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Frost & Sullivan: North American Government Biometrics Markets Thrive With Active R&D Thrust

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Security issues constantly remain under the spotlight in the government vertical. Local, regional, and national government organizations look to biometric systems because of their advantages in accuracy, convenience, and time efficiency...

IVCC and Syngenta start project for novel insecticidal active ingredient for malaria control

IVCC and Syngenta, a leading innovator in insecticidal technology, have launched a project to develop a new insecticidal active ingredient for public health applications, as part of IVCC's strategy to break the impasse in development of mosquito control products. Improved and sustainable control ...

Newly discovered epidermal growth factor receptor active in human pancreatic cancers

Finally some promising news about pancreatic cancer, one of the most fatal cancers, due to the difficulties of early detection and the lack of effective therapies: Johns Hopkins University pathologist Akhilesh Pandey has identified an epidermal growth factor receptor aberrantly active in approxima...

UCLA stem cells scientists make electrically active motor neurons from iPS cells

Stem cells scientists at UCLA showed for the first time that human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be differentiated into electrically active motor neurons, a discovery that may aid in studying and treating neurological disorders. Additionally, the motor neurons derived from the iPS c...

New evidence that people make aspirin's active principle -- salicylic acid

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2008 Scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting new evidence that humans can make their own salicylic acid (SA) the material formed when aspirin breaks down in the body. SA, which is responsible for aspirin's renowned effects in relieving pain and inflammation, may be th...

Ante-partum bed rest moms get active in Case Western Reserve University study

CLEVELANDAfter weeks of bed rest during pregnancy, new mothers need to rebuild muscles and strengthen their stamina. Now a group of women will test new interventions in aiding that recovery during a pilot study at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. "Putting...

Venus Express reboots the search for active volcanoes on Venus

ESAs Venus Express has measured a highly variable quantity of the volcanic gas sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere of Venus. Scientists must now decide whether this is evidence for active volcanoes on Venus, or linked to a hitherto unknown mechanism affecting the upper atmosphere. The search for ...

Titanium Group Announces Biometric Contract with One of the Most Active Clinics in Hong Kong

New Applications of Titanium's Core Technology in the Health Care Industry SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Titanium Group, Ltd (OTC Bulletin Board: TTNUF), a leading biometric and security solutions provider announced today it has signed a contract with Hong Kong Polytechnic...

1/3 of sexually active older adults with HIV/AIDs has unprotected sex

One out of three sexually active older adults infected with HIV has unprotected sex, according to a study by Ohio University researchers. A survey of 260 HIV-positive older adults found that of those having sex, most were male, took Viagra and were in a relationship. AIDs cases among the over-50 ...

Researchers to develop active nanoscale surfaces for biological separations

A team of researchers has received a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study improved methods for biological separations. Led by Ravi Kane, the Merck Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the group plans to ...

Vital ocean prey play active role in environment

Although Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are one of the best-studied organisms of the open sea, key aspects of their life cycle have remained murky. Understanding krill is important because they are vital prey for fish, birds, and marine mammals, yet they are vulnerable to fishing pressure an...

Unlike other mammals, newborn dolphins and orcas stay active 24/7 during first months of development

If you thought the sleep-deprived months with your newborn were tough, pity the poor mother dolphin or killer whale. Reporting in the June 30 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Nature, UCLA/Veterans Affairs neuroscientists report a developmental pattern in bottlenose dolphins and killer whales...

Navigating in the ocean of molecules

... is available in German . Tracking down new active agents for cancer or malaria treatment could soon ...provide possible candidates for the development of active agents for use in cancer treatment and malaria. ( ...lecules according to the estimates - are potential active agents. Identifying these islands of biological ac...

AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 6, 2009

...e of chemicals between the troposphere and the stratosphere can influence ozone production and longevity. For example, bromine compounds can turn into active forms that can efficiently deplete ozone if they are transported from the troposphere to the stratosphere through what is known as the tropical tropop...

