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How an AIDS-Related Cancer Unleashes Inflammation

Although new HIV treatments have drastically reduced the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma in developed countries, it remains a health threat in many developing countries. Now, researchers have discovered one way that Kaposi's sarcoma ?a cancer-like viral disease traditionally associated with AIDS ?triggers severe inflammation. Don Ganem, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator,...

Old drug, new tricks: Prospects for slashing the impact of malaria

A dramatic reduction in the impact of malaria is in prospect with a clinical drug trial to begin in Papua New Guinea early next year. Success in the trial would open the way to relief in the 10% of humanity infected with this debilitating and often fatal disease - over 500,000,000 people. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research is collaborating with the Papua New Guinea In...

UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn

Daniel Gallie's findings propose a useful approach to feed the world's growing population Because his research holds promise for efficiently fee...

MRSA study demonstrates need for frequent hand washing and environmental disinfection in health care settings

A major cause of hospital-acquired infections can persist for days and even weeks on environmental surfaces found in healthcare settings, including bed linens, computer keyboard covers and acrylic fingernails, according to research presented today at the 105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of ho...

Emerald Spectre haunts Ontario's ash forests

A new study shows that while we're winning isolated battles, we could well lose the war to prevent the devastating spread of the emerald ash borer in eastern Canada and the United States. It's a failure that would cost billions of dollars in lost timber and ornamental trees, and dramatically change the forest and neighbourhood landscape in eastern North America - with even more impact than Dutch...

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Murashige and Skoog basal salt solution with Gamborg's B5 vitamins, 10X concentrate from Research Organics, Inc.

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Murashige and Skoog Basal Medium with Gamborg's Vitamins from Sigma-Aldrich

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Wellwash 4 Mk 2 from Thermo Scientific

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Wellwash 4 Mk 2 (220-240 V) from Thermo Scientific

Description:The Wellwash 4 Mk 2 microplate washer combines flexibility, simplicity and ease of use. This reliable microplate washer meets the exacting standards of today's ELISA assay requirements....
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QIAshredder Homogenizer

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Evaluation of FlashPlate in a Helicase Assay

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QBT Fatty Acid Uptake Assay Kit datasheet

NO RADIOACTIVITY NO WASH STEPS EASY SINGLE-STEP ASSAY HTS READY FATTY ACID UPTAKE AND TRANSPORTERS Fatty acids are utilized for diverse cellularprocesses including mitochondria oxidation,membrane synthesis and energy...

FLIPR Calcium Assay Kit Datasheet

ENABLING HIGH-THROUGHPUT, LOW-COST ASSAYS NO WASH STEPS IMPROVED DATA HIGHER THROUGHPUT LOW COST Every major pharmaceutical company uses theMolecular Devices FLIPR fluorometric imagingplate reader system in its drug discovery process.Th...

FLIPR Calcium 3 Assay Kit Datasheet

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Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu

In many unfortunate instances we see couples who are HIV sero discordant but who would like to have a baby. If the husband is HIV –1 positive and the wife is negative and they are planning to have a child the problem arises because sexual intercourse carries a 1 in 500 risk of transmitting the virus to the female partner and through her to the fetus. Sperm washing is a risk-reduction opti...

Relieve hot flashes

According to experts from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Vitamin E is one of the remedy in the treatment of sufferers with hot flashes. Estrogen relieves hot flashes in most women, but concerns remain over its use in breast cancer survivors because the hormone may stimulate breast cancer growth.// The herb black cohosh seems to alleviate hot flashes and other symptoms of m...

Whiplash injury causes persistent

Researchers at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, in a first of its kind study compared a group of whiplash patients with a group of ankle injury patients. They found that those who suffered a whiplash injury had pain in the neck, head, shoulder, arm and even lower back which persisted for up to a year. In the study of the two groups, pain in the ankle injury group declined rapidly, mor...

Mouthwash as a weapon

A chemical ingredient of mouthwash is being hailed as a new weapon against the malaria parasite. Triclosan, also found in acne medications and some deodorants, seems to be able to prevent the growth of Plasmodium falciparum.This is the parasite carried in the saliva of mosquitoes which causes as many as 3.2m deaths worldwide every year. While a practical way of using the agent has y...

Wash your hands to keep healthy!

We all know the importance of keeping a clean environment and self to lead healthy, disease free lives. However, many of us are not aware that just a simple habit of hand washing could help us reduce the risk of many infections. Everyday life does not involve// many activities that would get our hands dirty, apart from heavy house work and gardening, and this is probably the reason why...

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Worth 4-Dot Flashlight/Plastic

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Intense Pulsed Light GP Flash 1

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Nagashima Rigid Fiber Optic Antroscope SFA-I

Description:Endoscopes are also available in fully autoclavable models in 1.8, 2.7, 4.0. 5.0 and 10.0 mm diameters. Manufactured with precise swiss lenses. Built-in temperature measuring device to exactly determine the sterilizing temperature. Fully guaranteed....
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Nagashima Rigid Fiber Optic Antroscope SFA-II-W

Description:Endoscopes are also available in fully autoclavable models in 1.8, 2.7, 4.0. 5.0 and 10.0 mm diameters. Manufactured with precise swiss lenses. Built-in temperature measuring device to exactly determine the sterilizing temperature. Fully guaranteed....
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Nagashima Rigid Fiber Optic Antroscope SFA-II

Description:Endoscopes are also available in fully autoclavable models in 1.8, 2.7, 4.0. 5.0 and 10.0 mm diameters. Manufactured with precise swiss lenses. Built-in temperature measuring device to exactly determine the sterilizing temperature. Fully guaranteed....
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Clinical Study Shows Regenecare Relieves Pain and Itching of Skin Rashes Caused by Widely Used Cancer Drugs

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2007 - The Journal of theAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology has published the earlyresults of a clinical study conducted by Dr. Siu-Fun Wong, and hercolleagues, which concluded that the topical gel, Regenecare(R),caused a statistically significant reduction in the pain anditching of a rash that results from the use of anti-cancer drugsknown as EGFR...

Skin Rash Actually Signifies Better Outcomes for Pancreatic and Lung Cancer Patients

PHILADELPHIA, July 3, 2007-- – The appearance of arash in cancer patients treated with erlotinib (Tarceva) isstrongly associated with longer survival, according to researchersfrom the drug’s developer, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This isnot the first time that rash has been associated with a survivaladvantage with EGFR inhibitors – a class of drugs whichincludes erlotinib...

Amlodipine and Olmesartan Study Results Released;Late Breaker Presented at American Society of Hypertension Twenty-Second Annual Scientific Meeting (ASH 2007)

First Release of Data for New Combination PARSIPPANY, NJ(May 21, 2007) -- Combining the calcium channel blockeramlodipine besylat...

Phase 2a Diarrhea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Results from 2006 Presented at Digestive Disease Week in Washington, D.C.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., , which focuses on the developmentand commercialization of proprietary pharmaceuticals for the globalmarketplace in collaboration with local partners, announced thatTrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Trine") is presenting a posterdetailing the results of a Phase 2a study conducted in 2006 forcrofele...

Data Presented at ASH Demonstrate Nebivolol Lowers Blood Pressure as Long-Term Monotherapy and in Combination Therapy

Data Also Show Nebivolol Lowers Blood Pressure in Obese andNon-Obese Hypertensive Patients CHICAGO, May 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ForestLaboratories, Inc. today presented positive data from two clinicalstudies and one pooled analysis of nebivolol, a selective beta1-blocker with vasodilating properties currently under review bythe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the tr...

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