MRSA Infections Spreading to Kids in Community
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria moving beyond hospital setting, study finds MONDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotic-resistant infections around the head and neck are on the rise among American children, a new report indicates. The finding suggests that tougher strains of the ba...VA Salutes Volunteers' Spreading Holiday Cheer
"Gift of Time" a Valuable Present: Peake WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new Secretary of Veterans Affairs has applauded the volunteers who remember our nation's veterans, especially those hospitalized in VA facilities, during the holiday season and throughout the year. ...HCV and HBV spreading more slowly among injection drug users in San Francisco
Injection drug users are still at a very high risk of acquiring hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis B (HBV); however, needle-sharing is less common, and users do not become infected as quickly as they did in the past, according to a new study in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal published b...Nanoparticle Stops Cancer From Spreading
'Smart bomb' curbs metastasis with fewer side effects, study finds FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- California researchers say they have developed molecular "smart bombs" that stop pancreatic and kidney cancer from spreading in mice while causing fewer side effects and damage to hea...Why Is Polio Spreading in Pakistan?
LEWISVILLE, Texas, March 8, 2007--The World Health Organization has released new figures that show that polio cases are rising in Pakistan. So is this another instance where, as leftist groups constantly claim, the pharmaceutical industry is denying important vaccines to poor populations? Um, ...Heaviest Smokers Face Greatest Risk of Death After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
... fact predicts how the disease will progress. Patients who smoked two packs a day had a 58 percent higher risk of their lung cancers returning or spreading compared with nonsmoking patients. Smoking intensity is one of only two factors found to predict lung-cancer mortality, according to the study pu...Melanoma and Pregnancy: What Every Woman Needs to Know About the Risks, Prognosis
...the patient's outcome. Likewise, it is extremely rare for the baby to be affected -- this is only seen in cases of women with advanced melanoma where spreading has occurred throughout the body." If a pregnant woman is diagnosed with a melanoma that has not spread (localized), then she typically would rec...Doctors Urge Precaution to Shield Against Swine Flu
... BLAUVELT, N.Y., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- As world health authorities debate how to stop the new strain of potentially deadly swine flu spreading quickly across the globe, medical options are limited. The current strain is a mutant of H1N1, containing a unique combination of pig, bird and human...USAID Provides $5M in Emergency Support as Swine Flu Spreads
...he Department of Health and Human Services, WHO, and PAHO. The use of this protective equipment helps to protect first responders from contracting or spreading disease from suspected outbreak sites. USAID has committed $543 million to support pandemic its Avian and Pandemic Influenza prevention and prep...Watzke Sleeve Spreading Forceps
Description: Serrated, 10 mm tips angled 30 degrees. Serrated cross action handle with polished finish....VanRens Sleeve Spreading Forceps
Description: Serrated, 10 mm tips angled 90 degrees. Serrated cross action handle with polished finish....Rousseau IntraLASIK Flap Spreader
Description:... Special Reverse-Action Forceps Design With spreading Spatula Tips That Mimic Corneal Curvature. Designed To Facilitate The spreading & Lifting Of Corneal Flaps Created With The IntraLase TMFS Laser System. ...BD Cell-Tak Cell and Tissue Adhesive
Features:...e and demonstrates no species specificity. Dopa: Protein ratio > 0.05 Molecular Weight:110-140 kD Tested for ability to promote cell attachment and spreading of BHK-21 and U937 cells Tested and found negative for bacteria, fungi, and mycoplasma. Stable for at least three months at 2° to 8° C. ...Microbial stowaways: Are ships spreading disease?
