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Jump-starting T Cells In Skin Cancer

Advanced melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, can be successfully treated in some cases by vaccinating patients with tumor proteins. How these vaccines work and why they are only effective in some patients remains unclear. Pierre Coulie and colleagues now show, in two articles in the January 17 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, that these vaccines work by increasing the num...

Technique may allow cancer patients to freeze eggs, preserving fertility before starting treatment

A new technique might allow women diagnosed with cancer the opportunity to have children when chemotherapy and radiation treatments rob them of their fertility, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. Freezing eggs is one t...

Gardenia fruit compound starting point for diabetes therapy

A Gardenia fruit extract traditionally used in Chinese medicine to treat the symptoms of type 2 diabetes does indeed contain a chemical that reverses some of the pancreatic dysfunctions that underlie the disease, researchers report in the June 7, 2006, Cell Metabolism. The chemical therefore represents a useful starting point for new diabetes therapies, they said. Such a drug could offer a...

Keeping the immune system from starting a 'food fight'

After every meal, the body must prevent the immune system from launching an all-out fight against food. Now, researchers report the identity of a nutrient "floodgate" that serves to protect against such an inflammatory immune response. Their findings appear in the May 4, 2007 issue of the journal Cell, a publication of Cell Press. The researchers found that animals lacking a protein enrich...
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MACS Protein A/G Starting Kit from Miltenyi Biotec

Description:Kit containing MACS equipment and reagents for immunopurification of proteins....
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Jump starting technology education

Tim Jump, who will speak at a June 12 luncheon during the <a href="http://www.wisconsintechnologycou...

Wittwer to lead TDS Telecom starting Jan. 1

Wittwer, 45, will become pr...

Starting a tech business? Step 1 is minding the intellectual property

The idea usually comes first. Is it Biotech? Software? Before raising any money, hiring an employee, or forming a business entity, protecting this commercial idea is critical because it is most likely intellectual property. <br...

RFID starting to make real impact on business

With today's issue, Wisconsin Technology Network launches a special section devoted to radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. While the technology is not new, it is only now beginning to make a real impact on business. It is from that perspective that we present this series of articles on RFID, articles written by WTN writers and contributed by Wisconsin experts in business and academi...

Starting a high-tech company? Here�s help

When I was writing my book, I found it helpful to attend seminars, lectures, workshops and conferences put on by successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and corporate lawyers. In my experience, each class, conference, and organization covered a slightly different piece of the entrepreneurial puzzle, and gave me insights that I could not fi...

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Starting Time of Hormone Therapy may Augment the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Women who initiate hormone therapy closer to menopause tend to have a reduced risk of coronary heart disease compared to women who begin treatment// further from menopause, according to a study. Studies examining the effects of the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy on coronary heart disease (CHD) have yielded mixed results, depending on the type of study conducted. There may be a...
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New Study Shows A1c Reduced Safely By Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Using Self-Adjusted Dosing Starting With Once-Daily Insulin Treatment Levemir

Minimal Weight Change Reported Unlike What Is Commonly Seen InInsulin Therapy CHICAGO, June 24, 2007 – Novo Nordisk today announcedresults of a new study that further demonstrated the safety andefficacy of insulin Levemir® (insulin detemir [rDNA origin]injection). Patients with Type 2 diabetes were able to adjusttheir own dosage of Levemir® and achieve improvements i...

New Study Shows A1c Reduced Safely By Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Using Self-Adjusted Dosing Starting With Once-Daily Insulin Treatment Levemir

Minimal Weight Change Reported Unlike What Is Commonly Seen InInsulin Therapy CHICAGO, June 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novo Nordisktoday announced results of a new study that further demonstratedthe safety and efficacy of insulin Levemir(R) (insulin detemir[rDNA origin] injection). Patients with type 2 diabetes were ableto adjust their own dosage of Levemir(R) and achieve improvem...
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