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Chemical 'band-aid' prevents heart failure in mice with muscular dystrophy

...poloxamer 188 could be a new therapeutic agent for preventing or limiting progressive damage to the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy," Metzger says. ...

U of MN researchers reverse memory loss in mice

...isease treatments focus on slowing the symptoms or preventing the disease from progressing, but our research suggests that in the future we may be able to reverse the effects of memory loss, even in patients who have lost brain or neural tissue," said Karen Ashe, professor of neurology and lead author of the st...

Treatments have same target, different responses for lung cancer patients with genetic mutation

...s that overexpress EGFR. Cetuximab targets EGFR by preventing its activation by extracellular signals, or signals occurring outside of the cell, as opposed to the intra-cellular signal blocking of drugs like gefitinib. The researchers treated seven different NSCLC cell lines with cetuximab or gefitinib, and ...

Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu

...migratory bird populations would be ineffective in preventing the spread of avian flu. "Focusing our limited res...am in Mongolia, is "the best hope for successfully preventing the spread of avian flu and protecting both people and animals." ...

A vaccine to kill tapeworm

...ing drugs to remove tapeworm from a population and preventing the reinfection of the human population by vaccinating pigs," he says. ...

Several minute intermediate stage in virus-cell fusion discovered; opportunity for drug development

... antiviral drug development has largely focused on preventing events that happen either before or after this step. However, a multi-institutional team of researchers is reporting that it has detected an intermediate stage between the virus' merger with the cell membrane and the microbe's delivery of its geneti...

Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU

... extracted from salmon has been found effective in preventing osteoporosis while a salmon-derived sulfate is an antidote to the anticoagulant heparin. Sponges are particularly targeted as potential sources of pharmaceutical products. One of the most effective treatments for leukemia is based on derivatives of ...

A Father’s Day Gift: Free DNA Paternity Testing

... extracted from salmon has been found effective in preventing osteoporosis while a salmon-derived sulfate is an antidote to the anticoagulant heparin. Sponges are particularly targeted as potential sources of pharmaceutical products. One of the most effective treatments for leukemia is based on derivatives of ...

Sugar helps control cell division

...oteins, turning the proteins off or on, helping or preventing their interactions with other proteins, keeping th...ouse cells, Slawson and his colleagues showed that preventing a cell from removing the sugar from proteins causes the cell to copy its genetic material and make n...

Newly Discovered Role for Heart Response Enzyme May Yield Better Heart Failure Therapy

...e activated, a process called phosphorylation. By preventing activation of tropomyosin by PI(3)K in cells, the researchers prevented heart receptors from leaving the cell surface, thereby blocking the initial step that occurs during heart failure. Also, the researchers reported, when they eliminated tropomyosi...

Researchers discover how tumor suppressor gene works

... producing a protein that attaches to the enzymes, preventing them from performing their function. When the researchers added the p16 protein to colonies of cancer cells in culture, it diminished the size of many colonies, wiping out some of them. It also decreased the total number of cancer cells. The researc...

NYU chemists use computer simulation to enhance understanding of DNA transcription

...vironment, linker DNAs in the array were repelled, preventing array folding and resulting in a bead-like structure. However, under high-salt conditions, screening of linker DNA repulsion allows close contacts and attraction between nucleosomes, allowing the array to fold. As chromatin folding or unfolding preve...

WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets

...migratory bird populations would be ineffective in preventing the spread of the disease. The outbreak of avian influenza in Mongolia has coincided with confirmations of cases in Russia and Kazakhstan. The initial reports of avian influenza came from the Mongolian Ministry of Food and Agriculture, which conduct...

Variant prion protein causes infection but no symptoms

...ow we might delay or even prevent such diseases by preventing certain cellular interactions," notes NIAID Direct...search could eventually alter scientists' views on preventing prion diseases, shifting emphasis away from stopping the production of prion protein clumps and towa...

MSKCC researchers uncover structure of key protein complex in cells

... their function in different ways, perhaps even by preventing ubiquitin tagging. Still, there are enough similarities between conjugation of SUMO and ubiquitin that the latest findings could help researchers understand both. "The structural network has revealed a mechanism that may be important in the regulatio...

Less virulent strains of avian influenza can infect humans

...veloped in the study provide an efficient tool for preventing or controlling the spread of avian flu to humans. The authors say their findings highlight the importance of improving disease surveillance not only during outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu, but also when less pathogenic strains are circulati...

Transplanting Animal Organs Could Soon Be A Reality

...veloped in the study provide an efficient tool for preventing or controlling the spread of avian flu to humans. The authors say their findings highlight the importance of improving disease surveillance not only during outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu, but also when less pathogenic strains are circulati...

First Whole Genome Map of Genetic Variability in Parkinson’s Disease

...veloped in the study provide an efficient tool for preventing or controlling the spread of avian flu to humans. The authors say their findings highlight the importance of improving disease surveillance not only during outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu, but also when less pathogenic strains are circulati...

Eating, body weight regulated by specific neurons

...veloped in the study provide an efficient tool for preventing or controlling the spread of avian flu to humans. The authors say their findings highlight the importance of improving disease surveillance not only during outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu, but also when less pathogenic strains are circulati...

European Commission funds EBI to do new research on synergies between bioinformatics and medical informatics

...veloped in the study provide an efficient tool for preventing or controlling the spread of avian flu to humans. The authors say their findings highlight the importance of improving disease surveillance not only during outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu, but also when less pathogenic strains are circulati...

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