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UAB scientists discover the origin of a mysterious physical force

...w as hydration force. Jordi Faraudo, a researcher for the Department of Physics at the Universitat Autòn...scovered that this strange property is responsible for the hydration force that acts when water is surrounded by certain types of electrostatically charged...

Researchers discover way to make cells in the eye sensitive to light

...lete.The researchers believe that while not a cure for blindness, thefindings could lead to therapies for treating some forms of blindness,such as retinitis pigmentosa. Retinitis pigmentosa is a form ofhere...

Quantum Dots Research Leads to New Knowledge about Protein Binding in Plants

...to the eggsfound in ovules. Applyingnanoparticles for imaging the protein localization revealed informat...ed in an articletitled “Quantum Dots as Bio-labels for the Localization of a SmallPlant Adhesion Protein?and published in the January 2005 issue ofNanotech...

Source of molecular triggers in cutaneous T cell lymphoma identified

...idly divide. "This finding has broad implications for the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of CTC...on. "Inhibiting Treg-cell generation may be useful for cancer immunotherapy and promoting Treg development may be useful to induce tolerance in autoimmune ...

University of Manchester makes made-to-measure skin and bones a reality using inkjet printers

...Cells Projectresearch team, said: "It is difficult for a surgeon to reconstruct anycomplex disfiguring of...es whichare a few millimetres thick, which is fine for growing artificial skin,but if you wanted to grow cartilage, for instance, it would beimpossible," P...

Protein discovery could unlock the secret to better TB treatment

... die each year from the disease. The top challenge for TB control in the European region is multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Eight per cent of the bacteria causing TB in patients are resistant to one or more drugs and one per cent show multidrug resistance. Left untreated, a person with infectious TB of ...

Enzyme, lost in most mammals, is shown to protect against UV-induced skin cancer

...entify theprincipal type of DNA damage responsible for the onset of skin-tumordevelopment. The researcher...Insufficient repairof UV-induced DNA damage, which for example may occur after excessiveunprotected sunbathing, can lead to cellular death ?recognized assu...

W.M. Keck Foundation funds study of friendly microbes

...s gap by funding a study to develop new approaches for isolating, sequencing and analyzing the genomes of...ed by Jeffrey Gordon, M.D., director of the Center for Genome Sciences (CGS) at Washington University in St. Louis, and reflects a partnership between his ...

Yellowstone microbes fueled by hydrogen, according to U. of Colorado study

...y of Colorado at Boulder researchers saybodes well for life in extreme environments on other planets and ...rprise to find hydrogen was the main energy source for microbesin the hot springs," Pace said. "This project is also interesting inthe context of microbiol...

It's not all genetic: Common epigenetic problem doubles cancer risk in mice

..., professor of medicine and director of the Center for Epigenetics in Common Human Disease at Johns Hopki...e dose of IGF2, everything is pretty normal except for the extra precursor cells," says Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, M.D., assistant professor of pathology...

Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer

...o overcome one of the major hurdles ingene therapy for cancer: its tendency to kill normal cells in thepr...ased on the new technique should also be effective for a widerange of tumors - such as ovarian, breast, brain (glioma), skin(melanoma) and colon cancer - b...

Dysentery uses 'sword and shield' to cause infection

...s unlikely to result in new treatments or vaccines for dysentery. In this case, the dysentery bacteria has evolved into a highly effective and dangerous infection." ...

Novel technology detects human DNA mutations

...unprecedented benefits in the company's technology for the medical analysis of human DNA. Nanosphere's nanoparticle-based technology allows for rapid, highly-sensitive and specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) genotyping, which is the...

Topical treatment shown to inhibit HIV and herpes simplex virus infection

...us Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "There is an urgent need for the development of safe and effective vaginal micr...e worldwide are living with HIV, and women account for nearly half of those infected. As stated by the World Health Organization, unprotected sex is the pr...

Priming embryonic stem cells to fulfill their promise

...ecialized cells being sought as possibletreatments for dozens of human diseases and health conditions. Sa...ns, any one of which could formthe optimal "niche" for a desired type of differentiated cell.In their experiments, the UCSD researchers took advantage of t...

Growth in the sea comes down to a struggle for iron

...ilo Moana, a research ship that left Hawaii, bound for the sub-Arctic waters of the western Pacific. Owne...ship was loaded with equipment and supplies, ready for an extended stay at sea. Its subsurface pontoon hull give it more stability in choppy seas, a benefi...

New, automated tool successfully classifies and relates proteins in unprecedented way

...a tumor cell's machinery needed toprocess proteins for cancer growth."Our tool represents a step forward ...LFs, Murphy then developed acomputational strategy for automatically clustering, or grouping,proteins based on SLF similarities and differences. For his st...

New binding target for oncogenic viral protein

...enter report the discovery of an additional target for T antigen--a protein called Fbw7. The Fbw7 gene i...mor suppressor which makes it an attractive choice for inactivation by Large T," explained Dr. Markus Welcker, the study's first author. The research appe...

Lack of enzyme turns fat cells into fat burners

...en they were fed a high fat, highcarbohydrate diet for four to five months, the ACC2-deficient mice hada ... was supported in part by by theClayton Foundation for Research and the National Institutes of Health....

Poor prenatal nutrition permanently damages function of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas

...der five and one-half pounds -- have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. To understand the rea...me overweight, eliminating this common risk factor for diabetes. The only difference was that the mothers had been fed differently during the final week. ...

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