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It's not all genetic: Common epigenetic problem doubles cancer risk in mice

In experiments with mice, a team of scientists from the United States, Sweden and Japan has discovered that having a double dose of one protein is sufficient to change the normal balance of cells within the lining of the colon, thereby doubling the risk that a cancer-causing genetic mutation will trigger a tumor there. Roughly 10 percent of people have this double protein dose as well. In...

Tiny particles could solve billion-dollar problem

New research from Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology finds that nanoparticles of gold and palladium are the most effective catalysts yet identified for remediation of one of the nation's most pervasive and troublesome groundwater pollutants, trichloroethene or TCE. The research, conducted by engineers at Rice and the Georgia Institute of Technology, w...

HIV Patients May Be at Risk of Heart Problems When Taking Protease Inhibitor Drugs

A widely-used class of drugs that keep the HIV-virus infection from progressing to AIDS may cause serious and potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances in some patients. The finding of a Mayo Clinic-led investigation appears in the current edition of The Lancet. In collaboration with colleagues from the HIV Program of Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis; the University of Minn...

The transparent organism: EMBLEM and Carl Zeiss give labs a unique look at life

A novel high-tech microscope will be brought to the marketplace, giving laboratories everywhere fascinating new insights into living organisms. EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM), the commercial entity of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), announced today that it has signed a licensing deal with technological leader Carl Zeiss to commercialize a new technology called SPIM (Se...

Deficiency of growth hormone and IGF-1 reduces cancer and kidney disease, but creates other problems

Deficiencies of growth hormone and similar compounds may reduce cancer and kidney disease late in life, but also may lead to cartilage degeneration and impaired memory and learning ability, according to research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and four other institutions. The researchers used a rat model to explore the effects of growth hormone and another compound, IGF-1...

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CromoCenAGN SC - Powder with supplement A5012 from AppliChem GmbH

Description:CromoCenSC is a chromogenic medium for the detection, isolation, differentiation and/or count of Salmonella (except S. thyphi) and total coliforms from other Gram-negative bacteria. The detection takes a maximum of 24 hours, needs no additional biochemical tests, no sterilization during preparation and performs a higher diagnostic specificity and sensitivity than with the conventional media de...
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Calf Serum, Iron-Supplemented from Sigma-Aldrich

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NIS-Elements Imaging Software from Nikon

Description:Nikon's NIS-Elements revolutionizes imaging software for the microscopy market by combining automated intelligence to microscopes, cameras, components and peripherals with powerful archiving, analysis, visualization and achiving tools. Its intuitive interface simplifies workflow and speeds up image acquisition times while providing powerful features such as image stitching, object counting an...
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Signal Transduction Reporting Systems Using Cis-Acting Enhancer Elements

Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. Enhancer elements are the convergent points for many intracellular signaltransduction pathways. For simple, rapid and convenient assessment of the invivo activation of these pathways, Stratagene has d...

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The TripleMaster PCR System for three different amplifications

Christian Rohrer, Eppendorf AG Standard PCR components (Taq polymerase and reaction buffers) are used for the general amplification of relatively short DNA fragments (100 bp to roughly 2,000 bp). However, demanding...

TripleMaster PCR System: Direct Comparison with Competitors

Eppendorf 5 Prime, Inc., Boulder, CO, USA This experiment was performed to compare the Eppendorf TripleMaster PCR System with the long-range PCR products of leading competitors. Eppendorf was compared to competitors T...

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Epileptic Seizures Can Be Duec to Heart Problem

British researchers have said that Many people thought to have epilepsy may have a heart problem instead. In a study, researchers closely examined people diagnosed with epilepsy who did not respond well to medication or had symptoms unusual for the disorder. They found that more than 40% had another medical problem--most often a heart or circulation condition--that could have caused the s...

Developmental, neurologic problems common in extremely preterm infants

Extremely preterm infants born before 25 weeks' gestation often have severe neurologic and developmental disabilities, researchers report in the August 10th issue of The New EnglandJournal of Medicine.The EPICure Study Group identified 308 children born at the gestational age of 25 weeks or earlier in the UK and Ireland. Of these, 283 were assessed for neurologic function Based on their l...

Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?

The outgoing U.S. president Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of the most controversial presidents ever. He created history by becoming the first American president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Only because he managed to win at the senate did he save himself and his country further damage. He has been the center of many burning controversies throughout...

Test-tube babies show no emotional problems

Babies born with the help of fertility treatment grow into emotionally and socially well-adjusted children, according to new research. The world's first study that followed in-vitro, or test tube, babies to the brink of adolescence showed that youngsters who had been conceived through fertility treatments do not suffer any more psychological problems than other children. Since L...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

Even small amounts of alcohol consumption is linked with deliquent behaviour of the chilren later in life,according to the new study. Dr. Virginia Delaney-Black, of Children's Hospital of Michigan, the co author of the study,has come out with the finding that in comparison to the teetotallers ,women who drank the equivalent of one cocktail a week during pregnancy were three times more...

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Advanced Life Sciences Announces Supplemental Efficacy Data from First Pivotal Phase 3 Pneumonia Clinical Trial

Provides Update to Timeline for Second Pivotal Phase 3 Trial CL-05 CHICAGO, July 02, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. , today announced the confirmation ofsupplemental efficacy data from Trial CL-06, the first of twopivotal Phase 3 clinical trials designed to assess the safety andeffectiveness of cethromycin, a novel once-a-day antibiotic, forthe treatme...

Isis Pharmaceuticals Updates Its Positive Phase 2 Data for ISIS 301012 in Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients

* Treatment with ISIS 301012 produced at least 45% additionalreduction in patients' LDL-cholesterol when added tomaximally-tolerated lipid-lowering therapies CARLSBAD, Calif., May 17, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IsisPharmaceuticals, Inc. announced updated results from its ongoingPhase 2 clinical trial of ISIS 301012 in patients with homozygousfamilial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), initi...

Genzyme and Bayer HealthCare Announce Detailed Interim Two-Year Alemtuzumab in Multiple Sclerosis Data Presented at AAN

Interim analysis of Phase 2 comparative study showed significantresults in favor of alemtuzumab versus Rebif CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and WAYNE, N.J., May 02, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genzyme Corporation and Bayer HealthCarePharmaceutical today announced detailed interim results from theCAMMS223 Phase 2 study. This interim analysis of all patient datathrough at least twenty-four months from...

Isis Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase 2 Data for ISIS 301012 in Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients Presented at ACC

* Homozygous FH patients already being treated with maximallytolerated lipid-lowering therapies experienced 50% furtherreductions in LDL-C with similar reductions in other atherogenicwhen treated with 300 mg/week ISIS 301012 NEW ORLEANS, and CARLSBAD, Calif., March 26, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announcedresults from its ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of ISIS...

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