Software 'agents' could help unmask reality of disease clusters
Concerns over the privacy of patients could be hampering efforts to spot disease clusters and monitor the health effects of environmental pollution, according to researchers in the latest edition of the Data made available to research groups investigating everything from cancer clusters to the risk of living near to hazardous waste sites is often r...UCSD team unmasks family of immune system invaders
Like a family of petty criminals gone wrong, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) were surprised to find that bacterial pathogens found in a number of troublesome diseases are actually related. Not only that, their wrong-doing is carried out by disguising themselves, then hijacking their hosts. Jack E. Dixon, Ph.D., Dean for Scientific Affairs and Professor of Pha...Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, UT Southwestern researcher says
A new investigation into Napoleon Bonaparte's cause of death might finally put to rest nearly 200 years of lingering mysteries about the illness that killed the French emperor during his island exile, a UT Southwestern Medical Center scientist reports. American, Swiss and Canadian researchers applied modern pathological and tumor-staging methods to historical accounts and found that Napol...TUF Target Unmasking Fluid (3x) from Invitrogen
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Depletes alpha and beta globin mRNA from blood total RNA with a simple magnetic bead procedure (no enzymatic treatments) Increases sensitivity of gene detection in microarray profiling experiments...Unmasking Nutrition's Role in Genes and Birth Defects
Expectant mothers may someday get a personalized menu of foods to eat during pregnancy to complement their genetic makeup as a result of new research at Washington University// School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers used transparent fish embryos to develop a way to discover how genes and diet interact to cause birth defects. "By the time most women know they are preg...Impotency Drugs Help to Unmask Cancer Cells
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has come up with a remarkable discovery. Scientists there, have found out that certain drugs that are helpful //to overcome impotence have added benefits. Sildenafil and other drugs that help to dilate blood vessels by increasing the production of a chemical messenger seem to help in unveiling cancer cells. These cancer cells once unmasked, will be recognized...