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our sensor architecture easily lends itself to a compact solid-state imaging chip. We believe our results are a significant step forward in developing an entirely new generation of cameras that can function for a very long durationdeally,


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overcoming problems with two-dimensional (2d) culture methods and offering a more lifelike model of how cells grow in tissues.

"Being able to grow cells in a 3d culture prevents the cells from flattening and altering their structure and function,


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and demonstrated simple and highly efficient synthesis of (R)- and (S)- rolipram by an eight-step continuous flow reaction using multiple column reactors containing the immobilized catalysts.


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In one new software tool, we have applied expertise in advanced algorithm development, knowledge on genetics and principles of genome architecture."


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said Pravin Lunkad, president of industry body the Solvent Extractors'Association of India. Earlier this year crushing plants were operating at around 45 to 50 per cent."

"said Davish Jain, chairman of the Soybean Processors Association of India.""Our oilseed and edible oil production will not rise


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"A larger portion of the Indian society is dominated middle class. This clientele is very skeptical about what,

For this strong bastion of middle class milieu, offline models like retailer shops have mushroomed all over, "said R P Yadav, CMD, Genius Consultants.


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He is a member of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine in the East midlands,


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However, these devices, often created with nondegradable elastic polymers, bear an inherent risk of intestinal obstruction as a result of accidental fracture or migration.

and folding of devices into easily ingestible capsules meaning this polymer can be used to create safe devices designed for extremely prolonged residence in the stomach. ne of the issues with any device in the GI TRACT is that there the potential for an obstruction,


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says John Essigmann, the William R. 1956) and Betsy P. Leitch Professor in Residence Professor of Chemistry, Toxicology and Biological engineering at MIT,


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This amalgamation makes it a terrifically attractive material to apply to scientific developments in a wide variety of fields, such as electronics, aerospace and sports.


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or pillar, has an elliptical cross section, and by carefully varying the diameters of each pillar

and rotating them around their axes, the scientists were able to simultaneously manipulate the phase and polarization of passing light.


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At the International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques in October, MIT researchers unveil the first fundamentally new approach to cache coherence in more than three decades.


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#Pillared Graphene structures Gain Strength, Toughness and Ductility In a newly published study, scientists from Rice university reveal that putting nanotube pillars between sheets of graphene could create hybrid structures with a unique balance of strength, toughness


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Mooney is also the Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of engineering and Applied sciences.

and NSF Graduate Research, Einstein Visiting, Harvard College PRISE, Herchel-Smith and Pechet Family Fund Fellowships e


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and then trigger a specific response, such as cell death. This protein-based sensor can be customized to detect any DNA sequence in a mammalian cell

Cells that did not receive the new gene could be induced to undergo cell death, creating a pure population of the desired cells.


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Previous studies have found traces of commercial sunscreen chemicals in usersbloodstreams, urine, and breast milk. There is evidence that these chemicals cause disruptions with the endocrine system, such as blocking sex hormone receptors.


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The findings are particularly significant in the light of improving life expectancies and the associated increase in cases of ARMD.


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Pedro del Nido, chief of cardiac surgery at Boston Children Hospital, the William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery at Harvard Medical school,


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which in one chirality alleviates morning sickness in pregnant women and in the other causes birth defects.


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genetic disorders are the leading cause of death. But pediatricians typically can scan an infant entire genome

The DRAGEN processor delivered its critical speed gains to the hospital servers thanks to its architecture,


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according to the latest death count from Associated press. For more, see the IEEE Spectrum article on how the Hajj crowds defy conventional computer simulations.


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Rates of yield increases for major crops have been trending negatively on a 10-year curve at the very time that global forces of population growth, prosperity,

At the same time, the middle class is expected to double by 2030. And as incomes rise people spend more on food (Engel law)


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The process is somewhere between using a dowsing rod and the dark arts. This is the holy grail of marketing,


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and garage doors or other household and commercial products, said cofounder Rafal Han. His cofounder, Szymon Slupik, is an expert in onnected technology.

