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New study finds how cells with damaged DNA alert the immune system

Research led by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that damage to a cell's DNA sets off a chain reaction that leads to the increased expression of a marker recognized by the body's immune system. The new findings, to be published July 3 in an advanced online issue of Nature, shed light on a long-standing question of how the natural killer (NK) cells - which are...

Migration alert -- How tumor cells home in on the lymphatic system

Scientists know that tumor cells spread via the lymphatic system, but they don’t understand the details of how this deadly migratio...

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RNaseAlert Lab Test Kit from Ambion

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Einstein Wireless launches cellular alert system

The implementation, the first of its kind in the United States, will use Einstein's GSM network, which...

Technology played key role in E. coli alerts

Still, information technology played a key role in alerting public health officials of the recent outbreak, and it will play...

Wisconsin firm leads testing of alerts by cell phone

A Wisconsin telecommunications company has been enlisted to take some of that apprehension away. To address conce...

MyWeather-powered alerting system surpasses 165,000 downloads

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Alerts for safety of heart device

Heart devices may go wrong sometimes.There has been a rise in the number of safety warnings concerning devices that regulate the heart rhythm. Many depend on either a pacemaker or an implantable defibrillator to keep their heart beating rhythimically. However sophisticated and accurate devices they may be, sometimes they to do go wrong. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Ho...

Europe On High Bird Flu Alert: European Commission

Health officials in Europe have expressed the ‘high alert’ situation, following confirmation of three bird flu deaths in Turkey and hospital admission of several others// (26) believed to be afflicted with the disease. In addition, this situation has prompted fears of a human-human transmission. The health officials have undertaken strict monitoring of the bird flu spread from East...

Exercise Affects Alertness

A new study shows exercise may allow for better brain development and may cause a person to become more mentally engaged.// Researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University studied 24 primates to determine if exercise causes physical changes in the brain. Researchers say they used monkeys for their study because they did not want environmental factors such as smoking, drinking...

Peppermint or cinnamon smell can make drivers more alert

A new study had said that the scents of peppermint or cinnamon could make the drivers of motor vehicles more //alert and refreshed. Driving for long stretches of time makes the drivers of the vehicle angry, fatigued and physically exhausted. The study had monitored drivers who participated in the study under the conditions of three different types of odors of peppermint, cinnamon and n...

New drug for mental alertness

Scientists of Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey, UK, had developed a new// drug that will boost mental alertness without any over stimulations. The new drug is made of a compound called CX717, and it is a member of a new class of drugs called ampakines. This drug had showed effectiveness in increasing memeory, alertness, increasing the reaction time and problm solving skills...

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BacT/Alert 3D Select

Description:The BacT/Alert 3D Select is a state of the art, automated microbial detection system that integrates blood, sterile body fluid and mycobacteria culturing. This system is useful when expanded data management or laboratory information system (LIS) connectivity is not needed....
Company:bioMerieux, Inc.

BacT/Alert 3D Select Link

Description:The BacT/Alert 3D Select Link is a state of the art, automated microbial detection system that integrates blood, sterile body fluid and mycobacteria culturing. This system is useful when patient data and results with LIS needs to be exchanged....
Company:bioMerieux, Inc.

BacT/Alert 3D Signature

Description:The BacT/Alert 3D Signature is a state of the art, automated microbial detection system that integrates blood, sterile body fluid and mycobacteria culturing. It is a powerful microbiology workstation with comprehensive capabilities. It is ideal for higher volume identification and where expanded flexibility in operating routines, reporting and data management are needed....
Company:bioMerieux, Inc.

pHEM-ALERT®

Description:The pHEM-ALERT® test provides a method for the lay user to measure her vaginal pH. The pHEM-ALERT test is comprised of a plastic probe with pH paper on one end, a color chart and a package insert. The plastic probe is in the shape of a small flat key. pHEM-ALERT is indicated for measuring vaginal pH for the purpose of differentiating normal and abnormal conditions in symptomatic women. The de...
Company:FemTek, LLC

RoamAlert Eco

Description:The RoamAlert ECO system provides stand-alone coverage of one or several doors. Each exit is protected by a door controller. When a resident wearing a tag approaches a closed door, the door will lock; or if the door is open, an alarm will be generated....
Company:VeriChip Corporation

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FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 21, 2007-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) is aware of a potential safety issue related to Avandia(rosiglitazone), a drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Safetydata from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is apotentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack andheart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia. However, otherpublished a...