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Mice studies illustrate potential of chimp/human antibodies to protect against smallpox

...nd perhaps to existing vaccines that we can use to enhance our arsenal of medical countermeasures." Using a library of antibodies derived from the bone marrow of two vaccinia-immunized chimpanzees, the study researchers identified a pair of potent antibodies that target and neutralize the B5 protein, one of...

Boosting newborns' immune responses

...spital Boston now believe they have found a way to enhance the immune system at birth and boost newborns' vac...t that agents that stimulate TLR8 could be used to enhance immune responses in newborns, perhaps as adjuvants given along with vaccines," Levy says. "We plan t...

Pleasing plant shapes explained by new computer model

... zoology. The scientists believe their model will enhance biological experiments by providing a tool botanists can use to complement and interpret their traditional laboratory experiments. It also promises to lead to accurate models of how other organisms, including animals, develop from primordial stem cel...

Pitt professor's theory of evolution gets boost from cell research

... the need to preserve the environment--not only to enhance life today, but to protect life generations from now." Schwartz, with his colleague Ian Tattersall, curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, also authored the four-volume The Human Fossil Record (Wiley-Liss, 20...

Living taste cells produced outside the body

...rtant new tool to help discover molecules that can enhance or block different kinds of tastes," explains prin...can be used to study how taste stimuli interact to enhance good tastes or suppress unpleasant tastes. Similarly, new molecules, including potential artificial ...

Source of crucial immune cell in the skin discovered

...lls and the importance of Csf-1, we may be able to enhance tumor vaccines by increasing the recruitment of Langerhans cell precursors to the skin," said Dr. Merad. Additionally, the researchers point out that the new findings hold promise for potential therapeutic for patients with a Langerhans histocytosis...

Stem cells from muscles can repair cartilage

... express BMP-4 over an extended period of time can enhance articular cartilage healing," the authors state. T...forming grown factor â1 (TGFâ1) to MDSC-B4 did not enhance chondrogenic differentiation. The authors conclude that skeletal muscle is a promising source of ce...

Bioengineers create stable networks of blood vessels

...blood vessel-forming and nerve-forming cells would enhance development of the vascular networks. "By their nature, hydrogels are well suited for the transport of soluble factors, nutrients or drugs, and waste," said Lavik. "The hydrogel scaffold materials are generally highly biocompatible and safe to impla...

New peptide antibiotic isolated from American oyster

...he innate immune system of American oysters and to enhance research to protect it from important microbial infections," according to Noga. "Further studies are needed to identify sites of synthesis and storage of AOD and determine mechanisms affecting its regulation." ...

Scientists directly view immune cells interacting to avert autoimmunity

...cells, we hope to be able to refine the therapy to enhance its efficacy." The microscopy technique is a vital new tool, Tang said. "The function of the immune system involves multiple cell types interacting dynamically in three dimensions, which is very difficult to analyze in vivo -- and nearly impossibl...

UCR environmental scientists propose chemical solution to cleaning California's Salton Sea

...d and form a fragile structure, called a floc) and enhance salt removal. Used in wastewater treatment, it enhances coagulation and settling. The polymer acts as a coagulant aid by chemically bridging reactive groups and increasing floc size. ...

GROWing the next generation of water recycling plants

...e whether the addition of an ultraviolet light can enhance the disinfection of the water. They hope to market GROW commercially in the second half of 2006. GROW is one project in a much larger EPSRC-funded Sustainable Water Management programme (WaND) that Professor Butler oversees at Imperial. "Our overal...

Wild birds help to create human flu vaccine

...ic Influenza" acknowledges the need to "expand and enhance mechanisms for screening and monitoring animals that may harbor viruses with pandemic potential." Working in tandem with national and international health agencies, congressional leaders have introduced legislation aimed at filling existing gaps in...

Greasing interferon's gears may pave way to greater therapeutic benefits, fewer side effects

...gh doses required. "We reasoned that if we could enhance the way interferon produces its beneficial defensi...hat increase Stat1 responsiveness and consequently enhance the benefits of interferon produced naturally in the body or given as treatment. ...

Brainstem blocks pain to protect key behaviors

...two groups of neurons in the brain stem that could enhance or inhibit pain. Neurons that "facilitate" pain, which he labeled "ON cells, fire in bursts when animals are awake and are inactive during slow-wave sleep. "OFF" cells, which suppress pain, are active during slow-wave sleep. Foo and Mason, who co...

Noise And Delays Explain Why Some Genes Oscillate In Activity

...ve chemicals can distort thinking just as they can enhance it. Because CX717 has a different biochemical action, it may be more beneficial than stimulants for counteracting the cognitive effects of sleep deprivation. But that doesn't mean we should throw away our pillows and blankets just yet: sleep deprivat...

Clocking in Pillow Time without the Pillow

...ve chemicals can distort thinking just as they can enhance it. Because CX717 has a different biochemical action, it may be more beneficial than stimulants for counteracting the cognitive effects of sleep deprivation. But that doesn't mean we should throw away our pillows and blankets just yet: sleep deprivat...

University of Arizona plant scientists to unravel maize genome

... maize to other crops." One important goal is to enhance drought resistance in corn and other cereal crops,...the project," Wing said. "It will also allow us to enhance capacities for computation. BIO5 makes large-scale endeavors like this possible by investing heavily...

MIT researcher finds neuron growth in adult brain

...le to grow in the adult brain gives us a chance to enhance the process and explore under what conditions -- genetic, sensory or other -- we can make that happen," said study co-author Elly Nedivi, the Fred and Carole Middleton Assistant Professor of Neurobiology. While scientists have focused mostly on try...

Scientists discover the molecular switch for nerve cells' insulating jelly rolls

... spinal cord. If so, it may one day be possible to enhance or fix damaged spinal cords and brain tracts that have lost their myelin due to injury or disease by transplanting into, or turning on, a functioning neuregulin gene in nerve cells. "Is it possible that this same switch can reprogram a nerve cell tha...

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