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Knockout Mouse Project

...ildren's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is leading one of two teams in an international effort to produce thousands of genetically altered mice for a study to understand the role of individual genes in human health. Other members of the team represent the School of Veterinary Science at the Universi...

Artificial cornea offers better results for infants, some blind patients

... patients are out driving cars, riding horses, and leading active lives, and several have near-normal vision ...us difference," said Aquavella, one of the world's leading corneal surgeons. "After traditional cornea transplant surgery, usually it takes a year or 18 months...

Using nature's most primitive anti-viral defense system to find new approaches to cancer research

... for International Cancer Research - are helping a leading scientist in London identify potential targets for drugs that block the spread of cancer. In one of the first studies of its kind, Dr Buzz Baum of the UCL Branch of the global Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) is using the tiny fruit fly,...

Plant-derived molecules, genetic manipulation point to future chemoprevention methods

...at preventing tumor growth. "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States," said Liby. "Since the mortality from this disease is significant, and prognoses are poor once a patient has been diagnosed, prevention may provide the only avenues to combat this particular cancer. We thi...

SARS: No evidence that any of the treatments worked

... major Asian study Diarrhoea remains one of the leading causes of death among children in developing countries. A major study in six countries has found that one microorganism that causes diarrhoea, Shigella, appears to be more common in the poorest communities of Asia than previously thought. Antibiotic-...

Mayo discovers protein as potential tactic to prevent tumors

...tly call for the cell to produce a set of proteins leading to apoptosis. "If the cell has minor alterations in the DNA code that can be repaired, those repairs are made," says first author Haojie Huang, Ph.D. "If the genetic message cannot be repaired, our studies show that CDK2 can initiate the steps nec...

Mutant mouse provides insights into breast cancer

...ses the rate of flawed copies of genetic material, leading to mouse breast cancers. In a paper published in... demonstrated that genomic instability is probably leading to these cancers." Schimenti and colleagues found that in the Chaos3 mice, the DNA codings in a ge...

Report calls for improved monoclonal antibodies against solid tumors

A new report by leading experts in monoclonal antibody research for oncology offers a conceptual framework for future research in the design of antibody therapies against solid tumors. Writing in the January 15, 2007 issue of CANCER ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cance...

Queen bee promiscuity boosts hive health

...arpy of North Carolina State University tested the leading hypothesis that queens' promiscuity improves colony disease resistance by boosting the genetic diversity of their offspring, the worker bees. "This required a particularly nasty experiment, in which we inoculated colonies with the most virulent disea...

Climate experts search for answers in the oceans

...nited Kingdom, said. "ESA should be proud of their leading role in supporting these efforts through the International GODAE High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project Office (GHRSST-PP) and the highly successful Medspiration Project." The large volume of data acquired by satellite observations...

Leading reason for corneal transplants comes into focus

...east one form of Fuchs corneal dystrophy, FCD, the leading reason for corneal transplantation in the United States. In one form or another, FCD's trademark deterioration of the cells covering the clear, outermost lens of the eye affects more than 4 percent of the population over 40. Late in life, the dystro...

Hope for a more effective and less toxic cancer drug

...iled to kill the unwanted cells on cue. WEHI's leading researcher with the assessment project, Dr David Huang, explains, "Normally, the cell death machinery is switched on when damaged cells need to be removed. The failure of the machinery to be turned on when it should can lead to cancer. ABT-737 is a '...

The biggest bug in gut discomfort

...o answer basic questions about the bug that is the leading cause of bacterial food-borne illness in the United States, and one of the most common causes of diarrhea worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that "campylobacterioisis" strikes 2.4 million Americans a year. While most sufferers reco...

A fisheye view of the deadliest breast cancer

...ession also increased tumor cell membrane dynamics leading to continuous shedding of small cellular fragments. The transparent fish also let the researchers make high-resolution 3D images of two potential anticancer compounds at work: a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor inhibitor calle...

New engineered drug may offer prolonged arthritis relief

...'s most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder and the leading cause of disability, the researchers said, adding that as the average age of the population continues to rise, the incidence of osteoarthritis will increase. Osteoarthritis had been attributed primarily to the gradual wear and tear of joint surface...

Nerve cell software keeps track of brain change

...abase-supported interface. "We're working with a leading Australian brain research institute to thoroughly validate HCA-Vision. The results will be reported in scientific journals in the near future", Dr Vallotton says. A version of the software for 3D images is under development and will provide 'anothe...

The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource

...lished a study summarizing the views of over fifty leading scientists in the field of biofuels research that expressed optimism about the prospects for finding cost-effective methods to produce fuels such as ethanol from cellulose in the not-too-distant future (Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic ...

New HIV statistics indicate increasing toll of AIDS on African American community

The country's leading African-American lawmakers, civil rights leaders and medical experts today called on the federal government to adopt and implement a new blueprint to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the African-American community. The plan is outlined in a new report...

Nano-devices hold promise for early-stage cancer detection

...ve centimeters. For colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death, at least 90 per cent of cases can be cured with proper screening and surveillance. Engineering faculty at McMaster are working closely with their colleagues in health sciences on this research, as well as with researchers at...

Exposure to dioxins influences male reproductive system, study of Vietnam veterans concludes

...e is a link between dioxins and the human prostate leading us to speculate that dioxins might be decreasing the growth of the prostate in humans like they do in animals." The researchers found that veterans exposed to dioxin had lower incidence rates of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), better known as e...

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