News tagged with reagent
New method makes culture of complex tissue possible in any lab
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Economizing chemistry, atom by atom
In chemistry, downsizing can have positive attributes. Reducing the number of steps and reagents in synthetic reactions, for example, enables chemists to boost their productivity while reducing their environmental ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Singapore admits DNA test procedures not followed
Official DNA testing procedures were not properly followed in more than 400 investigations in Singapore, the city-state's authorities have admitted.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Scientists use animal-free reagents to create clinical-grade neurons from skin cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Using a specially designed facility, UCLA stem cell scientists have taken human skin cells, reprogrammed them into cells with the same unlimited property as embryonic stem cells, and then ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Tracing biological pathways
A new chemical process developed by a team of Harvard researchers greatly increases the utility of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in creating real-time 3-D images of chemical process occurring inside the human body.
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Novel approach to treat proliferative vitreoretinopathy shows promise
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), or the formation of scar tissue within the eye, is a serious, sight-threatening complication in patients recovering surgical repair of retinal detachment. A new study conducted by investigators ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Biodesign researchers to develop new reagent pipeline for molecular medicine
An ongoing Arizona State University effort to develop a revolutionary class of reagents that holds great promise for the future of medicine has received a major boost with a three-year, $4 million award from ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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New chemical reagent turns mouse brain transparent
Japanese researchers at RIKEN have developed a ground-breaking new aqueous reagent which literally turns biological tissue transparent. Experiments using fluorescence microscopy on samples treated with the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 31, 2011 |
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FDA draft guidance document may limit patient access to tests
The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration on the draft guidance document titled, "Commercially Distributed In Vitro Diagnostic Products Labeled for Research Use ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 30, 2011 |
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New salts for chemical soups
Organozinc reagents are an important class of organometallic compounds with a wide range of applications. German chemists have developed a novel route for the synthesis of so-called organozinc pivalates in a stable powdered ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Feasible use of methane as a raw material
A team of EU-funded researchers has moved one step closer to using methane as a raw material.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Membrane pockets that gain catalytic activity upon self-assembly shed light on biological enzymatic processes
Biological membranes play key roles in the body. They determine, for example, how molecules enter and exit cells, and the architecture of their lipid bilayer allows them to host enzymes and enhance their catalytic ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Blood test can instantly diagnose depression
(Medical Xpress) -- Backed by the medical research group Human Metabolome Technologies (HMT), researchers at Keio University have developed a test which measures the concentration of phosphoric acid in the blood as an indicator ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 31, 2011 |
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International effort mapping a pathway to generate renewable antibodies
In the first study of its kind to date, an international group of scientists including Drs. Tony Pawson and Karen Colwill at Mount Sinai Hospital and Drs. Dev Sidhu and Aled Edwards at the University of Toronto have highlighted ...
May 17, 2011 |
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What's the label? Helping to unravel the role of nature in biosynthetic pathways
(PhysOrg.com) -- Terpenoids are a very large and diverse class of compounds which includes certain hormones, flavors, and drugs, such as steroids, cinnamon or menthol, and antibacterials. They are found in ...
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