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Scientists at St. Jude Children's ResearchHospital have discovered that the shape of a protein on the surface ofpneumonia bacteria helps these germs invade the human bloodstream. Thisfinding, published Dec. 16 online by the EMBO Journal, could helpscientists develop a vaccine that is significantly more effective atprotecting children against the disease. The St. Jude researchersdetermined t...

Ophthalmologists Use Artificial Silicon Retina Microchip To Treat Vision Loss

Ophthalmologists at Rush University Medical Center implanted Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) microchips in the eyes of five patients to treat vision loss caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The implant is a silicon microchip 2mm in diameter and one-thousandth of an inch thick, less than the thickness of a human hair. Four patients had surgery Tuesday, January 25. The fifth patient is sch...

Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip

Ophthalmologists at Rush University Medical Center implanted Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) microchips in the eyes of five patients to treat vision loss caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The implant is a silicon microchip 2mm in diameter and one-thousandth of an inch thick, less than the thickness of a human hair. Four patients had surgery Tuesday, January 25. The fifth patient is sch...

Successful lung cancer surgery not enough to break nicotine dependence in many smokers

A new study has found that close to half of 154 smokers who had surgery to remove early stage lung cancer picked up a cigarette again within 12 months of their potentially curative operation, and more than one-third were smoking at the one year mark. Sixty percent of patients who started smoking again did so within two months of surgery. The study, led by researchers at Washington Univers...

Nicotine triggers the same brain reward circuitry as opiates

In experiments with mice, researchers have found that nicotine triggers the same neural pathways that give opiates such as heroin their addictively rewarding properties--including associating an environment with the drug's reward. However, unlike opiates, nicotine does not directly activate the brain's opiate receptors, but activates the natural opioid reward pathway in the brain. The rese...

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ES Cell Characterization Kit from CHEMICON

Description:The ES Cell Characterization Kit consists of two components used for alkaline phosphatase activity determination as well as four ES cell-specific antibodies required to perform 100 tests (including controls). • Stem cells have become the subject of extensive investigation recently, partly due to their therapeutic potential and because they raise several fundamental issues concerning the regu...
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In Vitro Osteogenesis Assay Kit from CHEMICON

Description:CHEMICON's In Vitro Osteogenesis Assay Kit contains all reagents necessary to efficiently differentiate MC3T3-E1cells to a mature osteoblastic lineage, as determined by staining for mineralization. In addition this kit provides all the necessary reagents and a protocol for quantifying osteogenesis using a standard plate reader. This product is useful for studying the effects of growth factors, dr...
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Human / Mouse / Rat Blood Vessels (CD31 / Von Willebrand Factor (vWF)) IHC staining Kit from CHEMICON

Description:CHEMICONs Blood Vessel Staining Kit is a very sensitive immunohistochemical tool for the detection of vascular endothelial cells, containing both anti-von Willebrand Factor and anti-CD31 primary antibodies and is applicable to a variety of species. This AP kit provides a simple, all-in-one method for the staining of frozen and paraffin-embedded sections in human (both CD31 and vWF) or rat and mou...
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Mast Cell Degranulation colorimetric Assay Kit from CHEMICON

Description:Degranulation, the secretion of cytoplasmic granules, is a key step in the inflammatory response of leukocytes (e.g. basophils, neutrophils, eosinophils, and mast cells). In addition to histamine, these secretory granules contain many proinflammatory mediators including heparin, cytokines, chemokines, and many proteases (Hallgren, 2001). Tryptase, a tetrameric serine proteinase, has emerged as th...
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Fractionation of Bovicola ovis Homogenates Using the Mini Whole Gel Eluter

Brian J. Shiell and Wojtek P. Michalski, CSIRO Division of Animal Health,Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Introduction Amino acid sequence and composition analyses of proteins can be performed on samples derived from polyacrylamide gels. Protein electro-elution, the most c...

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Microfluidic analysis of multiplex PCR products for the genotyping of Helicobacter pylori

Gastric infection with Helicobacterpylori (H. pylori) is the majorcause of chronic active gastritisand is associated with the pathogenesisof peptic ulcer and gastriccarcinoma. Recent studies using amultiplex PCR (mPCR) basedapproach distinguished differental...