Protein handlers should be effective treatment target for cancer and Alzheimer's

...ese can be removed during cancer to determine what impact their loss has on active disease. They also are cross breeding the mice, to create one, for example, that also over expresses the molecule, Her2/Neu, which is over active in some of the most aggressive breast cancers. By comparing the resulting m...

'Green' energy from algae

...ar, plant-like organisms engaged in photosynthesis and converting carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into biomass. From this biomass, both potential resources and active substances as well as fuels like biodiesel may be produced. While growing, algae take up the amount of CO 2 that is later released again when they ar...

Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators

...ters of the Southern Hemisphere, ranging from Africa to the Gulf of Panama. Most spend their entire lives in the sea, inhabiting shallow water and are active predators, feeding on small fish found around coral reefs. All sea snakes have extremely potent venom which is among the most toxic known in all snake...

Restoring a natural root signal helps to fight a major corn pest

...n of a crop plant to emit a signal that attracts beneficial organisms. Genetic transformation of maize plants resulted in the release of the naturally active substance (E)-beta-caryophyllene from their roots. The substance attracts nematodes that attack and kill larvae of the Western corn rootworm, a voraci...

K-State researchers say after-school programs should promote activity, healthy nutrition

... findings showed that boys were significantly more active than girls during indoor free play and organized o...d that overweight students were substantially less active than the students who were not overweight during o...zed physical activity sessions. Children were more active in free play than when led by adults who were not ...

UCSF researchers identify new drug target for Kaposi's sarcoma

....html . Most current antiviral drugs target the active sites of viral proteins, where enzymes and recepto...for drug development in the 1980s, by blocking the active site on the surface of the dimer, but the herpes v...s consistently eluded efforts to disrupt it at its active site, the researchers said. The UCSF team set o...

New computer simulation helps explain folding in important cellular protein

...tep computer simulation (using an important process called the Wang-Landau algorithm) that sheds light on how a crucial proteinglycophorin Abecomes an active part of living cells. The new use of Wang-Landau could lead to a better understanding of the controlling mechanisms behind protein folding. "Our go...

Reprogramming human cells without inserting genes

...to be active, helping to control the stem cells. These genes, including OCT4, SOX2 and NANOG, are accepted as markers of pluripotency because they are active in stem cells, but become dormant once the stem cells begin to differentiate and head down the path to developing into a specific kind of cell type an...

Fox Chase researchers uncover one force behind the MYC oncogene in many cancers

...t to target without killing healthy cells," says Joseph Testa, PhD, a Fox Chase professor and co-author of the study. "DLX5, however, is not generally active in healthy adult cells, so it represents a much more 'druggable' target for cancer inhibition." According to Testa, DLX5 is a member of the homeobo...

Study reveals a reprogrammed role for the androgen receptor

... attachments to DNA that switchs genes on and off that caused them to be especially active. The genes form a completely separate pathway from the one active in androgen-dependent cells. It's not known what causes those epigenetic changes to occur, but "we are profiling the genome-wide epigenetic landsc...

Disease threat may change how frogs mate

...ed with the animal's immune system. As the common frog is generally thought to mate randomly, this is a major shift in the frogs' mating behaviour. active mate choice based on MHC type is not uncommon in other species, with research indicating that a number of vertebrates, including humans, may use it to...

Cancer's distinctive pattern of gene expression could aid early screening and prevention

...s colon cancer, is finding patterns of genes that regulate healthy cell differentiation are shut off in cancers. "These are genes that may need to be active during a certain period of development but once you have committed to become a certain cell type, like a skin cell, you need to turn the gene off," he...

URI researcher sheds light on 'man-eating' squid; finds them timid, nonthreatening

...they saw the entire diver as a food item, but they were definitely going after pieces of our equipment." According to Seibel, there have been many active discussions among biologists and the dive community about the safety of diving with Humboldt squid. As a result of his experience, the URI scientist ...

