Limited data suggest possible association between Agent Orange exposure
WASHINGTON -- A new report from the Institute of Medicine finds suggestive but limited evidence that exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War is associated with an increased chance of developing ischemic heart disease and Parkinson's disease for Vietnam veterans. ...
Researchers Suggest That Oxidative Stress is Strongly Evident in the In-Utero Environment of the Fetus With Down Syndrome
Abnormal gene expression in amniotic fluid could play role in suggesting potential therapies
BOSTON, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/05/27/0903909106 ) by Tufts Medical Cente...
Obituary photos suggest growing bias against aging faces
COLUMBUS, Ohio A new study that looked at obituary photographs published in one metropolitan newspaper suggests that Americans may have become more biased toward youthful appearance, particularly for women.
The study found that the number of obituary photographs showing the deceased at a much ...
Unexpected Positive Finding Expands Potential for Quigley QR333 Drug for Diabetic Neuropathy; Findings Suggest Possible Disease Modification
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quigley Pharma Inc., www.quigleyco.com , a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Quigley Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY ) announced today that their recently completed Phase 2 double-blinded, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of diabetic peripheral ne...
Disparities in prostate cancer treatment suggest ways to improve care
NEW YORK (Aug. 1, 2008) -- Quality of care varies greatly for the treatment of men with early-stage prostate cancer by region of the country and category of health care facility, suggesting the potential for improved patient outcomes with more standard treatment protocols, according to a new study...
Improving Health Care for the World's Poor: Public Health Experts Suggest Future Steps at Wilson Center
WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Poor people in many
countries receive lower-quality health care and fewer health services than
the rich. What can be done to change this pattern? Some strategies have
shown positive results, such as setting specific goals for improving health
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Data Suggest Sodium Oxybate Significantly Improves Pain and the Core Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals' (Nasdaq: JAZZ ) sodium oxybate (JZP-6) demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in pain and the core symptoms associated with fibromyalgia, according to Phase III data presented last we...
CEL SCI Collaborators Demonstrate Novel L.E.A.P.S. Vaccines Immunize Mice Against Tuberculosis Antigens and Suggest Potential to Treat Swine and Other Influenzas
VIENNA, Va., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CVM ) announced today that its collaborators at the University of Hawaii reported on data at the annual American Society for Microbiology in Philadelphia, PA. This data demonstrates that vaccines utilizing its L.E.A...
Data Suggest CEL-SCI's CEL-2000 Vaccine Prevents or Retards Permanent Damage of Rheumatoid Arthritis
VIENNA, Va., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation
(Amex: CVM ) announced today that it presented new rheumatoid arthritis data
at the Marcus Evans conference on Immunogenicity in Amsterdam. The data,
presented by Dr. Daniel Zimmerman, Senior Vice President of Research,
Cellul...
Results From One-Year Study Suggest Advair(R) Provides Important Benefits for African American Patients With Asthma
Results Suggested Improvements in Several Endpoints for Advair Diskus(R) Compared to ICS Alone
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- African American
patients with asthma treated with Advair Diskus, a combination of the
long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) sa...
New Discovery of Key Difference in Bile Acid Metabolism in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes May Suggest Underlying Disorder
First Extensive Report of Bile Acid Aberration in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Warrants Further Study
EMERYVILLE, Calif. and PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- KineMed, Inc., and Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., announced that researchers have
discovered a key differenc...
Final Data From the Bioheart Seismic Trial Suggest Safety, Efficacy of Autologous Stem-Cell Therapy for Treating Congestive Heart Failure
Leading Expert Discusses Study During Late-Breaking Presentations at ACC
CHICAGO, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bioheart, Inc.
(Nasdaq: BHRT ) announced today that final six-month, follow-up patient data
was presented today during the late-breaking clinical trial sessions at the
Ame...
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External CounterPulsation (ECP) Centers
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Medicine
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Neuropsychiatry
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No psychiatric disorder has been completely "mapped"
The fact that no complete syndrome has been mapped in the brain or genome is used to
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Yawning
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Forsyth scientists suggest linkages between obesity and oral bacterial infection
A scientific team from The Forsyth Institute has discovered new links between certain oral bacteria and obesity. In a recent study, the researchers demonstrated that the salivary bacterial composition of overweight women differs from non-overweight women. This preliminary work may provide clues to...
