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Friendly bacteria in humans may protect against HIV

...g sponsorship from charities or philanthropists to develop this technology. ...

Defensins Ward Off HIV In Two Ways

...t HIV. In addition, this study provides a basis to develop defensin-like drugs for prevention of HIV and for therapeutic use in patients who are already infected. ...

UCSD research reveals mechanism involved with type of fatal epilepsy

...with the hope of gaining the necessary insights to develop potential therapies for Lafora disease. Co-authors are Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D., and Carolyn A. Worby, Ph.D., both of the UCSD Department of Pharmacy. This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. ...

NSAID drug protects against intestinal tumors in mice, despite poor diet and gene losses

...familial adenomatous polyposis), in which patients develop hundreds of potentially precancerous polyps. They found that on the AIN-76A diet, loss of one APC gene but retention of the "wild-type" (normal) p27 genes was enough to induce tumor formation in 22 percent of the mice, but that number increased to 7...

Doctors closer to using gene analysis to help trauma patients

...arged. But there’s a certain fraction who go on to develop complications that lead to organ failure and death...husetts General Hospital, is leading the effort to develop standard operating procedures for the care of burn and trauma patients and increase understanding of...

Red delicious, Northern Spy apples have most antioxidants, chemists find

...over 24 weeks were up to 44 percent less likely to develop breast tumors. That study was published in the April 6, 2005, issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. ...

Protein prevents detrimental immune effects of bacterial sepsis

...eceptor for a given anti-inflammatory mediator) to develop better and safer drugs." The data for annexin 1 provide a new direction for such therapeutics that delicately balances removal of bacterial toxins and damage to host tissues. ...

Confocal imaging promises early detection of skin cancer

...ler version of their prototype system. “We hope to develop a partnership for this with our Regensburg partner,?says Dr Sheblee. He notes that confocal imaging has great potential for detecting skin cancers and expects significant take-up of the technology in the next five years. ...

Secret of smallpox's success may lead to bioterror cure

...art of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop an effective post-exposure vaccine for smallpox. T...lenging viral enemies. Jacob's current attempt to develop a post-exposure smallpox vaccine is also not with its challenges. Because of the extreme dangerousne...

Supercomputers to focus brains on AIDS dilemma

...tic site, suggesting that it should be possible to develop inhibitors that bind with their cyclic moieties to the "east" of the active center as well as to the "west." Based on these simulations, the researchers were also able to predict that the strongest binding inhibitors should be possible with moieties ...

Disease progression model of pancreatic cancer developed by Penn researchers

...ase progression in humans. From this, they hope to develop new treatments for this deadly disease. Advanced p...een in humans. In human patients, 60 to 80 percent develop metastases to the liver; and 50 to 60 percent develop metastases to the lungs. In the genetically mo...

Of mice and men's (and women's) contraceptives

...nd also are unique to germ cells. "When trying to develop a new contraceptive, it's hard because we need to identify a target that's specific to the germ cells," says Hecht. "Clearly, if we inactivate the function of a protein with a small inhibitory molecule, it can't be a protein also active in such somat...

Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped

...ol on the affected side of their body and go on to develop normal language skills. But in adults, the case for brain plasticity has been less clear. A series of studies in the 1980s and 1990s seemed to show that, in adult animals, neurons “filled in?blank spots in the motor and visual cortex after these are...

Master gene controls healing of skin in fruit flies and mammals

...ng from the failure of the body surface barrier to develop properly. Confirming her suspicions, the mutant embryos turned out to be much more permeable to a dye than normal embryos. The group also showed that the genes active in the mutant flies' lesions were activated in normal flies in cells surrounding a...

Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem

...own, MD, PhD, and graduate student Chana Palmer to develop a gene chip that can perform a microbial census on complex communities and samples. ...

Finding hidden invaders in a Hawaiian rain forest

...ircraft, not only to find invasive species, but to develop the next generation of ecosystem monitoring capabi...logical effects of invasions over the landscape to develop effective control strategies, and the Asner/Vitousek work gives us valuable insights about this prob...

Designing vaccines by computer

...of proteins that we need to experimentally test to develop new vaccines to protect both humans and economically important livestock." Professor Nigel Brown, BBSRC Director of Science and Technology, said, "Predictive biology, such as this work, has the potential to bring vaccines and medicines to patients f...

Two chemicals boost immune cells' ability to fight HIV without gene therapy

..." said Effros. "These therapies are also easier to develop than gene-therapy drugs." The research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a University of California Discovery Grant. Geron provided additional funding and the chemical compounds for use in th...

Breakthrough isolating embryo-quality stem cells from blood

...ing used to isolate low-grade stem cells which can develop into skin. In collaboration with medical professionals in Leipzig, elderly patients are being treated for persistent non-healing wounds. Low-grade stem cells isolated from the patient's own blood are applied to the wound to kick-start the healing pro...

Scientists generate patient-specific stem cells, Science study says

...n treating patients. In addition, researchers must develop methods to efficiently direct the differentiation of embryonic stem cells to specific stable cell types. Scientists must also find a way to remove the remaining animal components from the laboratory procedures. Currently, the procedure for isolating ...

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