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Transplantation Of Monkey Embryonic Stem Cells Reverses Parkinson Disease In Primates

...hisapproach as a useful therapy in humans.Langston highlights that "clearly the study reported here will advanceresearch aimed at validating the use of stem cells to treatneurodegenerative disease" and this is most welcome particularly asinvestigators face yet another presidential moratorium endeavoring tolimit...

Scientists reveal molecular secrets of the malaria parasite

...t parasite transmission in the mosquito."The study highlights the genes in four malarial species that evolverapidly because of "selective pressures" in the stages of their lifecycles in their mosquito vectors and in their mammalian hosts. Malariaparasites undergo three stages in their mosquito vectors, three st...

Study Models Impact Of Anthrax Vaccine

...train of anthrax were used in an attack.“Our study highlights the need for rapid distribution of antibiotics tominimize casualties from an anthrax outbreak,?explained RonBrookmeyer, PhD, lead author of the study and professor in theDepartment of Biostatistics at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.“But a long...

New lab technique identifies high levels of pathogens in therapy pool

... microbial analysis was done at CU-Boulder. "This highlights the need to modernize public health methodology," said Pace, recipient of a $500,000 MacArthur "genius grant" in 2001 for his studies on the range and diversity of microbial life. "Public health progress has fallen in recent years, in part because of...

Survey finds silver contamination in North Pacific waters

...hat had been considered relatively pristine waters highlights the increasingly global impact of industrial emissions from Asia, the researchers said. "The most likely source of the silver contamination is atmospheric emissions from coal burning in Asia," said Russell Flegal, professor of environmental toxicolo...

Test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise

...ome cases of cancer and in other cases erroneously highlights noncancerous conditions. “This new blood test, when coupled with PSA screening, may help reduce the number of both unnecessary biopsies and undetected prostate tumors,?said Getzenberg, In addition to being highly sensitive to prostate cancer, the EP...

Characterizing Skin Cancer by Microarrays

...es daily online and weekly in print. The preceding highlights are not intended to substitute for articles as sources of information. The articles in PNAS report original research by independent authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Academy of Sciences or the National Research Counci...

UN: World in big ecological mess

...stems and human health are intertwined and further highlights how important it is that decisions related to economic development also protect the environment, in order to ultimately safeguard human health," said Kerstin Leitner, Assistant Director-General for Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments of ...

Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics

...t and/or reverse these effects." Key presentation highlights were: - A number of toxic, metabolic, and nutritional factors interact in a complex way to cause brain damage in those individuals who abuse or are dependent on alcohol. "The exact ways in which alcohol damages the brain are uncertain," said Harper...

New tools used to control foodborne hepatitis A outbreaks related to green onions

...n farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatitis A cases in the U.S. that are from an unknown source," Dr. Amon said. "Just as the E. coli-contaminated beef outbreaks in the early 1990s...

Use of Antibiotics for Acne May Increase Risk of Common Illness

...n farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatitis A cases in the U.S. that are from an unknown source," Dr. Amon said. "Just as the E. coli-contaminated beef outbreaks in the early 1990s...

Large-scale Computer Simulations Reveal New Insights Into Antibiotic Resistance

...n farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatitis A cases in the U.S. that are from an unknown source," Dr. Amon said. "Just as the E. coli-contaminated beef outbreaks in the early 1990s...

Disrupting Cocaine-memories To Battle Addiction

...n farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatitis A cases in the U.S. that are from an unknown source," Dr. Amon said. "Just as the E. coli-contaminated beef outbreaks in the early 1990s...

Toxic flood lifts lid on common urban pollution problem

...id. He said the contamination in New Orleans also highlights the need for other cities nationwide to do more to remove the toxins in urban runoff before, rather than after, it gets washed into waterways. There are several good strategies, he said. Increasingly affordable "permeable pavements" allow runoff to b...

Infectious disease expert warns of spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

...t The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, highlights the importance of the recent outbreak in Arizona as the first confirmed cases that could be traced back to ticks carried into to the state on feral dogs, an animal group whose population has markedly increased. And, as the number of dogs has increase...

NASA satellite data provides rapid analysis of Amazon deforestation

...ction known as the DETER system. While this study highlights the challenges of monitoring deforestation and the use of MODIS data in the Amazon, it also shows that similar MODIS analyses could form the basis for a wide array of regional studies in a highly-automated fashion, with both scientific and decision-m...

Scientists crack 40-year-old DNA puzzle and point to 'hot soup' at the origin of life

...structure might have arisen." The new theory also highlights two amino acids that can be excluded from the doublet system and are likely to be relatively recent 'acquisitions' by the genetic code. As these amino acids - glutamine and asparagine - are unable to hold their shape in high temperatures, this sugges...

Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy fixes frail muscle cells in animal model, Stanford study finds

...he significant hurdles. Rando said the PNAS paper highlights an additional requirement for any gene therapy to be successful: the introduced gene must produce healthy dystrophin protein in large quantities in order to repair the entire muscle cell. Previous muscular dystrophy gene therapy studies did not look ...

Nanoparticles, nanoshells, nanotubes: How tiny specks may provide powerful tools against cancer

...peutics" International Conference here. Research highlights from this session include: A nanotube, combined with monoclonal antibodies, is detecting cancer cells, offering a potential cost-effective way to diagnose whether cells are cancerous or not in a matter of minutes versus hour or days with current me...

Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action

...covery soared in 2005. The high point in a year of highlights may be the landing of the European spacecraft Huygens on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Huygens' trip to Titan revealed a world where infrequent but drenching rains of liquid methane shape the land and participate in a fascinating hydrologic cycle. A...

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