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Nucleic Fluorescent Probes for Detecting Single Base Alterations

The present invention relates to forced intercalation probes (FIT-probes) based on nucleoside analogues with fluorescent artificial nucleobases. Thereby the…

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New Diagnostic Marker for Celiac Disease Unveiled

Celiac disease is a worldwide autoimmune disorder characterized by gluten intolerance, and is associated with a number of serious clinical conditions. The…

Environmental Conservation

Researchers Develop Technique to Help Pollution Forecasters See Past Clouds

University of Iowa scientists have created a technique to help satellites “see” through the clouds and better estimate the concentration of pollutants, such as…

Life & Chemistry

One Smart Egg: Birds Sense Day Length and Change Development

Dr. Mark E. Clark, associate professor, and Dr. Wendy Reed, head of biological sciences at NDSU, found in their study that embryos in eggs appear to sense…

Information Technology

Home Technology runs your home smartly and remotely via web/mobile

The Home Technology system, which has been developed by the French-based company of the same name, acts as home-care support by monitoring and analysing the…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Spots New Irregular Moon Orbiting Pluto

Pluto’s new-found moon, visible as a speck of light in Hubble images, is estimated to be irregular in shape and between 10 and 25 kilometres across. It is in a…

Earth Sciences

NASA Captures Hurricane Emilia as Category 2 Storm

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies onboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Hurricane Emilia on…

Life & Chemistry

Cleveland Clinic researchers discover molecule that may prevent atherosclerosis

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that a naturally occurring molecule may play a role in preventing plaque buildup inside arteries, possibly leading…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Uncover New Light Perception Pathways in Plants

Generally, plants adjust their growth to fit in with their local environment, light being easily the most important factor – after all, they need light to…

Health & Medicine

Immune Cell Trafficking Observed in Beating Heart

Researchers investigating this type of secondary heart damage have been stymied by the inability to see in real time how restoring blood flow leads to…

Life & Chemistry

New Agent Targets Tropical Parasites in Africa

African sleeping sickness is caused by the tropical parasite Trypanosoma brucei. This unicellular, worm-shaped organism is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. It…

Life & Chemistry

Biomarkers Identify and Treat Schizophrenia Effectively

In the current online issue of PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say they have identified a set of…

Studies and Analyses

New Methods to Combat Youth Anxiety and Depression Uncovered

Emotional problems in childhood are common. Approximately 8 to 22 percent of children suffer from anxiety, often combined with other conditions such as…

Life & Chemistry

Harvard Researcher Reveals Future of Manageable Cancer Treatments

A Harvard researcher studying the evolution of drug resistance in cancer says that, in a few decades, “many, many cancers could be manageable.”“Many people are…

Life & Chemistry

New Cells from Burn Tissue Show Promise for Tissue Engineering

Their study is published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:5), now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/.”In…

Health & Medicine

Enhancing Retina Transplantation: New Insights on Microenvironment

Their study is published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:5), now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/.”Photoreceptor death is an irreversible process and represents one of the largest causes of untreatable blindness in the developed world,” said Dr. Rachael A. Pearson, study co-author and a member of the Department of Genetics, University College London Institute of Ophthalmology. “Stem cell replacement therapy offers a novel strategy for retinal repair, but since it is likely that a large number of cells would be needed to restore vision, enhancement of the process is needed.”…

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