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UCLA study uncovers clues for why Graves' disease attacks the eyes

...key role in this antibody’s development." The team tested GD patients?blood for the antibody and comp...l growth while suppressing normal cell death. The team suspects that this mechanism prolongs the survival of older T-cells, causing a cascade of autoimmune...

Improved predictions of warming-induced extinctions sought

...e March 2007 issue of BioScience, an international team of 19 researchers calls for better forecasting of ...he four types of model now in common use leads the team to identify various simplifying assumptions in the models that can lead to biases. The authors mak...

Researchers wake up viruses inside tumors to image and then destroy cancers

...n the March 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a team of radiologists and oncologists from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions describe how they used two agents already on the market ?one of which is the multiple myeloma drug Velcade ?to light up tumor viruses on a gamma camera. The technique is the firs...

Bones in motion: Brown scientists to create new 3-D X-ray system

...s across disciplines and brings together a diverse team of Brown researchers. They include bioengineer Joseph Crisco, computer scientist David Laidlaw, orthopedic experts Braden Fleming and Douglas Moore, and biologists Stephen Gatesy, Thomas Roberts and Sharon Swartz. Brainerd, a professor of medical sci...

Cloning the smell of the seaside

...rth Norfolk coast. Prof Andrew Johnston and his team at UEA isolated this microbe from the mud at Stiffkey saltmarsh to identify and extract the single gene responsible for the emission of the strong-smelling gas, dimethyl sulphide (DMS). "On bracing childhood visits to the seaside we were always t...

Rapid response was crucial to containing the 1918 flu pandemic

...irst of the two historical studies, conducted by a team of researchers from NIAID, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Harvard School of Public Health, looked at 19 different public health measures that were implemented in 17 U.S. cities in the autumn of 1918. The second study, undertaken at Imper...

Investigating the measles virus as a tool to kill multiple myeloma

...d projects resulted. “Mayo’s multidisciplinary team and institutional support for cutting-edge researc... the greatest benefit for the patient.? The Mayo team using the measles virus against ovarian cancer reports early evidence of activity against the cancer...

Tibetan antelope slowly recovering, WCS says

...aller, along with WCS staff member Aili Kang and a team of Tibetan and Han-Chinese biologists and field as...ies, according to Schaller. At the same time, the team witnessed no direct evidence of the widespread poaching that was evident just a few years ago. ...

Scientists identify pancreatic cancer stem cells

...ncer stem cells in pancreatic cancer, the research team implanted cancerous tissue from human pancreatic specimens removed during patient surgery in "xenograft" mice with compromised immune systems. Researchers removed tumors after they grew, and then sorted millions of cancer cells to isolate those that ...

Stanford-led study closes in on genes that may predispose some people to severe depression

...ions, located on chromosome 15. Levinson said the team studied six DNA markers in this region in the first study, and an additional 88 in the second. "We found highly significant evidence for linkage to depression in this particular part of chromosome 15," he said. "This is one of the strongest gen...

Biodiesel study targets cleaner air, cleaner engines

...la. During normal farm field work, a research team from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada tested both pure and blended biodiesel, in which the renewable fuel is mixed with petroleum diesel. Evaluated blends had 5 percent and 20 percent biodiesel content, and were tested for engine horsepower and fuel ...

Noise echoes in cell communications

Can't hear? Turn up the white noise, says a team of Rutgers-Camden professors who have produced a m...e through mathematics. Although the Rutgers-Camden team did study noise in the auditory system, "noise" can also refer to not just what we hear, but a rando...

New success in engineering plant oils

... saturated fats than was normal. So the Brookhaven team set out to reduce KASII activity with the use of RNA-interference (RNAi) to see if they could further increase the level of saturation in plant seed oils. The Brookhaven scientists performed their experiments on Arabidopsis, a plant commonly used ...

BMI not accurate indicator of body fat

...ly thought, according to new research. A research team from Michigan State University and Saginaw Valley State University measured the BMI of more than 400 college students ?some of whom were athletes and some not ?and found that in most cases the student's BMI did not accurately reflect his or her perce...

Sandia researchers take new approach to studying how cells respond to pathogens

A Sandia National Laboratories research team led by Anup Singh is taking a new approach to stud...sses inside or on the surface of the cells. The team is developing one platform with two complementary microfluidic modules -- one for trapping and imagi...

Out-of-body experiences may be caused by arousal system disturbances in brain

...-body experience. Dr. Kevin Nelson and a research team at the University of Kentucky have studied the lin... near death," Nelson said. For their study, the team conducted structured interviews with 55 people who have had a near death experience. They found thos...

UCI scientists reconstruct migration of avian flu virus

... From 192 samples obtained across Eurasia, the UCI team reconstructed the virus's geographic reach and evolution. The analysis shows that Guangdong ?home to a large poultry industry ?is the source of many H5N1 strains that have spread to other provinces and countries. To the south in nearby Indochina, the...

Ancient genes used to produce salt-tolerant wheat

...heat ancestor, Triticum monococcum," says research team leader, CSIRO Plant Industry's Dr Rana Munns. "The...modern wheat." The project began when the CSIRO team used a highly accurate selection method -- based on their understanding of how plants tolerate salt ...

Gut research yields new anti-cancer approach

...ould play a role in inflammatory bowel diseases, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center foun...ds) against discouraging it (with inhibitors). The team conducted these experiments using colorectal cancer cells as study models because they arise from no...

Red flag for repetitive stress injuries identified for first time in humans

... biomarkers there were." Future research by the team will look deeper into the potential of biomarkers as indicators of injury and recovery. ...

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