Mouse brain cells rapidly recover after Alzheimer's plaques are cleared
Brain cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer'sdisease have surprised scientists with their ability to recuperateafter the disorder's characteristic brain plaques are removed.Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louisinjected mice with an antibody for a key component of brain plaques,the amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide. In areas of the brain whereantibodies cleared plaque...Dinosaur DNA? New Patent Covers Degraded DNA recovery
The US Patent Office issued Patent # 6,872,552, "A Method of Reconstituting Nucleic Acid Molecules" today to Burt D. Ensley, Ph.D, Chairman of MatrixDesign, and CEO of DermaPlus, Inc. The patent covers methods for recovering and reconstituting genes from "degraded" DNA samples, and could allow scientists to reassemble everything from prehistoric, extinct animals to unsolved crime scenes. "...Bone Density Recovers After Teens Stop Injected Contraceptive
Lower bone density appears to recover in adolescent females once they stop using the injected contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), according to a study funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health. Previous studies had shown that women who use DMPA, marketed under the brand name Depo-Provera, experience a lo...U-M team recovers ancient whale in Egyptian desert
Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have, for the first time, induced a state of reversible metabolic hibernation in mice. This achievement, the first demonstration of "hibernation on demand" in a mammal, ultimately could lead to new ways to treat cancer and prevent injury and death from insufficient blood supply to organs and tissues. "We are, in essence, temporarily conv...Low oxygen likely made Great Dying worse, greatly delayed recovery
The biggest mass extinction in Earth history some 251 million years ago was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years. New research by two University of Washington scientists suggests that a sharp decline in atmospheric oxygen levels was likely a major reason for both the elevated extinction rates and the v...Zymoclean Gel DNA Recovery Kit from Zymo Research
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Resolve DNA fragments on a Low Melting Point (LMP) agarose gel in 1x Tris-Acetate-EDTA (TAE) buffer. Tris-Borate-EDTA (TBE) is not recommended as TBE gels are much more difficult to solubilize. Stain gel with Ethidium...Efficient Recovery of Ultrapure Plasmid DNA
Nicole Passaretti, Vincent Prezioso, PhDBrinkmann Instruments, Inc., Westbury, NY Susanne WagnerEppendorfNethelerHinz GmbH, Hamburg, Germany Plasmids are naturally occurring, extrachromosomal DNA...Recover High Yields of Total Nucleic Acid from Formalin-fixed, Paraffin-embedded (FFPE) Tissue
RecoverAll Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit For decades, FFPE tissue has been the staple of histologists and pathologists for creating tissue slides and making patient diagnoses. More than 400 million FFPE tissue samples exist for cancer studies alone, and many of...Hurricane Katrina: Many disaster recovery systems were outdated
Despite predictions and preventative measures, Katrina caught many businesses and people off guard. Asks adjunct Northwestern professor James Carlini, what disaster recovery plans do you really have in place for your business and your home and how updated are they? While most of the news coverage has focused on the people and residential aspects, few reports have really taken into consi...Amphetamines Help Recovery of Stroke Patients
A new study from Doctors at UT Southwestern in Dallas soon report that amphetamines may speed up the recovery of speech in stroke patients who have lost the function. This study was done on patients who had suffered from ischemic stroke, or a stroke due to loss of blood and oxygen to the brain. Amphetamines were given to 30 stroke patients who lost their ability to spea...Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery
Thyroid hormone treatment after surgery requiring heart bypass speeds recovery in children undergoing correction of congenital heart defects, according to a clinical trial published in The Lancet. The effects were greatest in the patients who underwent long and difficult surgeries. Following trauma or surgery or during a critical illness, thyroid hormone concentrations plummet. Ma...Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover
We always insist that we should feel healthy to actually live healthy. Doctors in England say that following a coronary bypass surgery; the patient’s attitude helps in an early recovery. To justify this argument the researchers conducted a health survey just before coronary bypass operations and assessed the patient’s own perception of his/her own health status. Following surgery those who had a...Frozen Canadian baby stages miraculous recovery
When she was brought to the hospital, doctors declared her clinically dead, but lo and behold, she was awake and smiling on Monday in a miraculo...New point scale to ascertain the stroke recovery
Stroke is undoubtedly the most common neurological disorder and one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Five million people die of stroke each year and more than 15 million suffer non-fatal strokes. But the question of the day is about the recovery - whether the patient would recover and if so how long would it take. Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Dis...BRAT 2 Autologous Blood Recovery System
Description:BRAT 2 Autologous Blood Recovery System gives performance, speed, versatility, and quality processing. The BRAT 2 is now available with on-board Vacuum, programmability, plasma sequestration, Data Output System, and in the CRIT LINE....ProtoKinetix's AAGP Dramatically Increases Recovery Rate of Cryopreserved Stem Cells
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2007 -ProtoKinetix Inc. (OTCBB:PKTX) has just received the results ofstudies conducted by ITTEC Stem, Inc. at the University of Finland.These outstanding results using AAGP(TM) in the cryopreservationprocess for stem cells demonstrate the vital importance of thismolecule in the rapidly expanding stem cell industry. This is thefirst serie...CytRx Announces Positive Results of Arimoclomol in Preclinical Stroke Recovery Studies
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 4, 2007 - CytRx Corporation(NASDAQ:CYTR) today announced positive results of additional animalstroke studies indicating that CytRx's lead drug candidatearimoclomol significantly accelerated the recovery of sensory andmotor function in an experimental rat model of stroke, even whentreatment was withheld as long as 48 hours after stroke wasinduced. These data...