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Neuronal 'traffic jam' marks early Alzheimer's disease

Early Alzheimer's disease may be precipitated by a "traffic jam" within neurons that causes swelling and prevents proper transport of proteins and structures in the cells, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers. In mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and in human brain samples from people with the disease, researchers observed a characteristic breakdown in...

Gene therapy converts dead bone graft to new, living tissue

Researchers have created a way to transform the dead bone of a transplanted skeletal graft into living tissue in an experiment involving mice. The advance, which uses gene therapy to stimulate the body into treating the foreign splint as living bone, is a promising development for the thousands of cancer and trauma patients each year who suffer with fragile and failing bone grafts. The findings w...

Weill Cornell Research Reveals Secrets Of Trafficking Within Cells

As you read this, cells in your eye are transmitting information to your brain, while cells in your heart and arteries work just as hard to keep that brain alive. Every one of these cells -- and others throughout the body -- depends on an internal process called endocytosis to keep the flow of cellular nutrients and information healthy and strong. It's an incredibly important life process,...

Zebrafish may hold key to understanding human nerve cell development

Glia appear essential for 'hair cells'responsible for hearing and balance. Traditionally viewed as supportingactors, cells known as glia may be essential for the normal developmentof nerve cells responsible for hearing and balance, according to newUniversity of Utah research. The study is reported in the January 6,2005 issue of Neuron and is co-authored by scientists at the Universityof Was...

Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells

To investigate tumors, pathologists currently rely on labor-intensive microscopic examination, using century-old cell-staining methods that can take days to complete and may give false readings. A lightning-fast laser technique, led by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Paul Gourley, has provided laboratory demonstrations of accurate, real-time, high-throughput identification of live...

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Down Draft Work Station from Terra Universal, Inc.

Description:Ideal for chemical processing that requires downward flow of exhaust fumes. Powderful 1200 CFM blower draws fumes into sub-surface bonded charcoal filter for safe removal of organic vapors (final HEPA filter also available)....
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Rabbit Anti-Raf-1, phospho (Ser338 / Tyr341) Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.

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HERAfreeze -86C chest and upright freezers from Thermo Scientific

Description:HERAfreeze ultra low temperature freezers offer a superior sample management concept for safe storage of biological samples with high capacities. Innovative insulation technology plus five separate inner doors ensure excellent warming protection and ensure low energy costs. Application oriented accessories simplify tracking of sample location and maximize sample capacity. Automated temper...
Company:Thermo Scientific

GeneTraffic from Iobion Informatics

Description:: Quickly define your projects using the MIAME (Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment) standard. Load data and image files...
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Mouse Paraffin Digestive Tissue Microarray from Zyagen Laboratories

Description:Zyagen tissue microarrays are derived from Paraffin embedded tissue blocks, which are subjected to rigorous quality control procedures to ensure the highest quality. Tissues of each array are manually assembled in one block, sectioned at a thickness of 5 microns and mounted on coated slides. Sections are large (3-5mm in diameter) in comparison to core sections made using Tissue Arrayer. Arrays en...
Company:Zyagen Laboratories

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Madison-based TrafficCast makes national inroads as data provider

, a company that provides traffic data to a range of other map and travel services, is expanding well beyond its Madison headquarters in order to meet with the demand from i...

Protocol for GenomePlex Whole Genome Amplification from Formalin-Fixed Parrafin-Embedded (FFPE) tissue

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Recover High Yields of Total Nucleic Acid from Formalin-fixed, Paraffin-embedded (FFPE) Tissue

RecoverAll Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit For decades, FFPE tissue has been the staple of histologists and pathologists for creating tissue slides and making patient diagnoses. More than 400 million FFPE tissue samples exist for cancer studies alone, and many of...

DNA Isolation From 50 to 20 mg of Paraffin-Embedded Tissue

Catalog #732-6343 1. Place 510 mg (0.0050.010 g) of finely minced tissue in a 1.5 ml capped tube. Add 300 l xylene and incubate 5 min with constant mixing at room temperature....

Transgenic Zebrafish by Electroporation

Russell J. Buono and Paul J. Linser, Whitney MarineLaboratory, University of Florida, 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd.,St. Augustine, Florida 32086, 904-461-4000 The production of transgenic animals has proven to be a powerful tool in the study of developmentally regulated genes. The traditional method of microinjection of f...

