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Gov't Creates Gene Database of Normal Human Tissues

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, have built the largest open-source database for normal tissue from human organs. Scientists searching for genes that go awry and cause disease can use the NCI database as a crucial point of reference because it pinpoints which genes are expressed in many of the body's major organs under normal conditions, wit...

Scientific issues associated with carbon-neutral energy sources such as cellulosic ethanol

Professor Chris Somerville of the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University, explained advances in plant science research that are both needed and achievable to reduce costs and multiply current levels of production of biofuels from plant cellulose (biomass). Somerville presented his talk, "Bioenergy: The 21st Century Challenge to Plant Biologists" at the Annual Meeting of the American...

Gene therapy may protect normal tissues during radiation retreatment for lung cancer

The ice ages made massive changes to the Earth's landscape In the past it has been thought that these...

Tool developed to silence genes in specific tissues using RNAi

Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center say they have jumped a significant hurdle in the use of RNA interference (RNAi), believed by many to be the ultimate tool to both decode the function of individual genes in the human genome and to treat disease. Reporting in the journal Genes and Development, investigators have developed a simple way to use the RNAi appro...

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Normal Rabbit Tissues from CHEMICON

Description:Chemicon Select Tissue Arrays are intended for laboratory research use only. The individual tissues were fixed in neutral buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin. Tissue identification and diagnosis was performed by certified pathologists. Tissue cores were removed from their paraffin blocks and relocated into a new recipient paraffin block, in an array pattern, using Chemicons Advanced Tis...
Company:CHEMICON

Normal Rabbit Tissues from CHEMICON

Description:Chemicon Select Tissue Arrays are intended for laboratory research use only. The individual tissues were fixed in neutral buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin. Tissue identification and diagnosis was performed by certified pathologists. Tissue cores were removed from their paraffin blocks and relocated into a new recipient paraffin block, in an array pattern, using Chemicons Advanced Tis...
Company:CHEMICON

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Genomic DNA Preparation from RNAlater Preserved Tissues

The following protocol is suitable for 100 mg tissue samples. Mouse kidney, lung, and spleen genomic DNA have been successfully extracted with approximate yields of 70 g DNA per 100 mg tissue....

Telecom issues are among focus of upcoming western Wisconsin conference

It will be part of the , which will build upon discussions at a December 2004 kickoff luncheo...

Stabilizing RNA in Fresh and Frozen Tissues for RNA Isolation

Tissue Collection: RNA Stabilization Solution for Freshly Dissected Tissue and Cells. Successful RNA isolation requires rapid processing or appropriate storage of the tissue or cell samples. Tissue samples must be quickly dissected...

Preparation of PCR Quality Template DNA from a Wide Range of Tissues Using InstaGene Matrix

Paul Burr, Wellcome Clinical Scholar, Department of VeterinaryPathology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow. G61 1QH. A method that can be conveniently used to prepare DNA from a wide range of tissues for analysis in the Polymerase Chain Reaction is described. The method is both quick...

Using the VersaFluor Fluorometer to Quantitate GUS Expression in Plant Tissues Bombarded With the Biolistic PDS-1000/He System

Nicholas N. Lyssenko and Mark L. Tucker, Soybean and Alfalfa Research Lab,USDA, ARS, Bldg. 006, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, USA 20705 In 1987 Jefferson et al. described the use of β-glucuronidase (GUS) as a marker to study gene expression in plants. Expression of GUS activity in plant tissu...

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FDA issues warning for Droperidol

A drug commonly used by anesthesiologists can cause fatal irregular heartbeats at lower doses than expected, prompting the government to urge doctors to try different medications. At issue is droperidol, a tranquilizer often used to treat the nausea many people feel after undergoing anesthesia. Droperidol has long carried a warning that it could cause sudden cardiac death at high dose...

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

The United States gets a grade of "unsatisfactory" when it comes to dealing with women's health issues. The report concludes that just a handful of states have made moves to tackle diseases affecting women, including heart disease and cervical cancer.// It also concludes that states and the federal government have done either too little or nothing at all to expand women's access to health...

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

According to researchers at the University of Texas, people with degenerative brain disease are most likely to have treatable psychiatric disorders. Huntington's disease is a fatal, //degenerative brain disease which affects the cerebellum, the brain area which controls movement. Traditionally there's been a separation between neurological disease - like Huntington's - and psychiatric...

Bone marrow stem cells may help repair cardiac tissues

Two new studies, though small, have boosted confidence in a method used to repair cardiac tissues damaged by a heart attack. Researchers have found that stem cells derived from bone marrow which is much less controversial than embryo cells// helps patients who have had a heart attack and had undergone conventional bypass therapy. Doctors in eastern Germany found that when patients who...

Who Board To Discuss Asian Tsunami Related Health Issues

WHO Executive Board is to discuss the devastation caused in Southeast Asia by the tsunami that hit on 26 December and the related relief and reconstruction work // being carried out in the affected areas, on the opening date of its 115th session. Also on the agenda of the 32-member board is to discuss the broader topic of WHO's work in emergencies in general. These include, importance of...

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TISSUEscope

Description:With the advance of digital imaging technology, pathology specimen imaging is now advancing towards digital formats, allowing for easier manipulation, analysis, interpretation and telepathology. This advance in digital pathology imaging is analogous to the change that occurred in radiology, and which is continuing to occur in hospital imaging departments and imaging clinics through the introducti...
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Eosinophil Granule Major Basic Protein in Tissues

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Vical's Vaxfectin Adjuvant With Needle-free Delivery Enhances DNA Vaccine Performance; Yields Antibody Responses Comparable to Electroporation Without Tolerability Issues

MALAGA, Spain, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VicalIncorporated today announced that in a recently completed animalstudy, a DNA vaccine formulated with the company's patentedVaxfectin(TM) adjuvant and delivered by needle-free injectionyielded significantly higher antibody responses than anunformulated DNA vaccine delivered by needle and syringe. In aseparate animal study, electro...

FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 21, 2007-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) is aware of a potential safety issue related to Avandia(rosiglitazone), a drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Safetydata from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is apotentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack andheart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia. However, otherpublished a...

Mymetics' HIV Vaccine Achieves Research Breakthrough, Eliciting Protective Antibody Response in Mucosal Tissues of Non-Human Primate Model

Mymetics Also Announces Deal for Vaccine Delivery System NYON, Switzerland, March 29, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Mymetics Corporation announced today that the Company's HIV vaccineelicited IgA mucosal antibodies in a non-human primate model.Mucosal IgA antibodies are considered a possible first line ofdefense against infection by HIV. The data were presented bySylvain Fleury, Ph.D., My...