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UCLA cancer researchers shake loose hidden biomarker

...ere it could not be accessed by blood ?to another, easier to target area. The discovery, outlined in the cover article of May 11 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, could have important implications for using immunotherapy to treat prostate cancer, said Ayyappan K. Rajasekar...

Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management

...o-author of the paper, added that "it's also a lot easier to disseminate charcoal in large scale than fossil fuels, because there is a well developed market and you don't need expensive infrastructure like refineries and processing. So, while fossil fuels are in fact better for health and better for climate...

Studies reveal how plague disables immune system, and how to exploit the process to make a vaccine

...s form of the infection progresses faster, spreads easier from person to person, and is far more deadly, killing 100 percent of those who do not receive the right antibiotics soon after exposure. "There is," the authors note, "an urgent need for vaccine development." One of this microbe's enduring mysterie...

Certain fish have a special mating preference

...ts. That's a heritable trait over generations made easier by the lack of predators. He also observed that the mosquitofish with larger genitalia had slower burst speeds compared with those of smaller genitalia types. In the laboratory Langerhans took offspring of Texas mosquitofish from both environments a...

IMF Launches World’s First DNA Database for Myeloma Patients

...ts. That's a heritable trait over generations made easier by the lack of predators. He also observed that the mosquitofish with larger genitalia had slower burst speeds compared with those of smaller genitalia types. In the laboratory Langerhans took offspring of Texas mosquitofish from both environments a...

Mosaic mouse technique offers a powerful new tool to study diseases and genetics

...n altered gene of interest actually turn green for easier observation. "We use a green fluorescent protein," Luo says. "So now if you mutate a gene, you'll know in which cell the normal gene is lost. For example, if you delete a tumor suppressor gene, the green cells will proliferate, and you can actually ...

Using nanoparticles, in vivo gene therapy activates brain stem cells

...asers, Photonics and Biophotonics. While they are easier and faster to produce, non-viral vectors typically suffer from very low expression and efficacy rates, especially in vivo. "This is the first time that a non-viral vector has demonstrated efficacy in vivo at levels comparable to a viral vector," Bha...

Researchers discover mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells

...n somatic cells, such as skin cells, would make it easier for these cells to be reprogrammed when used as donors for nuclear transplantation. If so, it may help scientists more efficiently "customize" embryonic stem cells that could be used to treat diseases such as diabetes or Parkinson's. ...

Genetic links could unlock clues to leading cause of blindness

... three to four times faster than humans, making it easier to track the progression of the disease. The monkeys also can remain in a controlled environment to test nongenetic factors, and their families can be studied more extensively. Although most rhesus monkeys never show signs of macular degeneration, b...

Researcher gets NSF grant to create mutant maize lines

...e lines to identify genes that make starch that is easier for enzymes to digest. Since ethanol is produced from maize starch, such a refinement could lead to cheaper ethanol. In terms of nutrition, researchers might target a gene that blocks an enzyme used in the pathway that processes beta carotene, or vit...

Scientists succeed in cloning human embryos from eggs matured in the lab

... in the laboratory. Their discovery should make it easier for scientists to create embryonic stem cell lines from cloned embryos and develop them to provide eggs and sperm for infertile couples, the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday 20 Ju...

Green catalyst destroys pesticides and munitions toxins, finds Carnegie Mellon University

...hat currently lack solutions. "Fe-TAMLs are much easier to use in destroying nitrophenols because they work at ambient temperatures and neutral pH," said Collins. "Existing detoxification methods are inefficient and work only under acidic conductions. Our method can be used over a much broader pH range, i...

Invitrogen Launches i-Path -- A Unique Systems Biology Platform at BIO 2005

... in the laboratory. Their discovery should make it easier for scientists to create embryonic stem cell lines from cloned embryos and develop them to provide eggs and sperm for infertile couples, the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday 20 Ju...

Novel plague virulence factor identified

...r toxic agents, Aballay believes that it will much easier for research laboratories to conduct research on virulence and innate immunity. Other members of the research team were Duke's Katie Styer, Gregory Hopkins, and Richard Frothingham, as well as Sara Schessar Bartra and Gregory Plano, University of Mi...

New Look at DNA Hints at Origin of UV Damage

...r toxic agents, Aballay believes that it will much easier for research laboratories to conduct research on virulence and innate immunity. Other members of the research team were Duke's Katie Styer, Gregory Hopkins, and Richard Frothingham, as well as Sara Schessar Bartra and Gregory Plano, University of Mi...

Insects develop resistance to engineered crops

...ied when exposed to pyramided plants alone. "It's easier for an insect to develop resistance to a single toxin," said Shelton. "If an insect gets a jump on one toxin, then it becomes more rapidly resistant to that same toxin in a dual-gene plant. And when one line of defense starts to fail, it puts more pr...

Researchers feed tiny pills of RNA to planarians to identify genes essential for regeneration

...nes to carry out specific functions. This makes it easier to identify a gene's function by silencing it and will help how researchers target their efforts on equivalent genes in mice or zebrafish, for example. * It is inexpensive to study. Now that Sánchez Alvarado and his colleagues have opened the do...

Gifts from the sea

...version to make comparisons meaningful but with an easier to explore nerve layout. MBL researchers have used the toadfish as a model for research into neurotransmission; certain hearing and balance disorders, including Meniere's disease; and motion sickness and dizziness. Surf clam (Spisula solidissima): S...

Spiders help scientists discover how muscles relax

...ts that are particularly well ordered, making them easier to study structurally than the more disorganized filaments found in vertebrate striated muscle, Padron explained. Padron and Lorenzo Alamo at IVIC partnered with Roger Craig, John Woodhead and Fa-Qing Zhao at the University of Massachusetts Medical...

New mitochondrial DNA gene chip may be early cancer diagnosis tool

...arly clinical cancer diagnosis that may be faster, easier to interpret, and provide higher throughput than other methods. A paper describing the NCI-NIST work appears in the May issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. ...

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