by Jill Taylor With help from a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the MetaCyc database, a metabolic pathway database that allows researchers to visualize metabolic pathways from more than 230 organisms, will soon be expanding both its content and the supporting software tool kit to provide additional querying capabilities, and a richer set of visualizations.
by Elizabeth Tolchin Researchers identified an enzyme that plays a key role in the recognition of misfolded proteins. The finding, say the researchers, may offer a potential target for several degenerative diseases, including cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease.
by Elizabeth Tolchin In a recent study Hoffmann-La Roche used single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and genotyping technologies provided by ParAllele BioScience to identify genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
by Mark Terry Researchers identified a relationship between the inverse expression of pRb2/p130 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and tumor aggressiveness. Together, they may act as a biomarker for hepatocarcinoma (HCC) or liver cancer.
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by Elizabeth Tolchin With so much genetic expression data being produced by microarrays in the study of cancer, knowing the extent to which these studies agree can provide valuable insight. That is just what researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, set out to find.
Rapid Fractionation Of Complex Protein Extracts With Centrifugal MembraneAdsorber Units Improves Detection Of Proteins In 2d PageMay 19, 2004 10:51 am | Articles | Comments
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by mass spectrometry for protein identification is a reliable and reproducible means of sample analysis. A key element in this process is reducing sample complexity, as samples often consist of tens of thousands of proteins in a magnitude of different concentrations.
by Elizabeth Tolchin In a notice issued this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new guidance to encourage the development of fixed dose combinations (FDC) and copackaged products for the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS.
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