New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
... the brain. Inhalant abuse is among the most common forms of drug abuse, particularly among pre- and e...who inhale or "huff" chemical vapors found in many common household products that are not generally thought of as drugs. Seventy-one percent of inhalant user...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...y member who has the metabolic syndrome, so it's a common problem. The Dallas Heart Study gives us a real snapshot of what the exact prevalence is in Dallas," Dr. Malloy said. "There also are underlying conditions, such as fatty liver, that would never be identified in the population without those people ha...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...ls. In laboratory studies using human fibroblasts, common cells found in connective tissue, William S. Saunders, Ph.D., and colleagues discovered that exposure to even a small amount of cigarette smoke condensate equal to about 1/25 of a cigarette caused breaks to both strands of DNA and compromised the i...New study indicates arsenic could be suitable as first-line treatment in type of leukaemia
... occurs in people of all ages, although it is more common in older people. The five-year survival rate for patients receiving the current optimum treatment of chemotherapy plus ATRA (All Trans-Retinoic Acid a vitamin A-based substance) is between 60 and 80 percent. "There have been a few studies done using...Pack-MULEs are toting a new look at plant evolution
...She also will explore other questions such as the common use of MULEs in gene tagging the process of interrupting a gene to understand its function. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program....Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
Certain brain changes that are common in normal aging are not the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease. Recent research by cognitive aging experts suggests that changes related to Alzheimer's disease appear in distinct regions of the brain and reflect unique pathology compared with changes ...Award winning researchers reveal potential new role for Glivec
...re tumours or diseases, or in rare subsets of more common diseases where PDGFR or other targets are activated....'Most recent common ancestor' of all living humans surprisingly recent
...beying the simplified assumptions, the most recent common ancestor would have lived less than 1,000 years ag...ore realistic models estimate that the most recent common ancestor of mankind lived as recently as about 3,000 years ago, and the identical ancestors point wa...Genetic differences might help distinguish thyroid cancers
...f all cancers in the United States and is the most common cancer of the endocrine hormone system. Over the last few years, thyroid cancer has risen at an alarming rate, Eng says. An estimated 23,600 new cases of thyroid cancer are expected this year, nearly two-thirds of which will occur in women, and 1,460...Pacific Northwest team unveils largest virus proteome to date
...le. By comparison, adenovirus, responsible for the common cold, contains about 11 proteins. "The proteins...ral proteins, demonstrating the complexity of this common virus," explained Dan Streblow Ph.D., a research assistant professor of molecular microbiology and ...Newly identified master gene key in baby's first breath
...ome. Steroids have become one of the most common courses of treatment for infants with underdeveloped lungs. Steroids work by stimulating lung development, but their use has been associated with side effects, such as cerebral palsy, asthma and bronchitis. The identification of Foxa2's role...Hidden diversity: DNA 'barcoding' reveals a common butterfly is actually 10 different species
PHILADELPHIA A common butterfly, found in a variety of habitats from the...zed portion of gene called cytochrome c oxidase I, common to all life. Based at the University of Guelph in Canada, the Barcode of Life Database can determin...Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
...s of the poison. Currently, the most sensitive and common test for toxin activity is exposing mice to an agent. The process takes time and many animals are used and die in the process. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has patented the new botulinum toxin technology. In addition to Chapman and Dong...Tracing genes, biologists show lizard migration is traced to Florida
...star athletes. Studying genetic variation in the common brown lizard, Anolis sagrei, the researchers found that introduced populations of the lizard in five different countries can be traced back to the Sunshine State as their site of export. The team analyzed a small region of DNA from more than...No role for simian virus 40 in human pleural mesotheliomas
...amples but from SV40 DNA fragments engineered into common laboratory plasmid vectors used in molecular biology research. This source of SV40 DNA fragments may be unrecognized, leading to misinterpretation of assay results as indicating the presence of genuine SV40 in human tumors. Their findings are a caut...Enzyme maintaining chromosome ends is linked to bone cancer recurrence, decreased survival
... Clinical Oncology (JCO). Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor in children. Primary tumors are those originating in a specific place in the body rather than those that have spread from elsewhere. About 30 percent of children with osteosarcoma that has not spread from the bone and 60 percent of...... tens of thousands of fish-eating birds, including common loons, mergansers and gulls. "We are seeing a ripple affect, whereby one change the change of a fish's diet, works its way up and affects the food chain," says Ricciardi. "As a result we may see a greater contamination of the fish meant for huma...March of Dimes statement on newborn screening report
...to work even more closely together to achieve this common goal. ...Scientists find nanowires capable of detecting individual viruses
... detect many different viruses, but also to detect common strains as well as variants genetically engineered by would-be bioterrorists. By making an array sensitive to numerous domains of a given virus, the chances of even a modified virus escaping detection would be very low. In a clinical setting, the ext......urages the landing and feeding of Aedes aegypti, a common mosquito that carries and transmits the yellow fever virus in some parts of the world. Evans and his group used a rhodium catalyst to aid the tricky synthesis of gaur acid, also known as bovinic acid. In doing so, the chemists also determined the exa...