Protein discovery could unlock the secret to better TB treatment
UCL scientists have found a protein that could unlock the secret to quicker, more effective treatment of TB by waking TB bacteria in the body. Once the TB bacteria are active again, the disease becomes treatable using common drugs like antibiotics. Scientists believe that uncovering the molecular structure of this protein will lead the way to designing drugs which enable treatment of dormant and...UW's Rosetta software to unlock secrets of many human proteins
University of Washington TechTransferrecently licensed software that will give scientists a huge advantagein the fight against disease.The software, known as Rosetta, predicts how proteins fold, informationthat is highly valuable to biological and biomedical researchers.UW Tech Transfer's Digital Ventures licensed Rosetta software withoutcharge to the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), a...The secret to longevity in tubeworms
With an incredible lifespan of up to 250 years the deep sea tube worm, Lamellibrachia luymesi is among the longest-lived of all animals, but how it obtains sufficient nutrient ?in the form of sulfide - to keep going for this long has been a mystery. In a paper just published in the premier open-access online journal PLoS Biology, Erik Cordes and colleagues now provide a solution: by releasing its...Needling Chromosomes Reveals Cell Division Secret
By impaling individual chromosomes with glassneedles one thousandth the diameter of a human hair, a Duke Universitygraduate student has tested their "stickiness" to one another duringcell division. Her uncanny surgical skills have added a piece to thelarge and intricate puzzle of how one cell divides into two -- aprocess fundamental to all organisms.In the Dec. 14, 2004, issue of Current Bi...gamma-Secretase Inhibitor IV, Unconjugated from Calbiochem
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WTN recently checked in with Wisconsin secretary of commerce Mary Burke on some of the projects she's working on, including the upcoming WTN: Innovation is a word that comes up a lot in Wisconsi...Interview: New commerce secretary wants to keep momentum on jobs and business programs
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Nettles has served in fo...Dietary phytonutrients – Secret for the good food to taste ba
Phytonutrients have been associated with cancer prevention and other health benefits. They are trace chemicals and taste bitter, acid or astringent. If phytonutrients have to be consumed then demands of good taste and good health may be wholly incompatible. The bitter phytonutrients protect the plant against being eaten by harmful herbivores. The plants which contains phyto nutrients are...Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of ‘Huntingtons’ Disase
Huntingtons disease is an inherited disease of the nervous system due to the progressive gradual deterioration of the same, initially causing symptoms such as involuntary movements and balance problems and later on leading to declination of functions of speech as well. All these days, until now, it was thought that this disease is due to a mutated form of the protein 'huntingtin' which i...Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of Huntingtins’ Disese
Huntingtons disease is an inherited disease of the nervous system due to the progressive gradual deterioration of the same, initially causing symptoms such as involuntary movements and balance problems and later on leading to declination of functions of speech as well. All these days, until now, it was thought that this disease is due to a mutated form of the protein 'huntingtin' which i...Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.
Drug abuse,has been at its best of raise over the past decade or two and with the increased incidence of consumption of drugs in teens.Researchers at a conference sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse said that the drug known as ecstasy has a negative impact on blood flow to parts of the brain and that the effect can persist for weeks. ECSTASY is the name in vogue for the c...Chlamydia toxin- a secret killer
The genome of the bacterium Chlamydia uncovers a toxin that's like that produced by other pathogens, so opening up the way to new treatments. The bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is the cause of silent infections that can lead to blindness and gynaecological conditions. For many years, it's been suspected that the pathogen produces a toxin that helps it invade cells and cause these chronic health...Cytology, Breast Nipple Secretion
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WALTHAM, Mass., May 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RepligenCorporation announced today positive results from a Phase 2clinical trial to evaluate the use of RG1068, synthetic humansecretin, as an agent to improve the assessment of pancreatic ductstructures by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The study showed animprovement in sensitivity of detection of structural abnormalitiesof the...Scottish Scientists Test ‘Secret Weapon’ Against Tumours
LONDON, March 8, 2007--Cancer Research UK scientists in Glasgowhave devised a new method of attacking cancer cells. They reportthe findings in the Journal of Clinical Investigation* today(Thursday). A team of scientists from the Beatson Institute for CancerResearch gave mice a chemical that caused cancer cells to commitsuicide, significantly slowing the growth of the tumours they w...Major Gene Study Uncovers Secrets of Leukemia
St. Jude Study Scans 350,000 Locations Across the Genome From 242Patients and Identifies New Mutations That Contribute to AcuteLymphoblastic Leukemia, Suggesting New Targets for Improved Therapy MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 07, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Investigators atSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered previouslyunsuspected mutations that contribute to the formation of pediatricac...