Case announces launch of gene expression analysis software
...nomic data extracted from microarrays and produces lists of genes that show biologically interesting expres...n interactively view, zoom in, label, and generate lists of color coded genes that were significantly up-regulated or down-regulated. Sanford Markowitz, M....Parkinson's disease clinical researchers invited to submit study information to new patient website
...patients in clinical research. The site currently lists over 30 Parkinson's clinical studies recruiting patients in the U.S., and includes interventional and observational studies. Researchers conducting a clinical study in Parkinson's who would like to post information about their study on the website sh...AGI publishes 10th edition of GeoRef Thesaurus
...etically. The appendices also provide hierarchical lists of systematic (including minerals, fossils, rock types), geographic and economic terms. The new terms represent names and concepts frequently encountered by GeoRef indexers since the last edition of the Thesaurus. Some of these terms also relate to p...US government list of cancer-causing agents grows
...ogens, Eleventh Edition, referred to as the "RoC," lists cancer-causing agents in two categories -- "known ...n some ethnic and ceremonial cosmetics. The report lists lead and lead compounds as "reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens" because exposure to lead...AGI publishes 43rd edition of the Directory of Geoscience Departments
...ments listed, 879 grant degrees. This edition also lists 266 non-U.S. departments in 51 countries. In addition to information about geoscience departments, their faculty, and the faculty specialties, the DGD includes listings of U.S. state geological surveys, field-camp information, and faculty contact inf...NIH should take decisive steps to promote independence, originality
...g postdoc assistance should be required to provide lists of current postdocs as well as the names, laboratory tenure, and present job status of all postdocs supported in the past decade -- information similar to that requested on training grant applications. Universities, academic departments, and researc...Zinc supplementation improved mental performance of 7th-grade boys and girls
...bjects for two of a kind, learning and remembering lists of words or simple geometric patterns, and categorizing objects. Students, their parents, and teachers filled out questionnaires about the students' mental, physical and social abilities and skills, school performance, and problems in any of these ar...A new way to share models of biological systems
...ow that scientists are accumulating detailed parts lists for many organisms, thanks to genome sequencing projects and other efforts to comprehensively document the components of living entities. "Until now, computer modellers had no defined way of exchanging descriptions of biological systems, and there w...Water research initiatives at UW-Madison
...es of books, videos, journals, recommended reading lists and links to reliable online information. The Water Library Web site enables any Wisconsin resident to check out the library's materials, which are sent free of charge to the user's local public library for pickup and return. Wisconsin's Water Librar...Buying time through 'hibernation on demand'
...me for critically ill patients on organ-transplant lists and in operating rooms, ERs and battlefields, Roth said. "Manipulating this metabolic mechanism for clinical benefit potentially could revolutionize treatment for a host of human ills related to ischemia, or damage to living tissue from lack of oxyg...Report suggests infectious connection to chronic diseases
...ers. In addition to H. pylori and HPV, the report lists 30 other microorganisms for which there exists str...of an associated chronic disease. The report also lists over 40 other chronic diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer's and schizophrenia, which are su...Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections
...er day or so to tell you which virus it is." Crowe lists three potential benefits for such an early detection system. It can: Increase the proper use of antiviral medicines. Although such medicines have been developed for some respiratory viruses, they are not used often as therapy because they are only ...Increasing reproductive tourism in Europe is a 'safety valve' that promotes peaceful coexistence
...ligible for assisted reproduction, and the waiting lists are too long." People seeking fertility treatment were travelling between most European countries now. "There is a general move to former East European centres because of the lower financial costs and towards Spain for oocyte donation (they have more...Bioagent detector guide aids first responder purchasing
...vel, cost, durability and portability. An appendix lists questions that could assist emergency first responders when selecting the biological agent detection equipment. Volume II includes detailed detection equipment data sheets. DHS intends to maintain and update the guide as new information on biological...Scientists get look at genes' defensive playbook
...activity of every gene in the cell, giving us vast lists of genes that change in response to stimulation. It provides us with an unprecedented amount of data." To make sense of the enormous amount of information, researchers plugged their list of nearly 4,000 gene changes into a database of interactions of......d a new endeavor to provide libraries with current lists of relevant geoscience publications. You will also find Member Society information, award winners, meeting recaps and the GeoCalendar, listing meetings, conferences, and events sponsored by various organizations and societies. GeoSpectrum is a free e......orms and humans. Those studies have produced parts lists of molecular machines. And the data holds a wealth of information about linear motifs if it can be mined. The scientists distilled all of this information in a series of steps discarding parts of the proteins likely to dock via large surfaces, and ...Stress interferes with problem-solving; Beta-blocker may help
...or performance on word-association tasks. In them, lists of three words were given and participants were asked to provide a fourth word that could be combined with each of the three other words to form compound words. Nonstressed participants answered correctly 39 percent more frequently than stressed part......overy against traditional morphology-based species lists and against an integrated taxonomic approach that determines "evolutionary significant units" (ESUs) based on morphology and sequence data. ESUs are what's called reciprocally monophyletic--two ESUs each have a unique ancestor, and, therefore, a uniq......ture related to their topic and the system returns lists of highly relevant results. When a project requires more extensive research, subscribers submit queries through "Ask Nerac," a designated avenue for collaborating with veteran researchers. Queries can include on-demand research questions (delivered t...