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Bacterial protein shows promise in treating intestinal parasites

...iple intestinal parasites. Studies are underway to fully define the spectrum of activity of Cry5B as part of its preclinical development as a human therapeutic."...

Solved: The mystery of flesh-eating bacteria's relentless attack

...C, or you could explore the activity of SilCR more fully and try to boost its action." ...

Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with advanced lung cancer

... respond to Tarceva. Because researchers don't yet fully understand what biologic characteristics determine response, they can't test patients first to determine who should be given the drug. Since 90 percent of patients don't respond to Tarceva, the drug was not an option for them. Reckamp said a portion ...

Mobile DNA part of evolution's toolbox

... regulation of genes -- a hypothesis that was more fully developed by Roy Britten and Eric Davidson in about 1970, when it was discovered that more than half of the human genome consists of remnants of mobile elements. But the mechanisms underlying this process remained obscure. Haussler's work provides di...

Mouse study reveals new clues about virulence of 1918 influenza virus

...of Washington's John Kash, Ph.D. The work with the fully reconstructed 1918 virus was conducted by coauthor...of the overzealous host reaction to infection by a fully reconstructed 1918 influenza virus," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "The research provid...

Hair samples show babies can be exposed to 'crystal meth' while in the womb

...precise effects of crystal meth on a fetus are not fully known, but the evidence to date points to restricted fetal growth and developmental problems. Crystal meth users were also significantly more likely to use other drugs, the results showed. Most (85%) of the 396 samples positive for crystal meth a...

Green tea and the 'Asian Paradox'

...chological health. "More studies are necessary to fully elucidate and better understand green tea's method of action, particularly at the cellular level," Sumpio said. "The evidence is strong that green tea consumption is a useful dietary habit to lower the risk for, as well as treat, a number of chronic ...

Large-scale genomics project will hunt genes behind common childhood diseases

...mina, the genotyping BeadLab will be installed and fully operational at Children's Hospital by the end of June. "Once the BeadLab is installed here, we will have one of the largest genotyping projects in the world," said Dr. Hakonarson. "The equipment will be capable of producing approximately 150 million...

MUHC announces a transplant first in Quebec

...ghtforward and uncomplicated." The patient has now fully recovered and is again living a full and rich life. "I am extremely impressed with the doctors at the MUHC; from the onset I had unquestioned confidence in their ability to perform this complex surgery," says Patrice Dionne. "I'm so thankful that I w...

Pollutant haze heats the Arctic

... Arctic, although additional research is needed to fully understand its contributions to the Arctic climate system," Steenburgh says. Measuring Heat and Pollution in Alaskan Skies The new study was published in the April 6 issue of the journal Nature. Garrett and Zhao conducted the study using data col...

Report warns about carbon dioxide threats to marine life

...nce of climate change. While scientists cannot yet fully predict how much marine calcification rates will change in the future, the report warns that the more critical question is: "What does this mean in terms of organism fitness and the future of marine ecosystems?" ...

Reversing 'hibernating' heart muscle focus of UB researchers

...bernation limit their long-term ability to recover fully after revascularization. John M. Canty, M.D., Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Chair in Cardiovascular Disease in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, is principal investigator on the gr...

New technology addresses female fertility preservation

...e has one egg) from mice were grown in vitro until fully matured by providing the follicles and eggs with the necessary hormones for development while maintaining their normal architecture. The eggs were then used for in vitro fertilization. The fertilized eggs were implanted into a foster mother that was ...

Biologists find regions of rice domestication

...s with its wild ancestors pretty readily, so I was fully prepared to see no domestication signal whatsoever," Schaal said. "I would have expected to see clustering of the cultivated rice, but I was delighted to see geographical clustering of the wild rice. I was thrilled that there was even any sort of g...

Activation of microRNA inhibits cancer gene in human cancer cells

...ly apparent, regulation of miRNA expression is not fully understood." Dr. Jones and his colleagues examined whether miRNAs can be controlled by epigenetic alterations linked to chromatin remodeling. Cancer cells and normal cells were treated with chromatin-remodeling drugs to simultaneously inhibit DNA m...

DOE publishes research roadmap for developing cleaner fuels

... and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner said. "We fully intend to use all of our resources and talent to support the President's goal of breaking our addiction to oil, while also enhancing our energy security." ...

Researcher studies, treats military with 'silent disease'

...tion Sjogren's staff offers. "Sometimes they don't fully understand hepatitis C, and the patients are very anxious. They think they have HIV or something that's going to kill them overnight," she said. "We like to talk to the patient and put them at ease, and say 'Look this is the story, let's work togethe...

Infected for life

...lthough the latency-to-reactivation process is not fully understood, it is known to involve stress, such as physical damage, ultraviolet light, hormones, or even fever. Fraser is currently testing whether HSV-2, a relative of HSV-1 that causes genital herpes, also encodes an miRNA molecule in its LAT gene...

UCSD researchers develop 'smart petri dish'

...and Bhatia that allowed the scientists to maintain fully functioning liver cells in culture. While many cel... cells to behave collectively the way they do in a fully functioning liver. The scientists write in their paper that in their experiments the Smart Petri Di...

New bird flu drug promises to beat the problem of resistance

...raging. "By the time the influenza virus becomes fully resistant to the drugs currently in use, we should have this as a viable alternative." Dr McKimm-Breschkin is also very optimistic about the new project. "We are aiming to produce a likely drug candidate within the three year period," she said. ...

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