NIH funds two new biomedical technology resource centers
...drate molecules. A relatively new field that uses sophisticated tools and methods, glycomics is the study of complex sugar molecules that are attached to many proteins and lipids found in the blood, on the surfaces of cells, and in other places in the human body. These sugar chains are critical to numerous proce...SLU researchers uncover direct evidence on how HIV invades healthy cells
Using sophisticated detection methods, researchers at the Saint Louis University Institute for Molecular Virology (IMV) have demonstrated the molecular mechanism by which the HIV virus infects, or integrates, healthy cells. The discovery could lead to new drug treatment...Bacterial protein mimics host to cripple defenses
...undamental level," Martin said. AvrPtoB provides a sophisticated tool researchers can use to knock out PCD brought on by a variety of conditions, shedding light on immunity. The protein itself or a derivative might one day be applied to control disease in crops or in people. For now, Martin and Abramovitch are wor...New study expands understanding of the role of RNA editing in gene control
...that regulation of the genome is considerably more sophisticated than had been previously understood to be the case. "People used to think that gene regulation was best done at the very beginning of the production line, which is transcription," says Nishikura. "Therefore, many scientists investigated transcription...Sickle cell disease corrected in human models using stem cell-based gene therapy
...at causes sickle cell disease. "An innovative and sophisticated approach was needed to genetically engineer hematopoietic stem cells using a practical and clinically applicable process. The transferred gene must not disrupt the cells' normal functions," explained Isabelle Riviere, PhD, Co-Director of the Gene Tra...Underwater listening devices yield discoveries about endangered large whales
...veys conducted to date could pave the way for more sophisticated acoustic surveys that would provide data in close to real time....University of Alberta researcher unveils world's largest drug database
...ts and chemists, DrugBank supports a wide range of sophisticated searches and queries. Combined with DrugBank's visualization software, these tools allow scientists to easily search for new drug targets, to compare drug structures, to study drug mechanisms and to discover new drug leads. "DrugBank is the first da...JCI table of contents: January 4, 2006
...the growth of new hairs. Vogel and colleagues used sophisticated techniques to engraft human scalp tissue onto mice and then isolated and examined living human hair follicle stem cells. The authors identified a panel of marker proteins expressed on the surface of these elusive cells that can be used in future rese...Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say
...ion for this research involves the construction of sophisticated robots. Kurz said it is very expensive to construct a robot that can successfully adjust to side to side, or medial-lateral, motion. Robots currently in use, such as the Asimo robot that mimics human walking patterns, have large, expensive and cumb...Comet dust brought back to Earth: Paving the way for Rosetta
...he 'laboratory' to the comet. "In particular, our sophisticated suite of instruments will allow us not only to fully characterise the comet's particle content chemical composition and other physical properties but also the volatile content. This means we don't potentially lose any of these properties during a t...Poll reveals half British public support nuclear future
...ed and used alongside. Ordinary people have a more sophisticated understanding of energy futures than many decision makers like to believe. This wider context is something which the government should take very seriously during its own review."...The closest look ever at the cell's machines
...lecules. Patrick Aloy and Rob Russell at EMBL used sophisticated computer techniques to reveal the modular organisation of these cellular machines. "This is the most complete set of protein complexes available and probably the set with the highest quality," Aloy says. "Most proteomics studies in the past have show...Study: Newer antibiotic more effective at treating elders' pneumonia
...fety," Dr. Anzueto said. "This study involved very sophisticated assessment of cardiac safety. We found both treatments to be safe." San Antonio patients were treated at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. Moxifloxacin HCI's greater efficacy earlier in hospital stays should lead to less occurrence of inca...Carbon nanotubes that detect disease-causing mutations developed by Pitt researcher
...aboratory methods using labor-intense labeling and sophisticated optical equipment," Star said. This research was partially supported by the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program....Satellite portrait of global plant growth will aid climate research
...h Observation data, suitable for assimilation into sophisticated software simulations of the planet created by the global carbon modelling community. The service is focused on the generation of various global estimates of aspects of terrestrial vegetation: the number, location and area of fire-affected land, know...Birth defects: 8 million annually worldwide
... and limited diagnostic capability. Even with the sophisticated facilities available in wealthier nations, only about 50 percent of birth defects can be diagnosed accurately, the report authors say. Just one of those causes, fetal alcohol syndrome (mental and physical defects caused by drinking alcohol during pre...Secrets of the sea yield stronger artificial bone
...tional processing techniques. It combines nature's sophisticated architectures, which are designed over a wide range of length scales, with scientists' ability to choose from an unlimited number of material combinations. "People want a strong, light, and porous material, which is almost a contradiction in terms, b...Biologists build better software, beat path to viral knowledge
...must often be viewed with microscopes that require sophisticated computer control to make sense of the tiny objects. Advances in the field often come to those who can create the best custom software, and Jiang's team has done just that, opening up for observation a group of viruses that scientists previously could......rtnership that collects an extended time series of sophisticated biogeochemical and physical measurements in parts of the ocean that have been undersampled by traditional methods. Explorer's transects cross some of the most dynamic areas of the ocean and enable scientists to monitor critical aspects of global clim......It will house some of the world's largest and most sophisticated imaging equipment including one of the nation's first 7-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging devices for human studies and will encourage collaborative research efforts among UT Southwestern and other institutions to accelerate research into new diagno...