NHGRI seeks next generation of sequencing technologies
...ing a system in which a chemical ring, acting as a reading head, is used to measure differences in friction as DNA passes through the ring. Theory and experiment are used to understand the observations. Ronald W. Davis, Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. $450,000 (2 years) "Single Molecule Nucleic ...Study at Joslin shows ease of introducing technology to kids with diabetes
... prompted them to guess their fourth blood glucose reading of the day. These participants received a fixed number of points for playing the blood glucose guessing game. The data stored in the PDAs from both groups were wirelessly transmitted to a central secure server. DAILY Results The st...ASU gets grant to develop high speed DNA sequence reader
...d and low cost come from the idea of multiplexing, reading tens of thousands of DNA base pairs simultaneously. When completed, Williams group plans to capture up to 20,000 human genes on a glass slide and to read out all of their sequences simultaneously, greatly speeding up the process and dramatically low...Genetic variant linked to weakened heart pumping
...'s contractions. Cardiologists consider normal any reading above 55, which means 55 percent of the blood in the chamber was pumped out, Donahue said. Patients without diabetes in the study had an average ejection fraction of 53, compared to 50 for those with one allele and 42 for those with two alleles. Diab...November nutrition news from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts
...onsumers to make healthy food choices. But what if reading the nutrition labels doesn't help everyone? Terry ...0% of the adolescents reported sometimes or always reading nutrition labels although it didn't translate into healthier diets. In boys, however, we found that ...Spider silks, the ecological materials of tomorrow?
...y repeated sequences and rely on a different codon reading system from ours. However, in recent studies parts of the genes were successfully inserted into the bacterium E. coli, mammal and insect cells, which in turn produced silk proteins. "Using 'protein engineering' based on knowledge achieved from invest...Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
...f personal psychological information that we'll be reading from brain scans in the near future. Certain personality traits, for example, are well enough correlated with patterns of brain activation that one can now pretty well identify extreme extraverts and introverts by imaging alone. A recent paper from...New technique for tracking gene regulators
...e in a manner that is analogous to a laser scanner reading barcodes on items in the grocery store. In this case the inventory isn't cans of food but the database of the human, mouse, or rat genome sequences. And because the scientists know that each of these tags lies within, at most, 500 to 1,500 bases of a...$6.7 million for bionic war on disabilities
...ed people to control computers or other devices by reading brain signals using 64 electrodes in a cap placed on the scalp. Its major advantage is that nothing needs to be surgically implanted. But Normann says the method has a big disadvantage, namely, that signals from nerve cells in the brain are w...Timing is everything: First step in protein building revealed
...known as eIF1, a step necessary to let it continue reading the assembly instructions. Even though yeast are t...sts knew that without eIF1, the ribosome can start reading the gene's RNA instructions at places other than a particular three-block piece of RNA known as the ...Weight-loss and exercise study compares center- and home-based programs
...Orlando campus. "Home-based" participants learn by reading and talking to consultants over the phone. They walk for exercise at self-selected locations. All of the participants are postmenopausal women who are 50 to 65 years old and healthy. They are nonsmokers who initially were 20 to 50 pounds overweight. ...Experimental domestication of foxes yields clues to cognitive evolution
...ate with humans: dogs appear to be more skilled at reading human social cues than wolves and even non-human p...y are in fact just as skillful as domestic dogs at reading human social cues. The current study therefore suggests that social intelligence can increase simply...Scientists link gene to dyslexia
...g of what causes the brain disorder which disrupts reading and writing skills. It is now hoped that follow-u...tly how the gene works within the brain to disrupt reading and writing skills. Professor Williams said: "This is a major breakthrough and the first study to......allation of Berwick's art, panel discussions and a reading of Forbes' radio play "Humboldt's Last Word." ... Marriott Library. 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Workshop reading of Leslie Forbes' radio play, "Humboldt's Last Word." Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library....Busy brains may stave off Alzheimer's signs
...rcise, along with any kind of mental activity from reading to doing the crossword puzzle, are probably the equivalent of chew toys and running wheels for humans. "It's all very important in keeping the mind active and potentially staving off effects of old age." The b-amyloid peptides found in Alzheimer's ar...Nature helps create religious adults
...which they partook in religious activities such as reading scripture or other religious material and the importance of religious faith in daily life. They also reported on their mother's, their father's, and their own religiousness when they were growing up. They were also asked to report on the current an......e all-star of the series. It will make interesting reading for the general scientific population and the lay public," he said. "If you were going to read a chromosome paper, this probably ought to be the one you read." The role of the X and Y chromosomes have evolved. Before the split between birds and mamma...Scientists find missing enzyme for tuberculosis iron scavenging pathway
...land explains, "Generally the sequence of the open reading frame is compared with the sequences of genes for other proteins (most of which are from different species) in sequence databases. If a close match is found, it is assumed that the function is the same or similar." Rv1347c is one of these annotated a...Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words in dyslexia
...y contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapid...shown that accuracy of decoding may be a bridge to reading at one stage of learning to read and rate of decoding may be a bridge at a later stage. Effective in......n our genes, and that's a very complex book we are reading that requires new methods of understanding, new collaborations." By performing detailed analyses of genetic material and answering questions related to how the genome is organized, how it changes over time and how genes move from one organism to an...