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Grasping metaphors: UC San Diego research ties brain area to figures of speech

What does it take to fathom a proverb ?catch the figurative meaning of "an apple doesn't fall far from the tree"? According to research led by V. S. Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego, a region of the brain known as the angular gyrus is probably at least partly responsible for the human ability to understand metaphor.</p...

Conserved amino acids play both structural and mechanistic roles in sandwich-like protein

The question of whether amino acids in sandwich-like proteins are there to stabilize the structure or to speed up the protein-folding process is best answered by "all of the above," according to researchers at Rice University in Houston. This discovery, reported in today's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could benefit future research on treatments for disease...

Sandia completes depleted uranium study

Sandia National Laboratories has completed a two-year study of the potential health effects associated with accidental exposure to depleted uranium (DU) during the 1991 Gulf War. The study, "An Analysis of Uranium Dispersal and Health Effects Using a Gulf War Case Study," performed by Sandia scientist Al Marshall, employs analytical capabilities used by Sandia's National Security Studies D...

Scientists find evidence of catastrophic sand avalanches, sea level changes in Gulf of Mexico

Identical twins lose some fundamental similarities as they grow older, a new study reports. Researchers report in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that these differences may stem from changes in the epigeno...

Hand sanitizer gel works

Randomized trial finds reduced spread of GI infections in families with children in day careUsing an alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel significantly reduces the spread of gastrointestinal infections in the home, according to a study in the September issue of Pediatrics. In a study of 292 Greater Boston families -- half of which were given hand sanitizer -- those that used the gel had a 59 percent...

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Badger Ventures plans to fund IT; partisan stem-cell battle; BadgerNet draws fire

Badger Ventures, a newly forming venture capital firm, hopes to make waves in Madison and gather funding to invest in information technology companies. Also, state Assembly Republicans moved to deny new research tax credits to companies doing studies that require destroying embryos, and the state drew criticism over BadgerNet, a public-sector statewide network. Original air date: Saturday, Apri...

Sanyo to advance Rayovacs rechargeble batteries

MADISON - Sanyo will be working with Rayovac's I-C3 technology, which the company says can recharge Nickel Metal Hydride, or NiMH, batteries in 15 minutes. I-C3...

Exclusive Interview With Dick Leazer: Renaissance Man

Madison, WI, Jan. 21 - From 1993 through 1999, Dick Leazer served as managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the licensing and commercialization agency of the University of Wisconsin. Since then, he has co-managed the Wisconsin Investment Partners (WIP), an angel investment group based in Madison that focuses on funding life sciences start-ups. Through these two orga...

Mutation detection for the K- rasand P16 genes

Mutations in the K-ras gene codon 12 region can lead to cancer, forexample of the colon, pancreas, liver, spleen, stomach or lungs. TheCDKN2A/P16 gene is a familial melanoma gene. Routine PCR and DNAsequencing methods can identify exactly which point mutation is present...

Principles of Curve Fitting for Multiplex Sandwich Immunoassays, Rev B

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Immunosupressants for Eczema

Here's to all of you who thought that one only uses corticosteroids for skin disease. Yet, the host of drugs that have come out in the recent years which are dermatocentric are astounding and here is another. Using Tacrolimus, the agent which was devised for liver transplantation, there has been found to vast symptomatic relief of patients. Eczema is a devastating disease because of its c...

Antidepressants come in handy for patients on treatment for hepatitis, cancers and multiple sclerosis

The sad part in the treatment of certain cancers, hepatitis and multiple sclerosis with interferon therapy is that while the treatment can extent life, it can seriously spoil its quality. Alpha interferon a drug used to fight these diseases can cause crippling depression. A new research now shows that the use of an antidepressant before starting the treatment can avoid this problem. Al...

Antidepressant helps obesity

Obesity is a disease and a growing health threat both in the USA and all over the world. The drug bupropion can help overweight and obese women lose weight in the long-term. It raises the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Weight loss diets don't always work in the long term, and there has seen to be a need, now, to develop drugs which can handle obesity.//...

Antidepressants increase gastric bleeding

A new survey suggests that certain antidepressants increase the risk of a gastrointestinal bleed in older patients. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a group of antidepressants which are very widely prescribed. They are preferred over older drugs because they are relatively free of side effects. But, as Researchers at Ottawa Hospital in Canada have just shown, they a...

Leptin, The Next Generation Antidepressant?

A study conducted by Xin-Yun Lu, PhD and colleagues of the University of Texas Health Science Center found that Leptin when administered to the rat acts as an anti-depressant. Leptin is a hormone mainly given to people involved in weight regulation. // The research was done on chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) rats. It was found that CUS rats had decreased levels of Leptin than the cont...

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BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces New Findings for Potential Bird Flu Vaccine

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2007 - BioSantePharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: BPA) today announced new positiveresults demonstrating that its calcium phosphate (CaP)nanoparticle-based vaccine adjuvant, BioVant(TM), may serve as aneffective vaccine adjuvant for the development of a dose sparingvaccine against H5N1 avian flu, widely known as bird flu. The new results are based on...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of Phase 1 ZFP Therapeutic Data at American Diabetes Association Meeting

Presentation Details Statistically Significant Clinical Results forSB-509 in Development for Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy CHICAGO, June 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SangamoBioSciences, Inc. announced today the presentation of encouragingPhase 1 clinical data from its ZFP Therapeutic(TM) program at the67th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association(ADA). As disclose...

Santaris Pharma Presents Positive Clinical Data on SPC2996 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia

First RNA Antagonist Medicine to Be Tested in Patients ReducesSeverity of Adult Leukaemia Copenhagen, 6th June 2007 - Santaris Pharma, the Danishbiopharmaceutical company, announced today that SPC2996, theCompany's new RNA Antagonist of Bcl-2, has shown early evidence ofefficacy in an initial Phase I/II clinical study in ChronicLymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL). The results of the study...

Kosan Presents Promising Phase 1 Data on Second-Generation Hsp90 Inhibitor, Alvespimycin, Showing Antitumor Activity in Refractory Breast and Ovarian Cancers at ASCO

Clinical Benefit Shown in 35% of HER2-Positive Metastatic BreastCancer Patients HAYWARD, Calif., June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KosanBiosciences Incorporated presented data from a Phase 1 clinicaltrial showing that alvespimycin, its second-generation Hsp90inhibitor, demonstrated promising antitumor activity andtolerability in combination with trastuzumab (Herceptin(R)) inpatient...

Kosan Presents Phase 1 Data Showing Promising Antitumor Activity and Safety Profile of Epothilone KOS-1584 at ASCO

HAYWARD, Calif., June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KosanBiosciences Incorporated presented data from a Phase 1 clinicaltrial showing that KOS-1584/R1645, an epothilone underco-development with Roche, demonstrated promising antitumoractivity and tolerability in patients with solid tumors.KOS-1584/R1645 showed activity in 32% of patients (13 of 41evaluable) including activity in pati...

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