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Heart-healthy compound in chocolate identified

In a multifaceted study involving the Kuna Indians of Panama, an international team of scientists has pinpointed a chemical compound that is, in part, responsible, for the heart-healthy benefits of certain cocoas and some chocolate products. The researchers, who are from the University of California, Davis; the Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf, Germany; and Harvard Medical School,...

Chocolate milk could be key to longer, healthier life

The popular saying goes that 70 is the new 60 and 60 is the new 50, unfortunately for much of New Zealand's ageing population declining muscle function means it simply isn't true. New research however from The University of Auckland's Faculty of Science aims to develop a non-pharmaceutical means to maintain muscle function and quality of life in older individuals. The good news is the answ...

Researches discover gene critical for protection against septic-shock-induced death

Disruption of a single gene, Nrf2, plays a critical role in regulating the body's innate immune response to sepsis and septic shock, according to a study by a research team led by Shyam Biswal, PhD, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers found that the absence of Nrf2 caused a dramatic increase in mortality due to septic shock in mice. The study's findings...

Heat-shock protein vaccine reduces alveolar bone loss

Heat-shock protein (HSP) can be utilized as a vaccine to cross-protect against multiple pathogenic species. Investigators from Pusan National University (South Korea) today presented the findings of a study they performed to evaluate the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis heat-shock protein (HSP) 60 as a vaccine candidate to inhibit multiple bacteria-induced alveolar bone loss.Recombinant P. ging...

Chocolate, wine, spicy foods may be OK for heartburn, Stanford study finds

Patients have been known to hug Lauren Gerson, MD, so overjoyed are they at hearing her words. What does she say to them? Go ahead and eat chocolate. Indulge your passion for spicy cuisine. Drink red wine. Enjoy coffee when you want it, have that orange juice with breakfast and, what the heck, eat a grapefruit, too. Gerson says that for most heartburn patients, there's insufficient evidence to su...

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Anti-Heat Shock Protein 75 (hsp75) (TRAP-1) Ab-2 Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Lab Vision

Description:A wide variety of environmental and pathophysiological stressful conditions trigger the synthesis of a family of proteins known as heat shock proteins (HSPs), more appropriately called as stress response proteins (SRPs). The Hsp90 family of proteins in mammalian cells consists of Hsp90 alpha and beta, Grp94, and Trap-1 (Hsp75). It was found that human TRAP-1 is localized to mitochondria and exhi...
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A - 20 cell line slides ( mouse: B lymphocyte; reticulum cell sarcoma ) from GeneTex

Description:Mouse A-20 cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 with 2 mM L-glutamine and harvested at the log phase of growth. In order to keep the antigens in their native forms, cells were fixed in acetone-methanol. The cells are arrayed on a 12-well (5 mm) adhesive coated slide, with each wells surface specifically treated to enhance cellular attachment and to minimize background staining. Each well is loaded...
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L1210 cell line slides ( mouse: lymphocytic leukemia ) from GeneTex

Description:Mouse L1210 cells were cultured in DMEM and harvested at the log phase of growth. In order to keep the antigens in their native forms, cells were fixed in acetone-methanol. The cells are arrayed on a 12-well (5 mm) adhesive coated slide, with each wells surface specifically treated to enhance cellular attachment and to minimize background staining. Each well is loaded with approximately 7. 5 x...
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EL - 4 cell line slides ( mouse: T lymphocyte; lymphoma ) from GeneTex

Description:Mouse EL-4 cells were cultured in DMEM and harvested at the log phase of growth. In order to keep the antigens in their native forms, cells were fixed in acetone-methanol. The cells are arrayed on a 12-well (5 mm) adhesive coated slide, with each wells surface specifically treated to enhance cellular attachment and to minimize background staining. Each well is loaded with approximately 7. 5 x...
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Raji cell line slides ( human: B lymphocyte; Burkitt's lymphoma ) from GeneTex

Description:Human Raji cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium with 2 mM L-glutamine and harvested at the log phase of growth. In order to keep the antigens in their native forms, cells were fixed in acetone-methanol. The cells are arrayed on a 12-well (5 mm) adhesive coated slide, with each wells surface specifically treated to enhance cellular attachment and to minimize background staining. Each well is...
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BD IMag Human Regulatory T Lymphocyte Separation Set for Isolation of Treg Cells

BD Biosciences is pleased to introduce the BD IMag Human Regulatory T Lymphocyte Separation Set DM (Cat. No. 558142) for the isolation of Treg cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The reagent set isolates Treg cells in two stages. First, negative selection is performed using BD IMag streptavidin particles with a cocktail of biotinylated monoclonal antibodies that rec...

