (Lear...Suspect protein found to play protective role in chronic lung disease
... a detrimental role and if you block it, you could improve asthma. This study shows that if you remove this protein from a diseased lung, you'll make lung inflammation and damage worse," said senior author Michael R. Blackburn, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the UT Medica...Genome comparison of four campylobacter strains yields new genetic markers and clues to virulence
...arker and Robert Mandrell who investigate ways to improve the molecular detection, differentiation, and measurements of virulence of Campylobacter at the Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit (PSMRU) at the USDA-ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, CA provided the four Campylobacter stra...Stem cell therapy for ailing hearts
...se are the patients whose lives we hope to greatly improve with stem cell therapy to restore heart function," said Dr. Henning, lead author of the study. "Our initial results are extremely promising, but raise questions about how these umbilical cord blood cells work. Are they transforming into new heart m...Agilent Technologies announces breakthrough for cancer researchers studying chromosomal changes
...gene-expression profiling microarray technology to improve its utility for DNA analysis applications. This new platform provides very high sensitivity, enabling CGH researchers to reliably identify the single copy deletions in chromosomes that have been the most difficult to detect. Agilent's array-CGH platf......e turned to the web in a unique alliance that will improve patient care. The European Skeletal Dysplasia Network (ESDN), which was developed by The University of Manchester, links eight institutions in six different countries by means of a secure web portal. The hi-tech referral system means a patient, say, ...