NYU Study Reveals How Brain's Immune System Fights Viral Encephalitis
New York University biologists have uncovered how the innate immune system in mice's brains fights viral infection of neurons. The findings, published as the cover study in the latest issue of Virology, show that proteins in neurons fight the virus at multiple stages--by preventing the formation of viral RNA and proteins, and blocking the virus' release, which could infect other cells in the brai...A bacterial genome reveals new targets to combat infectious disease
More than a billion people are at risk for infection with filarial nematodes, parasites that cause elephantiasis, African river blindness, and other debilitating diseases in more than 150 million people worldwide. The nematodes themselves play host to bacteria that live within their cells, but in this case, the relationship is classic mutualism, with each benefiting from the other. Indeed, the Wo...Needling Chromosomes Reveals Cell Division Secret
By impaling individual chromosomes with glassneedles one thousandth the diameter of a human hair, a Duke Universitygraduate student has tested their "stickiness" to one another duringcell division. Her uncanny surgical skills have added a piece to thelarge and intricate puzzle of how one cell divides into two -- aprocess fundamental to all organisms.In the Dec. 14, 2004, issue of Current Bi...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,...First real-time view of developing neurons reveals surprises, say Stanford researchers
Scientists have believed that neurons need a long period of fine-tuning and training with other neurons before they take on their adult role. But after using new technology for the first time to watch these cells develop, a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that neurons come into this world with a good idea about what they'll become as adults. The work...MicroRNA Profiling by Array Analysis Reveals Critical BioMarkers
Jaclyn Shingara, Kerri Keiger, Ila Wolf, Jeffrey Shelton, Emmanuel Labourier, and David Brown R&D Division, Ambion, Inc. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, siRNA-like molecules, encoded in the genomes of plants and animals,...Economic survey reveals better 2006 results
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President and CEO, before an audience of thousands of IT profess...New study reveals potential instability in stem cells
A new study in the magazine claims that human embryonic stem cells, one of the few cel...Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way
The survey using the orbiting infrared telescope provides the fine details of a long central bar feature that distinguishe...CDC reveals relationship between prepregnant weight and heart defects in infants
Keeping fit and in to be in shape is not only good for the individuals themselves but also for their siblings. Over weight, which is of course the predisposer of majority of the illness such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension etc., is now being studied in depth, the reason is to attain the destination of disease free environment, that are preventable.// Researchers from the US Cent...Dental exam reveals stroke risk
More than 60% of deaths from stroke in the US occur among postmenopausal women. Many of them have no warning symptoms. So how can women at risk be detected?// One way may be through having regular and thorough dental exams. A warning sign of stroke risk is atheroma - fatty deposits in the carotid arteries serving the brain. This can be picked up through a dental x-ray. Researchers in...Study Reveals Better Results in Patients Suffering From Depression.
Patients suffer from various psychiatric disease and they throng the hospitals for treatment. Statistics show that a third of these people // suffer from mental depressions of different levels. The initial results w...Study reveals how stress can make you sick
It's no surprise that constant stress can make people sick, and now a team of researchers has figured out how. A study focused on 119 men and women who were taking care of spouses with dementia. The health of the caregivers was compared with that of 106 people of similar ages who were not living under the stress of constant care giving. Blood tests showed that a chemical called Interleuki...Study reveals how stress can make you sick
It's no surprise that constant stress can make people sick, and now a team of researchers has figured out how. A study focused on 119 men and women who were taking care of spouses with dementia. The health of the caregivers was compared with that of 106 people of similar ages who were not living under the stress of constant care giving. Blood tests showed that a chemical called Interleuki...Waismann Method Survey Reveals Dependency Risk for People Using Suboxone
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2007 - The WaismannMethod today announced findings from an online survey of Suboxoneusers, indicating that 66 percent of individuals currently takingSuboxone, also known as Subutex or Buprenorphine, believe theycannot stop taking the drug without assistance, indicating aphysical dependency. Suboxone is often prescribed to treatdependency to op...New Study Reveals Limitations of a Complex and Challenging Global Tuberculosis Drug Marketplace
First comprehensive study of market dynamics offers insights intowhat will be needed to get new, faster and better TB drugs topatients NEW YORK, May 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewsire/ -- The GlobalAlliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance), a not-for-profit,product development partnership accelerating the discovery anddevelopment of new TB drugs, today released results from the firstcom...Waismann Method Survey Reveals 65 Percent of Women Seeking Opiate Dependency Treatment Are Mothers
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2007 - According toThe Waismann Method 2006 Opiate Dependency Survey 65 percent offemale respondents seeking treatment for opiate dependency have oneor more children. Painkillers such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocetand Fentanyl were among the drugs cited. In addition, 35 percent ofthe mothers who reported a dependency said they suffered fromde...