Parasitic worms make sex worthwhile

... Despite a simple experimental design, the revelations were rich. First, higher infection rates by local worms show the snails in the shallows are in active host-parasite coevolution with their local worm parasites, but not with worms from other lakes. Second, the low susceptibility of snails to parasites ...

URI researcher sheds light on 'man-eating' squid; finds them timid, non-threatening

...they saw the entire diver as a food item, but they were definitely going after pieces of our equipment." According to Seibel, there have been many active discussions among biologists and the dive community about the safety of diving with Humboldt squid. As a result of his experience, the URI scientist ...

SRI announces selection by the National Cancer Institute as a Chemical Biology Consortium center

...rship focused on advancing new cancer therapeutics active against novel molecular and genetic cancer targets...sented areas to advance the discovery of compounds active against novel molecular and genetic cancer targets... novel molecular descriptors that are derived from active compounds within the target family and from the st...

Scientists link immune system's natural killer cells to infant liver disease

...otavirus infection to induce biliary atresia in newborn mice. Similar to what was observed in diseased human infant livers, the researchers found that active NK cells were the most abundant cells populating the mouse livers and bile ducts at the time of obstruction. Furthermore, they discovered that NK cell...

The right messenger for a healthy immune response

... regulated by Beta-Interferon. The factor belongs to a group of proteins that is usually produced in conditions of stress. Without Beta-Interferon, no active stress protein without stress protein, no wanted poster without wanted poster, no immune response. "We now have a far better understanding of how...

Healing power of aloe vera proves beneficial for teeth and gums, too

... ingredient in ointments that heal sunburn, minor cuts, skin irritation, and many other ailments. Recently, aloe vera has gained some popularity as an active ingredient in tooth gel. Similar to its use on skin, the aloe vera in tooth gels is used to cleanse and soothe teeth and gums, and is as effective as ...

$29.4 million grant establishes CTSI at NYU in partnership with Health and Hospitals Corporation

...st century. In addition to NYU School of Medicine, this collaborative effort will bring together the interests and talents of researchers among NYU's active health-related and clinical schools including the School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, Wagner School of Public Service, Steinhardt School of Cultu...

A 'heart healthy' diet and ongoing, moderate physical activity may protect against cognitive decline

...ecline in Elderly Studies have found that older adults who are physically active may experience slower rates of cognitive decline. Less is known about the i...cal activity at least occasionally," Barnes said. "People who are currently active should be encouraged to maintain or increase their activity levels." Mo...

Munich researchers discover new target for tailored antibiotics

...enzyme remained stubbornly elusive. Earlier measurements suggested that the active core must be an iron-sulfur cluster with three iron and four sulfur atoms. ...se folding pattern of the protein chain and the chemical environment of the active site cavity. The crystal structure opened the door to a detailed examina...

22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey

...for depression and anxiety-related disorders (McDaid, 2008). Furthermore, mental disorders are common in older people and represent a barrier for active ageing (Jan-Llopis & Gabilondo, 2008): Poor physical health and functional limitations are central to the concerns of many older people and often inte...

SF State professor honored by President Obama for science mentoring

...s would have been lost to our nation are now working on the frontiers of science." In addition to mentoring students, Bayliss and the SEO have been active in helping to increase the diversity of SF State's science faculty and mentoring junior faculty members. He helps new faculty learn everything from ti...

Our 'caveman logic' embraces ESP over evolution

... thinking is supported by modern social institutions. For example, a 2007 poll found that nearly 70 percent of Americans believe angels and demons are active forces in the world, while a 2009 survey concluded that only 39 percent believe in Darwin's theory of evolution. Even non-religious persons often than...

Spontaneous assembly

...ochastic self-assembly mechanism, which can create and maintain periodic structures in biological membranes without direct cytoskeletal involvement or active transport, may prove to be widespread in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells." Liphardt and his research group are now applying PALM to signaling...