Tag: "collaborates" at medical news

Researchers Develop Mouse Model Of Brain Tumor

... the above-mentioned model that Ink4c inactivation collaborates with a mutation in a gene called Patched (Ptc1, a Shh receptor) to trigger the development of this tumor. "Preliminary data suggest that INK4c protein expression is diminished in a significant cohort of human medulloblastomas," says Dr. Roussel, "so ...

Global Seagrass Decline Affects Shallow-water Ecosystems

...ratory on the Great Bay Estuary in Durham, he also collaborates with teams of researchers to monitor seagrass health at 45 sites in 17 countries worldwide. From the Hudson Bay, where the Cree Nation enlisted him to transplant their diminishing eelgrass beds, to the Pacific Island of Palau, Short’s research has ...

Hunt for Chromosomal Errors Which Cause Genetic Diseases

... more patients with congenital defects, Dr. Shaikh collaborates with Elaine H. Zackai, M.D., director of Clinical Genetics at Children’s Hospital. “It is extremely rewarding to finally have tools to identify heretofore undetectable, cryptic rearrangements and to be able to provide a diagnosis for the patients and...

Plastic pill – a new treatment for periodontal disease

...s at the University of Maryland Dental School, who collaborates with Uhrich on the research. "The new polymer or "plastic" material, when inserted between tooth and diseased gum, treats the bacterial infection, inflammation and pain with pharmaceuticals incorporated into the material itself, " Johnson explained...

Substance P May Pre-empt VIP in Regulating Temperature

...logical mechanisms of skin blood flow, but he also collaborates with scientists elsewhere who are looking at clinical conditions in which the ability to regulate body temperature is diminished, such as in diabetes, heart failure, multiple sclerosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, cystic fibrosis and even in healthy aging....

India to Collaborate With International Vaccine Institute

... in developing countries, it has been stated. It collaborates with the WHO and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) in setting priorities, defining strategies, and undertaking needed vaccine-related activities. It has established collaborative networks throughout Asia and elsewhere for stu...

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