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Estrogen-like Component of Plastic Stimulates Growth of Certain Prostate Cancer Cells

An estrogen-like chemicalcommonly used to synthesize plastic food containers has been shown toencourage the growth of a specific category of prostate cancer cell,potentially affecting the treatment efficacy for a subset of prostatecancers.According to a study published in the January 1 issue of CancerResearch, such prostate cancer cells proved to be vulnerable toexposure to the chemical BP...

Use of Insecticides Linked to Lasting Neurological Problems for Farmers

New research shows that farmers who used agricultural insecticides experienced increased neurological symptoms, even when they were no longer using the products. Data from 18,782 North Carolina and Iowa farmers linked use of insecticides, including organophosphates and organochlorines, to reports of reoccurring headaches, fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, nausea, hand tremors, numbness and other neur...

Chromosome Deletion Predicts Aggressive Neuroblastoma

When genes are deleted on a particular section of chromosome 11, the result is an aggressive form of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. A new study suggests that detecting this genetic deletion during the initial evaluation of children with neuroblastoma may indicate to physicians that they should recommend a more aggressive regimen of chemotherapy to fight the cancer. Edward F. Attiyeh,...

At long last, scientists figure out how plants grow

It has been one of the great mysteries in plant science. In this week's Nature, Indiana University Bloomington biologists Mark Estelle, Nihal Dharmasiri and Sunethra Dharmasi...

Compounds in plastic packaging act as environmental estrogens altering breast genes

Compounds found in plastic products used to wrap or contain food and beverages have aroused concerns as possible cancer-causing agents because they can sometimes leach out of the plastic and migrate into the food, especially after heating or when the plastic is old or scratched. In two studies funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Cente...

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Blasticidin S HCl from Invitrogen

Description:Blasticidin is a nucleoside antibiotic from Streptomyces griseochromogenes. It is a potent translational inhibitor in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Resistance to blasticidin is conferred by the products of the bsd gene product from Aspergillus terreus....
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Dermal Fibroblasts, Rabbit from CHEMICON

Description:Description: Kit containing Dermal Fibroblasts (rabbit) and media. Cryo-preserved cells in medium containing 20% FBS and 10% DMSO at passage 25 (approx), supplied with kit (500 mL) of optimized medium.This cell culture is supplied as a long-term culture, and is guaranteed to provide an additional 6 months of continuous growth from the date supplied, when used with the recommended medium....
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Dermal Fibroblasts, Mouse (BalbC) from CHEMICON

Description:Description: Kit containing Dermal Fibroblasts (Mouse/BalbC) and media. This cell culture is supplied as a long-term culture, and is guaranteed to provide an additional 6 months of continuous growth from the date supplied, when used with the recommended medium. Source: Dermis, mouse/BalbC, embryonic day 18.5 Applications: Cultivation: Plate at 1 x 10e4 to 3 x 10e4 cell...
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Osteoclasts Culture Kit from B-Bridge International

Description:Osteoclast cells form from a hematopoietic stem cells called monocytes. Osteoclasts resorb bone by attaching to the bone surface and lowering the surrounding pH to an acidic level of around 4.5. The bone mineral is then solubilized and the collagen degraded. Osteoclast differentiation and function is controlled primarily by Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (M-CSF) and Receptor for Activation...
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Plastic Glove Boxes from Terra Universal, Inc.

Description:These versatile enclosures are designed for purging with nitrogen or other process gas to create a low-humidity environment. HEPA filtration, heating/cooling, humidification, sterilization and ionization modules also available, along with a complete line of gloves and air locks....
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Improve Lipid- or Calcium Phosphate-Mediated Transfection of Human Dermal Fibroblasts

reagent Genetic Applications LLC Stratagene transfection reagentpromotes efficient transfection of human dermal fibroblasts. Twenty minutes...

Phillips Plastics to help develop orthopedics with stem cells

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UWM receives state funding for plastics research

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Last ethanol article you'll ever need to read, Part II

There is some evidence that ethanol increases nitrous oxides and ozone. These studies were based on compute...

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Plastic surgery popular with men also!

A recent survey by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons(ASPS) has shown that men are as much concerned about their appearance, as women. They found that liposuction and laser hair removal are among the popular procedures preferred by men. More than two thousand men were surveyed, and when questioned about what they would like to change about their appearance, 45% of men wanted to cha...

