Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science articles from March 2008

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science archives from March 2008

A call for a statewide bioinformatics institute.
March 22, 2008... At present bioinformatics research and education capacity in South Carolina is distributed amongst a large number of colleges and universities as well as government laboratories, such as the Hollings Marine Laboratory and the Department of...

Proteomics: universal biomarkers for inherited and infectious diseases.
March 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION We shall discuss here the potential of proteomics (which defines the amino acid sequence of all proteins expressed by a specific cell type under specific growth conditions) and biomarker discovery, for diagnosis of inherited...

With the help of South Carolina research universities, SCRA demonstrates leadership in applied research and commercialization within SC.
March 22, 2008... SCRA EXPERTISE DELIVERS ASSURED OUTCOMES Now in our 25th year of operation, SCRA has expertise in building multiorganizational teams from industry, government and academia. We create teams to solve our clients' problems - by carefully...

SC INBRE: a catalyst for biomedical research development in South Carolina.
March 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION At the very core of a university's mission is the process in which research--the generation of new knowledge--in a given discipline is coupled with the teaching of that discipline to students. This is true for the sciences, as...

Inflammation: the key to health and disease.
March 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Recently, National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a 5 year $ 6 million grant to the University of South Carolina (USC) to establish a Center of Excellence for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research on Autoimmune...

Polymer-layered oxide nanocomposites.
March 22, 2008... POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES Polymer nanocomposites are composite materials that consist of nanoscale additives dispersed in a polymer matrix where, typically, a layered material capable of exfoliation into nano-sized platelets is incorporated...