Study identifies predictors of HIV drug resistance in patients beginning triple therapy
A scientist at the Marine BiologicalLaboratory (MBL) has published the results of an EPA-funded clam embryostudy that supports her hypothesis that, when combined, the pollutantsbromoform, chloroform, and tetrachloroethylene--a chemical cocktailknown as BCE--can act synergistically to alter a key regulator in nervecell development. While scientists have previously studied the effectsof these...New lab technique identifies high levels of pathogens in therapy pool
A research team using a novel genetic cloning and sequencing technique has identified a surprisingly high number of airborne pathogens in a Midwest therapy pool, pointing to the need for closer scrutiny of public hot pools, says a new study. Led by Washington University in St. Louis and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder and San Diego State University, the new study assessed t...Study identifies gene in mice that may control risk-taking behavior in humans
One teenager likes to snowboard off a cliff. Another prefers to read a book and wouldn't think of trading places. Why these differences exist is a mystery, but for the first time researchers have identified a possible genetic explanation behind risk-seeking behavior. Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found that a specific neurodevelopmental gene, called neuroD2, is...Researcher at UGA College of Veterinary Medicine identifies new way of combating viral diseases
Four seemingly unrelated viral diseases may some day be defeated by a single treatment, according to a recent collaborative study involving researchers at the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine. Their study focuses on viruses responsible for HIV, measles, Ebola and Marburg and includes investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Centers for Disease C...U. of Colorado researcher identifies tracks of swimming dinosaur in Wyoming
With their long stalks and feathery arms, marine animals known as sea lilies look a lot like their garden-variety namesakes. Perhaps because of that resemblance, scientists had always assumed that sea lilies stayed rooted instead of moving around lik...NimbleGen identifies human genome sequences
The purpose of the study was to fin...Research identifies trigger that sets of Huntingtons disease
Researchers have discovered the key molecule that gets over activated by the protein of the Huntingtons disease// and sets way for the condition to be expressed. Huntingtons disease is a genetic disorder that slowly destroys the ability of the person to think or move by himself. Early symptoms of the disease may be depression, mood swings, forgetfulness, and inability to concentrate or r...Research Identifies The Causes Of Snoring
Researchers from Slovenia had been able to unravel the mysteries behind snoring in humans. The study appears in the August issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians//. In a study of 40 patients, researchers used CT scan imaging of the head and neck region to identify the structures responsible for snoring. Based on questionnaires...New Test Identifies Candidates For Cardiac Defibrillator
Several lives were saved in the US in 2005 from the fatal arrhythmias through devices which were surgically implanted in them. // As many as 1,70,000 people in North America received this treatment. Quite a few of the patients also found this to be uncomfortable, unnecessary, and even dangerous. A noninvasive test has been developed recently to find out which of the patients are likely to...Research Identifies Osteoporosis Controlling Protein
Osteoporosis is a disease that is characterized by a reduction in the bone mass and density increasing the susceptibility to bone deformities// and fractures. It affects approximately 10 million Americans above the age of 50 years. At the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), scientists have discovered that the removal of a protein, Schnurri-3 (Shn3) in mice led to a dramatic incr...New Technique Identifies Unknown Genetic Mutations That Can Cause Cancer
Brian J. Druker and colleagues, investigators from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, have developed a new technique that could help in identifying previously// unknown genetic mutations that can trigger cancerous growth. The researchers by using a new technique, where in they analyse the proteins instead of the genes, which are present inside acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, have si...CV Therapeutics Identifies Potential Anti-Diabetic Mechanism of Action for Ranexa
-- New Preclinical Information May Correlate with Clinical HbA1cReductions Observed in Phase 3 CARISA and MERLIN TIMI-36 ClinicalTrials -- PALO ALTO, Calif., July 9, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVTherapeutics, Inc. announced today that researchers have completedpreliminary preclinical studies showing that ranolazine increasedglucose stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells...NIDA Study Identifies Genes That Might Help Some People Abstain from Smoking
BETHESDA, Md., April 2, 2007--Scientists supported by theNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the NationalInstitutes of Health, have for the first time identified genes thatmight increase a person's ability to abstain from smoking. Thebreakthrough research was conducted by Dr. George Uhl at NIDA'sIntramural Re...