NIH renews network focused on how genes influence drug responses
Findings will pave the way for individually tailored therapiesContinuing its strong support for studies on how genes affect responses to medications, the National Institutes of Health anticipates spending more than $150 million over five years to renew its Pharmacogenetics Research Network (PGRN). The research of this nationwide network of scientists will eventually help doctors tailor drug presc...Renewed hope for Parkinson's patients
Research led by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that damage to a cell's DNA sets off a chain reaction that leads to the increased expression of a marker recognized by the body's immune system. The new findings, to be published July 3 in an advanced online issue of Nature, shed light on a long-standing question of how the natural killer (NK) cells - which are...Weizmann Institute suggests that immune cells help to maintain cognition and brain cell renewal
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, led by Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Neurobiology Department, has come up with new findings that may have implications in delaying and slowing down cognitive deterioration in old age. The basis for these developments is Schwartz's team's observations, published today in the February issue of Nature Neuroscience, that immune cells contribut...Bones hold the key to blood renewal
Though we think of them as solid and permanent, our bones are actually constantly being rebuilt throughout our lives. A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has now revealed how cells that work at remodeling the bones play a direct part in the ongoing renewal of another system ?the blood. Their findings, which may lead to future improvements in bone marrow transplantation and a...Scientists identify gene involved in stem cell self-renewal in planaria
No matter how you slice it, the freshwater planarian possesses an amazing ability to regenerate lost body parts. Chop one into pieces, and each piece can grow into a complete planarian. The flatworm relies upon a population of stem cells to accomplish this remarkable feat; recent work sheds light on how planarians maintain these stem cells throughout their lives. In a paper to appear in th...Johnson Controls adds renewable energy unit
The company's new renewable technologies unit will focus on geothermal, solar, biomass, wind, and other alternative sources of e...Energy conservation might take us farther than renewable fuels
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Doyle said the money - which includes tax credits, low-interest loans, and grants that would come from business development fund allotments and the sale of...Doyle, Kind call for higher renewable fuel standard
During a campaig...Human Error: Teenager’s Renewed Zest for Life Nose-Dive
The recent update of human error can make even a stone cry. Lis Noris, a bubbly 15 year old teenager from Ayrshire, was given radiation therapy, for brain tumor at Beatson Oncology Centre, Glasgow. //After a brief reprieve, she was awakened to a rude shock of being the unfortunate recipient of an overdose, 17 times of therapy, considered potentially fatal. Doctors have admitted to human...Renewable Oocytes of Mice created hope in Human Fertility Treatment
Using mice as an experimental animal, researchers have discovered that despite its age female mice have a renewable number of oocytes (egg) supply in their ovaries//. As a preliminary step, this study would pave way for many further discoveries in the field of ovarian stem cell research and women’s fertility treatment – said Professor Jock Findlay from Prince Henry's Institute and Assoc...Imaging study affords renewed thrust on smoking cessation treatments
A novel imaging study has indicated the potency of just a few puffs of cigarette that is capable of inducing strong cravings to continue smoking. // Researchers found that the amount of nicotine present in a single puff is capable of filling nearly 30% of the brain’s nicotine receptors and 3 puffs can occupy nearly 70% of these receptors. The smoker experiences the high of smoking when all the...Bird Flu Danger Renewed With The Onset Of Migration Season
With the onset of migration season this winter, officials fear that there may be an increase in cases of avian flu virus H5N1 in Egypt and in other parts of the world. // Egyptian Health Ministry has urged on taking the necessary precautions well in advance on account of this new surge. The strain of bird flu virus might be even more deadly among fowl and humans in Egypt, where human dea...U.N. Secretary-General Ban Renews Goal To Reverse Spread of HIV by 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday at a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly to review the body's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic said he believes it is possible to halt and reverse the spread of the disease by 2015, despite the increasing number of cases worldwide. U.N. member countries last year renewed pledges and set new targets to provide universal access...Electrosurgical Instrument Repair and Renewal
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