CA-based Soraa who is using the technology in their connected LED lamps. ee built the unique architecture where devices form a native,


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#Gaming Startup Code Kingdoms Exits Beta On A Quest To Get Kids Coding Changes to the computing curriculum in England,

or for how adults perceive kids to be learning nothing really designed to make it really fun for kids,

which Targett dubs pre-seed funding given the large amounts required to fuel a gaming startup.


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Consumer drone makers are growing fast as quad-copters become the hot new toy for kids and adults alike.


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Eyewire provides a typical gaming experience. It features an elaborate profile system, achievement badges, special icons,

when it comes to integrating improvements into the gaming experience. Robinson notes, ee working now to create a lot of interesting visuals, educational material,


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A larger market opportunity is in the emerging middle class of countries like Brazil and India.


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and even The french association of terrorism victims are all against it. But 438 out of 566 members of the lower house from all parties voted for the law.


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and family, especially when the patient is a child. This is especially useful for people who suffer from hemophilia a condition where the body is not able to produce the protein that makes blood coagulate.


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and it gives you a summary of each one based on literature, says Banda. t not someone else tweet


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where consumers see cars as purely utilitarian tools, manufacturers need to push beyond the current model cross product, business model and culture d


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and therefore a lower healthy age gene score, suggesting significant association with the disease. Timmons added that this is the first blood test of its kind that has shown that the same set of molecules are regulated in both the blood


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"Julie Hesketh-Laird from the Scotch whisky Association said, "The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."


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"Julie Hesketh-Laird from the Scotch whisky Association said, "The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."


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director of the human origins program at the Smithsonian Institution's Natural history Museum, who was involved not in the discovery,

but alternatively it may have been a death trap for individuals that found their own way in."


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single-cell embryos obtained from fertility clinics. They wanted to edit the gene responsible for B-thalassemia, a fatal blood disorder.


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In 2013, invasive MRSA infections were estimated responsible for an 9, 937 deaths in the US, researchers said.

Although current infection rates are declining, the majority of these deaths, about 8, 150, were associated with inpatient stays in health care facilities, according to the Active Bacterial Core surveillance report by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in US.


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A super computer developed in the US can predict the likelihood of a person's death with almost 100 per cent accuracy,


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#Prosthetic hand restores sense of touch in 28-year-old A 28-year-old paraly sed man in the US has become the first person to"feel"physical sensa ions through a prosthetic

the man could even identify which me chanical finger was being gently to uched, researchers said.

Electrode arrays were placed onto the man's sensory cortex, the brain region responsible for identi ying tactile sensations such as pressure.

That gave the man the capacity to control the hand's movements with his thoughts.

The team used wires to route those signals to the arrays on the man's brain.

while the man was blindfolded, he was able to report with nearly 100%accuracy which mechanical finger was being touched,


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Philippe Durand, the chief researcher, said genesis of the research was indications that male fertility was declining


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#Paraplegic man walks using only his brain power A brain-to-computer echnology that can translate thoughts into leg movements has enab ed a man paralysed from the waist down by a spinal cord injury to become the first such


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#Paraplegic man walks using only his brain power A brain-to-computer technology that can translate thoughts into leg movements has enabled a man paralysed from the waist down by a spinal cord injury to become the first such patient to walk without the use of robotics,


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In a series of experiments in breast cancer cell lines and transgenic mice that develop breast cancer as adults,


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Danish researchers were hunting for a way of protecting pregnant women from malaria, which can cause huge problems


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assistant professor of child psychiatry at Washington University School of medicine in St louis. White matter tracts in the brain are made of axons that connect brain regions to form networks.


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myoclonic seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in adults and children with epilepsy, they write.

or the daily struggle of getting a child to take his or her medication, adherence can be said a challenge


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when we are working out treatment for a child with congenital heart disease we can create a 3d dissection model of the patient


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something many families cannot afford. A domestically-made traditional prosthesis is often not satisfactory. The imported hip alone quickly costs around 30


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The team demonstrated that silicone elastomers can be printed seamlessly into gradient architectures composed of soft and rigid regions (meaning that for wearable devices,


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They turned to architecture firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill to design the house, which includes a small kitchenette, entertainment area, and Murphy bed.


