Computer-aided protein design wins prestigious AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
...number of disciplines, the authors applied a novel technique of iterative computational design to a problem that many had seen as insoluble: the design -- with atomic-level accuracy -- of very large molecules with molecular masses greater than 10,000. This opens up new possibilities for studying the channeling...ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors
...sampled. The researchers used a chemical analysis technique called high-performance liquid chromatography to survey the pigments present in red parrot feathers. McGraw and Nogare collected and analyzed samples from 44 parrot species that have red feathers. Overall, there are some 350 species of parrots, 80 pe...American Chemical Society meeting March 13-17 features wide variety of new research
...en fuel cells and solar energy A new, fingerprint technique for law enforcement investigators A soluble fiber, added to foods, which may prevent Type 2 diabetes, lower cholesterol Environmental issues facing California and the San Diego area Exploring the chemical enterprise in the year 2015 A free, hands...Scientists discover how climate change causes the simultaneous boom or bust of multiple populations
... more than 100 years. The team used a statistical technique recently developed by Haydon -- a powerful new for...r in just two or three years. Haydon's statistical technique allowed the researchers to gauge from the condition of each population whether its size would be exp...California researchers help map human genetic variation across populations
...to the maps compiled by Perlegen using a different technique called 'linkage disequilibrium' (LD). LD involves correlations of DNA variants in physical proximity along a chromosome, and results from a combination of processes including mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. Linkage disequilibrium is c...Molecular machine may lead to new drugs to combat human diseases
...llized previously, and the targeted trans-splicing technique has been used to repair hemoglobin infected with sickle cell anemia. The new structure provides scientists with tools to expand on ways to harness this molecular machine, Golden said. The other researchers on this study were Hajeong Kim, graduate st...Successful test of single molecule switch opens the door to biomolecular electronics
...ocess have developed a groundbreaking experimental technique that provides a "roadmap" for designing single mol...ments. The team solved the problem by developing a technique where the molecule could be tested in an electrolyte solution, a condition that past experiments hav...New Georgia Tech micro-CT imaging technique to help tissue engineers improve bone regeneration
... than a traditional CT scan. The new micro-CT scan technique simultaneously looks at both vascularization (the ...and in vivo. Georgia Tech researchers used the new technique to help develop bone graft substitutes that combine the availability and structural integrity of bon...SARS surveillance via mass spectometry
...nstitute of Singapore) adapted a molecular biology technique called "mass spectrometry (MS)based genotyping", a...iu and colleagues now demonstrate that an MS-based technique can quickly yield accurate information on clinical isolates (in this case from the 2003 SARS outbrea...Rapid, new test develped for inherited immune deficiency
...ed unreliable and expensive. "This new laboratory technique is an excellent example of how increasingly sophis...e within the cell. Using a quantitative laboratory technique that measures the number of these rings within a blood sample, Dr. Puck's group was able to differen...Olfactory receptor cells may provide clues to psychiatric disease
...the study, researchers used a fluorescence imaging technique to measure basal and stimulated calcium levels in ORNs from 17 patients with bipolar disorder and age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Seven patients were medication free and 10 were being treated with mood-stabilizing drugs. Calcium responses w...MGH study identifies potential Alzheimer's risk gene
...m Neurogenetics, Inc., the MIND researchers used a technique called family-based genetic association analysis to evaluate 19 sequence changes in these three genes, searching for alterations more likely to appear in patients with Alzheimer's. After first screening families from the same NIMH study group examin......is approved," said Derendorf, who will discuss the technique Saturday (March 5) at the annual meeting of the Am...s." UF researchers have developed a patent-pending technique called microdialysis that uses a small needle probe to measure how much of a drug actually ends up i...Pioneering PET/CT research widens applications of imaging for diabetic foot
...could potentially offer a single-step, noninvasive technique for the diagnosis of infection, said Society of Nuclear Medicine member Zohar Keidar, M.D., Ph.D., the article's lead author. Keidar explained that foot infection is one of the most severe complications of diabetes. Diabetes can lead to decreased ci...The circadian clock: Understanding nature's timepiece
...." Antle also hopes to experiment further with a technique that involves resetting the circadian clock by altering serotonin levels, the same neurotransmitter that the anti-depressant Prozac targets. He says it could one day be possible to move people ahead eight hours simply with a pill and light therapy. ...Chemical engineer Kao explores antibiotic synthesis with DNA chips
...pression of thousands of genes simultaneously. The technique has tremendous potential for the study of biologic...ransposons are significantly easier to identify. A technique called DNA shuffling, recently developed by the Redwood City-based company Maxygen, provides Kao wit...Anti cancer virotherapy well tolerated in first human administration, research finds
...d killing melanoma cells in mice . The virotherapy technique involves the specific targeting and killing of cancer cells through the introduction into the body of the appropriate viral material which then reproduces at a rapid rate over a short period of time, devouring the cancer cells in the process by attac...New lab technique identifies high levels of pathogens in therapy pool
... team using a novel genetic cloning and sequencing technique has identified a surprisingly high number of airbo...ne ill lifeguards who worked at the facility. The technique used in the study is 1,000 times more sensitive than standard microbe-culturing techniques used at m...A unique technique for neutralizing the action of the leptin protein ...hemistry, along with his students, has developed a technique for genetically engineering mutations of the leptin protein. Prof. Gertler has been assisted in this...