Discovery of novel human transcript variants by analysis of intronic single-block EST with polyadenylation site Nov 12, 2009
Although bioinformatic analysis has been conducted to detect polyadenylation sites using nucleic acid sequences (EST/mRNA) in the public databases, one special type, single-block EST is much less emphasized. This bias leaves a large space to discover novel transcript variants. (BioMed Central)
Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced Nov 6, 2009
7, 2007) The first draft of the horse genome sequence has been deposited in public databases and is freely available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe, leaders of the. (Mar. (Science Daily)
A new way of looking at the world Nov 3, 2009
" The visualization project wouldn't have been possible if the text weren't digital. That progression -- of historic text becoming digital via projects like Google's scanning of books and people creating digital text every day -- is creating new possibilities. "As we get away from the number stuff, it brings us closer to something that's a little more human," Fry said. Consider the current debate about health care reform legislation, said Fernanda Viegas, also a researcher at IBM's Center for... (CNN)
From the Editor: A stormy day, a live blog and big potential Nov 1, 2009
Some of our most-visited online features are those that can't be replicated in print: photo galleries, our interactive events calendar and our expanding library of searchable public databases. Another popular new feature is a weekly interactive news quiz, posted on Fridays. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
DateCheck app gets the 411 on suitors Oct 30, 2009
Instead of surveying friends and family for information, singles can plug in a name, phone number or e-mail address and plumb a slew of public databases to find out if Mr. or Ms. Seemingly Wonderful is married, a convicted felon or worse, a weekend clog dancer. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Establishing standard definitions for genome sequences Oct 9, 2009
As the proverbial "fire hose of data" becomes a Niagara torrent, with conservative estimates of 12,000 draft genomes hitting the public databases by 2012, researchers may be surprised to find that these datasets describe genomes that are not complete. Recognizing the problem, a group of researchers from several sequencing centers, including the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), the Sanger Institute and the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) Jumpstart Consortium sequencing institutes, has proposed a... (EurekAlert!)
ZifBASE: a database of zinc finger proteins and associated resources Sep 9, 2009
The interface is cross linked to other public databases like UniprotKB, PDB, ModBase and Protein Model Portal and PubMed for making it more informative. Conclusions. (BioMed Central)
Bloggers lose cloak of anonymity Aug 24, 2009
These are public databases which list the name of the person or company which has registered a particular domain name. This is a good way of identifying the author of a self-hosted website, or the website host if the website is operated by a third party. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
MicroPC (uPC): A comprehensive resource for predicting and comparing plant microRNAs Aug 7, 2009
With abundant sequence data of numerous plants in public databases such as NCBI and PlantGDB, the identification of their miRNAs and targets would benefit researchers as a central resource for the comparative studies of plant miRNAs. Results. (BioMed Central)
Antibody Targeting Of Glioblastoma Shows Promise In Preclinical Tests Aug 3, 2009
In this latest research, Wellstein and his colleagues searched public databases, at the National Library of Medicine, to see if other studies that collected and analyzed glioblastoma and other brain tumor tissues also recorded expression of PTN and ALK, as well as genes along this pathway. "We found that they are significantly up regulated," he says. (Science Daily)
Web 2.0 enables transparency goals Aug 2, 2009
For example, agencies can make all public databases available as data feeds using common lightweight Web data standards. Once the information is published to the Internet, citizens can combine the data feeds in value-added ways using mashups, a method of Web programming that melds data from different Web sites to create a new service. (FCW.com)
Health-related Loss In Salmon Farming Jun 30, 2009
This has now been down, thanks to Aunsmo's own field studies and analyses of selected private and public databases. The doctorate describes biological and economic models for quantification of health-related loss in salmon farming. (Science Daily)
Whats it worth? Jun 28, 2009
He also will pull together information about the home from public databases. For a full appraisal, Routledge spends about eight hours from when he starts the walkthrough to the end result. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Fungus Species Traced Using The Internet Jun 16, 2009
The point is that even these "unidentified" DNA sequences are stored in public databases. This has been the point of departure for the researcher Martin Ryberg at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. (Science Daily)
James M. Kilts Appointed Chairman of The Nielsen Company's Supervisory Board Jun 16, 2009
The Kilts Center for Marketing sponsors a wide variety of basic and applied research in marketing and houses a repository of public databases used for academic research on marketing issues. The Nielsen Company has established a relationship with the Kilts Center to provide certain of its data for academic research. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Massive Online 'Macroscopic Observatory' Of Earth's Biodiversity To Be Created Jun 2, 2009
More than 40 projects worldwide creating public databases of species and museum specimens in a country or region, like the plants of the Russian Federation, the weed species of Mexico, or the mosses of Malaysia;* More than 50 projects putting web-based data to work for research or societal applications, like GISIN, a global information network on invasive species, or a database for mapping species distributions in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, designed to protect endangered species and manage... (Science Daily)
Large-scale analysis of antisense transcription in wheat using the Affymetrix GeneChip Wheat Genome Array May 30, 2009
NATs give rise to sense-antisense transcript pairs and the number of these identified has escalated greatly with the availability of DNA sequencing resources and public databases. Traditionally, NATs were identified by the alignment of full-length cDNAs or expressed sequence tags to genome sequences, but an alternative method for large-scale detection of sense-antisense transcript pairs involves the use of microarrays. (BioMed Central)
Integrated Microbial Genomes Expert Review Goes Primetime May 26, 2009
21, 2007) Sifting through the massive backlog of microbial genome sequences from the public databases the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute identified genes that kill the bacteria employed in the. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Gene signature helps predict breast cancer prognosis May 20, 2009
D., to probe human breast cancer gene expression profiles available in public databases. They found that the gene signature representing a complete elimination of TGF- signaling correlated with significantly reduced relapse-free survival in all patients. (EurekAlert!)
Tracking swine flu's origins May 7, 2009
At the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, researchers are using public databases to trace the origins of the 2009 H1N1 virus. They've found that the closest relatives to the new virus are viruses that were isolated from pigs in the United States in the past few years. (CNN -- Health)
Web tool 'as important as Google' May 1, 2009
However, it only uses public databases and runs on a much smaller scale than Alpha. Dr Katz said it answers "millions of questions from hundreds of thousands of users from around the world" on topics as diverse as places, movies, people and dictionary definitions. (BBC News -- Technology)
What Makes Us Human? Apr 28, 2009
Using the U.C. Santa Cruz genome browser, a visualization tool that annotates the human genome with information from public databases, I zoomed in on HAR1. The browser showed the HAR1 sequences of a human, chimp, mouse, rat and chicken all of the vertebrate species whose genomes had been decoded by then. (Scientific American)
Dead woman ID'd by family Apr 6, 2009
Public databases list Case's age as 28. Case was the mother of two children, said her father, Shane Case. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Hedge Fund Investors Hire Private Eyes to Sidestep Madoff-Like Fraudsters Mar 23, 2009
Investigators trawl through court filings and public databases such as LexisNexis and interview former employees to get information on managers that may raise concerns. They dig up records of violations of trading rules, faked resumes, drunk- driving offenses and drawn-out divorce cases. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Fusion Centers: Giving Cops Too Much Information? Mar 10, 2009
But now critics claim that these so-called fusion centers are making it all too easy for government to from numerous public databases. Organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union are pushing bills to restrict fusion centers' access to data, most notably in New Mexico, where opponents hope to make government snooping a costly offense. (Time.com)
Renters Hurt from Foreclosures Feb 12, 2009
And checking those public databases is completely free. You must be logged in to rate this story. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