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an architecture and design firm based in New york city and Istanbul. The make the swimsuit, the material was moulded into the shape of a bikini

with any shape and form of swimming outfit, can contribute to the cleanliness of the seas by a sports activity or simply a leisurely summer vacation


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Inspired by the human gastrointestinal tract, Mushtari (which means ugeor iantin Arabic) is designed to host synthetic microorganisms a co-culture of photosynthetic cyanobacteria

and the Mythologies of the Not yet Exhibit at Pompidou in Paris push the limits of technology.


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Both pieces of tech will be on display at the Annual Meeting for the American Urological Association in New orleans from today until May 19.


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Owings & Merrill LLP, one of the largest architecture firms in the world, laid out the blueprints for the structure and,

Growing up in a family of builders, with a dad whose ten brothers also built homes,


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That when partners of New york city-based architecture and design firm Eray Carbajo came in with the idea to implement the material into a wearable technology


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Interesting find Museum of Victoria senior curator of Ichthyology Dr Martin Gomon says it is an interesting find

He says there are a number of different marine groups that have gone down this evolutionary path"including some species of tuna and the Lamnidae family of sharks


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But Dr Rick Olive, president of the Australian Dental Association, argues the approach taken by the UK,


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increased damage has been associated with lifestyle choices such as smoking and obesity. Improving public awareness of lifestyle choices which may damage telomeres would


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Ohio-based Angstron Materials, Inc. has developed a family of cost-effective thermal foil products that can be customized for handheld devices and other products.


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a disease that typically occurs in approximately 30%of adults and greater than 70%of children after cataract surgery.


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professor of neurobiology and behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences and senior associate vice provost for research. e know that the technological breakthroughs

Linda B. Glaser is a staff writer for the College of Arts and Sciences a


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and enhances the quality of life of many people around the globe. The Carl Zeiss Group develops


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In combination with innovative quantitative approaches and numerical simulations, they were also able to define the genome architecture at the nanoscale.

they observed key differences in the chromatin fibre architectures of both cells. Pia Cosma, group leader and ICREA research professor at the CRG explains,


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this setup could also allow researchers to monitor the removal of metabolic waste products from the cells. his system is not a simple cell culture where tissue is being bathed in a static bath of liquid,

In the future, this setup could also allow researchers to monitor the removal of metabolic waste products from the cells. his system is not a simple cell culture where tissue is being bathed in a static bath of liquid,


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Hansman's research team recently discovered that a"nanobody"called Nano-85 was able to bind to intact norovirus-like particles (VLPS) in culture.


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'In addition to controlling music or phone calls, the iskin technology could be used for many other applications. For example, a keyboard sticker could be used to type


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private foundations, said Chen. erkeley Lab has a really good culture of multidisciplinary research, excellent engineering,


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This is analogous to a photo of a child on a merry-go-round taken with an exposure time that is too long:


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Eventually, these fibers will be part of devices as inexpensive and easy to use as home pregnancy tests and will diagnose diseases without requiring specialized laboratories particularly useful in regions with limited access to doctors and hospitals.


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A'Smoking Gun'for Neurotransmitter Release In this latest research the scientists found that when the SNARES and synaptotagmin-1 join up,


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and Jeffery G. Saven, a professor in Penn Arts & Sciencesdepartment of Chemistry. It was published in the journal ACS Nano.


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Betzig began working with SIM shortly after the death in 2011 of one of its pioneers, Mats Gustafsson,


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Dr. Rafal Klajn research is supported by the Abramson Family Center for Young Scientists; the Rothschild Caesarea Foundation;


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There are only therapies to address quality of life, such as dopamine replacement, "Batrakova said.""However, studies have shown that delivering neurotrophic factor to the brain not only promotes the survival of neurons


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a family member of complex oxide materials with distinctive cubic crystal structures. Perovskites have long been recognized for a variety of useful physical properties,

Others involved in the work included Penn State university, Korea Institute of Materials science, Temple University, Pohang University of Science and Technology, University of California-Santa barbara and Boise State university n


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In comparison with other vapor sensors based on nanosheets, the new photonic architecture displays markedly increased response times, higher sensitivity and long-term stability. his unique combination of properties enables it to track


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and Professor Christian Hackenberger of the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology in Berlin have developed a new strategy that permits specific chemical modification of virtually any protein more rapidly


