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Survivors of childhood polio do well decades later as they age

...oms experienced were associated with the degree of residual weakness immediately following their polio infections. "Overall, we found that strength changed very little in these polio survivors as they grew older, and we discovered the neurons dropped off at a rate comparable to other non-polio survivors a...

Over-use of antibiotics in fish-for-food industry encourages bacterial resistance and disease

...alike. When antibiotics are mixed with fish food, residual antibiotics may be found in fish products and fish meat. People who eat these products will be inadvertently consuming antibiotics, leading to changes in their normal microbial environment, or 'microflora' and making them more susceptible to bacteria...

Joslin discovers signs of residual islet cell function in people with long-term type 1 diabetes

...rs or longer (The Joslin Medalists) may still have residual functioning, insulin-producing islet cells and/or ...onged period of diabetes, some patients still have residual islet function," said George L. King, M.D., the study's lead author. Dr. King is Joslin's Research D...

UWM brain research supports drug development from jellyfish protein

...e than half treated with aequorin survived without residual toxicity. Why does it work? Diseases like Alzheimer's are associated with a loss of "calcium-binding" proteins that protect nerve cells, said Moyer. Calcium is necessary for communication between neurons in the brain, and learning and memory are n...

Targeted virus compels cancer cells to eat themselves

...l nucleus and autophagic vacuoles -- cavities with residual digested material. The cells showed no sign of having been killed by apoptosis -- a much better known process of programmed cell death. A normal biological defense mechanism that systematically kills defective cells, apoptosis is suppressed or dysf...

Gene therapy for hereditary lung disease advances

...ble 30 days after receiving an injection. However, residual levels of alpha-1 antitrypsin from the replacement therapy in the other patients obscured whether the alpha-1 gene had begun to express protein. "As the authors conclude, the results set up the more interesting approach of using other AAV serotype...

Mass vaccination unnecessary in the event of a large bioterrorist US smallpox attack

...e previously vaccinated may still have substantial residual immunity although, if infected, they could still transmit the virus to others. Those most vulnerable to the virus are the very young and those whose immune systems are compromised due to HIV/AIDS, cancer or some other medical condition. An estimated ...

Ferns provide model for tiny motors powered by evaporation

...one and the hit with light, causing a pattern. The residual pattern is lifted off and that is used for the device. It resembles a curved spine with equally spaced ribs fanning outward from the spine. To make the device move, Borno said, they load the space between the ribs with water, and when the water evap...

Carnegie Mellon scientists use 'green' approach to transform plastics manufacturing

...edical stent -- absolutely requires the removal of residual catalyst, companies will now have much less of it to take out, significantly lowering removal costs, according to the authors. The new ATRP technique also allows for production of higher molecular weight chains, thereby extending the range of acce...

Army research mission focused on autism

...p and GI function operating optimally, many of the residual behaviors we see in children with autism decrease significantly." Reynolds speaks from experience. With biomedical and behavior intervention, her son is now a well-functioning 11 year old. "We were lucky to find what worked best for him," she s...

Robotic therapy helps restore hand use after stroke

...evice (HOWARD). Each patient had at least moderate residual weakness and reduced function of the right hand, although the affected hands were neither totally paralyzed nor unable to feel. Seven women and six men who had suffered a stroke at least three months prior participated in the pilot study using this r...

Fighting influenza & co. with 40,000 blood samples

...the immune system to deal with the small amount of residual viruses. Spanish flu took the lives of at least 25 million people between 1918 and 1920. But the disease was not only exceptional because of its extreme virulence. The patho-gen, the influenza virus subtype A/H1N1, homed in on women and men in the p...

Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh

...next step, says Julius, will be to illuminate this residual aspect of cold sensation. The finding is the latest of a series of discoveries led by the Julius lab on the molecular mechanisms of temperature sensation and pain. In 1997, the lab cloned the gene for the capsaicin receptor, the main pungent ingre...

Plastic that grows on trees

...that make oil so valuable, with very little of the residual impurities that have made the quest so daunting. “What we have done that no one else has been able to do is convert glucose directly in high yields to a primary building block for fuel and polyesters,” said Z. Conrad Zhang, senior author who led t...

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