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Scientists get first glimpse at how plants, most animals repair UV-damaged DNA
...rved exactly how some cells are able to repair DNA damage caused by the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. T...ks could one day lead to drugs that help repair UV damage in human DNA. In the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dongpin...OHSU researchers discover potential mechanism to repair brain damage linked to Multiple Sclerosis
...f the key factors that prevent the repair of brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), complications o...and suggest ways that at least some forms of brain damage could be reversed. The research is published in the August edition of the scientific journal Nature ...Out of sight, out of mind? Not necessarily
...indsight" has been reported in patients with brain damage who report not seeing something but correctly identify the shape and location when forced to guess. Ro noted that his study demonstrates that TMS can be used successfully to induce blindsight in people with normal vision. Ro's co-authors on the PNA...Molecular Partners Required For Appropriate Neuronal Gene Repression
...f the key factors that prevent the repair of brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), complications o...and suggest ways that at least some forms of brain damage could be reversed. The research is published in the August edition of the scientific journal Nature ...Does manganese inhaled from the shower represent a public health threat?
... have permanent effects on the nervous system. The damage may occur even at levels of manganese considered s...he first to show the potential for permanent brain damage from breathing vaporized manganese during a shower. It was conducted by reviewing the medical litera...Complex gene interactions account for autism risk
...ading to both the behavior and the pattern of cell damage that emerges in autism," said John Hussman, Ph.D., a study co-author and president of The Hussman Foundation, one of the groups that funded the study. The researchers examined 14 genes that encode portions of the GABA receptor in 470 Caucasian famil...Bone marrow stem cells may heal hearts even years after heart attacks
...capacity increased, while the area of heart muscle damage shrank, in 18 patients given infusions of their own bone marrow stem cells up to eight years after a heart attack, according to a new study in the Nov. 1, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. "This new therapy is able to...Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now
... subsistence foods are safe free from radionuclide damage for us, the sea lions, halibut and the eagles of Amchitka." Joanna Burger, Rutgers University Professor of Biology, head of the CRESP Ecological Health Center of Expertise and leader of the CRESP Amchitka biological studies. ...Gene therapy reverses genetic mutation responsible for heart failure in muscular dystrophy
... protein known as delta-sarcoglycan lead to severe damage and weakness to muscles, particularly around the h...articularly in protecting against or reversing the damage to the heart caused by this mutation and extending lifespan," explained Dr. Tong Zhu, M.D., Ph.D., a...NC State researchers redesign life for Mars and beyond
... investigate new mechanisms for reducing radiation damage in spring 2007. ...Human cerebellum and cortex age in very different ways
...of the brain experiences less oxidative stress and damage as part of normal aging." "Much remains to be learned about how the brain ages and how changes in gene expression over time are related to brain activity," says Michael B. Eisen, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley. "Our...Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments Highlighted
...eatments directly to the tumor without significant damage to the nearby normal tissue.?/p> Interventional radiology offers many non-surgical advances, such as delivering chemotherapy directly to the affected organ (chemoembolization), killing the tumor with heat (radiofrequency ablation) or freezing the...Scientists develop nanotech-laser treatment that kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
...ing a way to selectively kill cancer cells and not damage healthy ones." Nanotechnology For the PNAS experiment, Dai and his colleagues used a basic tool of nanotechnology--carbon nanotubes, synthetic rods that are only half the width of a DNA molecule. Thousands of nanotubes could easily fit inside a typ...UT Southwestern researchers develop screening test for cells that activate immune system
... the body - and for molecular signatures of tissue damage or infection. "Their primary job is to present antigens to the immune system so that you develop protective immunity for infection and cancer," said Dr. Takashima. The DC biosensor system should help pharmaceutical and biotech companies sift throug...Agricultural workers at increased risk for infection with animal flu viruses
...c animals during a pandemic and cause considerable damage to the swine and poultry industries, as well as the U.S. economy." While swine in other countries have been infected by the H5N1 virus, to date, the virus has not become readily transmissible between swine. Swine influenza infections generally produ...New factor implicated in allergy and asthma attacks
...in an allergy or asthma attack. This factor is the damage caused by chemically hyperactive molecules known as "reactive oxygen species," which are spawned by interactions between a single pollen-carried enzyme and the cells that line airways. And, the researchers say, if an effective way can be found to red...Prenatal exposure to marine toxin causes lasting damage
...domoic acid can cause subtle but lasting cognitive damage in rats exposed to the chemical before birth. Huma...ses of domoic acid. Such exposures cause extensive damage to the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in learning and memory. More recent reports examini...Scientists characterize proteome of human cornea
...rious dystrophies including keratoconus. "Corneal damage and disorders account for several million cases of impaired vision and are second to cataracts as the most important cause of blindness in the world," explains study author Dr. Jan J. Enghild of the University of Aarhus in Denmark. "Corneal infection......the genomes of two bacteria that cause significant damage to pig and poultry farming in Brazil and elsewhere. The researchers are now analysing the results in an attempt to identify bacterial proteins that could be used to develop vaccines and diagnostic kits against the bacteria. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae......ield infected." The caterpillars eat the seeds and damage the developing cotton fibers. In contrast, when the caterpillars eat Bt cotton, they die. Before the use of Bt cotton became widespread, pink bollworm was one of the top three insect pests of cotton in the Southwest. In 1995, losses from pink bollw...Other Tagsrabies 2cast 2cast 3doubts 2doubts 3doubts 4doubts 5fungal 2fungal 3fungal 4healthier 2healthier 3healthier 4healthier 5healthier 6healthier 7healthier 8healthier 9healthier 10divide 2divide 3divide 4divide 5epidemics 2Other Contentsblockblockblockblockblockblockblockblockblockmurmurssensationssensationssensationsexhaustionexhaustionheartburnheartburnheatstrokespursspursspursspursheelheelheelheel
(Date:12/3/2009)A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnolo
(Date:12/3/2009)Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive. , Experiments with two spe
(Date:12/3/2009)UPTON, NY A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy,s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Harvard University, and the Indian Institute of Science has made a major step in understandin
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