Ships are inadvertently carrying trillions of stowaways in the water held in their ballast tanks. When the water is pumped out, invasive species could be released into new environments. Disease-causing microbes could also be released, posing a risk to public health, according to an article in the ...Analysis of RNA role in spreading disease advances study of damaging plant infections
COLUMBUS, Ohio Recent research that links specific pieces of RNA to an infectious organisms duplication and spread could lead the way to the prevention of viroids, pathogens that can kill or damage food crops and other plants. The findings and the research approach used by Ohio State Universi...Lymph nodes can be key in spreading prion infectivity
Lymph nodes can be crucial for spreading low doses of infective prion agents -the pathogens responsible for conditions such as scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - into the nervous system, according to new research published in the online open access journal BMC Veterinary Research. While we ca...Scientists discover how nanocluster contaminants increase risk of spreading
For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. It was known nanometer sized clusters of plutonium oxide were the culprit, but no one had been able to study i...Cornell lab confirms deadly fish virus spreading to new species
A lethal fish virus in the Great Lakes and neighboring waterways is approaching epidemic proportions, according to Paul Bowser, Cornell professor of aquatic animal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), which causes anemia and hemorrhaging in ...Fire ant-attacking fly spreading rapidly in Texas
Parasitic flies introduced to control red imported fire ants have spread over four million acres in central and southeast Texas since the flies' introduction in 1999, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered using new flytraps they developed. Researchers at the Brackenrid...First genetically engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
...s the form of malaria most deadly to humans. By removing the genes the malaria parasite is halted during its liver infection phase, preventing it from spreading to the blood stream where it can cause severe disease and death. Their success in genetically modifying the parasite and thereby preventing its inva...Study on keeping nuclear bombs from US ports shows misplaced fear over cargo scanning cost
...spection. This was, in part, due to the cost of inspection being defrayed over only U.S.-bound container traffic under the CSI protocol, as opposed to spreading them over the entire volume of container traffic at a terminal (for the initial primary scan) under the SFI-variant. Implementing their recommended ...Sinovac Initiates Preparatory Activities for Swine Flu Vaccine
...the Company has initiated preparatory activities for the development of a vaccine for the new influenza A (H1N1) strain, Swine Flu, which is currently spreading throughout Mexico and other parts of the world. Sinovac has contacted various Chinese government authorities and other global health organizations in ...BioVex Commences OncoVEX (GM-CSF) Phase 3 Trial in Metastatic Melanoma
...echnology platform, OncoVEX (GM-CSF) is a first-in-class oncolytic, or cancer destroying virus technology. OncoVEX (GM-CSF) works by: replicating and spreading within solid tumors, causing the death of cancer cells; while stimulating the immune system to destroy un-injected metastatic deposits. Both modes of ...BioVex Raises $40 Million in First Close of Series F Financing
...er technology platform, OncoVEX GM-CSF is a first-in-class oncolytic, or cancer destroying virus technology. OncoVEX GM-CSF works by: replicating and spreading within solid tumors, causing the death of cancer cells; while stimulating the immune system to destroy un-injected metastatic deposits. Both modes of...Rattler Plating Beads from Zymo Research
Description:... Sterile glass 5 mm beads that make spreading bacterial and yeast cultures easy. Can be washed, autoclaved and reused....Rattler Plating Beads from Zymo Research
Description:... Sterile glass 5 mm beads that make spreading bacterial and yeast cultures easy. Can be washed, autoclaved and reused....Hepta Adaptor for PDS-1000 He System from Bio-Rad
Description:...standard system. It fits into the shocking chamber of the PDS-1000 He system, where it splits the helium shock wave over 7 microcarriers. By uniformly spreading the DNA-coated gold or tungsten particles over this larger area, the system maximizes the number of cells transformed during one bombardment. The syst...Cell Invasion Colorimetric Assay Kit from CHEMICON
Description:... Invasion through the extracellular matrix (ECM) is an important step in tumor metastasis. Cancer cells initiate invasion by adhering to and spreading along the blood vessel wall. Proteolytic enzymes, such as MMP collagenases, dissolve tiny holes in the sheath-like covering (basement membrane) surro...EZ-Spread Plating Beads, Single Tubes from Genlantis
Description:...eed for glass rods and potentially hazardous ethanol flaming More uniform spreading and more colonies Two choices of ready-to-use sterile packaging: dispenser bottle for spreading 100 plates or single-use tubes for 50 plating Fastest and easiest way to...