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20 Cholesterol Regulating Genes Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 8, 2009
... © micahb37 Using RNA interference technology, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have identified 20 genes involved in cholesterol metabolism , potentially leading to new ...
Fish Detection Test Under Development
in Allergies, on June 30, 2009
...s given a three-year, $280,000 award from the United States Department of Agriculture to design an assay to detect fish allergens, which cause allergic reactions in more than 6 million people each yea...
Blood Test for Aging Protein p16p16INK4a
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 17, 2009
...aging. The data suggest the possibility that reduced exercise may actually be worse with regard to molecular age than a higher BMI."
"Although we don't know whether this test is a good ...
ZettaCore Raises $21 Million
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 12, 2009
...elieves it can make memory chips with the technology."
"We believe that ZettaCore's molecular technology can be an important element in our success," says Dilip Sampath of Panason...
Gene Therapy for Obesity
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 10, 2009
...e in the hypothalamus.
According to first author Lei Cao, assistant professor in the department of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, the study involved injecting the BDNF gene in n...
Maize-Based Dietary Fibres For Weight and Diabetes Control
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 19, 2009
... strategies to control diabetes and other chronic diseases. In addition, the in vitro digestibility assay correlated well with in vivo data and may be useful in guiding product development."
Th...
MicroBiome Analysis Center to Link Chronic Diseases to Microbiomes
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 14, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6906975 A new molecular ecology facility at Mason called the MicroBiome Analysis Center (MBAC) aims to catalog the human microbiome - the population of mic...
Lack of Sleep Is Genetically Linked To Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on December 8, 2008
... between sleep and the regulation of sugar levels in the blood.
The findings fill in some of the molecular details of how sleep can change blood sugar levels. The key, it appears, is a melatonin re...
Basophil-Microarray Based Allergy Assay wins Award
in Allergies, on December 2, 2008
...ity of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy, for their work on new basophil-microarray based allergy assay which won this year's Da Vinci award in the Breakthrough Technology category .
The new t...
Bacteria on Vetiver Roots Influence Properties of Essential Oils
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 31, 2008
... present on Vetiver roots, however, not only help the essential oil production, but also change the molecular structure of the oil , thus influencing its flavours and properties: termicidal, insectici...
Antioxidant in Green Tea May Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on October 27, 2008
...o known cure.
"EGCG modulates several important genes, so it suppresses the abnormality at the molecular level in the salivary gland.
It also significantly lowered the serum autoantibodies, redu...
New Scientific Journal: EMBO Molecular Medicine
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Andrey Prokhorov The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)will launch a new journal focusing on the interface between molecular biology and clinical
re...
More on Latex and Nitrile Glove Allergies
in Allergies, on August 31, 2008
...yphyaxis in both. Users should seek a qualified allergist for testing using a western blot or rast assay to determine if they are allergic to either proteins, other raw materials or chemical acclerat...
Nanotubes Punching Holes in Cancer
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 28, 2008
...effective treatment of cancer. The future of cancer care will involve more targeted therapeutics on molecular and nano-mechanical levels. Source: Stanford News
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FRO7 Gene Vital to Photosynthesis and Iron Metabolism in Plants
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 27, 2008
...g a healthy plant and a nutritious food source.
In this study, Guerinot and her colleagues provide molecular evidence that FRO7, a gene in the FRO family, is involved in chloroplast Iron acquisit...
Nano-Tweezers?
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 11, 2008
... it again. This time, they are using nano-tweezers to pull on molecules and measure the strength of molecular bonds. According to Matthew Lang, an assistant professor of biological and mechanical engi...
Diabetes and Male Infertility
in Daily Diabetic, on July 9, 2008
...oincidence. We have shown for the first time that diabetes adversely influences male fertility at a molecular level.
Read more from ESHRE press release .
[In Photo: Experiencing Infertility: An E...
First Class of Biological Engineering Students About to Graduate at MIT
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 5, 2008
...to use numbers to designate everything, including majors). The biological engineering program fuses molecular biology with engineering to create a new discipline that can be applied to medicine. The t...
How do Antioxidants Work?
in Latina Viva, on April 26, 2008
© hafiedgany
What are antioxidants?
Antioxidants stop oxidation . I know, completely uninformative at for first, but wait for it.
What are free radicals?
Cells are made of atoms, and atoms have electrons. Atoms like to have an even number of electrons. When an atom doesn't have ...
Multipotential Stem Cells from Menstrual Blood
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 25, 2008
...that MenSCs are easily expandable to clinical relevance and express multipotent markers at both the molecular and cellular level," concluded Patel.
