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Blood test may help signal tumor's remission, return in throat cancer patients

...ce, speech, and swallowing ability is an excellent example of the predictive, preemptive, and personalized ap...s research in head and neck cancer is an excellent example of the type of collaborative study between two NIH institutes that helps advance the field,” said NC...

Modeling the restless brain

...bout how the human brain is structured -- how, for example the hundreds (the number is unknown) of regions in the human brain are connected. The computer model created by Sporns and Honey suggests that this very pattern of connectivity is crucial to generating and shaping brain activity in the resting and ac...

Research team identifies new Alzheimer's gene

...zheimer's disease breakthrough is another powerful example of a fundamental life science discovery made by an Affymetrix customer. Our latest microarray technology continues to accelerate research at an unprecedented pace by enabling scientists to better identify the specific genetic variations associated w...

In mice, drug protects against diabetes and atherosclerosis

...otamisligil, "This work turned out to be a perfect example of out-of-the box thinking, inter-institutional and inter-disciplinary science, to bridge discovery with application and fruitful industry-academia collaboration."...

Brightening prospects of using fluorescent nanotubes in medical applications

...uishing the nanotubes’ delicate fluorescence. An example of the possible medical applications of nanotube fluorescence is a collaboration that Hertel and Associate Professor of Biomedical Research Duco Jansen are planning. Jansen has been pursuing research that uses gold nanoclusters to burn away cancer ce...

Researchers reveal structure of protein altered in autism

...stem influence their interactions. This is another example of how research on basic biological questions, such as the three-dimensional structures of proteins in the brain, can yield valuable medical insights.” Taylor and colleagues have been studying the structure and function of acetylcholinesterase – ...

Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success

... the genes for other traits. "This is the first example in which exposure to the mother's hormones changes...e inhibited by yellow genes. "This is a classic example of an interaction between genes and environmental influences on traits," Lancaster said. "Females pr...

MU researchers to study the status of black bears in Missouri

...if they are reproducing. “This study is a good example of the use of cutting-edge molecular biology in the management of Missouri’s wildlife,” Eggert said. “We’re pleased to work with the Missouri Department of Conservation to generate the data needed to better understand and effectively manage the black...

Fat fish put obesity on the hook

...enetics have been well described. This is one more example of how basic experimental biology – zoology physiology and genetics in this case – can be brought to bear on human problems.” According the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of overweight and obesity have risen stea...

Turn-ons and turn-offs for neurons

...on can be used to analyze involvement of genes for example in cognition in the mouse, as was shown in key studies from 1996. But in spite of the published success, others scientists report some difficulties: in some experiments the full reactivation of Tet-regulated genes failed. Mazahir T. Hasan and colleag...

Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs

...ned. "What we are doing is taking a gene, as for example a drug gene, that is not part of the mushroom, and camouflaging it with regulatory elements from a mushroom gene. We then patch these genetic elements in the plasmid and insert it back into the bacterium," he added. The researchers then snipped sma...

Technique monitors thousands of molecules simultaneously

...oblem." He offered the Great Wall of China as an example of a classic logistics problem ?the structure itself was simple, but getting the tools and manpower necessary for the task to the remote regions it was built in on the scale necessary was "a logistical nightmare." Getting 12,000 electrodes per squa...

pHLIP, a novel technology to locate and treat tumors

...based on pHLIP technology? “Our discovery is an example of the reason that the NIH and DOD support basic science—we were working on the principles of membrane protein folding, and made a discovery with important medical implications that wouldn’t have happened without the ideas and approaches used in that...

New knowledge improves rice quality

...ove their lives. "This would be an outstanding example of using the latest in science to improve the lives of the poor, while satisfying the desires of the affluent," he added. ...

Targeting sugar on blood vessels may inhibit cancer growth

...lial heparan sulfate in the tumor environment. An example would be developing small-molecule inhibitors of Ndst1. By affecting a broad array of molecules ?such as VEGF, fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, or others that impact angiogenesis in a variety of carcinomas ?this therapy coul...

Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy

...dditional therapy is needed ?a ‘yearly refill,?for example ?and the students have provided an ideal environment in which the encapsulated cells can thrive." Along with other undergraduate projects, this prototype was unveiled May 2 at the university’s Biomedical Engineering Design Day showcase. The Johns ...

Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed by first genome-wide study of illness

...cis J. McMahon, MD, and colleagues. "This is an example of how advances in genetics research feed into practical applications. This research would not have been possible a very few years ago. We now have a new molecular target scientists can investigate in their search for better medications for bipolar...

Fat screen delivers plant-derived chemical with antidiabetic effects

..., Tontonoz said. The findings provide "a second example of a small molecule that both promotes fat cell differentiation in vitro and improves glucose tolerance in vivo," Tontonoz's team concluded. The biological activities of harmine and TZDs underscore the fact that links between fat tissue and insulin r...

DNA-damage test could aid drug development

...demy of Science the week of May 14. "This is an example of taking fundamental lab science and doing something useful with it," says Lodish, whose lab has extensively studied the process by which red blood cells are generated. Shuga first worked with postdoctoral researcher Jing Zhang in the Lodish lab to ...

Danish researches solve virus puzzle

How is virus as for example HIV and bird flu able to make the cells within a human body work for the purpose of the virus? Researchers at the University of Copenhagen shed new light on this question. The research is a collaboration between molecular biologists and physicists. ...

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