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• Sugar influences the onset of flowering
  

  A plant can reproduce successfully only if it flowers at the appropriate time. Therefore, a complex network of photoreceptors and other proteins has evolved to monitor environmental conditions such as light and temperature. It has long been thought that plants must also ensure that they have suffici more

• More evidence that melanoma does not conform to the cancer stem cell model

  University of Michigan researchers have determined that most types of melanoma cells can form malignant tumors, providing new evidence that the deadliest form of skin cancer does not conform to the increasingly popular cancer stem cell model. In addition, the researchers found that melanoma tumor more

• Everest Biotech awards $100,000 antibody grant

  Everest Biotech is delighted to announce the winners of its inaugural Antibody Creation Grant. Worth up to $100,000, the funding was offered to research labs around the world. The winners are: - Professor Gillian Griffith (University of Cambridge, UK): To characterize and investigate the less known more

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• RealTime ready - Function Tested qPCR Assays Based on the Universal ProbeLibrary Technology
  

  RealTime ready qPCR Assays redefine real-time qPCR because each assay is function-tested in PCR and qualified under strict criteria to assure superior performance. The RealTime ready Assays are based on the well-known Universal ProbeLibrary (UPL) technology and are available in a ready-to-use formulation as dried-down assays in LightCycler® 480 Multiwell Plates 96 and 384, or as a primer probe mix for single assays in a liquid formulation for all real-time PCR platforms available in the market more

• New Standard in Electrophysiology and Deep Tissue Imaging
  

  The function of nerve and muscle cells relies on ionic currents flowing through ion channels. These ion channels play a major role in cell physiology. One way to investigate ion channels is to use patch clamping. This method allows investigation of ion channels in detail and recording of the electric activity of different types of cells, mainly excitable cells like neurons, muscle fibres or beta cells of the pancreas. The patch clamping technique was developed by Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann in the 1970s and 80s to study individual ion channels in living cells. In 1991 they received the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for their work. Today the patch clamping technique is one of the most important methods in the field of electrophysiology more

• Miniaturised Platelet Aggregation Assays using the NOVOstar Microplate Reader
  

  Platelet aggregation is a “gold standard” assay of platelet function in the research and clinical laboratory settings which is conventionally measured with aggregometers requiring large volumes of platelet suspensions and only in low throughput format. With the NOVOstar microplate reader from BMG LABTECH we present an alternative optical method to measure platelet aggregation using small volumes in 96-well format more

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• Inhibition of galectin-3 reduces atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

  Atherosclerosis is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. Galectin-3 is a carbohydrate-binding lectin implicated in the pathophysiology of CVD and is highly expressed within atherosclerotic lesions in mice and humans. The object of this present study was to use genetic del more

• GC-Biased Gene Conversion in Yeast Is Specifically Associated with Crossovers: Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Significance

  GC-biased gene conversion (gBGC) is a process associated with recombination that favors the transmission of GC alleles over AT alleles during meiosis. gBGC plays a major role in genome evolution in many eukaryotes. However, the molecular mechanisms of gBGC are still unknown. Different steps of the more

• Prickle1 is expressed in distinct cell populations of the central nervous system and contributes to neuronal morphogenesis

  Development of axons and dendrites constitutes a critical event in neuronal maturation and seems to require signaling through the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway. Mutations in components of the PCP pathway lead to a spectrum of neurological phenotypes and disorders. For example, a missense mutat more

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• China Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2012

  BMI View: 2012 is a very important year for the country as the government look to carry on their achievements following the healthcare reform in 2009. We highlight that the expansion of the National Essential Drug List (NEDL) slated to happen this year will bring strong opportunities for pharmaceuti more

• Drug-eluting Stent Market in Europe 2011-2015

  TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Drug-eluting Stent market in Europe to grow at a CAGR of 4.3 percent over the period 2011–2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the region. The Drug-eluting Stent market in Europe has als more

• Direct to Consumer (DTC) Advertising in Pharmaceuticals - Shift from Traditional Mass-Media Platforms towards Personalization via Online and Social Media

  GBI Research, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research, “Direct to Consumer (DTC) Advertising in Pharmaceuticals - Shift from Traditional Mass-Media Platforms towards Personalization via Online and Social Media”, which provides insights into the up-and-coming tren more

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