Tadpole soon to help in the fight against cancer and lymphedema
Lymph circulates in our bodies through a complex network of lymphatic vessels, of which little is known. This network is, however, of major importance for the support of the immune system and the fluid in our body. Researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected with the Catholic University of Leuven, are the first to indicate that this network can be stu...Time of day tempers tadpoles' response to predators
To a tiny tadpole, life boils down to two basic missions: eat, and avoid being eaten. But there's a trade-off. The more a tadpole eats, the faster it grows big enough to transform into a frog; yet finding food requires being active, which ups the odds of becoming someone else's dinner. Scientists have known that prey adjust their activity levels in response to predation risk, but new res...Record ozone loss during 2006 over South Pole
Ozone measurements made by ESA's Envisat satellite have revealed the ozone loss of 40 million tons on 2 October 2006 has exceeded the record ozone loss of about 39 million tons for 2000. Ozone loss is derived by measuring the area and the depth of the ozone hole. The size of this year's ozone hole is 28 million square km, nearly as large as the record ozone hole extension during 2000, and...Huddling and a drop in metabolism allow penguins to survive the South Pole cold
March of the Penguins, the OscarĀ® winning documentary, showed how the emperor penguins endure their incubation and fast for four dark and bitterly cold months each year. The tight huddling among these South Pole penguins is a key energy-saving mechanism that allows them to endure their extremely harsh conditions. A team of scientists that had already shown that emperor penguins who are fr...Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, UT Southwestern researcher says
A new investigation into Napoleon Bonaparte's cause of death might finally put to rest nearly 200 years of lingering mysteries about the illness that killed the French emperor during his island exile, a UT Southwestern Medical Center scientist reports. American, Swiss and Canadian researchers applied modern pathological and tumor-staging methods to historical accounts and found that Napol...DSQ II Single Quadrupole GC/MS from Thermo Scientific
Description:The DSQ II (Dual-Stage Quadrupole) Thermo Scientific (Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific) the world leader in analytical instrumentation, introduces the latest product innovation for laboratory GC/MS the DSQ II. Based on the proven reliability and performance platform of Thermo's DSQ and PolarisQ GC/MS systems, the DSQ II incorporates the new DynaMax XR ion detection system and the DuraBrite ion...Vitamin D In Pole Position At Clinical Endocrinologists Meet
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Fifteenth Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress to be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago between April 26-30 will discuss important benefits //of vitamin D and the problems associated with vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D has been in the new recently and everything from preventing cancer to heart disease has been attributed to...Genopole(R) is Organizing an Advanced Course on Stem Cells and Their Therapeutic Applications
From November 18th to 22nd, 2007, under the responsibility of Marc Peschanski, director of I-Stem(1), Genopole(R) is organizing an advanced course on stem cells and their therapeutic applications, aimed at exploring the latest advancements of research in this field, with input from 17 renowned specialists worldwide. Major topics to be covered include embryonic stem cells, mesenchymatic,...Napoleon Love Letter Seduces Bidders at Manuscript Auction
A love letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to his future wife Josephine sold for more than a quarter of a million pounds at an auction of original handwritten letters by historical figures -- more than five times the pre-sale estimate. The letter from the future French leader fetched 276,000 pounds (409,000 euros, 557,000 dollars) at the Christie's auction in London. It had only been ex...Webster Santoro 20 Pole Fixed Curve Catheter
Description:For Atrial Isthmus Mapping. Biosense Webster offers a complete line of specialty 20-pole catheters. The SANTORO Fixed Catheter is designed for simple subclavian access and placement in the coronary sinus. The pair of electrodes located on the catheter's distal tip permit pacing in the coronary sinus for confirmation of conduction block....Webster Crista Cath 20-Pole Deflectable Catheter
Description:For Atrial Mapping. Biosense Webster offers a complete line of specialty 20-pole catheters. The CRISTA CATH 20-pole deflectable catheter is designed for positioning along the crista terminals....Webster Ismus Cath 20-Pole Deflectable Catheter
Description:Biosense Webster offers a complete line of specialty 20-pole catheters for mapping in the atrium. The ISMUS CATH 20-pole deflectable catheter is designed for simple placement in the atrial isthmus. The pair of electrodes located on the catheter's distal tip permit pacing in the coronary sinus for confirmation of conduction block after ablation....Halo XP 20 Pole Deflectable Catheter
Description:For Tricuspid Mapping. Biosense Webster offers a complete line of specialty 20-pole catheters for mapping in the atrium. The HALO XP 20-pole deflectable catheter is designed for simple placement and mapping around the tricuspid annulus. The pair of electrodes located on the catheter's distal tip (on P15-FS/0 permit pacing in the coronary sinus (CS) for confirmation of conduction block....