Committee review of stem-cell fraud finds editors followed all rules
...aper purported to describe, for the development of versatile "pluripotent" human embryonic stem cells, potentially capable of becoming any cell in the body, from a cloned human blastocyst. The 2005 paper purported to describe the isolation of the first human embryonic stem cell lines specifically tailored to m...DNA repair teams' motto: 'To protect and serve'
.... "Again it was surprising," says Karlseder of the versatile HR team. "The cell is very clever. It takes advantage of a machinery that's already there and whose job it is to repair damage, but at telomeres this machinery fulfills a very special 'repair' function." Be thankful your cells are so clever. Errone...Researchers to present advances in energy, health, technology at chemical engineering conference
...f proteins, because they appear to be particularly versatile in giving engineers options for tuning these devices for different applications. Meanwhile, electrical engineering Assistant Professor Peter Peumans will present his group's approach to improving the energy efficiency of organic light-emitting diod...Learning global solutions to local problems
...ed at was the possibility to shift beans to a more versatile niche crop that is native to the area such as amaranth (a hearty and highly adaptable grain that can be used to make a variety of food products) and nopal (the green, racquet-shaped portion of a prickly pear cactus). "Other ideas are to provide incen...HYPER-CEST MRI breaks new ground in molecular imaging
...hyperpolarized xenon with it. These sensitive and versatile xenon biosensors can then be used to selectively alter MRI signals. In the new Science paper, the Pines and Wemmer collaboration combined the xenon biosensors with CEST technology, which was developed as a contrast method for boosting the MRI contra...'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance
...n build things that don't exist in nature. It's a versatile concept that doesn't apply to just one antimicrobial agent." Filutowicz and Burgess, wine enthusiasts who are as comfortable fermenting grapes as they are transforming bacterial plasmids, partnered with students from the Weinert Applied Ventures Pro...Uncovering DNA's 'sweet' secret
...C is similar to G:G or A:A, so you have a muchmore versatile pairing system in homo-DNA. Therefore, the nature of thesugar in the backbone affects the pairing rules." But despite homo-DNA's apparent versatility in base pairing and itsthermodynamic stability, other features of the molecule's architectureprobab...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 13, 2006
...ng conditions. Embryonic stem cells are the most versatile stem cells, capable of being transformed into any other cell type, depending on their desired therapeutic use. Now, researchers at Northwestern University have found new evidence that hematopoietic stem cells, a type of adult stem cell derived from t...The sweet science: Viruses switch grip to gain upper hand
...es are able to stay a step ahead of the body's own versatile immune system. "If you think about the flu virus, a few simple amino acid changes can be the difference between a virus your body can defend against and one that will make you sick," said Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., an associate professor of bio...Stem cells: Chemistry paves way toward promising therapies
...ously thought -- Embryonic stem cells are the most versatile stem cells, capable of being transformed into any other cell type, depending on their desired therapeutic use. Now, researchers at Northwestern University have found new evidence that hematopoietic stem cells, a type of adult stem cell derived from t...Ammonia-loving archaea win landslide majority
...e. Our data clearly say, that the archaea are more versatile in their life style than bacteria," says Schuster, also a researcher at Penn State's Centers for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics. Despite their abundance, it is not yet clear if crenarchaeota oxidize more amm...Study reveals details of mussels' tenacious bonds
...ic polymers," said Messersmith, who has designed a versatile two-sided coating that sticks securely to a surface and prevents cell, protein and bacterial buildup. "For example, we may be able to take advantage of the reactivity of oxidized DOPA to form covalent bonds between adhesive DOPA-containing polymers a...Nano probe may open new window into cell behavior
... is in refinement of the idea and development of a versatile instrument that can be used by biological and medical scientists in advancing the frontiers of biomedical research." The key challenge for the Georgia Tech team, which includes Dr. Levent Degertekin, was to create a way for a mass spectrometer, the...New study reveals pork rivals chicken in terms of leanness
...ions they commonly turn to," she said. "Pork is a versatile and lean protein option for building meals that are consistent with the updated Dietary Guidelines and Food Pyramid." Of the nine cuts analyzed, six of the pork cuts announced by the government have a nutritional profile that meets USDA guidelines fo...Origen publishes in Nature a robust and versatile method for creating transgenic chickens
...y that it has succeeded in developing a robust and versatile technology for genetically modifying chickens that, for the first time, puts avian transgenics on a par with transgenic mice. The company made the announcement in conjunction with the publication of an article this week by Origen scientists and a col...Patients to benefit from novel technology revolutionizing high-speed molecular imaging
...loying simultaneous multi-isotope imaging for more versatile diagnostics," he explained. "Due to its very high sensitivity (10 times higher) and definition (up to 2 times the resolution) and novel scanning design--together with usage of high-energy discrimination of the solid state detectors--this new technolo...ACS news service weekly press package - May 15, 2006
... of disease depends heavily on the availability of versatile nanocarriers. The ultra-small counterparts of hypodermic syringes and IVs, nanocarriers are the containers that will carry and deliver nanodiagnostic and nanotherapeutics to their targets inside the human body. Paras N. Prasad and colleagues at the U...Nanotubes used for first time to send signals to nerve cells
...a human hair, are already famed as one of the most versatile materials ever discovered. A hundred times as strong as steel and one-sixth as dense, able to conduct electricity better than copper or to substitute for silicon in semiconductor chips, carbon nanotubes have been proposed as the basis for everything ......until early adulthood, even though WRN is a highly versatile protein that would seem to function at all stages of development. "I suspect that WRN functions in many cellular processes but is essential to only some of them -- these unique functions being the key to its role in aging." The structure of WRN exon...ORNL, protein discovery researchers collaborate on high-profile paper
...e of Technology. Photoelectrophoretic is extremely versatile and offers several advantages over methods that us...iques, commonly called optical tweezers, which are versatile but unable to transport objects smaller than the wavelength of light. Included in this category are ...