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15-year hunt finds cause of pseudothalidomide syndrome

...earance and number of chromosomes were abnormal in people with Roberts syndrome, but we hadn't been able to ...haracterizing the chromosome problem in cells from people with Roberts syndrome," Jabs remembers. "We knew it would be really important to find the gene, but ...

Future diabetes drugs may target new protein interaction

...ver's production of sugar is a damaging problem in people with diabetes, the proteins' interaction might be ...ifically glucose -- for the energy to function. In people with diabetes, however, the liver doesn't sense the incoming calories, and it keeps making glucose w...

PHACCS, an online tool for estimating the structure and diversity of uncultured viral communities using metagenomic information

...ver's production of sugar is a damaging problem in people with diabetes, the proteins' interaction might be ...ifically glucose -- for the energy to function. In people with diabetes, however, the liver doesn't sense the incoming calories, and it keeps making glucose w...

Computational verification of protein-protein interactions by orthologous co-expression

...ver's production of sugar is a damaging problem in people with diabetes, the proteins' interaction might be ...ifically glucose -- for the energy to function. In people with diabetes, however, the liver doesn't sense the incoming calories, and it keeps making glucose w...

Eliminate Data Analysis Bottlenecks in Drug Discovery

...ver's production of sugar is a damaging problem in people with diabetes, the proteins' interaction might be ...ifically glucose -- for the energy to function. In people with diabetes, however, the liver doesn't sense the incoming calories, and it keeps making glucose w...

Research into how prions act in the brain could hold the key to defeating diseases

...cure is yet in sight. Estimates of the numbers of people at risk from primary exposure to meat infected products and possible risk from secondary exposure, for example through blood transfusion, are still being debated and recalculated as new research adds new knowledge and information to the overall pictu...

NHGRI targets 12 more organisms for genome sequencing

...inent in Latin America, affecting about 20 million people in South America alone and killing 50,000 of them a year. Having the genome sequence of Rhodnius prolixus presents an opportunity for experts from the United States, Canada and Latin America to collaborate on understanding this widespread infectious ...

UCLA study assesses cost-effectiveness of Hepatitis B drugs

...-effective when reserved as a second-line agent in people who develop viral resistance for lamivudine ?a therapy that has been available for over 15 years. The study notes that interferon ?the oldest of all available therapies -- may still be preferred in health care systems with limited resources and is e...

Next Generation Body Scanner Launched By The University Of Manchester

...e advantage of the equipment, such as severely ill people who have previously been unable to tolerate the longer scanning times involved. John Atwill, Managing Director of Philips Medical Systems UK said: "The 3.0T Achieva MR system in Manchester represents the culmination of many years of fruitful collabo...

While on trail of dioxin, scientists pinpoint cancer target of green tea

.... While it's been reported that green tea protects people against some forms of cancer, such as breast and l...f harnessing green tea's protective power. Just as people with aches and pains no longer have to chew on willow bark to receive the benefits of the substance ...

Mutation in clams protects against paralytic shellfish poisoning but raises human health risk

...ce of toxic algae and increases the risk of PSP to people who eat clams by enabling contaminated clams to survive in the presence of toxins. The report, "Sodium channel mutation leading to saxitoxin resistance in clams increases risk of PSP," was written by a team of scientists, including Laurie Connell of...

Rabies spread speeds up

...in the United States stem from bat bites, far more people are treated for raccoon rabies. In 1990, raccoons topped the list of most often reported rabid mammal. Controlling the spread of rabies depends on predicting the spatial dynamics of the disease - where new outbreaks might occur and how the virus migh...

Ebola virus: from wildlife to dogs

...es up as intense epidemics. These kill 80 % of the people infected. Seven such outbreaks have hit Gabon and the Republic of Congo since 1994, leading to 445 cases resulting in 361 deaths. Ebola virus thus constitutes a grave public health problem in these countries. No medicine or vaccine is currently avail...

Bugs, even 'bad' ones, can be educationally beneficial, new book says

...d avoiding predators, and the various methods that people use to get rid of pests. The book is written for a...oliation 20 years later. Such destruction has led people to devise various methods to exterminate bad bugs. "The least creative way to get rid of bad bugs i...

Some Brain Cells Change Channels

...me cases, protection might be enough of a goal. In people with Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), some muscle-controlling nerve cells die because too much of the brain chemical glutamate binds to the cells' AMPA receptors, and so too much calcium gets inside. If these threatened n...

Newly discovered protein an important tool for sleeping sickness research

Sixty million people in 36 countries of sub-Saharan Africa are threaten...an sleeping sickness affects approximately 500,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, a quarter of whom will die this year. Because the trypanosome has an exceptio...

Breakthrough System for Understanding Ocean Plant Life Announced

Sixty million people in 36 countries of sub-Saharan Africa are threaten...an sleeping sickness affects approximately 500,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, a quarter of whom will die this year. Because the trypanosome has an exceptio...

Active Vaccine Prevents Mice From Developing Prion Disease

... then we would need a vaccine like this to protect people in hunting areas." Currently, an outbreak of chronic wasting disease is occurring in some Western states, and the disease's geographic range is expanding. Two cases in wild deer have recently been reported for the first time in New York State, accor...

New book explains antibiotic resistance for a broad audience

...ryone from scientists to everyday citizens. "Most people have a love-hate relationship with antibiotics. They love the fact that antibiotics work most of the time and work quickly with few side effects. They hate the fact that more and more physicians are refusing to prescribe antibiotics for flu and that ...

Fungus Effective Against Winged Termites

...only three days. According to Wright, just as some people can run faster than others, some fungi are simply more potent than others of their closely-related cousins. The researchers are currently seeking collaborators to further develop a formulation to deliver the fungal spores. They envision applying the...

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