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Tramiprosate (Alzhemed? preclinical results published in Neurobiology of Aging

...rican Phase III clinical trial will be offered the opportunity to receive tramiprosate (Alzhemed? in an open-label extension study. Neurochem is also actively advancing an 18-month Phase III clinical trial for tramiprosate (Alzhemed? in Europe, which was initiated in September 2005. The ongoing European Phase ...

USC researchers investigate protein that protects tumors

... "[If] you block those then you give the cells the opportunity to survive and grow." Not only did EphB4 block those defenses, but it helped the cancer cells flourish by issuing a call for more blood vessels ?the biological equivalent of food for the tumor. "The tumor cell carrying this protein ?on its surface ...

'Scent of a woman' tells male redback spiders to find a mate

...erhaps. But redback males, who get only one mating opportunity -- an uncommon occurrence in nature -- have a few tricks up their (eight) sleeves. A new study by researchers at the University of Toronto at Scarborough has identified developmental adaptations in male Australian redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselt...

US woman gives birth to baby from world's first frozen donor egg bank

... The first frozen egg bank will offer women the opportunity to better manage their own infertility, which is o... for treatment. The infertile woman is given the opportunity to choose the timing of her pregnancy, without involving the ongoing life and complications of a thi...

BioMed Central launches Biology Direct

...." This novel review process gives the author the opportunity to discuss points raised directly with the reviewers, and to revise their manuscript as much or as little as they wish, according to the suggestions or criticisms of the reviewers. Ultimately, reviewers can express reservations about the manuscript b...

Genetically engineered mosquitoes show resistance to dengue fever virus

...icer-2 and was chopped up. The virus never had the opportunity to replicate. As a result, they could "inoculate" mosquitoes with a form of the virus that would essentially be benign. Joining James on the study, funded by a 2001 grant from the National Institutes of Health, were researchers from Colorado State U...

Variation in bitter-taste receptor gene increases risk for alcoholism

...e general population, Goate and colleagues had the opportunity to look at a large number of differences in genetic sequences and determine whether certain sequences might influence risk. In this study, they concentrated on TAS2R16, which helps regulate the response to bitter tastes. They found a single base var...

UMaine teams with fishermen to study affects of trawling on seafloor ecology

...ould take decades for recovery, but didn't have an opportunity to look at it," said Knight. "This is the first project that has been able to look at areas closed for six years. We're already seeing signs of recovery after a significant amount of time. We're not seeing a huge trajectory change, but we can say it ...

Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases

...that we should support. We must seize the historic opportunity provided by the Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project, to speed up the discovery of the genetic causes of common diseases like diabetes and hypertension. At the same time, it's critical that we also understand the environmental co...

Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits

...ecause many cruise passengers are attracted by the opportunity to experience new places and cultures," stated Russell Mittermeier, president of CI, in the From Ship to Shore Foreword. The report also makes specific recommendations for how these groups can more effectively work together to manage increased cruis...

Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say

...ion and research. "This study provides a unique opportunity to have direct access to an aspect of the natural world that would otherwise be inaccessible," Greg Whittaker, Moody Gardens animal husbandry manager, said. "This research also may have real applications in addressing skeletal deformities that occas...

Australian first to save sight

..., 61, welcomed the news after initially missing an opportunity for a corneal transplant when she was on holiday i... corneal transplant on Thursday. There is also an opportunity to film an operation of a corneal transplant at the Eye and Ear hospital on Tuesday following the op...

Multi-million pound UK Biobank underway

...g in the south Manchester area are being given the opportunity to trailblaze the project before it goes nationwide later this year. They are being sent invitations to take part in the start-up phase of UK Biobank ?a revolutionary research undertaking that will eventually recruit half a million volunteers aged 4...

Flu not the only germ threat this time of year

...vaccine or wait in long lines for a flu shot, that opportunity for prevention doesn't even present itself for RSV. Falsey and Walsh have shown that over a four-year span in Rochester, about the same number of people visited the doctor and were hospitalized for RSV and flu, and that RSV infection caused more than...

Illinois pig to make history as source of first complete swine genome

...e to be able to conduct research that provided the opportunity to assume this leadership position. Clearly this is a significant acknowledgement of the leadership of the genomics program at the University of Illinois." The female, reddish-brown Duroc pig involved in the project was used by Beever and Schook to ...

'Word-vision' brain area confirmed

...Laurent Cohen of the Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, an opportunity to demonstrate that the region does indeed play a causal role in the ability to recognize words. The researchers reported in the April 20, 2006, issue of Neuron the results of reading, language, and object recognition tests both before and after the...

On a fly's wing, scientists tally evolution's winners and losses

... of pediatrics. This presented scientists with the opportunity to examine intensively the similarities and differences in the DNA sequence of human and mouse. Lupski was brought into the work while he was on sabbatical at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, England, last year. The Sanger Institut...

Mouse to man: The story of chromosomes

... of pediatrics. This presented scientists with the opportunity to examine intensively the similarities and differences in the DNA sequence of human and mouse. Lupski was brought into the work while he was on sabbatical at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, England, last year. The Sanger Institut...

Behavioral studies show UV contributes to marsupial color vision

...an color vision functions, the findings provide an opportunity to re-examine theories on the evolution of this key sensory capacity. ...

Bocavirus infection may be associated with pneumonia in Thailand, especially in children

... severe pneumonia patients of all ages is a unique opportunity to define the epidemiology of new viruses, "says Sonja Olsen, Acting Director of the IEIP and one of the researchers. The researchers tested nasopharyngeal swab specimens collected from hospitalized pneumonia patients in rural Thailand between S...

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