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Lack of enzyme turns fat cells into fat burners

Lack of the enzyme, acetyl CoA carboxylase 2or ACC2, appears to turn the adipose or fat cells of mice into fatburners, explaining in part why the animals can eat more and weigh lessthan their normal counterparts, said Baylor College of Medicineresearchers.The report that appears online today in the Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences. "Westudied the fat cells in these mic...

Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers

In a step toward making living cells function as if they were tiny computers, engineers at Princeton have programmed bacteria to communicate with each other and p...

Turning viruses into allies against cancer

To most, the mere mention of the word "virus" stirs up memories of pain, fever and varying levels of suffering. But in recent years, scientists have been trying to turn these long-time medical foes into allies in the fight against cancer. Through genetic engineering, viruses are being re-programmed to take advantage of their natural abilities to infiltrate, commandeer, replicate and destro...

Scientists turn tobacco against cancer

Scientists at Jefferson Medical College are using tobacco plants to produce monoclonal antibodies -- tiny guided protein missiles -- that can target and hunt down cancer cells. The plants promise to provide a cheaper, faster method of producing anticancer antibodies, raising hopes that the technology can one day be used in humans. Scientists, led by Hilary Koprowski, M.D., professor of mic...

Oceans turning to acid from rise in CO2

A report issued by the Royal Society in the U.K. sounds the alarm about the world's oceans. "If CO...

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Turn and Cast Submarine Gel System from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Turn & Cast submarine gel systems used gasketed gel trays. Turn the tray 90 degrees and cast the gel in the tank. Turn it back and run the gel - its as simple as that. For added convenience, each Turn & Cast tray is UV transparent. Each tray accommodates two comb positions, one near the edge of the tray and one in the center. This allows you the option of running two rows of samples on every...
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MATC seeks to turn around falling tech enrollment among women

Over the last decade, the percentage of women in IT careers has declined from a high of 41 percent to 32 percent, said Janet Kelly, communications director for MATC. And at MATC, enrollment of women in IT programs...

UW-Madison MBA program ranked among best for investment return

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Risks and returns: Building a search engine marketing portfolio

Managing a search engine marketing campaign effectively is a lot like managing any investment portfolio: you want...

BarCamp talk turns to Internet dating

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BIO will return to Chicago in 2010

, a group that represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, and state biotechnology centers, has announced that it also will hold its 2010 international convention in the...

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Fibroids unlikely to Turn Cancerous

Women should get a second medical opinion if they are told to consider a hysterectomy because they have fibroid tumors that could become cancerous.//'It is very, very rare that a fibroid tumor could become cancerous,' said Dr. Nelson Teng, chief of gynecologic oncology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.Fibroids are benign growths in the uterus which sometimes cause discomfort,...

Teens turning to Internet for medical queries

The desire to access news immediately, the urge for confidentiality and embarrassment in asking questions on sexual problems drive many teens to health portals in their quest for answers to their health queries. Earlier it was the agony aunt column in magazines now it is the medical portals, which clarify the doubts and dispel the fears of the teens.More than 75% of teens surveyed, in a s...

Cancer patients turning to Internet for information

Many cancer patients, according to a recent study, are increasingly turning to the Internet for information about their disease. In this context physicians need to be aware of various Internet medical sites so they can guide the patients to the most reliable, accurate and updated information. Dr. James M.Metz of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center in Philadelphia echoed these i...

Knee fat turns into cartilage

According to researchers a new has been found way of converting cells from the fat pad inside the knee into cartilage that could be used to repair knee problems. There is growing interest in the potential of tissue engineering where replacement// or repair tissue is created from a person's own cells. Central to this is the ability of stem cells primitive cells that can go along one of sev...

Dental implants are turning to gain popularity

According to a new survey shows that Americans are opting for dental implants to replace problem teeth. If you lose a tooth through accident, injury or decay, //the traditional solution to the problem is to go for dentures - artificial teeth fixed on a bridge that is inserted into the mouth. But implants teeth inserted into the gum and bone by surgery are growing in popularity according...

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Turnstile Casting Stand™

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AliMed® Turnbuckle Ankle Orthosis

Description:AliMed® Turnbuckle Ankle Orthosis enables the clinician to apply progressive low-load torque at the ankle joint to control muscle imbalance and reduce contracture. The splint features a pair of bilateral turnbuckles, controlling both dorsiflexion/plantar flexion and eversion/inversion simultaneously. Simply adjust the turnbuckle to gradually modify angle at ankle joint to permit standing and...
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AliMed® Turnbuckle Elbow Orthosis

Description:AliMed® Turnbuckle Elbow Orthosis applies dynamic low-loaded force to increase elbow extension or flexion. Controls elbow contracture in patients with paralysis or significantly unbalanced muscle strength. Also good for elbow flexion and extension contracture postoperatively.The turnbuckle is tightened to apply tension (but not torque) to the elbow. This position remains static while the co...
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Fat Kills Cancer: Turning Stem Cells from Fat Tissue into Personalized, Cancer-Targeted Therapeutics

PHILADELPHIA, July 3, 2007 ? Researchers in Slovakia havebeen able to derive mesenchymal stem cells from human adipose, orfat, tissue and engineer them into “suicide genes” that seek out and destroy tumors like tiny homing missiles. This gene therapy approach is a novel way to attack smalltumor metastases that evade current detection techniques andtreatments, the researchers...

Dean: President Bush Has Turned His Back on the American People

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DemocraticNational Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the followingstatement today after President Bush once again put politics aheadof science by vetoing the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of2007. The legislation, providing federal funding for life-savingembryonic stem cell research, has the overwhelming support of theAm...

NCI Researchers Discover Genes That Are Turned on at High Levels in Tumor-associated Blood Vessels of Mice and Humans

BETHESDA, Md., June 11, 2007--A team of researchers at theNational Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes ofHealth (NIH), has uncovered a set of genes that are turned on, orexpressed, at high levels only in the blood vessels that feedtumors in mice and humans. These genes, and the proteins theyencode, are important new potential targets for novel drugs thatcould selectiv...

New Data Highlights Potential of SPP100 (Tekturna) as Gold Standard Therapy in Treatment of Hypertension

-FIXED DOSE COMBINATION WITH DIURETIC ACCEPTED FOR REVIEW BYFDA- BASEL, Switzerland and BRIDGEWATER, NJ, 21 May 2007 -Speedel (SWX: SPPN) today welcomed the significant new results fromclinical trials of SPP100 (aliskiren, Tekturna/Rasliez[1])presented by investigators at the 22nd Annual Scientific Meetingand Exposition of the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) inChicago, IL,...

Tekturna, First New Type of High Blood Pressure Medicine in a Decade, Provides Additional Blood Pressure Reduction When Used With Diovan

* New study results show more patients receiving both Tekturna andDiovan reached target blood pressure goal compared to those takingeither agent alone EAST HANOVER, N.J., March 26, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Results froma new study have shown patients taking two Novartis cardiovascularmedicines -- the recently U.S.-approved drug Tekturna(R)(aliskiren) and the leading therapy Diovan(R) (valsarta...

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Nocturnal leg cramps

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