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Scientists generate patient-specific stem cells, Science study says

Scientists have isolated the first human embryonic stem cell lines specifically tailored to match the nuclear DNA of patients, both males and females of various ages, suffering from disease or spinal cord injury. These ce...

Bugs, even 'bad' ones, can be educationally beneficial, new book says

We have much to learn from bad bugs, according to Gilbert Waldbauer, whose book "Insights From Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us" was published March 1 (Prometheus Books). "We know a lot about pests, because so much money is spent on their research," said Waldbauer, professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Of the 900,000 known species of insect...

AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat feminization of HIV/AIDS

Thomas C. Quinn, M.D., a Johns Hopkins physician and scientist, who has spent the best part of the last 25 years leading major efforts to combat HIV and AIDS throughout the world, is calling for global strategies and resources to confront the rapid "feminization" of the AIDS pandemic. Quinn, a professor of infectious diseases at Hopkins and a senior investigator at the National Institute o...

WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets

Wildlife health experts from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) warn that efforts to control the spread of avian flu across Asia and beyond must focus on better management practices on farms and in markets. WCS is currently working with Mongolian agencies on the ground in Mongolia's Kovsgol province, collecting samples from wild birds that have recently contracted the...

Controlling wildlife trade key to preventing health crises, study says

According to a study by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, controlling the movements of wildlife in markets is a cost-effective means of keeping potential deadly pandemics such as SARS and influenza from occurring. The study appears in the July edition of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. The cost of controlling the spread of diseases afflicting both human and animal popula...

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Fluorescence-Based Single-Tube Assays to Rapidly Detect Human Gene Mutations

Xiuyuan Hu Beti Belachew Lingyu Chen HaoqiangHuang Jason Zhang Stratagene can distinguish human DNA specimens that differ by a few nucleotides or only asingle nucl...

LiquiChip Kits for bead-based cytokine and kinase assays

The LiquiChip Human and Mouse 10-Cytokine Kits and Ser/Thr Kinase Kit provide fast and accurate quantification of a range of cytokines and serine/threonine kinases. LiquiChip 10-Cytokine Kits enable simultaneous multiplex assay of 10 different cytokines using bead-based xMAP technology. The LiquiChip Ser/Thr Kinase Kit...

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Cell Proliferation Assays

The cell proliferation assay is an important tool in the assessment of the immune system function and in the search for new drugs. Productivity with this technique has been limited by the lack of automated, high throughput sample processing and counting equipment. The MicroMate harvester and the TopCount Microplate Scintillation Counter help r...

Receptor Binding Assays using Fluorescence Polarization Detection: the [FP]2TM Characterized Tracers

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Life Saving Cancer Drugs – From Chicken! Possible Says 'Dolly’ Creatos

In what can be a watershed in cancer research, Scottish scientists along with US Biotech Company Viragen Inc., have used nuclear transfer technology to harvest life saving drugs to treat many serious diseases including cancer. The same team had earlier cornered world wide fame and glory (and a lot of criticism!) for creating Dolly – the world’s first cloned mammal: Using the same nuclear...

No harm in reducing prenatal check up to 3 - 6 times says WHO report

A world health organisation report says that women with low risk pregnancies, who live in the developing nations, can safely cut down their vists to the doctor during pregnancy to 3 - 6 times during pregnancy instead of the prescribed 8 - 11 visits as in the developed nations. However, these women are not more at risk than women who had more prenatal visits to have a low birth weight bab...

Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research

The May issue of Psychosomatic medicine reports that spending a little quality time with one's spouse and other partners seems to have a calming influence on a person's blood pressure. In a study that used portable monitors to track people's blood pressure, it turned out that the participants' pressure was lowest when they were with their partners, regardless of what they were doing....

India's Hospitals Among The Best, Says Renuka Chowdhury

India's growing attraction as a medical tourism destination was the highlight of presentations made at the ongoing World Travel Mart in London. India's Minister for Tourism Renuka Chowdhury, who // inaugurated the India pavilion of the annual global tourism event, said: "Not only is India known for its hospitality, but also our hospitals, which are among the best. The Indians know how to...

Weizmann Institute of Science says Immune Cells Could Help Maintain Brain Function

New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science throws light on cells that could prevent deterioration of cognition in old age. These findings appear in the February issue of Nature Neuroscience. Professor Michal Schwartz of the Neurobiology Department at Weizmann led the study, //which might have important implication in delaying the onset of cognitive deterioration in the elderly....

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Vitamin B6 REA Vitamin Assays, Cardiovascular 001-RK-VB6

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SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests - One-Step Immunoassays (Morphine II)

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SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests - One-Step Immunoassays (Morphine)

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New Assays to Detect Disseminated Fungal Infections

Contributing Editor Harvard Medical School The yeast ) and pulmonary hypersensitivity (<...

The International Myeloma Foundation Says Data Reported at a Global Medical Meeting in Greece Demonstrates Improved Survival for a Wide Range of Myeloma Patients

- Data Presented at the 11th International Myeloma Workshop - NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., and KOS, Greece, June 29, 2007/PRNewswire/ -- The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) --supporting research and providing education, advocacy and supportfor myeloma patients, families, researchers and physicians -- todaysaid that updated statistics reported at the 11th InternationalMyeloma Workshop i...

Pelosi: Bush Veto of Stem Cell Bill Says 'No' to the Hopes of Million of Families Across America

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SpeakerNancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response toPresident Bush's veto of the stem cell bill: "Once again, the President has ignored the will of the Americanpeople, of leading medical researchers, and of a bipartisanmajority of the Congress. His cruel veto says 'no' to the hopes ofmillion of families across...

Arterial Plaque Significantly Reduced in Women Age 50-59 Taking Hormones, Says New Analysis of Women's Health Initiative Data

Fourth Study to Indicate that Early Use of Estrogen May beCardio-Protective PHOENIX, June 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysisof Women's Health Initiative data published in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine, shows significant reduction in calcifiedplaque for women aged 50 to 59 using hormone therapy (HT) comparedwith women taking a placebo. This is the first time therelati...

Once-Fatal Metabolic Disorders Treatable, Says Stanford/Packard Researcher

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2007 - People with aclass of rare genetic disorders that often lead to brain damage,coma and death can be successfully treated with drugs, says aresearcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine and LucilePackard Children's Hospital. The researchers found in their unprecedented 25-year study thatprompt diagnosis coupled with a rapid start...

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