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...RNaseAlert Lab Test Kit from Ambion
Description:...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
MADISON - Powered by MyWeather t...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...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...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...