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Aggressive aquatic species invading Great Lakes

Foreign species, such as zebra mussels and carp, are invading the Great Lakes and changing the ecology of this vital ecosystem. A study from McMaster University published in the March issue of the Journal of Great Lakes Research suggests that for the round goby, a recently introduced fish species, their ability to wrest territory from native fish plays a key role in their dominance of the Great L...

Grizzlies set to invade high Arctic?

The telltale paw prints with huge 10 centimetre-long nails spoke volumes. But now definitive corroborating DNA evidence seals the case of the most northerly sighting of a grizzly bear. The discovery fuels mounting evidence that Canada's High Arctic is no longer the sole preserve of the polar bear -- Nanuk is having to make room for its southern cousin. The evidence of the barren ground gr...

Plant Sacrifices Cells to Fight Invaders

Researchers recently discovered a gene essential to one of the plant kingdom's key immune responses--programmed cell death (PCD). Plants use PCD to create a protective zone of dead cells around the infection site to prevent the invading pathogen from spreading. But how the plants keep from killing themselves after they turn on the cell-suicide process was a mystery. Now, in the May 20 issu...

Finding hidden invaders in a Hawaiian rain forest

By applying novel measurement techniques from a high-altitude aircraft, scientists detected two species of invading plants that are changing the ecology of rain forest near the Kilauea Volcano in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Lead author, Dr. Gregory Asner of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, explained: "We found chemical fingerprints from the plant leaves and used th...

Cousin of Asian super termite invades Florida

Another highly destructive termite -- a close relative of the Formosan "super termite" that's gnawing its way across many Southern states -- has become established in South Florida, according to University of Florida researchers. "The Asian subterranean termite, a major pest in tropical areas such as Brazil and the West Indies, was not considered to be a serious threat to Florida until now...

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Caspase Activity Detector, SR-VAD-FMK Kit from BD Biosciences Pharmingen

Description:Caspase Activity Detector, SR-VAD-FMK Kit , 100 tests Consult technical datasheet for details....
Company:BD Biosciences Pharmingen

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Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Adopts Third Wave's Invader Screen

MADISON, Wis. -- AFIP, the central reference laboratory for the...

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Indian Incense Invades American Senses

Washington: Walk into Lake Forest Mall, White Flint Mall or any other mall in America and the aroma that wafts into your senses is indelibly Indian//. This is Indian incense at its zenith, and there is no mistaking the aroma of sandalwood, jasmine or the heady champa. "We are importing agarbattis (incense sticks) from India on a large scale," says Martha Rodman at the Next s...

Evading sports injuries

According to researchers, at the Mayo Clinic, the rate sports injury among older Americans is rising. Henceforth, one has to advise you on how to avoid getting hurt when you exercise.The Consumer Product Safety Commission did a survey that revealed how sports injuries// went up by 50 per cent among those aged 60. Most injuries were due to inflammation and wear and tear aggravated by overu...

Anthrax Spores: Animal Skins on Drums, Renders Vado Diomande, Sick

Mr. Vado Diomande, a childhood dancer, from the tender age of 4, known widely for his frenetic pace of “Mask Dance” has suffered a setback to his health. No, this was not an accidental fall from the stilts, as it was thought to be. // On Thursday, Mr Diomande collapsed soon after a performance, the reason, it is believed is due to inhalation of anthrax spores. This might have occurred...

Misplaced Bravado: A Career In Surgery Eludes Women?

There seems to be a subtle gender bias prevailing against women, especially when they are required to make career choices in the field of medical surgery that inhibits free-flowing analysis of pros // , while accentuating the cons, that invariably steers them to opt out of surgery. There has always been an overriding influence of surgery as a career choice among men, nicknamed as "old boy...

Herpes Infects Cornea, Evades Immune Cells

Herpes virus has an unusual strategy for infecting cornea cells that may also explain how it evades the immune system, according to a study by researchers// at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The study appears in the Sept. 25 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Both strains of the herpes virus -- HSV-1, the strain that causes cold sores on the...

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DeBakey VAD

Description:The MicroMed DeBakey VAD is a miniaturized heart pump designed to provide increased blood flow (up to 10L/min) from the left ventricle of the heart throughout the body for patients in end stage heart failure....
Company:Micromed s.r.l.

VAD System

Description:The Thoratec VAD System includes three major components: Blood pump, Cannulae, and Dual Drive Console or TLC-II Portable Driver. This system provides partial or total circulatory assistance when the natural heart, with conventional therapy, is unable to maintain adequate circulation to perfuse vital organs. To accomplish support, blood flows from the natural heart to the VAD, which then pumps pul...
Company:Thoratec

AB-180 iVAD

Description:The AB-180 iVAD*, implantable ventricular assist device, is a surgically implantable device used by cardiac surgeons. The inflow and outflow conduits are pre-attached to the VAD and anatomically positioned to accommodate the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques....
Company:CardiacAssist, Inc.

Kantrowitz CardioVad™

Description:The Kantrowitz CardioVad is a unique left ventricular assist device that helps the failing heart work more effectively. It is being used in a small group of patients with severe chronic congestive heart failure as part of an FDA-approved Feasibility Study. The patient can turn the device off and disconnect the external power source for minutes or hours. The Kantrowitz CardioVad is the only heart-...
Company:L.VAD Technology, Inc.

Silvadene

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
Company:ARUP Laboratories

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Researchers Discover Method for Identifying How Cancer Evades the Immune System

PHILADELPHIA, July 3, 2007-- One of the fundamental traits of atumor – how it avoids the immune system – might becomeits greatest vulnerability, according to researchers from theUniversity of Southern California. Their findings,demonstrated in human breast and colorectal cancers, indicate thata technique for determining a tumor’s “immunesignature,” could be...

Research Indicates Geron's Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic for Spinal Cord Injury Evades Direct Attack by the Human Immune System

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 11, 2007 - GeronCorporation (Nasdaq:GERN) today announced the presentation ofresearch studies indicating that GRNOPC1, the company's humanembryonic stem cell (hESC)-based therapeutic for the treatment ofspinal cord injury, evades a direct attack by the human immunesystem. Presented by Geron scientist Ross Okamura at the Federation ofClinical Immun...

NovaDel Announces Positive Data from Two Studies Comparing Zolpidem Oral Spray to Ambien Tablets

FLEMINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 5, 2007 - NovaDel PharmaInc. (AMEX: NVD), a specialty pharmaceutical company developingoral spray formulations for a broad range of marketed treatments,today announced that its two clinical studies comparing zolpidemoral spray with zolpidem tablets have met their primarypharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic (PD) and safety objectives.Zolpidem tablets a...