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Cracking the olfactory code in bees

In a new study, researchers present a “cautionary tale?about what may go wrong when using the fledgling science of proteomics to devise a diagnostic test for cancer. In the February 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a...

Embryonic Stem Cells Treated With Growth Factor Reverse Hemophilia In Mice: UNC Researchers

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have made a discovery that may have implications for the treatment of liver-based genetic defects such as hemophilia A and B in humans. Mouse embryonic stem cells treated in culture with a growth factor and then injected into the liver reverse a form of hemophilia in mice analogous to hemophilia B in humans, the new study shows. A re...

The first impact factor for PLoS Biology ?13.9

The open-access journal PLoS Biology has been assessed by Thomson ISI to have an impact factor of 13.9*, which places PLoS Biology among the most highly cited journals in the life sciences. This is an outstanding statistic for a journal less than two years old, from a new publisher promoting a new business model that supports open access to the scientific and medical literature. An impact...

Open Access journals get impressive impact factors

Impressive impact factors prove that BioMed Central's Open Access journals are high quality and widely read and cited. Journals published by BioMed Central have again received impact factors that compare well with equivalent subscription titles, it was announced today, with five titles in the top five of their specialty. The high impact factors for these journals affirm that they are respected by...

Novel plague virulence factor identified

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified a previously unknown family of virulence factors that make the bacterium responsible for the plague especially efficient at killing its host. In the process, the team not only demonstrated that the use of the common roundworm is a valid model for studying the virulence of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague. They a...

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Human / Mouse / Rat Blood Vessels (CD31 / Von Willebrand Factor (vWF)) IHC staining Kit from CHEMICON

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Factor B-depleted serum from Quidel

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Novel PCR Enhancing Factor Improves Performance of Pfu DNA Polymerase

pfuturbo DNA polymerase for robust, high-fidelity PCRamplification Holly Hogrefe Brad Scott Kirk Nielson ValerieHedden Connie Hansen Janice Cline Frances Bai Jeff Amberg RondaAllen Mark Madden Stratagene an improved version of Pf...

Critical factors for successful microarray and real-time PCR analyses

QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany Gene expression profiling at the RNA level has been significantly facilitated by microarray analysis and quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Microarray analysis offers the advantage of profiling expression levels of hundreds or thousands...

Your Data: Silencing of a Pro-apoptotic Transcription Factor Using Synthetic siRNA

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Is Z' factor the best assessment for the quality of cellular assays delivering higher content?

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Use of FlashPlate Technology for In Vitro Measurement of 125I-Labeled TGF-1 Binding on Chimeric Extracellular Domain of Type II Transforming Growth Factor Receptor

Dpartement dImmunologie, Laboratoires Fournier S.A., France TGF- type I and type II receptors form ligand dependent heteromeric signaling complexes, in which transforming growth factor- receptor type II (TRII) tends to act as the primary receptor....

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A new growth factor identified

Scientists have identified a growth factor that triggers blood vessel formation within the endocrine glands. In California, Dr. Jennifer of Genentech Inc. and colleagues reported their discovery of endocrine gland-derived vascular endothelial growth factor, or EG-VEGF. The finding could lead the way toward treatment for illnesses affecting these glands. The endocrine glands produce various hormon...

Birth weight key factor in heart diseases

Sluggish growth in the first year of a boy's life greatly increases the risk of heart diseases as an adult, according to a study of Finnish children. The key factor in heart disease is not how much you weigh now, but how you grew in the past. It's long been known that babies with a low birth weight are roughly twice as susceptible to coronary heart disease in adulthood as heavier babi...

Is Obesity a risk factor?

According to a new study obesity does not worsen the outcome in heart failure. Obese people, suffering from heart failure, experience many problems. Generally in such peope the heart does not pump blood around the body as efficiently as it should. Even though there is no cure, it is treatable with drugs.Doctors often advise people with heart failure to lose weight if they are obese. R...

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

The United States gets a grade of "unsatisfactory" when it comes to dealing with women's health issues. The report concludes that just a handful of states have made moves to tackle diseases affecting women, including heart disease and cervical cancer.// It also concludes that states and the federal government have done either too little or nothing at all to expand women's access to health insuran...

Obesity in children a risk factor for diabetes

One third of obese children are already showing signs of changes that could lead to full-blown diabetes. The finding sustains doctors' fears that many of today's "baked potato generation"// could be falling prey to the disabling disease before they hit their 30s. It has been recognised for some time that being obese, or even overweight, can greatly increase the chances of diabetes, b...

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Autologous Growth Factors

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IGF-BP3 EIA Endocrine Function 022-IGF-E03 Insulin Growth Factor binding protein

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HealthTEST Rheumatoid Factor Assay

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Liquichek Rheumatoid Factor Control

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Neose Announces Presentation of Positive Preclinical Data on GlycoPEGylated Factor VIIa at the XXI Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2007 - Neose Technologies,Inc. (Nasdaq GM:NTEC) today announced that two poster presentationswere presented with its collaborative partner, Novo Nordisk A/S,relating to GlycoPEGylated recombinant Factor VIIa at the XXIstCongress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasisin Geneva, Switzerland. The data presented demonstrates thatGlycoPE...

Clinical Data Suggest Decreased Bleeding Risk in People With Severe Hemophilia A While Maintaining Factor VIII Levels Above One Percent

Results Highlighted in Oral Presentation at International Symposiumof Thrombosis and Haemostasis GENEVA, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BaxterHealthcare Corporation today announced the presentation of findingsfrom the ADAPT (Analysis of Data from ADVATE(R) Prospective Trials)study program database showing a statistically significantrelationship between the duration of time spent...

Portola Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Data from a Phase II Study of its Factor Xa Inhibitor at the XXI Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- PortolaPharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive Phase II data on its leadcompound, PRT054021, an oral Factor Xa inhibitor, today at the XXICongress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis(ISTH) in Geneva, Switzerland. The EXPERT trial showed thatPRT054021 was safe, effective, and well tolerated for theprevention of venous th...

Byetta Treatment for Three and a Half Years Associated with Reductions in Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People with Type 2 Diabetes

- BYETTA also Showed Sustained Improvements in Blood GlucoseControl and Progressive Weight Loss - CHICAGO, June 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AmylinPharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company today announcedresults from a study that showed BYETTA(R) (exenatide) injectionsustained improvements in blood sugar levels and progressive weightloss through three and a half years of thera...

Treating Heart Disease Risk Factors May Slow Alzheimer's Disease Progression

- Late Life Weight Loss and "Motivational Reserve" May Also AffectAlzheimer's Risk - WASHINGTON, June 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new studysuggests that treating risk factors for heart disease and stroke,such as high blood pressure and diabetes, may slow the progressionof Alzheimer's disease, according to research reported today at the2nd Alzheimer's Association International Co...

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