Tag: "mobilization" at biology news

Did 'ABCs' cause Uganda's fall in HIV rates?

...f Uganda's political leadership, nationwide social mobilization and gender empowerment policies, both women and men benefited and HIV prevalence declined." Countering Murphy and Greene's viewpoint, Alexandra Mihailovic (University of Toronto) and Peter Olupot-Olupot (Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda), ar...

New insight into machinery of immune cells' 'tentacles'

...mplicated the same machinery in regulating calcium mobilization in T cells. In their studies, Pendergast and her colleagues sought to discover the signaling proteins in T cells responsible for formation, or polymerization, of the protein actin into filaments following activation of the T cells. Such actin filame...

Stem cell mobilization therapy appears to be ineffective in repairing damage caused by heart attack

...ng factor (G-CSF, a growth-factor protein) induces mobilization of bone marrow stem cells, according to background...2005. Treatment with G-CSF produced a significant mobilization of bone marrow stem cells. The researchers found that this did not alter infarct size (area of damag...

Second messenger NAADP shows fast, dose-related impact on satiety cycle

...ays a crucial role in cholecystokinin-induced Ca2+ mobilization in pancreatic acinar cells. Despite the intensive study into the physiological role of NAADP in Ca2+ signaling in pancreatic anicar cells, direct demonstration of changes in NAADP levels in response to agonist-stimulations has been lacking, Yamasaki ...

WHO suspends Marburg work, appeals for new funds

...ge and will be joined shortly by experts in social mobilization from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and...nity, priority activities include intensive social mobilization and health education in the towns and villages of Uige Province. To reduce the risk of transmission ...

Marburg virus disease in Angola - update

...y support in Luanda. UNICEF is carrying out social mobilization activities, raising awareness of the disease in the community and also providing additional logistic support and equipment. Two travelers returning to Portugal from Angola were investigated for possible Marburg virus infection and laboratory results...

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