Fossils suggest earlier land-water transition of tetrapod
DURHAM, N.C. -- New evidence gleaned from CT scans of fossils locked inside rocks may flip the order in which two kinds of four-limbed animals with backbones were known to have moved from fish to landlubber.
Both extinct species, known as Ichthyostega and Acanthostega, lived an estimated 360-37...
Genes from tiny marine algae suggest unsuspected avenues for new research
MOSS LANDING, CA By sequencing the DNA of two tiny marine algae, a team of scientists has opened up a myriad of possibilities for new research in algal physiology, plant biology, and marine ecology. The project was led by Alexandra Worden at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) an...
New data suggest 'jumping genes' play a significant role in gene regulatory networks
CHICAGO, IL--Research performed in the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that mobile repetitive elements--also known as transposons or "jumping genes"--do indeed affect the evolution of gene regulatory networks.
David Haus...
Atomic-resolution views suggest function of enzyme that regulates light-detecting signals in eye
An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington (UW) clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated. The enzyme, phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6), is central to the way light entering the retina is converted into a cascad...
Models of eel cells suggest electrifying possibilities
Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper* by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level. Applying modern engineering design tools to one of the basic units of life, th...
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New Data Suggest CIMZIA(R) (Certolizumab Pegol) Active in Treating Moderate to Severe Crohn's Patients With Fistulizing Disease
Improved outcomes for fistula closures observed in PRECiSE 2 trial under maintenance therapy with stable dosing of CIMZIA(R) every four weeks
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Data presented this week by UCB at Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2008, the Crohn's &...
Retrospective Analysis of Phase 3 Data Suggest Wyeth's Investigational Compound Bazedoxifene/Conjugated Estrogens Comparable to Placebo on Incidence of Abnormal Mammograms
Separate Retrospective Analysis of Phase 3 Data Offers Additional
Information on Bazedoxifene Alone
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A retrospective analysis of
Phase 3 two-year data presented at the annual meeting of the North American
Menopause Society (NAMS)
suggest that postme...
Chest Physicians Now Suggest Early Intervention for Certain Blood Clots in DVT
2008 American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Guidelines Will Increase Use of Trellis(R) Peripheral Infusion System
NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Chest
Physicians (ACCP) has published new evidence-based clinical guidelines for
physicians that ...
OncoGenex Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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Poniard Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update
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Cardiogenesis Corporation Makes Pre-IDE Submission for PHOENIX Combination Delivery System
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Alga
...hylls a and c . The latter chlorophyll type is not known from any prokaryotes or primary chloroplasts, but genetic similarities with the red algae
suggest a relationship there. These groups include:
Heterokonts (e.g., golden algae, diatoms, brown algae)
Haptophytes (e.g., coccolithophores)
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Genetic code
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suggest that this is not the case.
Recent aptamer experiments have shown that amino acids have indeed a selective chemical affinity for the base triplets t...
Cryptozoology
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suggest that, even today, thus far unproven tales and traditions regarding unknown undescribed animals in native folklore should not be summarily dismissed in...
Endosymbiotic theory
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suggest that chloroplasts are most closely related to cyanobacteria.
DNA sequence analysis and phylogeny suggests that nuclear DNA contains genes that pr...
Evolutionary developmental biology
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suggest that "changes in the cis -regulatory systems of genes" are more significant than "changes in gene number or protein function" (Carroll 2000).
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Genetic code
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suggest that this is not the case.
Recent aptamer experiments have shown that amino acids have indeed a selective chemical affinity for the base triplets t...
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UvrA
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Transposase
...th intense DAPI (4′,6′-diamidino-2 ... The alignment of the transposase amino acid sequences from these IS1 family ... These results strongly
suggest that IS1 transposase has the D-D-E motif and thus ... Tn5 transposase is the key enzyme in forming transposomes for random transposon ins...
Transgenic animals
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Transcriptome
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Renal portal system
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suggest a preferential movement of fluid through the renal portal system . ... of excess water via the renal portal system illustrates the ... l...