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Man-Made Proteins Could Be More Useful Than Real Ones

...as determined by x-ray crystallography. The bundle contains eight copies of the beta-peptide Zwit-1F with parallel //and antiparallel helices in like and unlike colors, respectively. Researchers have constructed a protein out of amino acids not found in natural proteins, discovering that they can form a co...

Space-Age Bandage Monitors Patients With Raynaud's Disease

... and is secured with a bandage or medical tape. It contains two sensors that alternately record skin and ambient temperature -- indicators of surface blood flow -- every 36 seconds. A week's data is held by the monitor's electronics and is retained even if the device's power is unexpectedly interrupted. The...

FDA Approves New Product to Treat Von Willebrand Disease

...rom carefully screened and tested U.S. donors, and contains the clotting proteins deficient or defective in vWD, which are Factor VIII (also know as Antihemophilic factor) and von Willebrand factor. Alphanate undergoes two separate steps for viral inactivation to reduce the risk for transfusion-transmitted vi...

‘Manual on Healthy Lifestyle Choices’ Releasd

...ding to the health minister. “Our new food guide contains more information than ever before to help Canadians make wise choices about the food they eat and how to stay healthy,” Mr. Clement said. The new edition of the guide advises Canadians to focus on vegetables, fruits and whole grains and to limit fo...

Condition That Causes Irregular Periods Can Lead to Fertility Problems

...f ball. Among women with PCOS, each cyst likely contains a small egg that cannot be released because the hormonal environment prevents that from happening. This leads to an endocrine, or hormonal, disorder in which the egg cannot be ovulated from the ovary, and therefore is kept inside each cyst. This le...

Japanese 'bilk' the Cow for Beer

... temperature. Except for milk, the new beverage contains the same ingredients as lager or ale, and it looks like regular filtered beer after fermentation. But, as the producers say, it tastes fruity and has a distinctive aftertaste. The new brew will be sold in small 0.33 litre bottles, and will cost abo...

Cancer Therapy Based on Missile Detection

... high content of both, while healthy breast tissue contains much less. The outpatient procedure uses a single tiny needle probe to sense and measure parameters during treatment. Side effects appear to be minimal. The first clinical study of the treatment involved 75 patients with early-stage breast cancer. ...

Ancient Genes Used to Produce Salt-Tolerant Wheat

...alian Winter Cereals Collection at Tamworth, which contains tens of thousands of wheat types,” Dr Munns says. “Highlighting the fact that the science of plant breeding sometimes relies on an element of good fortune, we were lucky to find the durum variety with the ancient genes straight away, otherwise we mig...

New Guidelines for Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

...iate support services are in place. Each guideline contains several recommendations to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of lower extremity deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. A thromboembolism occurs when a blood clot, formed at one point in the circulatory system, detaches and obstructs circul...

Indian Scientists Develop Dipstick Test for Dengue

...that shows a brown dot if a patient's blood sample contains antibodies to the virus — indicating an infection. The team is yet to work out how much the dipstick will cost commercially, and say that further testing of how the dipstick works if a patient has another viral infection — such as typhoid or malar...

Further Studies on AIDS Prevention Gels Stopped

...ucing it. The gel in question, called Ushercell, contains a cotton-based compound called cellulose sulfate. This gel is developed by Polydex Pharmaceuticals, a company in Toronto. More than 50% of AIDS infections in Africa concern women and girls. Researchers have been contemplating the employment of othe...

Going Overboard With a Hand Sanitizer

...nitizers. According to Doyen, the hand sanitizer contains many other chemicals in small amounts, along with alcohol, equivalent to levels found in other liquor. "I don't think a lot of people realize these are ethanol containing, or alcohol containing. They are really no different than really concentrated l...

Researchers Investigate Gene Linked With Circadian Liver Clock

... be induced by heat shock and since the mPer2 gene contains binding sites for the transcription factors (HSFs) that activate heat-shock proteins, future experiments will probe whether these transcription factors and binding sites help mediate temperature-dependent mPer2 expression. By controlling liver clo...

Skin Needs “Winterizing” To Head Off Damae

...inter colds and flu, in winter “use hand soap that contains moisturizing ingredients or an alcohol-free hand sanitizer,” says Kazin. · Don’t’ forget the sunscreen, the fruit and the water if you are outdoors even for brief periods, and especially if you’re skiing. “Sunscreen belongs not just on your face, bu...

Research on Human Metabolic Disorders

...k builds on the sequencing of the human genome and contains more than 3,300 known human biochemical transformations that have been documented during 50 years of research worldwide. In a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the UCSD researchers led by Bernhard ? Palsson, a p...

Pure Gold can Cause Allergy

... popular in such items as high school class rings, contains nickel. So does white gold, which takes its name from the fact that it has lots of gleaming nickel mixed in with the gold. What is often marketed as red gold is an alloy that combines copper with gold, producing a pinkish or ruddy colour. Allergy t...

Selenium Supplements May Slow Progression of HIV: Report

...ograms a day for adults, and the average U.S. diet contains about 100 micrograms a day," Margolis said. "There is also some evidence that selenium may blunt the protective effect of statins in slowing cardiovascular disease, so patients on therapy for lipid disorders might wish to avoid selenium supplementati...

Two Brands of Pesto Recalled in Quebec, Ontario

... paralysis or death. The Sundried Tomatoes pesto contains sulphites which are not declared on the label. People with sensitivities to sulphites — compounds used as preservatives — may have serious or life-threatening reactions. No illnesses have been reported from eating either pesto. However, consumers c...

Simple Test Detects Genetic Signs of Lung Cancer in a Patient’s Sputu

...rs and 28 healthy nonsmokers. Given that sputum contains expectorated airway cells, the researchers asked each of the participants to cough into a cup first thing in the morning for three days. Investigators then examined the sputum with both traditional cytology and with fluorescent in situ hybridization ...

Missing Molecule Has Important Role in a Developmental Brain Abnormality

...migration.The grey matter of human cerebral cortex contains over two billion neurons, but none of them are produced in the cortex itself. Cortical neurons are born near the lining of the fluid-filled ventricles deep within the fetal brain and after their last division migrate to their increasingly distant fin...

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