Statins reduce risks for angioplasty patients

Cholesterol-lowering drugs that help prevent heart disease also appear to cut the risk of a heart attack and other complications after angioplasty.// Angioplasty, an alternative to bypass surgery, allows doctors to open clogged coronary arteries without major surgery by inserting a tiny balloon to the narrowest point and inflating the balloon. But 3 of every 5 patients who go through the...

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

According to researchers at the Erasmus University Hospital, a common cholesterol fighting drug, a statin called Lescol or fluvastatin, can reduce the risk of heart complications by up to 20 percent for about 1 million American each year. "This reduction in major heart events -- such as dying of heart disease or suffering another heart attack is quite impressive," said Dr. Patrick Serruys...

Smart Plastic As Surigical Thread

By inserting a “memory” into a plastic material, researchers say they have created a surgical thread that can ties itself into a knot. The same substance may also be used for medial implants such as stents or bone screws. The material, made of thermoplastic polymers that an be absorbed by the body, an be engineered// to assume s string-like shape at room temperature and then transform...

Cosmetic plastic surgery for a youthful healthy look

Looking young and healthy is now much easier than earlier and according to James Wells, M.D., president, American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), many people, both men and women are seeing plastic surgeons as early as their 20s, contrary to the past, when patients would wait until they were 50 to visit a plastic surgeon to reduce the normal signs of aging. He also added that non-surgi...

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Plastic Tray - 6 x 10 inches

Description:Size: 6 x 10 inches. Depth: 7 inches. Sterilizable plastic tray with silicone matting for supporting and protecting instruments....
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Plastic Tray - 3 x 6 inches

Description:Size: 3 x 6 inches. Depth: 1 inch. Sterilizable plastic tray with silicone matting for supporting and protecting instruments....
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Viscoelastic Cannula, 27 g. Angled

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Viscoelastic Cannula, 23 g. Angled

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Mayfield Disposable Adult (plastic) Skull Pins

Description:Mayfield Disposable Adult (plastic) Skull Pins are designed for rigid skeletal fixation....
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Genzyme Announces Results of Clinical Trial of Hylastan

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Genzyme Corp. today announced top-line results from a pivotal studyinvestigating the safety and efficacy of hylastan in treating painin patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Hylastan is beingdeveloped within Genzyme's program to introduce aviscosupplementation product that can be delivered through a singleknee injection. T...

In Vitro and In Vivo Data Show Alfacell's Onocanse is Active Against Naive and Chemoresistant Neuroblastoma Cells

Pre-Clinical Results Demonstrate Potential of ONCONASE forTreatment of Neuroblastoma BLOOMFIELD, N.J., June 27, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Alfacell Corporation today announced that new data show ONCONASE,the company's lead drug candidate, is active against naive andchemoresistant neuroblastoma cells. The pre-clinical in vitro and in vivo data published in CancerLetters (2007; Vo...

Neuroblastoma Expert Reviews Progress and Challenges in Fighting Difficult Pediatric Cancer

PHILADELPHIA, June 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Childhoodcancers are fortunately rare, but among them, neuroblastoma is aspecial case, accounting for 7 percent of all childhood cancers,but 15 percent of childhood cancer deaths. It typically occurs as asolid tumor in the abdomen, but also in the neck, chest, andpelvis, developing in the network of the body's sympathetic nervoussyst...

Antisense Pharma: Promising Phase IIb Results of Targeted Therapy with AP 12009 in Recurrent Anaplastic Astrocytoma

CHICAGO and REGENSBURG - June 21, 2007 - “In anaplasticastrocytoma, AP 12009 as a monotherapy is actually clearly superiorto temozolomide,” Prof. Albert Wong, M.D., StanfordUniversity, California, U.S.A. commented on the international PhaseIIb study with the TGF-beta 2-inhibitor AP 12009, under developmentby Antisense Pharma. Prof. Wong discussed the results of the studyin th...

Investigational Drug Cediranib (AZD2171) Shows Promise in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma (GBM)

Phase II GBM study presented at ASCO with cediranib - a selectiveVEGF signaling inhibitor - shows over a quarter of patients aliveand progression- free at six months(1) CHICAGO, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Data for theinvestigational agent cediranib (AZD2171) were presented today atthe annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology(ASCO) from a study in patients with recurr...

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