Poor prenatal nutrition permanently damages function of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered one reason why infants with low birth weight have a high potential of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. In studies of mice, the researchers found that poor prenatal nutrition impairs the pancreas's ability to later secrete enough insulin in response to blood glucose. "The bottom line is that if you don't have delivery of enough...Used in a new way, RNA interference permanently silences key breast cancer gene
In laboratory mouse experiments, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a way to use RNA interference (RNAi) so that it permanently hampers breast cancer development. The technique permanently silences activated STAT3, a crucial gene found in some human breast tumors, thus reducing the cancer's ability to become invasive. The study, presented at...EnVision™ G|2 Doublestain System, Rabbit/Mouse (DAB+/Permanent Red) from Dako
Description:EnVision™ G|2 Doublestain System is a high-sensitivity peroxidase and alkaline-phosphatase-based 2nd generation visualization kit. The kit is intended for use in immunohistochemistry for the simultaneous detection of two different antigens within the same specimen, and is compatible with suitably diluted rabbit and mouse primary antibodies. The kit may be used on formalin-fixed, paraffin-em...Third Wave strikes deal with Kaiser Permanente on cystic fibrosis reagents
MADISON - , the largest non-profit health plan in the United States,...Is caries in primary and permanent tooth related?
According to a study in Journal of Dental Research, caries in primary teeth may cause developmental defects in permanent teeth.// A primary tooth can have caries for a wide variety of reasons such as gender, family health or history, socio-economic status, years of exposure to water fluoridation, disturbance to primary teeth, and early loss of primary teeth. Accounting for all these dif...Possibility Of Treatment For Permanent Hearing Loss
Researchers from University of Iowa and Okayama University, Japan, have reported a possible cure// for a kind of permanent hearing loss from parallel studies with animals. The researchers gave a genetically deafened mouse interfering RNA that specifically prevents a gene from being expressed that would otherwise cause deafness. By preventing its expression, they had been able to preve...Excess Intake of Alcohol Results in Permanent DNA Damage.
In Australia a research headed by Dr Michael Fenech studied the damage of excess alcohol on human DNA. The results of the study stated that excess intake of // alcoholic beverages resulted in increased risk of permanent damage to the DNA. During the course of the study, six men aged 21-26 stuck to a diet low in plant phenols for two days, and then drank 300 millilitres of...Nature’s fury leaves permanent scar
Children exposed to the trauma of earthquake devastation are susceptible to psychological problems, drug use, crime, exploitation and human trafficking, a United Nations report has revealed. // The report elaborates on how Women and Children are targets of Human rights violation and are displaced by coercion. Relief supplies play truant with them as does the, services and economic opp...Car Airbags Will Cause Permanent Hearing Loss in 17 Percent
A researcher at a national hearing conference will present data that predict 17 percent of people exposed to deployed airbags in American cars will suffer from permanent hearing// loss. His data also show, contrary to what experts have previously thought, airbag deployment is more hazardous to the ear when a car’s windows are rolled down. These are among the results that will be prese...Immediate Treatment of Early MS Patients with Betaferon Significantly Delayed Permanent Disability
Risk to confirmed EDSS progression reduced by 40 percent comparedto delayed treatment BERLIN, May 1, 2007 – Bayer Schering Pharma AG,Germany, announced today new data, which show that immediateinitiation of Betaferon® (interferon beta-1b) treatment inpatients with a first event suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS)can significantly reduce the risk of permanent neurolog...