Ohio State Professor Receives Patent For Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Detection Kit
...t discovered in this country in the late 1950s, affects the immune system of young chickens. Signs of the disease include loss of appetite and low weight gain. The disease favors chickens younger than 7 weeks old because these animals have immature immune cells. The virus replicates in and d...Arsenic Shown To Induce Cancer Remission
...d with APL, a potentially fatal type ofcancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. The findings are reported in theNovember 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "We now know that arsenic can safely bring patients with APL into remission,which may ultimately give them a second chance at life," ...Williams Syndrome: UD Research Pinpoints Language And Learning Traits Of Those With The Disorder
... others, is shedding light on howWilliams Syndrome affects the brain and cognitive development. Ultimately, shesays, a better understanding of the disorder "may suggest strategies to helppeople with Williams Syndrome organize their world and learn more effectively,by emphasizing their strengths." Individuals...Wake Forest Physicians Demonstrate How Gene-Diet Interaction Affects Cholesterol Absorption
...first demonstration of a gene-diet interactionthat affects the absorption of cholesterol in humans. R...iant gene. Weinberg said the variant gene affects dietary responsiveness byaltering the efficiency of intestinal absorption of cholesterol....Molecular Basis Of Leading Genetic Cause Of Infant Death Discovered
...pinal muscle atrophy is aninherited condition that affects about one in 6,000. "Our work describes the function of the SMN protein and links it tospinal muscle atrophy, opening up the possibility to search for therapeutics,"reports Gideon Dreyfuss, Ph.D., the Isaac Norris professor of biochemistry a...Vitamin E Prevents Early Plaque Formation
...whiteplaque-producing cells -- called monocytes -- affects adhesion to the cells thatline arteries, was published in the November 24 edition of Circulation: Journalof the American Heart Association. "This beneficial effect of vitamin E further strengthens its role as anadjunctive therapy in the manageme...New Insight Into Genetic Cause Of Infant Mortality
... November 25, 1998, issue of the journal Cell. SMA affects 1 in 6,000 newborns, causing progressive muscle weakness, wasting, or atrophy as motor neurons degenerate. In 1994, researchers discovered that the gene, survival of motor neurons (Smn), is deleted or mutated in almost all SMA patients. This observa...New Findings On Receptor Regulation May Lead To Better Drugs For Diabetes
..., far removedfrom the TZD-binding region, strongly affects the receptor's ability to bind thediabetes drug. This distant site, Lazar says, provides an additional target forthe next generation of diabetes drugs to hit. If compounds can be found thataffect this regulatory site, they may lead to diabetes drugs ...Severe Pain Following Shingles Safely Relieved In Clinical Trial Of Anti-Convulsant Drug Gabapentin
...pentin remains uncertain,evidence suggests that it affects a particular type of calcium channel inpain-transmitting nerve cells of the spinal cord, Rowbotham said. What isalready apparent is that gabapentin does not affect the same nerve pathways thatopioids or tricyclics do, making it a new kind of drug for...Migratory songbird breeding linked to winter habitat
..."We've found that the quality ofthe winter habitat affects not only when birds fly north to the breeding groundsbut what condition they're in upon arrival. Both are crucial factors in howwell the birds do on their summer breeding grounds," says Marra, who is nowPostdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Migrato...Allelix drug increases bone density and content in women with osteoporosis
...s ofpeople with osteoporosis especially that which affects the spine," said Dr.Lindsay, one of the study's pr...itecture and strength. Postmenopausal osteoporosis affects one in four women older than 50 in theUnited States -- some 8 million - according to the National Os...The UK Braces Itself For The Flu Season, Are You Looking Information On The Virus?
...he need for change? It is estimated that influenza affects 10-15 per cent of the world populationwith annual outbreaks causing substantial illness and even death. The influenza pandemic of 1918 is said to have killed over 20 million peopleworldwide - more than the number killed in the First World War. In mo...Duke Study Shows Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant Is Viable Treatment For Genetic Disorders
... to treat Hurler's Syndrome,a genetic disease that affects the metabolism. Without transplant, doctors saidHannah would have lived only seven to 10 years, and spent much of that timesuffering. Hannah was about 18 months past her transplant when Kim Gosey discoveredshe was pregnant again, and shortly ...Old Growth Forests May Shed Light On Worldwide Greenhouse Effect
...heric carbon dioxide, which, inhigh concentrations affects global climate change. Old-growth forests representone plant community type which has not been well researched for carbon, water,and energy exchange. Dr. Jiquan Chen, associate professor in the School of Forestry and WoodProducts at Michigan......s by the UCSF Lung Biology Center. Asthma affects nearly 12.5 million Americans, including 4.8 millionchildren, and the incidence has been rising dramatically in recent years. People with asthma have airway passages that are chronically inflamed. The inflammation leaves the airways particul...UI Researchers Find Potential Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis
...s. According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CF affects approximately 30,000children and young adults in North America. The disease occurs in approximatelyone of every 3,300 live births and is usually diagnosed in early childhood.Reduced lung function, lung infection and liver and pancreatic disease are a...Jackson Laboratory Researchers Identify Neuromuscular Degeneration Gene
...tor cells in thespinal cord and brain. The disease affects up to 30,000 people in the UnitedStates. About 5-10% of ALS cases are classified as familial and are suspected ofhaving a genetic defect in a specific chromosome. Spinal muscular atrophy, also characterized by degeneration of motorcells in t......ng the blood pressure. High blood pressure, which affects 50 million Americans, is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.In the June, in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute published a study that found that the blood...Successful Hemophilia B Gene Therapy In Dogs May Justify Human Experiments
...producing factor IX, he said. Hemophilia B affects up to about 5,000 people in the United States andpossibly 10 times that many worldwide, Nichols said. Currently, sales of anartificially produced factor IX that requires regular injections are between$500 million and $1 billion dollars annually, and ......te the MHC-I system, said Liu, but the loss of PML affects all four genes. "That suggests it might be a master gene," said Liu. The PML protein has been known for a while, he said, but its function was not clear. "To find PML linked to these genes was a surprise." Zheng and Liu are now investigating the me...