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Measuring the impact of post-genomics on Mediterranean populations

... human genome ?offer vast opportunities to improve scientific knowledge and approaches to improving human health... property rights, IPR) underpinning this important scientific development. Samir Brahmachari of India’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), kick...

Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals

...n's disease. The research, detailed online in the scientific publications Brain and The Journal of Neuroscience...me ups and downs," said J. William Langston, M.D., scientific director and chief executive officer of The Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale, Calif., who recently...

Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients

...sevelt Gilliam, M.D., March 7, 2005, at the annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando. "When you talk to heart failure patients, many times their perceptions of how they feel do not match with their actual clinical status, which can make it difficult for cardiologists to get a ...

PCRM develops world's first cruelty-free insulin assay

...nt her findings at the "Experimental Biology 2005" scientific conference in San Diego, April 2-6. The new assay kits are available commercially from Linco. "We hope that by making the test readily available and competitively priced, researchers and medical labs will use it," said Barnard. "We have proven that ...

Applied Biosystems Introduces Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program

... using interpretation tools and content to advance scientific research while helping them achieve necessary return on investment, was announced today in advance of this weekend’s annual World Microarray Congress in Vancouver, Canada. The Applied Biosystems Expression Array System forms the technical platform f...

Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld

... using interpretation tools and content to advance scientific research while helping them achieve necessary return on investment, was announced today in advance of this weekend’s annual World Microarray Congress in Vancouver, Canada. The Applied Biosystems Expression Array System forms the technical platform f...

Ophthalmologists Use Artificial Silicon Retina Microchip To Treat Vision Loss

...n modified to reduce the likelihood of inadvertant scientific bias. "We operated on the right eye of each of the initial 10 patients. For the next 20 patients we will randomly select which eye will receive the ASR chip. In addition, post-operative vision testers will be masked as to which eye received the ASR c...

Wiley announces publication of Databasing the Brain

... in health and disease represents one of the great scientific challenges of our time. The emerging field of neuroinformatics integrates neuroscience with informatics to create unique databases and analytical tools for the large variety of neuroscience data types, applying them to brain research and linking them...

Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes

...the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. In the current study, the researchers fo...ists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy...

Vascular structure and function improve with diet and exercise

...ts, according to a 2001 American Heart Association scientific advisory. The diet is high in fruits, vegetables, bread, other forms of cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts and seeds with olive oil as an important fat source, and low to moderate amounts of dairy, fish and poultry. "There have been studies looking at d...

Towards precise classification of cancers based on robust gene functional expression profiles

...the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. In the current study, the researchers fo...ists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy...

Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip

...n modified to reduce the likelihood of inadvertant scientific bias. "We operated on the right eye of each of the initial 10 patients. For the next 20 patients we will randomly select which eye will receive the ASR chip. In addition, post-operative vision testers will be masked as to which eye received the ASR c...

Yale researchers identify molecule for detecting parasitic infection in humans

...terface with the immune system--a problem of great scientific and clinical importance. Most infections are caused by bacterial or viral microorganisms that produce molecules quite different from those produced by humans and other eukaryotic organisms. When microorganisms infect humans, the atypical molecules a...

Multiple Campylobacter Genomes Sequenced

...enomes have been completed, and a new one hits the scientific press most weeks. This burgeoning industry is not just scientific “stamp collecting,?however. Having all these genome sequences may provide useful clues about why som...

Scientists discuss improved biopesticides for locust control in West Africa

...ists contributed by invitation to an international scientific meeting called by Abdoulaye Wade, president of Senegal, to identify strategies for the control of the ongoing locust outbreak in West Africa. Last year, locusts stripped fields of crops and trees of foliage across several countries, causing severe in...

UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders

...LA researchers have proven their skill at ushering scientific discoveries from the lab to modern medicine. Several targeted therapies were developed based on UCLA research, including Gleevec and the breast cancer drug Herceptin. Additionally, UCLA scientists played key roles in testing the targeted therapies Av...

New online portal merges vast data on Gulf of Maine ecosystem

...for the first time, enabling resource managers and scientific researchers to combine and analyze information in unprecedented ways, creating new insights into the Gulf of Maine's ecology. Launched today by the Gulf of Maine Area program of the Census of Marine Life, the Dynamic Atlas of the Gulf of Maine, onli...

Not-for-profit publishers call NIH public access rule a missed opportunity

...of the nation's leading not-for-profit medical and scientific publishers. The final rule ignores significant fre...rofit publishers would ensure the integrity of the scientific literature while at the same time reducing the size and therefore the cost to NIH of expanding PubMe...

Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges

...the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. "Test animals injected with methamphetam...ists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy...

HIV vaccine trial breaks ground for future research

...a landmark in the fight against HIV and offers the scientific community a foundation on which to build future tr...e investment as well as a well-informed public and scientific community. ...

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