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Believed to 'ingest' DNA from other simple organisms Up to ten per cent of the active genes of an organism that has survived 80 million years without sex are foreign, a new study from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London reveals. The asexual organism, the bdelloid rotifer, has acquired a tenth of its active genes from bacteria and other simple organisms like fungi and algae. The findings were reported today in the journal PLoS Genetics. Bdelloid rotifers are best...

The Park Ridge Lab is the only lab located in the entire Chicagoland area that is open 7 days a week from 8am-8pm. In addition to the flexible hours, the lab also offers convenient parking, competitive low pricing and is accepted by almost all major insurance plans. Park Ridge, IL (PRWEB) June 26, 2012 The Park Ridge Lab is now the only lab in the entire Chicagoland area that is open 7 days a week, from 8am-8pm! In addition to the flexible hours, the lab also offers convenient parking,...

In an effort to support both new and existing clients and further bolster their status as the leading provider of compliant government accounting solutions, Strategic Consulting Solutions is pleased to announce the opening of their new office in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Oak Ridge, TN (PRWEB) April 26, 2012 Strategic Consulting Solutions knows a lot about success. Not only has the company itself grown since its inception in 2004 as a full-service accounting firm specializing...

Geologists at the University of Washington found that a previously unseen landform on Mars could help provide a window into the geological history of the Red Planet. The "periodic bedrock ridges", or PBRs, look like sand dunes, but the scientists say that they are actually made from wind erosion of bedrock. "These bedforms look for all the world like sand dunes but they are carved into hard rock by wind," David Montgomery, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences, said in a press...

Alarm.com’s newest line of wireless communication gateways will use Verizon Wireless’ industry leading network and Qualcomm’s Gobi chipset technology to deliver best-in-class security, home automation and energy management services Vienna, VA and Basking Ridge, NJ (PRWEB) March 21, 2012 Alarm.com and Verizon Wireless today announced an agreement between the two companies to leverage the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless network as the backbone for Alarm.com’s industry...

Singapore, Feb 1, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Genome Institute of Singapore's (GIS) Associate Director of Genomic Technologies, Dr Yijun RUAN, led a continuing study on the human genome spatial/structural configuration, revealing how genes interact/communicate and influence each other, even whenthey are located far away from each other. This discovery is crucial in understanding how human genes work together, and will re-write textbooks on how transcription regulation and coordination takes place...

Biologists have long assumed that all jawed vertebrates possess a full complement of nearly identical genes for critical aspects of their development. But a paper in the December 16 issue of Science with Benjamin King of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) as lead author shows that elasmobranchs, a subclass of cartilaginous fishes, lack a cluster of genes, HoxC, formerly thought to be essential for proper development. Hox genes dictate the proper patterning of tissues...

In a development that sheds new light on the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a team of Whitehead Institute scientists has identified connections between genetic risk factors for the disease and the effects of a peptide toxic to nerve cells in the brains of AD patients. The scientists, working in and in collaboration with the lab of Whitehead Member Susan Lindquist, established these previously unknown links in an unexpected way. They used a very simple cell type—yeast cells—to...

Nationally recognized radiation safety firm Dade Moeller is pleased to announce that its new Radioanalytical and Calibration Laboratory is open for business, offering sample analysis, radioactive sealed source leak testing, and instrument calibration services. Oak Ridge, TN (PRWEB) October 26, 2011 Nationally recognized radiation safety firm Dade Moeller is pleased to announce that its new Radioanalytical and Calibration Laboratory is open for business, offering sample analysis,...

Basking Ridge, N.J., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of their ongoing commitment to domestic violence awareness and prevention, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) and Verizon will embark on an eight-city cross-country domestic violence awareness tour called Journey of Hope to commemorate October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Journey of Hope tour is the first-ever initiative to collect and record domestic violence stories with smartphones and...