«We used standard DNA sequencing technology, determined the genetic
types of the samples from traders, compared them to our wild - caught, known - locality samples and then «ground - truthed» what the traders told us versus what the genetics inferred,» Brown said.
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One strawberry
sample also contained residues
from 20 different pesticides among the 38 different
types of pesticide residues found on the strawberry
samples.
The snacks were divided into subgroups based on product
type (fruit drink snacks, licorice, non-dairy ices, ice creams and savories) and their caloric content per portion was compared with the caloric content
of reference products derived
from the Dutch Food Composition Database [13], using one -
sample t - tests.
In fact there are often methodological problems with such findings, which may reflect data - sets that include very few children with highly involved fathers, significant variation within the
samples of children's exposure to other pathogenic circumstances; and the confounding
of many
types of «involved» father,
from the abusive to the devoted (Lamb, 2002b).
To determine how the cells switch
from one
type to another, they took three human uterine carcinosarcoma
samples and sequenced the genomes
of cells in two parts
of each tumor: the carcinoma and sarcoma components.
The researchers detected this SMN long noncoding RNA, or lnc - RNA (pronounced «link RNA») for short, in human embryonic kidney cells, brain cell
samples and neurons derived
from the stem cells
of healthy people and those with spinal muscular atrophy
type I and II.
For example, TCGA, with genomic data on 33 tumor
types taken
from samples from 11,000 patients, is finishing 2018 by publishing a series
of papers and holding a symposium.
The researchers collected
samples of indoor dust
from 11 homes in North Carolina and tested extracts
from the
samples in a mouse pre-adipocyte cell model, 3T3 - L1 cells, often used to test compounds for potential effects on the accumulation
of triglycerides, a
type of fat.
They compared fecal
samples, loaded with gut microbiome members,
from three groups: Amazonian hunter - gatherers and Andean farmers, both living in Peru, and an industrialized population in the U.S.. Each group possessed distinct microbiomes with varying
types of bacteria, but the American population stood out for having both different and less diverse critters.
In blood
samples from 1005 patients with eight
types of tumors that had evidently not yet metastasized, the test detected between 33 % and 98 %
of cases, depending on the tumor
type (see graph, above).
Denisova Cave (Altai Mountains 50,000 - 100,000 years ago)
Samples of aDNA
from one finger fragment and three teeth found in Siberia revealed Denisovans, a newly discovered
type of extinct human.
[Chinedu Nwokoro et al., «Inhaled black carbon in the lower airways
of London cyclists»] Researchers at the London School
of Medicine collected sputum
samples from healthy non-smokers who walk or bike to see how much black carbon was in airway macrophages — a
type of white blood cell that takes in foreign material.
Ronald Kahn and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School in Boston compared gene expression in brain
samples from mice with
type 1 or
type 2 diabetes against those
of healthy mice.
Using tumor
samples from a patient, they do lab tests to determine which substances can first make the different
types of cancer cells uniform and then effectively kill them.
The research is in the Proceedings
of the Royal Society B. [Kelly S. Ramirez et al, Biogeographic patterns in below - ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally] Investigators looked at 596 separate soil
samples from the park and found thousands
of different
types of microbes.
One
of the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom can be found in species
of stomatopod crustaceans (mantis shrimp), some
of which have 12 different photoreceptor
types, each
sampling a narrow set
of wavelengths ranging
from deep ultraviolet to far red (300 to 720 nanometers)(1 — 3).
Using tissue
samples from five wild Amur tigers that died or were destroyed due to neurological disease in 2001, 2004, or 2010, McAloose and her colleagues proved that infection with CDV, a
type of morbillivirus, is to blame for the deaths
of two
of the tigers and caused a serious infection in a third.
To streamline this process, Uhlén's team has created standardized arrays containing microscopic
samples from 48 kinds
of normal human tissue and 20
types of tumors.
This involves library work, buying supplies, organizing travel, gathering feedback
from colleagues about the
types of sampling to do, and —
of course — planning the experiments themselves.
The researchers next will turn to analyzing the presence
of myoferlin in
samples from numerous human tumor
types available in an Ohio State tissue bank, which will allow them to compare protein levels in tumors to clinical outcomes for the patients who provided the
samples.
The researchers found about 60
types in toenail swab
samples and 40
types in
samples from the webs
of the toes.
The new method, first developed for automated food safety testing and then adapted by Cornell scientists for a wider range
of sample types, can detect the bacteria
from environmental and clinical
samples, including swabs, feces, milk and blood.
The study was supported by, and conducted in collaboration with Synairgen, a University
of Southampton spin - out company, and formed part
of U-BIOPRED, a large - scale European project using information and
samples from adults and children to learn more about different
types of asthma.