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easy-to-use diagnostic to the clinic and the field with immediate potential to improve patient outcomes and quality of life e


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making these products safer for both children and adults.""Using far less polydopamine by weight than typical of conventional flame retardant additives,

and adults use every day, "Ellison said.""We weren't expecting to find a flame retardant in nature,


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and enables individual creative expression by allowing users to control a number of music and art-based software programs with their breath. e are delighted to further Governor Andrew M. Cuomo vision for a vibrant high-tech sector in New york state as

and comes with special software to allow musicians to play digital music or control a computer with varying levels of breath.

and even children who can experience the joy of music and art through this unique approach to personal expression. n concert with Governor Andrew Cuomo high-tech blueprint for New york state,

and can enjoy countless hours creating music with their Jamboxx, said Dr. Castracane. his was not only a rewarding challenge for me,


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"said Wyss Core Faculty member George Church, Ph d, . who is a pioneer in the converging fields of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and genetics.

Church is the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical school and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT.

Now, Wyss Institute researchers led by Church have developed a new suite of such sensors reported in Nucleic acids Research journal,

"said Church.""We're trying to control biological processes and we need new ways to get our hands in at the molecular level-we're now reaching in deeper than we've previously been able to,


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TEES partners with academic institutions, governmental agencies, industries and communities to solve problems to help improve the quality of life,


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and then trigger a specific response, such as cell death. This system can be customized to detect any DNA sequence in a mammalian cell

Cells that did not receive the new gene could be induced to undergo cell death, creating a pure population of the desired cells.


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"said de Pablo, the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering.""The liquid crystal molecules that are at the interface become distorted:


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The annual survey of the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) indicates a 13.2%increase on 2014 in vacancies being offered by graduate recruiters.


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The Concordes and Tupolevs that paved the way for supersonic air travel in the 1970s now gather dust in museums.


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The Solar Trade Association thinks solar power could provide the same amount of electricity for half the subsidy cost.


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He has been taken into custody at Antrim police station and is being questioned by detectives from the Police Service of Northern ireland.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey told the House of commons the government was not against compulsory encryption for firms holding customer data.


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and nutrition for millions of small-scale fishermen and their families for generations, allowing coastal communities to sustain themselves.


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UV sterilisation and so on-this is a promising one, because it's cheap, and it's a catchy idea that people can get hold of


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UV sterilisation and so on-this is a promising one, because it's cheap, and it's a catchy idea that people can get hold of


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social workers or doctors to monitor patients remotely. Dr Caleb-Solly said:""If an alert is sent


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which was welcomed by more than 20,000 expats on Sunday evening at a stadium reception in San jose,

Outside the stadium, that enthusiasm was on full display-though not without the accompaniment of a strong protest against his government.

In particular, they say he did little to prevent the killing of Muslims in the Gujarat riots in 2002.

"said one supporter outside the stadium. The SAP Center is in San jose, a city that sits at the bottom of Silicon valley,

a staged display designed to build his reputation as a man of the people. The meeting at Facebook was mutually beneficial.


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with about five per cent of the world's population carrying a defective adult haemoglobin gene.

The researchers based their new approach on the fact that a small number of people with damaged adult haemoglobin have an additional, beneficial mutation in the foetal haemoglobin gene."


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that enabled them to identify the crucial role played by a family of end-binding (EB) proteins in regulating microtubule dynamic instability.

For chromosome migration to occur, the microtubules attached to them must disassemble, carrying the chromosomes in the process.


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and renal function across a 12 year span-both important determinants of mortality. In particular, they demonstrated that patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease had altered an'healthy ageing'RNA signature in their blood,

and therefore a lower healthy age gene score, suggesting significant association with the disease. Timmons added:"


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Now, using a new approach developed by researchers led by George Church, Ph d.,of Harvard and Ron Weiss, Ph d.,of the Massachusetts institute of technology,

Church is Core Faculty member at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical school and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT,

Chavez, who is advised by both Church and Collins at the Wyss, is a co-first author on the study together with Samira Kiani,

or design advanced synthetic gene circuitries,"said Church.""This new functionality will improve our ability to decipher the complex relationships between interdependent genes responsible for many diseases,


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who serves as Pels Family Professor at Rockefeller. When DNA strands break, the cell ideally puts them back together


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and place patients at an elevated risk of mortality. Patients are associated also with a high risk of developing colorectal cancer.