Quality assurance of RNA derived from laser microdissected tissue samples obtained by the PALM MicroBeam System using the RNA 6000 Pico LabChip kit.

Gene expression profiling of material isolated by microdissection hasbecome a very popular method for analyzing cellular behavior in a microscale and is used in a wide range of research and clinical applications.Laser-assisted microdissection allows isolation of...

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Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink

First it was the nicotine patch, then came the gum, inhalers and other products intended to help smokers kick the habit by getting over their nicotine fixation. The new kid on the block in this ever increasing list is a nicotine solution that can be mixed with drinks, which scientists claim could be useful in over coming the addiction. Researchers at Duke University have tested and pate...

Silicon eye implants

In this era of transplants and implants ,a new annotation that is in research process happens to be the silicon implants.If these silicons are to used for the sake of blindness .....is there anyhting more to say. This is real and this is happening , the chip, called Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR), is being planned to be implanted in three people suffreing from retinal damage.This proj...

Cervicogenic headache can be identified with a fibromyalgia test

Findings from a new study presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine by the Medical Director, John McFadden, MD, of the Tupelo Pain Clinic, Mississippi stated that patients with severe headache could benefit from an upper-body fibromyalgia examination to determine if the headache is potentially cervicogenic. According to Dr. McFadden many headaches of ce...

Artificial silicon retina

In this era of transplants and implants ,a new annotation that is in research process happens to be the silicon implants.If these silicons are to used for the sake of blindness .....is there anyhting more to say. This is real and this is happening , the chip, called Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR), is being planned to be implanted in three people suffreing from retinal damage.This proj...

FDA considers nicotine lollipops illegal

The Food and Drug Administration cracked down on Internet distributors of nicotine-laced lollipops and lip balm, declaring them illegal and ordering that 4 pharmacies stop sales immediately. The lollipops in particular pose a risk to children because they look like regular candy, the FDA warned. "The quantity of nicotine could be potentially dangerous to a small child," said FDA attorney...

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Silicone Strip (20 Style)

Description:Used in conjunction with the E5381 600 Circling Band (40 style). Indications: Narrow scleral bed. Overall length: 100 mm, 3.9 inches....
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Phase 3 Results for Dabigatran Etexilate, an Investigational Oral Anticoagulant, Presented Today at the XXIst Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase 3 resultsfrom the RE-NOVATE(TM) trial demonstrated that oral dabigatranetexilate once daily, administered for an average of 33 days, wasnon-inferior to enoxaparin, also administered for an average of 33days, in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) and all-causemortality after total hip replacement surgery. In this trial, therate o...

Lexicon Develops Antibodies That Lower Triglycerides and Cholesterol as Potential New Therapy for Heart Disease

- Publication of New Cardiovascular Target from Lexicon's GeneticResearch - THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 02, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported results frompreclinical research demonstrating that antibodies directed to apotential new target, angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4),rapidly lower triglycerides and cholesterol. Research suggests thata mon...

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and Fox Chase Publish Findings on Immune Deficiency

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 08, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the publication ofnew findings from a joint research project with scientists at FoxChase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA. Together with David L.Wiest, Ph.D., Lexicon researchers have discovered a novel andsurprising role for ribosomal protein L22 (Rpl22) in thedevelopment of T lym...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Promising Data From Interim Safety Analysis of Phase 1 Combination Trials of Picoplatin in Colorectal and Prostate Cancers

- Company Planning to Initiate Phase 2 Trials in Colorectal Cancerand in Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer in Q307 - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 01, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , abiopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, today announcedpromising results from an interim safety analysis of two Phase 1dose-escalating trials of picoplatin, a new ge...

Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Clinical Data from Picoplatin Phase 2 Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial To Be Presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

-- Data from Picoplatin Phase 1 Colorectal and Prostate CancerTrials To Be Published in 2007 ASCO Proceedings -- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical companyfocused on oncology, today announced that data from a Phase 2 trialof picoplatin, the Company's lead product candidate, in patientswith small cell lung...

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