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New laser method reproduces art masterworks to protein patterns
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Canadian researchers have created a new protein patterning technique that's enabled them to reproduce complex cellular environments and a miniature version of a masterpiece painting. According to a new study ...
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Cell pathway, disease linked to histone action
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Oct 26, 2007 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have discovered a key cell-signaling pathway that regulates cell progression and switches on front-to-back body patterning in tadpoles.
Researchers revise long-held theory of fruit-fly development
Dec 17, 2009 |
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For decades, science texts have told a simple and straightforward story about a particular protein—a transcription factor—that helps the embryo of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, pattern tissues in a m ...
Researcher identifies genetic patterning in fruit fly development
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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No matter the species, from flies to humans, we all start the same: a single-cell fertilized egg that embarks on an incredible journey. The specifics of this journey are being uncovered at Rutgers University–Camden, where ...
Laminin builds the neuromuscular synapse
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Sep 15, 2008 |
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Like a plug and a socket, a nerve and a muscle fiber mesh at the neuromuscular junction. New work by Nishimune et al published in the Journal of Cell Biology reveals that an extracellular matrix protein called laminin shapes ...
Notch controls bone formation and strength
Feb 24, 2008 |
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Notch, a protein known to govern the determination of cell differentiation into different kinds of tissues in embryos, plays a critical role in bone formation and strength later in life, said researchers from Baylor College ...
Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields
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Oct 13, 2008 |
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Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale arrays ...
Embryonic patterning makes the feathers fly
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Dec 10, 2006 |
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How the chicken got its feathers in the right place is not a Rudyard Kipling “Just So” story, but an illustration of how simple causes can stack up into complicated results. For a chicken, it’s the difference between having ...
Mechanism to Organize Nervous System Conserved in Evolution
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Sep 11, 2006 |
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A study led by University of California, San Diego biologists suggests that, contrary to the prevailing view, the process in early development that partitions the nervous system in fruit flies and vertebrates, ...
Chemist receives NIH funding to unravel tricks of neuronal wiring
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Joshua Maurer, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, has received a four-year, $1,216,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled "Unraveling Development: New Materials ...
Helping Lost Neurons Find Their Way
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Spinal cord injuries are often a worst-case diagnosis for people who suffer accidents because they may mean permanent disability. Unlike a broken leg or pulled muscle, spinal cord injuries do not heal themselves over time.
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