New Tool For Comparative Gene Studies
A great deal is known about how model organisms such as fruit flies, nematodes and mice develop.

New Technique Boosts Size Of Proteins That Can Be Analyzed
Cornell researchers have extended a powerful technique to increase by fourfold the size of a protein that can be analyzed, to those containing more than 2,000 amino acids, up from about 500.

Method To Visualize Gene Activity May Provide Important Insight Into Normal Development And Genome Function
A technique, which uses bright fluorescent dyes to reveal the activity of genes in individual cells of an organism, promises to be a boon to developmental biologists

Physicians Unveil New Technique For Stroke Analysis; More Sensitive CT Scan Technique Will Bring Precise Diagnosis Into More Hospitals
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found a new way to evaluate acute strokes.

Brookhaven Lab Researchers Develop A Technique To Measure Defects In Materials With Unprecedented Accuracy
Researchers have developed a technique to detect defects in materials with picometer accuracy.

Jefferson Scientists Use Gene Repair Technique To Change Albino Mice Hairs To Black
Researchers have used an innovative "gene repair" technique to genetically change white albino mice hairs to black.

Technique Measures Muscle Contraction At Molecular Level
A measurement technique originally designed for studying interactions within molecules of DNA has been used to examine muscle movement at the molecular level, says the researcher who developed the procedure.

Two-Photon Microscopy of Cells and Tissue
This review aims to provide an overview of the use of two-photon excitation microscopy.

Challenges in Detecting the Abuse of Growth Hormone in Sport
The purpose of this review is to discuss the methodologies being developed to detect GH abuse.

Exhaled breath condensate as a method of sampling airway nitric oxide and other markers of infl ammation
Most of the methods of investigating lung diseases have been invasive until the discovery that exhaled nitric oxide can be used as a surrogate marker of airway infl ammation, particularly in asthma.

Raman spectroscopy: the gateway into tomorrow's virology
This review provides an introduction for a virologist into the world of spectroscopy and explores many of the potential applications of Raman tweezers in virology.

Use of an improved zirconyl hematoxylin stain in the diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus
The efficacy of the improved zirconyl hematoxylin in the diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus was compared to the efficacy of alcian blue.

Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2002: Revolutionary Analytical Methods For Biomolecules
2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry concerns powerful analytical methods for studying biological macromolecules, for example proteins.

Shooting A Painting Reveals Its Pigments
Dutch scientists have developed a new method for studying organic pigments in the paintings of old masters.

New DNA 'Fingerprinting' Technique Separates Hemp From Marijuana
Using new DNA "fingerprinting" techniques, researchers have become the first to unequivocally separate hemp plants from marijuana plants with genetic markers.

Multidimensional Technique Enhances Vibrational Spectroscopy
The new spectroscopic technique allows researchers to investigate vibrational energy redistribution in molecules with unprecedented detail.

Scientists Devise Way To Measure RNA Synthesis On The Fly In A Live Cell
A team of scientists has developed a non-invasive laboratory technique that allows them to instantly map when genes are switching off and on in a living bacterium as it becomes exposed to antibiotics and other changes in its environment.

Faster Method To Create Antibodies For Disease Research
Faster method to create antibodies for disease research British scientists are pioneering a new technique to produce large numbers ofantibodies quickly and reliably to help the study of dangerous bacteria.

Research Accelerates Discovery Of Novel Gene Function
Researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly identifying the functions of genes.

Researchers Go Fishing, Pull Out Antigens
The method extends a widely used technique, called library display, to more complex proteins. It could have broad applications in biological and medical research.