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causing problems with eating, breathing and mobility and eventually death. Dr Sarah Hatsell and her colleagues at Regeneron found that the overactivity of the mutant receptor is caused by its altered response to the signalling molecule Activin-A this molecule normally makes AVCR1 less active,

'said Betsy Bogard, director of global research development for the International FOP Association i


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#'Flu severity'gene identified A key gene that governs the severity of influenza infections has been identified.

pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions, who are believed to be at greater risk of influenza complications.


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and have discovered a elf-cleaving peptide a split NPU (Nostoc punctiforme) intein which leaves just one column.


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and have discovered a elf-cleaving peptide a split NPU (Nostoc punctiforme) intein which leaves just one column.


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"Classical computers will always find an ineluctable limit to efficient brain-like computation in their very architecture,


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In this case, he discovered a new family of non-platinum-based molecules similar in structure to Cisplatin

Professor Lu has applied already for patents on the new family of non-platinum-based-halogenated molecules that he has discovered


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It is the leading cause of hospital deaths in the United states, accounting for nearly half of the total number,

and is tied to the early deaths of at least 750,000 Americans each year. Its estimated annual cost to the health-care system exceeds $24 billion.

because the risk of death from this condition increases with every passing hour it goes untreated,

which is key considering the rapid rate at which sepsis mortality rises once it gets a foothold.


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and other cells interact in the body is somewhat difficult in the lab. Biologists generally culture one cell type in plastic plates,

Now MIT spinout AIM Biotech has developed a microfluidics device based on years of research that lets researchers co-culture multiple cell types in a 3d hydrogel environment that mimics natural tissue.

Kamm said. one of those processes can be reproduced realistically in the current cell-culture methods. esigned originally for Kamm lab,

which disturbed the cell cultures. As a solution, the researchers lined the hydrogel chamber with minute posts.


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According to the American Diabetes Association, 29.1 million Americans have diabetes and case numbers are expected to rise.

This research was funded by the National institutes of health, the National Science Foundation and the American Heart Association m


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Funding support for this research came, in part, from the National institutes of health, the Veterans Health Administration, the Alzheimer Association, the Donald and Darlene Shiley Family Trusts and Ceregene, Inc. Disclosure:


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and used a nanoscale vehicle made of DNA to deliver a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool into cells in both cell culture and an animal model.

To test the nanoclew CRISPR-Cas delivery system, the researchers treated cancer cell cultures and tumors in mice.


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which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said accounts for over 10,000 deaths annually, mostly among hospital patients.

causing death. Torres also has plans to study groups of Africans known to be genetically deficient in Duffy antigens and, hence, more resistant to malaria,


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The protein, called STAT3, interferes with chemotherapy by halting the death of cancerous cells and allowing them to proliferate.

The National institutes of health, the Robert A. Welch Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the Virginia and L. E. Simmons Family Foundation supported the research a


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having this immensely simplifies discussions with families, who find the anatomy confusing, Emani said. his gives them a better visual,

and many patients and families have commented on how this empowers them to understand their condition better. e


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Feltri explained. t provides a glimpse into the social life of cells. his work has important implications for diseases of myelin such as Krabbe disease,


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and retinal amyloid imaging. his study shows some of the earliest known Alzheimer disease biomarker changes in adults with Down syndrome

and underscores the need for additional studies, said Rafii. his study will set the stage for the first clinical trial of anti-beta amyloid therapy in the preclinical treatment of Alzheimer disease in adults with Down syndrome.


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and then trigger a specific response, such as cell death. This system can be customized to detect any DNA sequence in a mammalian cell

Cells that did not receive the new gene could be induced to undergo cell death, creating a pure population of the desired cells.


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which is the sixth leading cause of death in the United states. However, to date, few methods are available to assess it.

The costs to family life and on the health care system are enormous. Alzheimer and other dementias are projected to cost the United states $226 billion in 2015 alone,


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