Abstract: A method of providing a limited resource to a plurality of users that aggregates the plurality of users into a purchasing block, arranges for the availability of the resource and regulates the use of the resource by each of the users based on each of the user's need for the resource so that a particular user having a greater need for the resource receives a greater provision of the resource while controlling usage of the resource to maintain aggregated usage below a predetermined level. The method is implemented through the use of an aggregation controller and a plurality of consumer resource controllers located at consumers' facilities. Communication between the aggregation controller and the consumer resource controllers is achieved through the use of a communication network, such as the Internet.

Abstract: The present invention features inhibitors of target-independent amplification and the use of such inhibitors for enhancing an amplification protocol. The inhibitors are believed to enhance an amplification protocol by inhibiting the ability of one or more nucleic acid polymerases to use nucleic acid in a polymerase reaction in the absence of target nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for profiling, in a global manner, the activity of gene regulatory elements in cells, preferably eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. The methods include use of Fluorescence Polarization and other homogeneous assays, regulatory element activity profiling (REAP), and electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Cells may be in any state of metabolism, whether resting, growing, normal, mutant, diseased or differentiating.

Abstract: The present invention features inhibitors of target-independent amplification and the use of such inhibitors for enhancing an amplification protocol. The inhibitors are believed to enhance an amplification protocol by inhibiting the ability of one or more nucleic acid polymerases to use nucleic acid in a polymerase reaction in the absence of target nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention features inhibitors of target-independent amplification and the use of such inhibitors for enhancing an amplification protocol. The inhibitors are believed to enhance an amplification protocol by inhibiting the ability of one or more nucleic acid polymerases to use nucleic acid in a polymerase reaction in the absence of target nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention features inhibitors of target-independent amplification and the use of such inhibitors for enhancing an amplification protocol. The inhibitors are believed to enhance an amplification protocol by inhibiting the ability of one or more nucleic acid polymerases to use nucleic acid in a polymerase reaction in the absence of target nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present invention features inhibitors of target-independent amplification and the use of such inhibitors for enhancing an amplification protocol. The inhibitors are believed to enhance an amplification protocol by inhibiting the ability of one or more nucleic acid polymerases to use nucleic acid in a polymerase reaction in the absence of target nucleic acid.