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Rats infected as newborns grew up vulnerable to memory problems during an immune challenge
... control pups (they tested 32 PUPS in all). Immune cells release these cytokines, or certain protein molecu...erationS may be to the basic architecture of glial cells called astrocytes within the hippocampus, which in turn help the central nervous system respond to i...Asthma gene clusters identified
...cells. Genes associated with mucosa and underlying cells are likely to be involved as well. Dr. Hershey is expanding her research in cooperation with the Computational Medicine Center (CMC), a research partnership with Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The center ...Mayo Clinic Researchers Create 'Obedient Virus'; First Step To Use Measles Virus Against Cancer
...apeutic killer that hunts down and destroys cancer cells -- and cancer cells only. Their research findings appear as an advanced electronic article of Nature Biotechnology. The...Effective Cancer Treatments Follow The Clock
...al biological clock affects the survival of immune cells that are targets of the anti-cancer drug cyclophosphamide (CY). “We became interested in examining this issue because there is a long history of knowledge that chemotherapeutic agents produce different mortality and morbidity at different times of t...Pathogen-Mimicking Vaccine As Strategy For Cancer Therapy
...ma antigen known as Melan-A/MART-1, induced CD8+ T cells that specifically recognized cells displaying Melan-A/MART-1 on their surface. This T cell response occurred in all eight patients in t...Potential treatments for neurofibromatosis
...fforts will be mast cells, which are immune system cells that are involved in asthma and allergic reactions. Mast cells play a role in neurofibromatosis because they also are involved in blood vessel formation -- and tum...NYU study reveals how brain's immune system fights viral encephalitis
...cking the virus' release, which could infect other cells in the brain. "There is no magic bullet in fighting viral infections in neurons," said NYU Biology Professor Carol Shoshkes Reiss, the study's senior author. "However, these findings show the redundancy of the immune system--when one response fails ...Cricket's finicky mating behavior boosts biodiversity
...psule, to be transferred contains the actual sperm cells that impregnate the female. As a species begins to split into two separate species, says Mendelson, "the songs appear to be the first characteristic that changes." During the early part of the speciation process, says Mendelson, crickets of the two...World-first Living Donor Islet Cell Transplant A Success; Procedure Offers Promise For Diabetics
..., the team then transplanted the insulin-producing cells into the woman's 27-year-old diabetic daughter. T...ential risk," he added. A shortage of donor islet cells is the biggest obstacle preventing implementation for all patients who need it, Shapiro added. The ...Hirsute Or Hairless? Two Proteins May Spell The Difference
...imensional structures emerge from single sheets of cells is a fundamental question in developmental biology...signaling pathway that molds a targeted cluster of cells into a hair bud. During the budding process, overlapping signaling pathways from two adjacent embry...Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers
...group's research. In a step toward making living cells function as if they were tiny computers, engineers... "synthetic biology," which aims to harness living cells as workhorses that detect hazards, build structures or repair tissues and organs within the body. "...UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders
...ges related to stem cell research. "Embryonic stem cells have the power to develop into every type of human...deral guidelines for reintroduction of manipulated cells into the human body. In addition, UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center features an established clinical tri...Gene Signatures Predict Interferon Response For Multiple Sclerosis Patients
...hen the body's immune system attacks healthy nerve cells and disrupts normal nerve signaling. Patients expe...n based on their gene expression profiles. Immune cells typically secrete interferons to fend off viruses and other pathogens. Interferons stem viral infect...Norovirus, AIDS vaccine and Hepatitis Virus
...rvival. The protein interferon, produced by animal cells when they are invaded by viruses, is released into...oodstream or intercellular fluid to induce healthy cells to manufacture an enzyme that counters the infection. One class of interferons (alpha) is used to tr...Probing the promise and perils of nanoparticles
...they can completely destroy the membranes, killing cells in the process. But the damage can be prevented by...Holl. But early results of experiments with living cells suggest that the same types of nanoparticles that punch holes in model membranes also damage membran...Researchers devise way to mass-produce embryonic stem cells
... traditional laboratory methods used to grow these cells are costly and don't produce cells fast enough to respond to increasing demands for human embryonic stem cells, said Shang-Tian Yang, a...Pulsating ultrasound enhances gene therapy for tumors
...procedure for enhancing gene delivery to cancerous cells without destroying healthy tissue, according to a study in the May issue of the journal Radiology. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is more powerful than standard ultrasound. HIFU can destroy tumors through long and continuous exposures that...Epstein-Barr virus protein crucial to its role in blood cancers
...te a new mechanism by which EBV transforms human B cells from the immune system into cancerous cells, which...) ?the cell cycle of the usually quiescent human B cells gets a jump start, which ultimately initiates uncontrolled growth. EBV, a member of the herpesvirus...Defensins neutralize anthrax toxin
...te a new mechanism by which EBV transforms human B cells from the immune system into cancerous cells, which...) ?the cell cycle of the usually quiescent human B cells gets a jump start, which ultimately initiates uncontrolled growth. EBV, a member of the herpesvirus......s influences a key signaling pathway in the immune cells that the virus infects. This stimulates the cells to divide, helping the virus spread through the body. The study, led by researchers at Ohio State U...Other Tagsulcerative 2opioid 2apart 2apart 3apart 4apart 5apart 6apart 7apart 8apart 9apart 10induced 2induced 3induced 4induced 5induced 6induced 7induced 8induced 9against 2against 3against 4against 5against 6against 7against 8against 9against 10protect 2protect 3protect 4protect 5protect 6protect 7protect 8protect 9protect 10shown 2shown 3shown 4shown 5shown 6shown 7shown 8shown 9shown 10mammals 2mammals 3mammals 4mammals 5mammals 6mammals 7mammals 8mammals 9mammals 10Other Contentsrarerarerarerarerarerarerarerarerareframeframeframeframeframeframereadingreadingreadingreadingreadingreadingreadingreadingreadingreceptaclerecessiverecessiverecessiverecessiverecessivecrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossreciprocalreciprocalreciprocalreciprocalreciprocalclonecloneclonecloneclone
(Date:9/5/2008)...ave evolved more than once, according to research ...ondon scientists. , Species of bat with the abil... evolutionary tree of life - some are more related.... This has raised the question of whether echoloca...r the fruit bats somehow lost their ability to ech...
(Date:9/4/2008)...plant-parasitic nematodes in the world, but only a...n estimated $157 billion in agricultural damage gl...burrow into plant roots and feed off living cells....ontributed to the release of the annotated genome ...gyne incognita -- the southern root-knot nematode...
(Date:9/4/2008)...nd toast to America,s health! Water is essential t...uring America has drinking water safe from pathoge...nnounced the award of $3.6 million in research gra...research institute to improve the detection of kno...ding the harmful substances produced by blue-green...
(Date:9/4/2008)...niversity of Cincinnati (UC) implicates the primar...A (BPA)as a risk factor for metabolic syndrome and...g fresh human fat tissues, the UC team found that ...s responsible for regulating insulin sensitivity i...er risk for metabolic syndrome. , Metabolic syn...
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