Better way for computers to 'see' combines molecular biology and gaming hardware
Combining screening techniques from molecular biology with high-performance gaming hardware advances the building and understanding of visual systems.
Science Daily,
Sun Dec 06 20:21:16 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Molecular Dynamics' and Amersham's Microarray Program Access Grows
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Molecular Dynamics here and Swedish biotech supplier Amersham Pharmacia Biotech announced two agreements in late April: a new collaboration with American Home Products a...
GenomeWeb News,
Sun Dec 06 14:05:29 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Topix.net
360,000 news channels, from Autos to your ZIP code.
• Found on Topix News
Study: Fruit flies turn obese as do humans
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- University of Utah geneticists say they've discovered fruit flies use the same molecular systems as do humans to maintain good cholesterol and fat levels.
UPI,
Mon Dec 07 09:24:45 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Study Shows Nearly 1/3 Of Human Genome Is Involved In Gingivitis
Scientists complete first study examining gingivitis at a molecular levelGingivitis, which may affect more than one-half of the U.S. adult population, is a condition commonly attributed to ...
redOrbit,
Mon Dec 07 14:14:57 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Researchers identify gene expression and biological pathways for healing gingiviti...
Gingivitis, which may affect more than one-half of the U.S. adult population, is a condition commonly attributed to lapses in simple oral hygiene habits. However, a new study shows that dev...
News-Medical-Net,
Mon Dec 07 22:30:20 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Greider Gives Nobel Lecture On Telomerase
We're tag along with Carol Greider, a Johns Hopkins molecular biologist, as she picks up a share of this year's Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in Stockholm.
NPR,
Mon Dec 07 16:56:55 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. Announces Unanimous Support in Favour of I...
MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2009) - ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. (ART) (TSX:ARA), a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products...
Marketwire,
Mon Dec 07 19:19:32 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Gene Hijacked By HIV Ancestor Suggests New Way to Block Viral Reproduction
(PhysOrg.com) -- An ancestor of the AIDS virus hijacked an entire gene, perhaps from some prehistoric cat it had infected, a gene that makes it much better able to infect humans, according ...
PhysOrg,
Mon Dec 07 16:10:15 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Nanofarming Offers a Kinder Way to Get Biofuel from Algae
In conventional biofuel production, algae are harvested and killed in order to extract their oil. It's not a very efficient process - sort of like uprooting a tree and stripping off the app...
Environmental News Network,
Mon Dec 07 07:52:48 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
This Week in PLoS
Two papers in PLoS Computational Biology this week try to better understand the three-dimensional structure of proteins. In one, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetic...
GenomeWeb News,
Mon Dec 07 11:20:08 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. Announces Unanimous Support in Favour of I...
MONTREAL, CANADA-- - ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. , a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical ind...
CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance,
Mon Dec 07 19:06:36 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Papers of Note
Erik Shaprio is focused on using magnetic resonance imaging for molecular and cellular imaging. The Shapiro laboratory has three main cores.
GenomeWeb News,
Mon Dec 07 09:05:09 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Stand Up To Cancer Funds High Risk Studies in $9.7M Round
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News)
GenomeWeb News,
Mon Dec 07 07:35:18 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
What Should We Call the (Nano)technology in Your Stain-resistant Pants?
My first blog entry for Spectrum two-and-a-half years ago was on the struggle not only between wet and dry approaches to molecular nanotechnology (MNT) but also the competition for ownershi...
IEEE Spectrum,
Mon Dec 07 04:00:29 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
A day in the 'normal' life of a Nobel Prize winner
She was folding laundry when the call came at 5 a.m. After she hung up the phone, Dr. Carol Greider went upstairs to wake her children. She had to tell them, even if it meant getting them o...
CNN,
Mon Dec 07 12:08:22 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Breakthrough Flu Drug Might Already Exist
Recombining fragments of known drugs could lead to a more robust antiviral for H1N1 and other flu variants.
Technology Review,
Mon Dec 07 21:15:31 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Yale Researchers Find New RNA Structures
Science Daily is reporting that researchers from Yale have discovered "very large RNA structures within previously unstudied bacteria that appear crucial to basic biological functions such ...
Slashdot,
Mon Dec 07 09:17:35 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
New Target May Be Eyed in Kids' Brain Cancer
MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified oncogenes that play a role in a particularly aggressive type of childhood brain tumor.
HealthDay via Yahoo! News,
Mon Dec 07 09:03:33 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News
Ancient HIV stowaway may hold clue to transmission
An HIV genetic stowaway that may have come from a related cat virus could help the AIDS virus transmit and replicate in people, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Mon Dec 07 08:21:33 PST 2009
• Found on Yahoo! News