News tagged with dna microarrays
'Meat' the enemy: New food for thought from noted biochemist
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pat Brown hates animals. On your plate, that is. And he's going to do something about it.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Researchers find a way to make drops on a surface move in just one direction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling the way liquids spread across a surface is important for a wide variety of technologies, including DNA microarrays for medical research, inkjet printers and digital lab-on-a-chip ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Illuminating protein networks in one step
A new assay capable of examining hundreds of proteins at once and enabling new experiments that could dramatically change our understanding of cancer and other diseases has been invented by a team of University of Chicago ...
Jan 24, 2010 |
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New Stanford tool enables wider analyses of genome 'deep sequencing'
Life is almost unbearably complex. Humans and mice, frogs and flies toggle genes on and off in dizzying combinations and sequences during their relentless march from embryo to death. Now scientists seeking to understand the ...
May 02, 2010 |
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Scientists use math modeling to predict unknown biological mechanism of regulation
A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data obtained by DNA microarrays, can ...
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Scientists ID ten genes associated with a risk factor for sudden cardiac death
(PhysOrg.com) -- One minute, he's a strapping 40-year-old with an enviable cholesterol level, working out on his treadmill. The next, he's dead.
Mar 22, 2009 |
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New associations between diabetes, environmental factors found by novel analytic technique
Got diabetes? If so, you probably know that the adult-onset form of the disease can be triggered by, among other things, obesity and a fatty diet. You're also more likely to develop diabetes if other family members have it. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 20, 2010 |
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Technique Detects More Than 700 Antimicrobial-Resistance Genes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an advanced genetic screening technique, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have detected, for the first time, more than 700 genes that give microbes like ...
May 27, 2010 |
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In a rare disorder, a familiar protein disrupts gene function
As reported this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, an international team of scientists studying a rare genetic disease has discovered that a bundle of proteins already known to be important for keeping chromo ...
May 27, 2009 |
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New study describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also simultaneously modulate its ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Faster DNA analysis at room temperature
DNA microarrays are one of the most powerful tools in molecular biology today. The devices, which can be used to probe biological samples and detect particular genes or genetic sequences, are employed in everything ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 03, 2010 |
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New technology pinpoints genetic differences between cancer and non-cancer patients
A group of researchers led by scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have developed a new technology that detects distinct genetic changes differentiating cancer patients from healthy ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Research provides new information about malaria mosquito's circadian rhythms
A new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers offers a wealth of information about the rhythmic nature of gene expression in Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito species that transmits the malari ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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From the clinics to the bench and back -- phenytoin as a mood stabilizer?
Phenytoin is a well known antiepileptic agent widely used throughout the world. Recent clinical studies in patients with bipolar disorder have suggested that, as for other anticonvulsant drugs commonly used in the treatment ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 29, 2010 |
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