Transplantation: 'molecular miscegenation' blurs the boundary between self and non-self

A new discovery by London biologists may yield new ways of handling the problem of transplant rejection. In a research article published in the November 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal ( http://www.fasebj.org ), the scientists confirm the two-way transfer of a molecule (called "MHC") that ...

Obama Blurs the Facts on Born Alive Infants Protection Act

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins reacts to comments Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made during last night's Presidential debate regarding his opposition as an Illinois State Senator to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. (L...

WellNet Introduces Facebook-like Point to Point Healthcare

... Visit their Web site at www.wellnethealthcare.com . About ARS Like P2P, Active Reporting System (ARS), launched in 4Q08, removes the veil that blurs employers' views of their second or third largest expense line item: their company's healthcare expense. Providing aggregated, unidentifiable employee...

EyeCare America Provides Free Dilated Eye Exams During Diabetes Awareness Month in November

...lood vessels grow on the surface of the retina. In its early stages, diabetic retinopathy usually has no warning signs. Over time, however, the vision blurs and everyday tasks become more difficult. Vision loss cannot usually be regained. EyeCare America's Diabetes EyeCare Program is designed for peopl...

EyeCare America Provides Free Dilated Eye Exams During Diabetes Awareness Month in November

...lood vessels grow on the surface of the retina. In its early stages, diabetic retinopathy usually has no warning signs. Over time, however, the vision blurs and everyday tasks become more difficult. Vision loss cannot usually be regained. EyeCare America's Diabetes EyeCare Program is designed for people ...

Drug Treatment Slows Macular Vision Loss in Diabetics

...amages the tiny blood vessels in the eye, causing fluid and fat to leak onto the retina at the back of the eye. The swelling interferes with focus and blurs vision. Making matters worse, a lack of oxygen often then triggers VEGF’s production cycle. All 10 subjects in the study had some vision loss at...

New Nationwide Study on Leading Cause of Vision Loss for Seniors

... to advanced AMD and another 7 million are at risk for losing vision. AMD damages the macula, the small area near the center of the retina that blurs central vision. Wet AMD, also known as vascular AMD, is caused by abnormal blood vessel growth under the macula, leading to loss of central vision. Dr...

Species Linking Fish And Land Animals Found

...apod transition. The new find is described in two related research articles highlighted on the cover of the April 6, 2006, issue of Nature. "Tiktaalik blurs the boundary between fish and land-living animal both in terms of its anatomy and its way of life," said Neil Shubin, professor and chairman of organi...

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Placebo

...ical ... MTV News is your source for the latest Music, Movies and Entertainment News ... But luckily, Placebo seems more than content to let the blurs and Oasis' fight ... Placebo is used as comparison to medical treatments being studied in clinical trials. ... A placebo is an inactive medica...

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New discovery blurs distinction between human cells and those of bacteria

UCLA biochemists reveal the first structural details of a family of mysterious objects called microcompartments that seem to be present in a variety of bacteria. The discovery was published Aug. 5 in the journal Science. "This is the first look at how microcompartments are built, and what the pie...

Structure of protective protein in the eye lens revealed

...ntrated mix of several proteins. Protective proteins prevent these proteins from aggregating and clumping. If this protective function fails, the lens blurs and the patient develops cataracts. Two research groups at the Department of Chemistry of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have succeeded in...

Cells use import machinery to export their goods as well

...emonstrate that cells employ some of the same molecules for importing and exporting cargo. "They use the same machinery for both," Jaiswal says. "This blurs the line between endocytosis and exocytosis. Perhaps we should just call it membrane trafficking." The researchers do not yet know the function of ...

Is this the beginning of the end of plant breeding?

...t of DNA. Meiosis occurs in all species that reproduce sexually, from microorganisms such as yeast to plants, animals and human beings. This new paper blurs the line between the two different types of cell division by showing a plant where three specific mutations are experimentally combined. These divisio...

Protein transports nutrients believed to protect against eye disease

...ated in the center of the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that sends nerve signals to the brain. Deterioration of the macula blurs the central field of vision needed to drive and read. Treatment can slow vision loss, but does not restore vision, according to the National Eye Insti...

Scientists discover small RNAs that regulate gene expression and protect the genome

... These findings, the scientists write in a newly published paper in Nature, expands the known repertoire of small RNAs in fruit flies, and further blurs distinctions between the previously identified classes of small RNAs. Pseudogenes: Not Just Junk In related research, Hannon and his colleague...

Biochemists reveal details of mysterious bacterial microcompartments

...s of complex organisms like humans is that complex, or eukaryotic, cells have a much higher level of sub-cellular organization. Yeates' research blurs the distinction between eukaryotic cells and those of prokaryotes by showing that bacterial cells are more complex than scientists had imagined. ...

Using green chemistry to deliver cutting-edge drugs

...olvent, with physical properties between those of a gas and a liquid. At near-room temperature and under modest pressure, supercritical carbon dioxide blurs the boundaries between liquid and gaseous states. The process can be used to make polymer drug coatings, using biodegradable plastics, just like th...

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TDS tries bringing fiber to homes in Fitchburg for faster Internet service

...t themselves to consumers, citing examples like Time Warners Roadrunner cable Internet service. I think itll take a while before the consumer totally blurs the distinction between the company that started out selling your video and then did everything else, and the company that started out doing voice and...

Reader predictions would make 2007 quite a year

...ices consumers and businesses actually need, and there will be much rejoicing. From John Jordan , Penn State University : "Services" computing blurs boundaries, breaks business models. Answering the timeless question - "Who owns the data?" - is harder than ever in the age of XML, as ownership impli...