U.S. Stem Cell Research Seems to Focus on Two Lines
Experts urge federal government to preserve study options FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Only two of 21 approved human embryonic stem cell lines are routinely used by researchers in the United States, says a new study. The study found that two cell lines, known as H1 and H9, ac...Strep B Seems to Trick Immune System
Finding could lead to better treatment of sepsis, meningitis in newborns MONDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- A bacterial pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis in newborns shuts down immune cell function to ensure its survival, a new study shows. The findings about Group B Strep...Bullying Seems to Affect Kids Years Later
Study finds psychotic symptoms in preteens who'd been tormented,, FRIDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Preteens who were bullied persistently when they were younger are more likely than others their age to have hallucinations, delusions or other psychotic symptoms, British researchers rep...Tough Legislation on Underage Drinking Seems to Save Lives
Laws on purchase and possession of alcohol, zero tolerance prevent more than 700 deaths a year, study says TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Not all laws are created equal when it comes to reducing the number of drinking-related auto accidents, say researchers who analyzed the impac...Electrical Signal in Brain Seems to Warn of 'Mistakes'
Finding may help in kids with ADHD, workers under stress,, MONDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- A distinct electric signature in the brain indicates when someone is about to make a mistake, say researchers who scanned the brain waves of volunteers as they worked on attention-demanding ...New Test Seems to Spot Deadly Heart Condition
Promises to make diagnosis simpler for disease than can strike younger adults WEDNESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting a promising new test for quick diagnosis of a rare but potentially deadly heart condition that is a leading cause of sudden death in young peo...Flu Vaccine Used Last Winter Seems to Have Been Less Effective Than Vaccines Used in Previous Years
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 02, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Poll suggests that the flu vaccine used before last winter may have been less effective than the vaccines used in some previous years. The adults who had flu shots before last winter were only 24 percent less likely to get the flu than tho...R-Tech Ueno, Ltd. Completes Phase 1 Clinical Study on RK-023
...h test (open, closed, photo-patch test), single-dose study and 5-day repeated-dose study. Since no serious adverse event occurred in each test, RK-023 seems to hardly cause any safety problem in the human body. As the first step, patch tests were conducted to obtain data on skin irritation. Using ...Cystic Fibrosis - Liposomal Tobramycin Receives Second Orphan Drug Designation Within Weeks
...pacia - just like many other pathogens - has developed mechanisms to eliminate antibiotics once they have entered the cell. Fluidosomes(TM)-tobramycin seems to overcome these limitations by packing tobramycin into liposomes, which, by allowing effective penetration of the antibiotic into the bacterial cell...Is Obesity an Oral Bacterial Disease?
...percent of the total salivary bacteria. Analysis of these data suggests that the composition of salivary bacteria changes in overweight women. It seems likely that these bacterial species could serve as biological indicators of a developing overweight condition. Of even greater interest, and the subje...Why Do African-Americans Fare Worse With Cancer? Access and Economics Are Only Part of the Story
...the paper's lead author, Kathy Albain, M.D., a breast and lung cancer specialist at Loyola University's Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, "it always seems to come down to general conclusions that African-Americans may in part have poorer access to quality treatment, may be diagnosed in later stages, and ...Urologist and Allergist Explore Link Between Allergies and Interstitial Cystitis
... pepper) seem to be common. The effect on IC of treating environmental allergies with shots or medications is less obvious, said Smith, but still seems to be beneficial. About half to a third of the IC patients he sees have proven environmental allergies or symptoms, such as hay fever, asthma, recurre...Canadian Health Libraries Association
...there was enough support to form a Canadian health libraries association. No better name had been suggested and the agenda for this meeting notes, “It seems we are left with Canadian Health Libraries Association, the addition of ‘Sciences’ was not well received at the CASLIS meeting.” Subsequently the Ca...When it comes to female red squirrels, it seems any male will do
Researchers have found that female red squirrels showed high levels of multimale mating and would even mate with males that had similar genetic relatedness, basically mating with their relatives. Researchers from the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and the University of She...In young mice, gregariousness seems to reside in the genes
Beyond the lineage of primates, according to scientific gospel, social behavior is dictated primarily by competition for resources such as food, territory and reproduction. That may well be true for many adult animals, but in a groundbreaking study researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Mad...Rodent size linked to human population and climate change
...s in human population density, current temperature, or trends in temperature and precipitation. "Rapid change, contrary to previous opinion, really seems to be happening quite frequently in a number of locations around the world," Pergams said. "There seem to be significant correlations with 'people-cau...E-Noses: Testing their mettle against fly noses
...sensors were than the biological ones. We also found that the fly bioreceptors outperformed the MOx sensors in their levels of independence. The fly seems to make a range of broadly tuned receptors that are independent of each other and human engineers haven't yet worked out how to do this. "These resu...Bizarre walking bat has ancient heritage
...d Heritage Fossil Site in north-west Queensland, it says in a report published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. "The lesser short-tailed bat seems to be the sole survivor of an ancient Australian lineage now found only in New Zealand," says Dr Hand. "This study shows that, contrary to existing hy...Freshwater fish at the top of the food chain evolve more slowly
...ained relatively unchanged over time. Once they evolved the optimal size and shape for catching fish roughly 20 million years ago natural selection seems to have kept them in an evolutionary holding pattern, the researchers say. "At some point in the history of this group, some of them started feedin...Life Sciences Real Estate Outperforming Other Sectors
...ental rates are down. But a Page 1 article in the most recent edition of Bioscience Real Estate Insights suggests that the life sciences niche still seems to be holding up better than most other commercial real estate sectors – particularly the “four main food groups” of office, industr...Time Clocks Technology Catches Up With Crooks
...nts, everything is easily reconcilable before payroll is calculated." 3. Your Access Is Monitored So that little spot you found where no one seems to look - it's just so comfortable for a quick power nap after lunch right? Nobody's watching, right? "Well no, they're not. Surveillance cam...The MedZilla Report: June 2009 Employment Outlook for Biotech/Pharma/Health
...we'll be watching to see if moves similar to Oscient's are more about cost-cutting than changes in the way pharmaceuticals are sold, but right now, it seems like the answer is 'both'." About MedZilla.com: Established in mid-1994, MedZilla is the original web site to serve career and hiring needs ...Canadian researchers discover gene related to the appearance of aging
...ne is not completely understood. Researchers know that it helps make 'kinks' in protein chains, critical for correct folding of these proteins. But it seems to play an independent role in protection from cellular stress. Proline made internally in our bodies may have a biological role distinct from that of...Porcine Leptin ELISA Kit from Diagnostic Systems Laboratories, Inc.
Description:...volvement of a leptin receptor or carrier protein in this kind of regulation has been suggested. Serum leptin levels follow a circadian rhythm, which seems to be regulated predominantly by postprandial increases in insulin and the normal circadian rhythm of cortisol. Although these hormones do not work i...