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Campaign Against Witchcraft In Orissa

Sundergarh (Orissa): Witchcraft is still practiced in many parts of the world including the poor Indian state of Orissa. Now a rationalist is trying to educate people and tell them how this is practiced//. Narendra Naik, the President of Federation of All India Rationalists Association, is presently on a 13-day campaign in the villages of Orissa to spread awareness against witchcraft....

Robots craft medical history

A new invenvtion in the medical history. A team of surgeons in France, assisted in removing the gall bladder of a 68-year old woman using a remote controlled robot. This is termed as the world's// first long-distance operation in the medical history. The operation took place at the European Institute for TeleSurgery in Strasbourg. According to Jacques Marceausx it is a phenomenal step a...

Drug trafficking via Internet a growing threat

Czech traffickers arrange drug deals at internet cafes. Australians use courier companies’ Web sites to track packages of pills. American dealers swap recipes for amphetamines in restricted-access chat rooms. Worldwide, drug traffickers increasingly are taking advantage of encrypted e-mail and other Internet technology to sell their stashes, launder money and trade tips and techniques, th...

Traffic pollution linked to severe asthma attacks

Asthmatic children exposed to traffic pollution before getting a viral infection have more serious asthma attacks. In children, about 80 percent of attacks are due to viruses -- most of them from the common cold virus. Researchers have discovered that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from vehicle exhaust exacerbates the attacks. NO2 is common but the main sources indoors are //gas stove...

Traffic Violations Result in Safer Drivers

That traffic ticket you just received could be preventing a fatal traffic accident -- at least in the short run, say researchers who studied the impact of traffic convictions on the likelihood of being involved in a motor vehicle crash. Results show drivers run a significantly lower risk of getting in a fatal crash in the month after a traffic conviction when compared to other months when...

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Kritzinger-Updegraff Lasik Manipulator/Elevator

Description:This double ended instrument was designed to lift and reposition a previous corneal flap up to one year postoperatively. The curved chisel end is designed to enable the surgeon to lift the edge and then cleanly cut through the epithelium. The elevator is used to smooth and reposition the flap after the laser surgery is complete....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Duragen Dural Graft Matrix

Description:More than a patch, Duragen is a matrix for repair of the dura mater. Duragen handles and conforms similar to normal soft tissue. Is an innovative collagen matrix for dural closure. Remarkable onlay graft for the repair of dural defects. Fully resorbed following complete tissue closure of the dural defect. Easily conforms to complex surfaces....
Company:Integra LifeSciences Corporation

Grafton Trial Frame

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Blair-Brown Skin Graft Knife

Description:165 mm long blade. 17 mm wide blade. Overall length 305 mm, 12.0 inches. Note: Has Marcks attachment for right and left-hand cutting to any thickness up to .035 inches (.89 mm). For thicker grafts or split graft. Marcks attachment can be easily removed for free-hand cutting....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Braithwaite Skin Graft Knife

Description:Grooved roller, on which knife oscillates....
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Research Documents Scalable Production, Survival Following Engraftment and Positive Impact on Cardiac Function in Infarcted Rats for Geron's Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic for Heart Failure

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 2007 - GeronCorporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today reported that research documentingthe scalable production, survival following engraftment andpositive impact on cardiac function in infarcted rats was presentedtoday for GRNCM1, the company's human embryonic stem cell(hESC)-based therapeutic for heart failure, at the InternationalSociety for Stem Cell...

ChemoCentryx Presents Positive Phase 2 Clinical Data for Traficet-EN in Crohn's Disease at the Digestive Disease Week 2007 Conference

Clear Anti-Inflammatory Activity Demonstrated Among Patients withActive Disease MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ --ChemoCentryx, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical companyfocused on discovering, developing and commercializingorally-administered therapeutics that target the chemokine system,presented data today from the company's Phase 2 clinical trial ofTraficet-EN...

ProNAi Announces Preclinical Success for PNT2258 Therapeutic - Curative Events in Xenograft Mice for Difficult-to-Treat Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 17, 2007 - ProNAi Therapeutics,Inc., a biopharmaceutical company pioneering a new class ofnucleic-acid drugs based on DNA interference (DNAi), todayannounced that its lead oncology therapeutic candidate, PNT2258,has successfully demonstrated preclinical in vivo efficacy inxenograft mice for a number of human cancers - including curativeevents for difficult-...

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