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Structure-guided discovery of the metabolite carboxy-SAM that modulates tRNA function

The identification of novel metabolites and the characterization of their biological functions are major challenges in biology. X-ray crystallography can reveal unanticipated ligands that persist through purification and crystallization. These advent...

Synthetic analog computation in living cells

A central goal of synthetic biology is to achieve multi-signal integration and processing in living cells for diagnostic, therapeutic and biotechnology applications. Digital logic has been used to build small-scale circuits, but other frameworks may...

Structural biology: Tiny enzyme uses context to succeed

How the enzyme diacylglycerol kinase can form membrane anchors and an active site from so few amino-acid residues has long been a mystery. Crystal structures reveal that it gets by with a little help from its friends.

Synthetic biology: It's an analog world

The first synthetic genetic circuits to use analog computation have been developed. These circuits involve fewer components and resources, and can execute more complex operations, than their digital counterparts.

New Validation and Clinical Outcome Data From Several Studies on Nanosphere's Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Blood Culture Tests to Be Presented at ASM 2013

NORTHBROOK, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 05/16/13 -- Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSPH), a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, today announced that new validation and outcome data for select Verigene® clinical microbiology tests will be presented at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) being held in Denver, CO fro...

Apple Activists vs Scientists « Biology Fortified, Inc.

By Karl Haro von MogelAt the 2013 Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Conference, I had the unique opportunity to meet and interview Neal Carter, President of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, makers of the Arctic® Apple, and also attend a protest of the same apple organized by the Organic Consumers Association. I interviewed Mike Durshmid who was leading the protest, and asked

MARC Travel Awards announced for the ENDO 2013 95th Annual Meeting

(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) FASEB MARC Program has announced the travel award recipients for The Endocrine Society 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA from June 15-18, 2013.

MARC Travel Awards announced for the SDB 2013 72nd Annual Meeting

(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) FASEB MARC Program has announced the travel award recipients for The Society for Developmental Biology 72nd Annual Meeting in Cancun, Mexico from June 16-20, 2013.

Scientific insurgents say 'Journal Impact Factors' distort science

(American Society for Cell Biology) An ad hoc coalition of unlikely insurgents -- scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines -- today posted an international declaration ca...

Endothelium, heal thyself

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Investigators from the Center for Vascular Biology Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center publish new findings showing that the endothelium's efficient barrier function relies on an enormous self-resto...

New FASEB analysis documents impact of budget cuts on biomedical research

(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology released a new analysis of National Institutes of Health funding trends highlighting the devastating impact of sequestration on...

Foundation Medicine to Present Clinical Data on its FoundationOne™ Cancer Genomic Profile at the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting

Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company that brings comprehensive cancer genomic diagnostic testing and analysis to routine clinical care, today announced that 12 abstracts highlighting the company’s progress in clinical cancer genome sequencing will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting...

NanoString Technologies Announces Oral Study Presentation of the Prosigna™ Assay in Postmenopausal Node-Positive Breast Cancer at the 2013 Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that a clinical study of the Prosigna Breast Cancer Assay will be presented during the Breast Cancer Oral Abstract Session at the 2013 Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting on Sun...

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Joins Health Discovery Corporation Board of Directors

Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY) announced today that Secretary Norman Mineta has joined Health Discovery Corporation’s Board of Directors. “The addition of Secretary Norman Mineta to our Board of Directors brings a major resource and additional expertise to our company,” said John A. Norris, J.D., M.B.A, CEO of Health Discovery Co...

DAISY - Symposium on Data Analysis in Life Science

DAISY, the Symposium on Data Analysis in Life Science, commemorates the 10 year anniversary of the Nycomed Chair for Bioinformatics at the University of Konstanz. Renowned researchers from areas such as cheminformatics, machine learning, systems biology, image and data mining will present their vision of the challenges ahead: how to catch up with the enormous data variety that is hovering over us.

On secondment to conduct research

What was your first contact with pharmacy as a profession? When I was at school I researched many careers and found myself leaning towards a career in healthcare. Pharmacy seemed to combine my interest in medicines and biology with my motivation to...

Identification of micromonolactam, a new polyene macrocyclic lactam from two marine Micromonospora strains using chemical and molecular methods: clarification of the biosynthetic pathway from a glutamate starter unit

X-ray phase-contrast in vivo microtomography probes new aspects of Xenopus gastrulation

An ambitious goal in biology is to understand the behaviour of cells during development by imaging—in vivo and with subcellular resolution—changes of the embryonic structure. Important morphogenetic movements occur throughout embryogenesis, but i...

Cell biology: Sperm control DNA breaks

When dividing to produce mammalian sex cells, cells coordinate how DNA breaks occur.The cell-division process that forms these sex cells, which contain one set of chromosomes instead of the normal two, involves the swapping of bits of genetic materia...

Reduced Oxygen Levels Could Double Neural Stem Cells’ Chance of Survival

Decreasing the amount of oxygen traditionally used when culturing stem cells for use in neurological therapies could drastically affect their survival rate. In fact, it could double it, according to a new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine. Durham, NC (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Decreasing the amount of oxygen traditionally used when culturing stem cells for use in neurological th...

Two Leading Alzheimer's Disease Researchers Recognized with MetLife Foundation Awards

MetLife Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2013 Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease: Yueming Li, Ph.D., member and professor, Sloan-Kettering Institute and director and professor, Graduate Program in Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Lennart Mucke, M.D., director, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, Joseph B. Martin Distinguishe...

Genomic Health's New Prostate Test May Extend The Stock's Upward Climb

By Amy Baldwin:Genomic Health, Inc.'s (GHDX) stock has risen over 31% in the last month. The molecular diagnostics company's upward swing may be due to an earlier announcement of an 8% increase in revenue, but what probably propelled the stock further in the last few days was that Genomic health announced its novel genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer became available on the...

Metabolic Solutions Development Company announces publication of data describing a new drug target for diabetes

KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Metabolic Solutions Development Company, LLC (MSDC) announced today the publication of data in the latest issue of the scientific journal PLOS ONE (http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061551) on a new drug target for type 2 diabetes located in the inner mitochondrial membrane, which includes recently identified proteins that control mitochondrial...

PHT Corporation Hosts Upcoming Educational Webinar, “Effective Use of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) in Migraine and Headache Patient Populations”

Webinar reviews science and safety advantages of ePRO for episodic and preventative treatment strategies Senior Scientific Advisors Dr. Susan M. Dallabrida and Dr. Jill Platko of PHT Consulting Services will conduct a new webinar,

White Veggies Just As Nutritional As Their Colorful Cousins

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Forgoing those boring looking veggies for ones that have a little more color isn't necessarily the best way to great nutrition, according to a new study. Researchers wrote in the journal Advances in Nutrition that potatoes and other white vegetables are just as important to good nutrition as colorful ones. "It's recommended that the variety of...