Researchers emphasized the importance of the a...
RCSB Protein Data Bank Archives 50,000th Molecule Structure
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 10, 2008
...rchive every month. Users include structural biologists, computational biologists, biochemists, and molecular biologists in academia, government and industry as well as educators and students.
Offici...
Using Dehalococcoides to Reduce Tricholorethene Contamination in Groundwater
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 29, 2008
...e the hydrogen supplied by the MBfR and reduce TCE all the way to harmless ethene. Using the latest molecular techniques, they could not only identify the bacterial population to handle TCE, but also ...
NFL Cheerleaders In The Workplace
in End Zone Buzz, on January 31, 2008
...
- Melissa , Tennessee Titans cheerleader, is also smarter than you are. That is because she is a Molecular Neuroscience Research Assistant/Analyst.
(Photo: LittleRottenRobin ) ...
Cranberry Juice Against UTI in Women
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 16, 2008
...cers.
Unhappily for half the human race, however, new research published this year in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research on ulcers, suggests that, like urinary tract infections, the...
'Mini Heart Attacks': Condition Heart to Survive a Major One?
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 9, 2008
...periods of stress, either from reduced blood flow or high blood pressure, it activates a protective molecular pathway-known as JAK-STAT-that protects the heart muscle.
The pathway, which is normally ...
xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel, FDA-Cleared for Marketing
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 7, 2008
...g several tests to be processed using the same sample.
Manufactured by the Toronto-based Luminex Molecular Diagnostics , the xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel can also identify various other viruses.
R...
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 6th Edition
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 20, 2007
...The sixth edition of the most widely used undergraduate textbook in molecular biology , Molecular Biology of the Gene , has just been released.
Now in its sixth edition, Molecular Biolo...
Genetic Map for Aging in Mice
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 30, 2007
...s , uses a newly available database called AGEMAP to document the process of aging in mice at the molecular level.
As an organism ages, most tissues change their structure (for example, musc...
Silk from Bees
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 29, 2007
... and silkworms, bees also produce silk?
Those are the latest findings reported recently in Molecular Biology and Evolution , which discusses the honeybee silk genes and the properties of the ...
Cannabis Compound Can Potentially Fight Metastatic Breast Cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 25, 2007
...D is not psychoactive it is still considered a Schedule 1 drug.
Findings appear in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics .
Source: California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (a ...
Croton palanostigma Extract Shows Potent Antioxidant Properties
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 25, 2007
...s together.
"This is the first time a natural product has been shown to directly block these molecular scissors while showing potential to stimulate repair. This is a testament to the wound heal...
Inhibitex Licenses HIV Integrase Inhibitors
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 15, 2007
...o the genome of the host cell, thereby stopping the virus from replicating. It inhibits a different molecular target than currently marketed HIV drugs. Preclinical studies have indicated that these dr...
Mice Study Demonstrated Potential of Vaccine-like Treatment Against Lupus
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 4, 2007
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Finding of the above study have been reported in the September/October issue of ACS' Molecular Pharmaceutics .
The said vaccine-like treatment - folate-hapten-targeted immunotherapy - ...
Record of 1st CRN Conference
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 3, 2007
...ote were Ned Seeman, pioneer in DNA nanotechnology, and Ralph Merkle, who has helped popularize molecular manufacturing.
...
Alzheimer's Disease: Type 3 Diabetes?
in Daily Diabetic, on September 27, 2007
... the cell body, near the nucleus.
Insulin cannot reach receptors there. This finding is the first molecular evidence of why nerve cells should become insulin resistant in Alzheimer's disease.&qu...
Atom Research Breakthrough for Data?
in On Storage, on September 6, 2007
... outer frame. This is considered to be a significant step toward building computing elements at the molecular scale that are vastly smaller, faster and use less energy than today's computer chips ...
Gene Controlling Fat Accumulation Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2007
...C. elegans, cultured cells, and genetically engineered mice, as well as by exploiting sophisticated molecular techniques. Using several methods, they manipulated adipose in the various animals, turnin...
Researchers Develop Long-Lasting Growth Hormone
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 4, 2007
...scientists, however, are able to bind to each other in a head-to-tail configuration, doubling their molecular mass in the bloodstream. This delays their absorption and elimination from the blood and t...
Review Article on Peanut Allergies
in Allergies, on September 3, 2007
...about peanut contamination of manufactured goods, and the natural course of the allergy . Clinical, molecular, and immunologic advances are reviewed, highlighting research discoveries that influence s...