The research team with international collaborators analysed more than 100 patient
samples from ovarian and other cancer
types to discover a distinct population
of cells found in some tumours.
DNA sequencing
of the fungi in the
samples identified fragments
of DNA, called phylogenetic markers, which can be counted and used to distinguish one
type of fungus
from another.
The findings emerged
from sequences representing more than 7,000 different
types of bacteria found in the 51
samples taken
from fingers and phones.
As a result, this group succeeded in isolating ORs which respond to three
types of volatile organic compounds (2 - pentanone, pyridine, 2 - butanone) respectively in urine
samples from lung cancer patients.
After 3 months, the researchers drew blood
samples from the monkeys, purified five different
types of immune cells, and measured gene expression across their entire genomes.
Unlike other solid tumors, there has been limited progress in understanding the contribution
of genetic risk factors to the development
of uveal melanoma, researchers say, primarily due to the absence
of comprehensive genetic data
from patients as the large
sample cohorts for this rare cancer
type have not been available for research.
«The
types of analyses performed by our platform are typically carried out in the laboratory, after shipping
samples back
from the field.
CEPH's idea was to develop a reference panel
of large families, taking blood
samples from each
of their members to build up a cell bank for genetic
typing.
Using a
sample of more than 6,000 adults
from the National Survey
of Midlife Development in the United States, the researchers examined whether adult self - reported social support decreased mortality risk associated with self - reported exposure to three
types of childhood abuse: severe physical abuse, modest physical abuse and emotional abuse.
The organoids are entirely made up
of ductal cells, eliminating the surrounding cell
types that often contaminate
samples from the pancreas.
By comparing DNA
from 1083 varieties
of modern rice with 446
samples of wild rice taken
from all over southern Asia, they have traced the plant's history back to three distinct
types of rice.
In order to characterize the biological properties
of soil treated with biochar, the team incorporated torrefied plant residual biomass
from the biodiesel crop Jatropha curcas into aridisol, a
type of soil found in arid regions such as Botswana, and compared several soil properties with
samples that had not been treated.
Using all the existing data that was available, Andrechek, along with MSU doctoral student Daniel Hollern, analyzed 1,172 mouse mammary tumor
samples from 26 different preclinical models and was able to compile one
of the largest databases to show which strains
of mice were best suited to study a particular
type of human breast cancer.
Through laser imaging at speeds up to 3,000 frames per second, a computer can capture images
from all angles and reconstruct a model
of all cells in the given
sample, testing for all
types of cancer in a matter
of minutes.
Answering important clinical questions — such as whether genetic diversity is a risk factor for aggressive tumor development or how it relates to treatment resistance — requires analyzing
samples from many patients with different
types of cancer.
HDNetDB allows users to obtain, visualise and prioritise molecular interaction networks using Huntington's disease - related gene expression and other
types of data obtained
from human
samples and other sources.
These
types of contamination events, Yakovlev explains, might be mitigated or even avoided if
samples from water systems are more thoroughly analyzed so that they can provide a better picture
of what is in the water.
«We also
sampled a broad range
of ecosystem
types,
from sub-tropical to sub-Arctic.
The researchers profiled the microRNA in
samples of blood and heart tissue
from healthy people and people suffering
from one
of two
types of heart failure, which develops when the heart's pumping action weakens, making it unable to deliver blood throughout the body.
Overall, including all genomic variations present in most if not all tumor cells (clonal) as well as those present only in subsets
of the cancer cells (subclonal)
from tumor tissue, the researchers detected a total
of 864 genetic changes in tissue
samples across the three tumor
types, and 627 (73 %)
of those were also found in the blood.
The researchers amplified microbial DNA
from the
samples, then looked at the abundance
of various
types of microbes.
He warns not only about gaps in data, but also about biases — such as where researchers choose to
sample, which can skew a data set towards or away
from certain regions or
types of environment.
Clariom Pico assays can extract data
from as little as 100 pg
of total RNA,
from common and challenging
sample types (including formalin - fixed, paraffin - embedded tissues and whole blood) without the need for globin messenger RNA reduction or ribosomal RNA removal.
Later, however, it was shown by C.J. Edwards and R. Barnett that the
sample that matched Sykes and co-authors» Himalayan ones, was in fact,
from a present - day Polar Bear
from Alaska, not
from a fossil, and they hypothesized that the genetic material in the
samples attributed to an unknown
type of bear might have been misleading because
of degradation.
In consequence, this population will typically be
of later spectral
types, which presents lower fractions
of binary systems (Lada 2006); hence the impact
of false alarms
from faint EBs is less for deeper
samples.
«Teeth retain the isotopic signature
of an individual's diet at various periods
of life depending on the tooth
type sampled, ranging
from in utero to approximately 16 years
of age,» the researchers wrote.