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'Bionic' arm gives amputee sense of touch

Impressive impact factors prove that BioMed Central's Open Access journals are high quality and widely read and cited. Journals published by BioMed Central have again received impact factors that compare well with equivalent subscription titles, it was announced today, with five titles in the top five of their specialty. The high impact factors for these journals affirm that they are respected by...

To translate touch, the brain can quickly rearrange its sense of the body

The brain is bombarded by information about the physical proportions of our bodies. The most familiar sensations, such as a puff of wind or the brush of our own shirt sleeve, serve to constantly remind the brain of the body's outer bounds, creating a sense of what is known as proprioception. In a new study, researchers report this week that the brain's ability to interpret external signals and up...

Fighting malaria by manipulating mosquitoes' sense of smell

Combating the spread of malaria by manipulating the mosquitoes' sense of smell is the object of an ambitious research project, led by Vanderbilt University, that has been selected to receive $8.5 million as part of the Grand Challenges to Global Health. The initiative, which was launched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has just announced the selection of 43 "groundbreaking" resea...

Monkeys understand numbers across senses

Monkeys can match the number of voices they hear to the number of faces they expect to see, Duke University scientists have found. The finding indicates that numerical perception is truly an abstract concept and not just a function of a particular sense, said the researchers. The experimental approach also will lead to further studies exploring whether human infants, before they have a verbal cap...

Bacteria which sense the Earth's magnetic field

Max Planck researchers uncover how a nanoscale 'compass' inside bacteria orients them to the Earth's magnetic field. The entire bacterium is oriented like a compass needle inside the magnetic field. Until now, it was not clear how the cells organise magnetosomes into a stable chain, against their physical tendency to collapse by magnetic attraction. But using modern molecular-genetic and i...

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Sensenbrenner and USPTO Director highlight benefits of technology transfer

Hartland, Wis. At a meeting Monday highlighting university-business partnerships in Wisconsin, , a medical imaging company based in Hartland, Wis., demonstrated its latest tool for assessing cardiovascular health to John Dudas, acting under secretary of commerce for the <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/" target=...

Enjoy a Greater Sense of Security with PCR-Grade Water

Like all components of a PCR or RT-PCR assay, the watercomponent must be of high purity. Standard laboratorywater is often contaminated with DNA, RNA, nucleases,or a variety of microorganisms. These contaminantsoften contribute to suboptimal amplification reactions....

Security goes beyond technology into common-sense practices

Some have found out very quickly that information on their systems isn't really secure. Intellectual property and other confidential...

Why repealing the shareholder wage lien law makes sense

But then a lawyer steps into the room, clears her throat and asks if youve ever heard of W...

GE joins forces with Biosense Webster

"Clinicians have told us they needed a way for monitoring and three-dimensional mapping systems to communicate," said Mike Genau, vice president of cardiology systems for GE Medical Systems Information Technologies. "We believe this interface will improve clinicians' ability to diagnose cardiac disease and enhance patient care. Until now, clinicians conducting EP studies have had to wor...

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Women's strong sense of smell

Researchers suggest that women's ability to smell better is due to the boding of the hormone, estrogen.A US study shows that women who are of procreative age are far better in sensing the fragrance than men do. Tim Jacobs, Professor of Physiology at Cardiff University, said: "Some studies have shown that during ovulation, there's a surge of oestrogen which increases sensitivity.// The...

Antisense gene specific therapy for Ebola virus

Professor Sina Bavari and team from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have found that antisense genetic sequence of the Ebola virus could help protection and treatment of humans // from wild strains of Ebola virus. This therapy is very important and still more has to be done as this Ebola virus offers a great threat of bioterrorism. The results of this research work...

Sense of smell impaired in alcoholics

A study published in the March issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research reported that alcohol abuse can dampen the sense of smell. Researchers from the University Clinics of Innsbruck studied the sense of smell in 30 alcoholics and 30 healthy people who were matched for age, gender and smoking status. They used "Sniffin' Sticks", which are pen-like devices that dispense...

Seizures in Children , Sensed By Dogs

A new study shows dogs may be able to anticipate seizures in children with epilepsy.The most common response behavior from the dogs in this study was // licking, often of the face, followed by decreased motor activity, whimpering, and “protective" behavior without aggression. In previous studies, owners of seizure-sensitive dogs reported that licking may abort or even prevent their seizures. So...

Dogs Can Sense Bladder Cancer

A recent British study says that Man's best friend might be able to detect bladder cancer . With their exceptionally sensitive noses, // dogs can smell odors from malignant tumors in urine samples. Six dogs of varying breeds and ages were trained over seven months to discriminate between urine from patients with bladder cancer and that from a control group. Each dog was then given sampl...

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HIV Phenosense GT

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Antisense Pharma: Promising Phase IIb Results of Targeted Therapy with AP 12009 in Recurrent Anaplastic Astrocytoma

CHICAGO and REGENSBURG - June 21, 2007 - “In anaplasticastrocytoma, AP 12009 as a monotherapy is actually clearly superiorto temozolomide,” Prof. Albert Wong, M.D., StanfordUniversity, California, U.S.A. commented on the international PhaseIIb study with the TGF-beta 2-inhibitor AP 12009, under developmentby Antisense Pharma. Prof. Wong discussed the results of the studyin th...

Genta Announces Results of Phase 1 Study Using Genasense Administered by Intermittent Subcutaneous Injection

Study Shows Safety and Pharmacokinetics Similar to IV Doses inPhase 3 CLL Trial BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., June 06, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Genta Incorporated announced the publication of preliminaryclinical results that show the Company's lead anti-cancer drug,Genasense(R) (oblimersen sodium) injection, can be safelyadministered by intermittent subcutaneous (SC) injection, as wellas...

Lorus Therapeutics Announces Scientific Presentations for Lead Antisense and siRNA Drug Candidates at International Cancer Conference

98th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research(AACR) TORONTO, April 17, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - LorusTherapeutics Inc. ("Lorus") today announced presentation ofresearch on their lead antisense and siRNA compounds at the 98thAnnual Meeting of the AACR in Los Angeles, CA, April 14-18,2007. The first presentation titled, "Determination of optimizedadministr...