Grapevine Genome Demystified
in Celebrate Wine, on August 29, 2007
...is one of the world's oldest, along with Chenin blanc, said Meredith, whose work involved using molecular markers to trace the genetic origins of classic varieties such as Syrah, Chardonnay and Ca...
Infosys on the changing "global business environment"
in The CIO Weblog, on August 25, 2007
...the compounding improvements of computing power of computers , faster forms of computing - silicon, molecular & atomic. Along with improvement in communication networks (Satellite to T1,T2, Broadb...
Cannabis May Treat Skin Allergies
in Allergies, on August 16, 2007
...onents in hashish and marijuana, produced by the cannabis plant.
In order to better understand the molecular mechanism that may contribute to the increased [cutaneous (skin) contact hypersensitivity ...
Inflammatory Cytokines: Markers that May Predict Type 2 Diabetes in Still-healthy People
in Daily Diabetic, on August 16, 2007
... Researchers at UCLA have identified three inflammatory cytokines that will serve as molecular markers that will predict diabetes in still-healthy individuals:
tumor necrosis factor-alp...
ESF EURYI Awardee Tackles Topoisomerases to Control Cancer Growth
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 10, 2007
...#39;s ESF EURYI award winning projects explores a new line in anti-cancer therapy by blocking the molecular motors involved in copying genetic information during Cell division , which may be u...
LKB1: New Lung Tumor-Suppressor Gene
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 5, 2007
A collaborative group of scientists have determined that mutations in the gene LKB1, which often results to Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a condition characterized by intestinal growths and an increased risk for certain cancers, do play a role the development of non-small cell lung cancer in mice.
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SoloSTAR®: First Prefilled Disposable Insulin Pen for Lantus®, Now Available in the U.S.
in Daily Diabetic, on August 1, 2007
... in one injection.
According to Stephen N. Davis M.D., FRCP, Mark Collie Professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Chief of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vanderbilt Univer...
Haut, Hautkrebs: Diagnose mit Laser
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on July 20, 2007
...nitt!
Dem Chemieprofessor und Radiologen Warren Warren am Duke University's New Center for Molecular and Biomedical Imaging gelang eine Sensation.
Der eigentliche Clou liegt dabei in der Schichtt...
Towards the Development of an Orlistat-like Cancer Drug
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 9, 2007
...e potent cancer treatments based on such findings.
As recently reported in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology :
"...the drug orlistat ( Xenical® or Alli® ) binds and interacts with a ...
Nanofactory Collaboration Effort
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 7, 2007
... The Nanofactory Collaboration project is a cooperative group started by molecular nanotechnology pioneers Dr. Ralph Merkle and Robert Freitas. The project's goal is to create reprogramm...
Short DNA Replication Movie
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 7, 2007
... On the Strange Paths blog is an excellent movie showing a depiction of molecular machinery at work in copying a DNA strand. This 1-minute video is a must see.
Even including imaginary "sounds...
Molecules Controlled Using UV Light
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 7, 2007
... rings linked together, combined with an ultraviolet laser, Berkeley scientists were able to make molecular assemblies change shape at will . This can be seen as a version of proto-nanorobotics. Mo...
Krebs: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum gründet Graduiertenschule
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on July 3, 2007
...gy" (biologie der Krebserkrankung) im Rahmen des Heidelberger Masterstudiengang "Molecular Biosciences" (Molekularbiologie) bietet die Graduate School erstmals in Deutschland eine umfas...
Towards Solving the Mystery of Lou Gehrig's Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 1, 2007
...an Selverstone Valentine, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry and a member of UCLA's molecular biology Institute who has been studying this particular protein since the 1970s:
&q...
Reuteran: Probiotic-Derived Hunger-Stopping Glucan
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 26, 2007
...ngredient.
Named Reuteran by the Dutch researchers, the glucan - alpha-1,4/1,6 glucan - has a molecular weight of 40 MDa and a degree of branching of about 16 per cent.
According to Martij...
DNA: How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 19, 2007
... In the new book DNA: How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease molecular biologist Frank H. Stephenson tells the story of how scientists on many fronts are succeeding in t...
New Potential Target for Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on June 14, 2007
...hers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine .
The said target is a protein (and its molecular partner) that regulates the metabolism of fat: the protein Akt2/PKB and its molecular par...
HDAC Inhibitors: Cancer Drug, Can Enhance Long-term Memory
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 7, 2007
...ly to the Hippocampus enhance memory and synaptic plasticity in the brain, and we now know a molecular mechanism through which these enhancements occur."
Findings have been published Ju...
