News tagged with microarray chip

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 ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers map how staph infections alter immune system

Infectious disease specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have mapped the gene profiles of children with severe Staphylococcus aureus infections, providing crucial insight into how the human immune ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a "biological computer" made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers create first of its kind gene map of sulfate-reducing bacterium

Critical genetic secrets of a bacterium that holds potential for removing toxic and radioactive waste from the environment have been revealed in a study by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CSI: PCR-free techniques ID the most active microbes on the scene

Anyone who has watched one of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television shows knows that PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is a technology used to amplify the tiniest samples of DNA into forensic evidence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How cotton was born

A coming together and genetic merging of an American plant with an African or Asian plant one or two million years ago produced the ancestor of the bush that now provides 90% of the world’s commercial cotton. And although ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

'Wrong'-time eating reduces fertility in fruit flies

Dieticians will tell you it isn't healthy to eat late at night: it's a recipe for weight gain. In fruit flies, at least, there's another consequence: reduced fertility.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Soil bacteria plant bodyguards against fungal infections

With up to 33,000 ‘taxa’, plant roots are home to an unprecedentedly large diversity of bacteria. Some of these bacteria can function as a type of bodyguard for plants, protecting them against infection ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The digital side of biology

Revolutions in science come in waves. One of the epoch-making events in modern biology came in 1995 when J. Craig Venter, an American biologist, decoded the whole genome of the Haemohilus influenzae bacterium ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Cornell Dots' that light up cancer cells go into clinical trials

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Cornell Dots" – brightly glowing nanoparticles – may soon be used to light up cancer cells to aid in diagnosing and treating cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

In the case of DNA, the package can be as important as its contents: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2003, the year a complete draft of the human genome was released, the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute launched the ENCODE project (ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements), to develop ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mussel adhesive for DNA chips

Mussels are true masters of adhesion. Whether on the wood of a pier, the metal of a ship’s hull, rocks, or to their own kind, they stick to everything. Researchers led by Philip B. Messersmith at Northwestern ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 24, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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