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Muscle-targeted gene therapy reverses rare muscular dystrophy in mice

Gene therapy methods that specifically target muscle may reverse the symptoms of a rare form of muscular dystrophy, according to new research in mice conducted by medical geneticists at Duke University Medical Center. Infants born with the inherited muscular disorder called Pompe disease usually die before they reach the age of two. The researchers also said their approach of targeting corrective...

UCSD team discovers specialized, rare heart stem cells in newborns

The first evidence of cardiac progenitor cells ?rare, specialized stem cells located in the newborn heart of rats, mice and humans ?has been shown by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. The cells are capable of differentiation into fully mature heart tissue. Called isl1+ cells, these cardiac progenitor cells are stem cells that have been progr...

Rare surgery performed to remove pancreas, prevent diabetes

In a 12-hour, dual-stage surgery known to be performed at only two other centers in the U.S., doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Tuesday returned a patient's own insulin-producing cells to him after surgically removing his pancreas to eliminate constant, severe pain from chronic pancreatitis. The patient, Leonard Stewart, 47, of Panama City, Fla., remained anesthetized i...

Infants With Rare Genetic Disease Saved by Cord Blood Stem Cells

Children with a fatal genetic disorder called Krabbe disease can be saved and their brain development preserved if they receive stem cells from umbilical cord blood before symptoms of the disease develop, according to a study published in the May 19, 2005, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Without an immediate transplant of stem cells, Krabbe infants rapidly begin to lose all c...

Infants with Rare Genetic Disease Saved By Cord Blood Stem Cells

Children with a fatal genetic disorder called Krabbe Disease can be saved and their brain development preserved if they receive stem cells from umbilical cord blood before symptoms of the disease develop, according to a study published in the May 19, 2005, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Without an immediate transplant of stem cells, Krabbe infants rapidly begin to lose all c...

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Odyssey Infrared Imaging System from LI-COR Biosciences

Description:The Odyssey Infrared Imaging System is a complete family of products that includes the Odyssey Imager, IRDye labeling reagents and Odyssey software for scan control and data analysis....
Company:LI-COR Biosciences

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High-Level Expression of Peanut Allergens Affected by Rare Codon Usage

Biochemical & Molecular Allergology, Research Center Borstel, Germany By using Stratagenes BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RIL cells * withextra copies of E. coli, argU, ileY, and leuW tRNA genes,it is possible to attain high-level expression...

Near Infrared Technology and Optical Agents For Molecular Imaging

Molecular Biology Department LI-COR Biosciences Lincoln, NE 68504 Optical imaging is a rapidly developing biomedical technology that enables the examination of cellularprocesses in the context of a living animal. While several optic...

Animal testing: Beyond the protests, instances of mistreatment are rare

Beyond the passion, however, exist facts about animal-based research that run counter to the intimidating tactics of some protesters, such as those who recently...

ZyStor receives first funding and buys theraputics for rare diseases

The investment from a syndicate of seven venture funds drew Symbiontics executives to Wisconsin, forming a new company, ZyStor, to buy its technology. <a href=...

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A rare complication of bowel disease

An unusual link between ulcerative colitis and upper airway inflammation have been found by researchers.Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease - often known together as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - involves inflammation of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have now revealed a hitherto unexpected complication of IBD.// Two patients with ulcerative c...

FDA approves drug for rare liver disease

Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1( HT-1) is a genetic metabolic disorder that causes progressive liver failure and liver cancer in young children. It's a very rare disease.// It is not among the metabolic diseases that all newborns are tested for at birth, so often infants die undiagnosed. This is an absolutely fatal disease until now. Children born with such a very rare but very lethal li...

New cure for TPP - a rare blood disease

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have tried a new cure on a woman with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura(TPP), which has offered great hope. TPP is a rare blood disease in which one// of the proteins in the blood clotting system is missing. This protein is a regulatory molecule and, without it, one of the other clotting proteins sticks to itself, often triggering...

Blood Transfusion A Likely Cause For A Rare And Fatal Brain Disorder

vCJD is a rare, degenerative and fatal brain disorder. The only way to confirm vCJD is by a brain biopsy or autopsy. Data from a recent study links // the second case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) to a blood transfusion. The first case of vCJD linked to a blood transfusion was discovered in the United Kingdom. At that time, 17 people who had received blood donated from don...

Lipoma Arborescens: A Rare Tumor Of The Knee

Lipoma arborescens (tree like, diffuse articular lipomatosis) is a rare, benign intra-articular lesion of unknown aetiology. //It is a very rare primary benign tumour of the synovium, and forms part of the differential diagnosis for a slowly progressive chronically swollen knee. About 50 cases of Lipoma arborescens have previously been reported, usually involving one knee, with occasion...

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IRIS Medical IQ 810 Infrared Laser

Description:The new solid-state IRIS Medical IQ 810 infrared diode laser photocoagulator for the treatment of retinal disorders and glaucoma. The Companys top-of-the-line, solid-state system represents its latest technological innovation and is designed to perform traditional and Minimum Intensity Photocoagulation (MIP) procedures in the office and operating room settings. In addition, the IQ 810 increases t...
Company:IRIDEX

Rare Earth Intraocular Magnet

Description:The Rare Earth Intraocular Magnet is especially designed for the atraumatic removal of magnetic intraocular foreign bodies. The precise, sleek design of this probe minimizes the "jumping effect" commonly observed with electromagnetic devises. Due to its 24K gold plating, the instrument also minimizes the possibility of secondary foreign body incarceration. The magnetic probe is non reactive with...
Company:Ameritek USA

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Studies of Drug Resistance May Lead to Individual Therapy for Rare Cancers

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RearAdmiral Timothy Ziemer (U.S. Navy, retired), the President'sMalaria Coordinator, announced his intent to name Dr. BernardNahlen to serve as Deputy Coordinator of the President's MalariaInitiative (PMI). Dr. Nahlen is a Commissioned Officer in the U.S.Public Heath Service and has most recently served as SeniorAdvisor, Monitoring...

Researchers Discover Gene For Rare Skin Disorder

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2007-Researchers funded in part by theNational Institutes of Health have identified the gene thataccounts for most cases of Goltz syndrome, a rare skin disorderthat can also affect bone and eye development. The cases appear to result from a defect in the gene known asPORCN, which contains the information needed to make a protein,referred to by researchers as porcupine...

GSK and Adolor Announce Preliminary Results from Phase 3 Safety Study of Alvimopan (Entereg/Entrareg)

LONDON & EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2007 -GlaxoSmithKline (LSE and NYSE:GSK) and Adolor Corporation(Nasdaq:ADLR) today announced data from Study 767905/014 andprovided an update on the clinical development program foralvimopan (Entereg/Entrareg(R)). Study 014, a Phase 3, double blind, placebo-controlled (12month) study, was designed to evaluate the long-term safety andtolera...