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Triple threat polymer captures and releases

...e polymers ?the promoted release, the anti-fouling application ?are "strange, if not weird, but there is so much going on here, we want to explore it all.." That weirdness suggests equally weird mechanical properties. Wooley and her post doctoral researcher Jinqi Xu, Ph.D., are exploring those properties and ...

Proteins as parents

... now be revised. Li hopes that this exciting new application of the powerful recombination technique in the field of protein mechanics will open a new way to tailor proteins' mechanical properties. ...

The brain, traffic and nano-circuits -- e-Science takes on major challenges

...al challenges is to receive a major boost from the application of e-Science and grid computing. The challenges are, understanding the brain, mapping the detailed environmental impact of traffic and designing future generation nano-scale electronic circuits. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council...

New research promising for improving brain cell survival after brain injury

... "This treatment to prevent brain damage has wide application and could be given to car accident and assault victims, people undergoing radiotherapy for brain tumours, premature babies that need to be induced, and stroke patients. "While we still have a long way to go before such a drug will be available, th...

Researchers unveil strategy for creating actively-programmed anti-cancer molecules

...breast cancer, these new findings could have broad application in the treatment of a number of other cancers, potentially increasing the efficacy of a number of existing or undeveloped small molecule therapies," said Subhash C. Sinha, Ph.D., associate professor in the Scripps Research Department of Molecular Bio...

Federal testing for mad cow disease a failure, law review editor says

...ing conditions and requirements, and promulgate an application process with objective criteria for private producers. A standard testing regime would enable private producers such as Creekstone to market their beef as 'tested for BSE.'" Berlowitz cited news reports that the cost of such testing would add only6 ...

New compound reduces stroke damage

...ug. These results suggest a potential therapeutic application specific FKBP38 inhibitors in the treatment of neurodegeneration following stroke and a number of other diseases. ...

Neural stem cell gene plays crucial role in eye development

... are only in the hypothetical stage of therapeutic application of this work, but we finally have the genetic tools to actually test our hypothesis." Other authors that contributed to the study are members of the UNC Neuroscience Center and department of genetics: Dr. Olena Taranova, a former UNC graduate stud...

Scientists identify gene involved in stem cell self-renewal in planaria

...tanding is required for the successful therapeutic application of stem cells in humans. "One of the defining characteristics of stem cells is their ability to self-renew ?that is, to make more stem cells in addition to differentiating into multiple cell types," said Phillip A. Newmark, a professor of cell and d...

New study reveals signaling pathways required for expansion of pancreas stem cells

...is research is an important step for the potential application of therapies aimed at increasing a pool of cells that will become insulin-producing." ...

Experimental RNA-based drug kills prostate cancer cells effectively and safely

...s of Health. Duke has filed a provisional patent application on the technology, according to the researchers. "Scientists have made numerous attempts to transform silencing RNAs into natural anticancer agents, but such development has been challenging," said Paloma Giangrande, Ph.D., co-leader of the study a...

Sticky surfaces turn slippery with the flip of a molecular light switch

...e, rather than periodically removing them from the application environment, Belfort says. But currently the only cleaning options involve expensive chemicals or labor-intensive procedures that result in significant process down-time. To make the new materials, Belfort and his coworkers attached spiropyran molec...

New egg freezing technique offers hope to hundreds of women

...phenomenon that possibly could be by-passed by the application of ICSI technique at insemination; other zona pellucida damage may greatly affect oocyte survival but it depends on the type and amount of the damage; alterations in the mitochondrial organisation can be very subtle and deserve to be further investig...

Heart has enough oxygen to survive hypothermia, CPR crucial

...ypothermia dropped off markedly after the surgical application was established. However, deaths from accidental hypothermia continue, and not just in the coldest climes. Tveita recalled the recent case of a person in a warmer climate who became hypothermic after being swept out to sea on a cold current. Rats ...

A new tool against brain disease

...at the researchers' findings will also likely have application in understanding other chronic viral diseases. The findings by Walker and his colleagues were published in an advance online publication on August 20, 2006, by the journal Nature. Walker is also at the Partners AIDS Research Center and Harvar...

How HIV 'exhausts' killer T cells

...at the researchers' findings will also likely have application in understanding other chronic viral diseases. The findings by Walker and his colleagues were published in an advance online publication on August 20, 2006, by the journal Nature. Walker is also at the Partners AIDS Research Center and Harvar...

Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors

...higan researchers hope to add a more sophisticated application to the list---gas bubbles used like corks to block oxygen flow to tumors, or to deliver drugs. The process of blocking blood flow to a tumor is called embolization, and using gas bubbles is a new technique in embolotherapy. What makes it so promis...

Teasing out tissue from blood

...harmafrontiers says it is about to submit a patent application on a brew that turns the monocytes into pancreatic islet-like cells that produce insulin in response to high levels of glucose. "We now want to transplant these cultures into a diabetic mouse model," says Winnier, adding their results are being prepa...

Scientists aim to thwart use of flu as bioweapon

...y a killer, the discussions will have an immediate application among scientists looking for ways to stop or better treat "natural" flu. The work also helps scientists like John Treanor, M.D., and David Topham, Ph.D., who are designing and testing new vaccines designed to prevent all types of flu, including bird ...

Purdue creates new low-cost system to detect bacteria

...r the data-processing technique, and a full patent application has been filed on the underlying light-scattering technology. ...

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