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Two new retroviruses—transmitted from animals—identified

...ton, Florida. PENN physicians anticipate that the application of the daVinci System to treat mouth and throat cancers will allow for complete tumor removal while helping to preserve voice and swallowing function. "The daVinci Robot has been FDA-approved and successfully integrated into cardiac and urologic surg...

Penn Researchers Use Robotic Surgery

...ton, Florida. PENN physicians anticipate that the application of the daVinci System to treat mouth and throat cancers will allow for complete tumor removal while helping to preserve voice and swallowing function. "The daVinci Robot has been FDA-approved and successfully integrated into cardiac and urologic surg...

Insects, viruses could hold key for better human teamwork in disasters

...son, an expert on honeybees. To date, no specific application has been found in computer science or engineering ...telecommunications and transportation, no specific application has yet been found that applies models of ant behavior under threatening situations for any given ap...

Ancient immune defense mechanism is no match for HIV-1

...a long sought after weakness in the virus may have application for rational design of future anti-HIV-1 therapies. The study is published in the May issue of Immunity. RNA silencing is a type of natural immune defense in which sequence-specific RNA degradation follows the recognition of double-stranded RNA (dsR...

Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive

...resins could never do that." The first commercial application of the adhesive will be to make decorative hardwoo... a company on a product that will be in commercial application soon. "We are actively talking to and looking for additional licensees." A few years ago, the fores...

Thai spice helps cut blood sugar swings

...lleys of insulin with HCA, then it might have some application in diabetes, both in slowing progression to diabetes 2 and since these people have an obesity problem, it could potentially have an additional benefit in the therapeutic field. But this is all highly speculative," Wielinga added. Wielinga, who is mo...

Finding hidden invaders in a Hawaiian rain forest

...observations. Now we've added a major focus on the application of our techniques to invasive species problems in the Hawaiian Islands. It is a win-win combination for all involved." ...

Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh

... and phosphorus levels all peaked after fertilizer application in the spring. Still, the wetland was able to retain a significant portion of these nutrients. Algae thrive on phosphorus and nitrogen. While phosphorus is more of a concern in freshwater areas, as freshwater algae thrive on this nutrient, nitrogen ...

Advancements In Genomics Foster Deep Sea Discoveries

... research outside of the deep ocean, including the application of deep sea bacterial genes for improving human nutrition and degrading pollutants, and calculating possibilities for life in pressurized environments elsewhere in the solar system. “These organisms live in a world that is physically very different ...

UN votes to ban human cloning

...omen and adequate protection for human life in the application of life sciences. The Declaration has been welcomed by many as a clear expression of the ethical norms that should guide scientific research. South Africa abstained because it believes therapeutic cloning aims at protecting human life and is, theref...

Protein helps regulate the genes of embryonic stem cells

...n examined but should be," Magnuson said. Another application of epigenetics is stem cell therapeutics, in which...on individual stem cell therapeutics and make this application work, one has to begin to understand the epigenetics of the embryonic stem cells, and we really have...

FDA Works To Speed The Advent Of New, More Effective Personalized Medicines

...ibes what data will be needed during the marketing application review process, the format for submissions, and th...and resources and eliminate possible delays in the application review process because parties will be able to familiarize themselves with novel pharmacogenomic app...

Used in a new way, RNA interference permanently silences key breast cancer gene

...ilence such critical genes as STAT3 "has potential application for treating breast cancer." ...

Canada approves marijuana-based pain spray

...de-effects included nausea, fatigue, dizziness and application site reactions. Side-effects were usually mild or moderate in severity and often resolved with down-titration or interruption of treatment.8 Sativex is expected to be available through Canadian pharmacies by late Spring 2005. Multiple sclerosis (MS...

Genetically Modified Natural Killer Immune Cells Attack, Kill Leukemia Cells

...ffective against ALL cells." A potential clinical application for the technology developed in this study is in leukemia patients who are treated with hematopoietic (blood cell-forming) cell transplantation. In this case, NK cells will be derived from the transplant donor, expanded and genetically modified. Thes...

Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny

...of adverse side effects associated with both their application and removal. A new study, done by chemistry students at Northern Arizona University, looked at the chemical composition of a variety of tattoo inks to better understand their potential health risks. The findings, presented today at the 229th nationa...

U-M team recovers ancient whale in Egyptian desert

... transplantation, Roth said. Yet another potential application of oxygen deprivation would include accelerating wound healing in patients, such as diabetics, whose ability to do so is compromised. This could reduce the number of amputations caused by irreparable tissue damage from wounds that won't heal. A wound...

Buying Time Through Hibernation on Demand

... transplantation, Roth said. Yet another potential application of oxygen deprivation would include accelerating wound healing in patients, such as diabetics, whose ability to do so is compromised. This could reduce the number of amputations caused by irreparable tissue damage from wounds that won't heal. A wound...

GeneNotes - A novel information management software for biologists

...tion. We developed a novel information management application called GeneNotes. GeneNotes is the first application that allows users to collect and manage multimedia biological information about genes/ESTs. GeneNote...

Computational Method Speeds Mapping of Cell Signaling Networks

...ifferences between normal and abnormal cells. This application would be particularly useful for understanding dis...ounts of data the technique requires prevented its application to protein networks. Being able to monitor multiple components in thousands of cells at once was piv...

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