Biological Sciences
Line is first from U-M accepted to the U.S. National Institutes of Health registry, now available for federally-funded research.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is launching a project to collect and catalog DNA identification data for up to 1,500 human cell lines used in biological and medical research.
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Lost in the euphoria of the 2003 announcement that the human genome had been sequenced was a fundamental question: how can we be sure that an individual’s genome has been read correctly?
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North Carolina State University researchers have created specially engineered mammalian cells to provide a new “chemical handle” which will enable researchers to label proteins of interest more efficiently.
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Scientists have developed and implanted into a living insect — the False Death's Head Cockroach — a miniature fuel cell that converts naturally occurring sugar in the insect and oxygen from the air into electricity.
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Ruben Gonzalez views ribosomes—the minute particles in cells that make proteins—as the “machines” of life.....
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A UChicago research team is working on a technique that might lead to a new, dramatically simpler way to predict molecular motion inside a cell.
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NSU and FIU researchers collaborate on long-term sustainability study to prepare for an oil spill that could catastrophically impact Florida
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Scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that measurements of vitamin D levels are accurate.
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have created a new generation of fast-acting fluorescent dyes that optically highlight electrical activity in neuronal membranes.
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A new Michigan State University project based in Nigeria and funded by a $5.8 million grant aims to help prevent these diseases by collecting local data on the ailments, spurring vaccine use and development.
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Macromolecular interactions enact vital functions necessary for life, including DNA replication, transcription, mRNA translation, protein degradation, and signal transduction.
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