XANTHOCHROMIA IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

Xanthochromia, Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), Subarachnoid haemorrhage, Haemoglobin, Bilirubin, Spectral scan, Band reprocessing. Introduction: By definition, xanthochromia is the yellow discoloration indicating the presence of bilirubin in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used by some to differentiate in vivo s...

Swiss biotech has quality of its big pharma, watch and chocolate industries

This trip to Zurich was my first in 21 years (although I had been to Basel, Lausanne, and Gen...
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Shock it to Heal!!

Diabetes mellitus is one disease that can have Complication as its other name. Among the many complications that a diabetic could have, the dreaded would be the foot ulcer, as damage can be severe enough to require amputation. For diabetics with this dreaded foot ulcer, a boon in disguise would be a new device that delivers a high voltage electric current to the skin. //Such an electrica...

Antioxidants found in chocolates

All plant-derived substances contain some antioxidants, often as compounds known as flavonoids. It has been found in a study that chocolate contains higher levels of health-promoting flavonoids than apples or orange juice. Antioxidants block the action of harmful free radicals, which are produced when oxygen burns glucose in cells to release energy. Unchecked, free radicals damage cell...

Antioxidants found in chocolates

All plant-derived substances contain some antioxidants, often as compounds known as flavonoids. It has been found in a study that chocolate contains higher levels of health-promoting flavonoids than apples or orange juice. Antioxidants block the action of harmful free radicals, which are produced when oxygen burns glucose in cells to release energy.// Unchecked, free radicals damage ce...

Eating chocolate makes you happy

According to a web-based survey, biting a bar of chocolate every day is connected to good mood and happy feelings. Eventhough chocolates are high in fat and sugar, it has long been seen as a pleasurable indulgence.// However, recent evidence suggests that, like other plant based products, it also contains antioxidants, which can protect from chronic disease. Researchers at the Univers...

Dark chocolate benefits the heart

There is good news for all chocolate lovers, as against the general thought that chocolate is bad// for health, there comes news that dark chocolate can actually improve heart function. Athens Medical School, Greece investigated and studied effects of dark chocolate consumption on blood vessel function in 17 young and healthy subjects. The scientists found that these subject...

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Schockett Double Ended Depressor w/Clip

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Fukasaku Hockey Knife

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Hockey Knife For PRK

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iE33 Echocardiography System

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C.Ti.² Hockey

Description:The C.Ti.2 Hockey is a lightweight, low profile, custom knee brace designed to meet the unique requirements of hockeyplayers. Tested by top professionals, this sport-specific C.Ti.2 features a new, streamlined frame shape that is optimizedfor athletes with large Vastus Medialis Obliquus (VMO). Plus, the upper and lower lateral arms are engineered witha slight degree of flexibility to help mini...
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Santaris Pharma Presents Positive Clinical Data on SPC2996 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia

First RNA Antagonist Medicine to Be Tested in Patients ReducesSeverity of Adult Leukaemia Copenhagen, 6th June 2007 - Santaris Pharma, the Danishbiopharmaceutical company, announced today that SPC2996, theCompany's new RNA Antagonist of Bcl-2, has shown early evidence ofefficacy in an initial Phase I/II clinical study in ChronicLymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL). The results of the study...

ZymoGenetics Reports Results From Atacicept Phase 1b Clinical Trial in B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

SEATTLE, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ZymoGenetics,Inc. today announced that interim findings were presented from aPhase 1b clinical trial with atacicept in B-cell chroniclymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) at the American Society of ClinicalOncology (ASCO) 2007 annual meeting. The study included intravenousadministration of higher doses than had been tested in previousstudies. <...

Ad hoc: Interim report about clinical trial of BF-200 ALA in actinic keratosis

LEVERKUSEN, Germany, 30 April 2007 - Biofrontera AG announcedthat an interim report regarding the clinical study of BF-200 ALAin actinic keratosis was received today from an independent reviewcommittee. The objectives of the study are to investigate theefficacy and safety of several doses of BF-200 ALA in photodynamictherapy. The comments received today refer to the clinical resultseight...
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