New Gene Therapy Technique Results In 60 Percent Tumor Regression Rate
...economic development in Ohio. Other study authors include Yunsheng Li, Keyong Xiong, SimonaAizicovici, Yuefeng Xie and Qin Zhu, all from the university's EdisonBiotechnology Institute, and Franck Sturtz, Janine Shulok and Doros Platika fromProgenitor. - 30 - Contacts: Ohio University: David Wight, ...High Altitudes May Be Harmful To Some Infants
...during air travel or whilst at high altitude. The authors exposed 34 infants to air containing 15 per cent oxygen (six per cent less than normal) and they found that blood oxygen levels were maintained at slightly reduced rates in most of the infants . However, four infants unpredictably had severe falls ...UNC-CH Researchers Discover Key Cancer Control Mechanism
...ntific journal. Besides Xiong (pronounced "Jong"), authors are Dr.Yanping Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow at the Lineberger center, and Dr. WendellG. Yarbrough, assistant professor of surgery. In human cancers, a gene known as P53 is mutated in about 50 percent ofcases, Xiong said. The ARF gene is miss...Research: Breast Cancer Gene Screening Not Warranted For All
...Comprehensive CancerCenter and lead investigator, authors include Drs. Robert C. Millikan andPatricia G. Moorman, assistant professors of epidemiology at UNC-CH and YaleUniversity, respectively, and graduate student Lesley M. Butler. Drs. Hua Mu andMary-Claire King of the University of Washington at Seattle...Peptides Implicated In Body's Response To Pain
... in response tointensified pain stimuli. The study authors received funding from several institutes at the Na... stimulate pain receptors in the body. The study authors believe that drugs involved with the release of neurokinin A,called neurokinin antagonists, might on...Molecular Defect Could Be Mysterious Cause Of Blood Disorder
...that produce platelets. The study's other authors were Alison R. Moliterno, M.D., and W. DavidHankins, Ph.D. --JHMI-- Media contact: Karen Infeld (410) 955-1534E-mail: kinfeld@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions' news releases are available on aPRE-EMBARGOED basis on Eurek...Researchers Discover Ways The Ulcer/Cancer Bug Can Trigger Disease
...eedings of the National Academy of Sciences. First authors arepostdoctoral fellow Janaki L. Guruge, Ph.D., and Per Falk, M.D., Ph.D., adjunctassistant professor of molecular biology and pharmacology at the School ofMedicine and now associate director of molecular biology at the Swedishpharmaceutical company ...Echocardiography Is Effective In Measuring Microvascular Damage From Heart Attacks
... after the heart attack. The study's other authors were David A. Bluemke, M.D., Ph.D.; Carlos E.Rochitte, M.D.; Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.; Lewis C. Becker, M.D.; and Jo o A.C.Lima, M.D., of Hopkins; and Raymond J. Kim, M.D., of Northwestern UniversityMedical School in Chicago. --JHMI-- Media contact: K...Microchip Sensor Detects Bacteria
...a former postdoctoral fellow at Cornell. The other authors are Robert Davis, a Cornell postdoctoral fellow, John Czajka, a recent graduate student in food science, and Nathan Cady, an undergraduate in biology. Using Cornell's nanofabrication facility, the researchers made small-scale rubber stamps im...Report On Teaching About Evolution To Be Released At April 9 Public Briefing
....W., Washington, D.C. Discussing the book will be authors Bruce Alberts,president, National Academy of Sciences; Donald Kennedy, Bing Professor ofEnvironmental Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; and Maxine Singer,president, Carnegie Institution of Washington; along with Rodger Bybee,executive d...Researchers Discover Existing Drugs May Prevent Enlarged Hearts
...ly threefold larger. Other UT Southwestern authors of the study were former studentDr. Jeffery Molkentin; Jianrong Lu and Christopher Antros, graduatestudent research assistants in molecular biology and oncology; and Dr.James Richardson, associate professor of pathology. Dr. Jeffrey Robbinsof Childre......nique shape ofthe spore. Finally, the authors showed that Ndt80 is itself controlled by aso-called "check point" protein called Rad17. Normally, check point proteinsplay the invaluable role of stalling further cell development when there areindications of damage, until repair has taken place. ...Electron Accelerator Provides Unique Proof Of Gene Repair Process In Living Cells
...ay, he added. In addition to Petrini, the primary authors on the Science paper are Richard Maser, a genetics department graduate student, and Benjamin Nelms, a post-doctoral trainee in Petrini's laboratory, formerly of the Medical School's department of medical physics. Co-authors James MacKay and Max Lagal...Invasive Weeds Pose Major Threat To American Landscape
...ecosystem health," Dombeck said. The report's authors blame the increase and spread of invasive plants on anincreasing human population that has led to greater disturbance of the land,increased demand for food and fiber, overuse of public land for recreation and commercial purposes, increasedinternation...Homocysteine: A Possible Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease
...onference on Homocysteine Metabolism. However, the authors of the report,`Hyperhomocysteinemia: an independent risk factor forhistopathologically-confirmed Alzheimer's disease - Professor David Smith, Dr RClarke, Dr K A Jobst, Ms L Sutton, Professor P M Ueland, and Professor H Refsum- stressed that these bio......taphylococcus pneumoniae. According to the authors of the study, James A. Hoch, Ph.D., Professor,and John M. Whiteley, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular andExperimental Medicine, "With infectious disease continuing to be our mostserious health problem, this work represents important ......productive health programs in China and India. The authors of the current study say their decision to focus on sub-Saharan Africa, rather than any individual African country, reflects the urgency of the challenges facing the region as a whole. "With political and economic reforms now underway in many African...Breakthrough: Scientists Create 3-D Map Of Cell Membrane Ion Pump At Near Atomic Resolution
...op Britishbiological journal. Besides Scarborough, authors are Dr. Manfred Auer and WernerKuhlbrandt of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics in Frankfurt, Germany. "Membranes and the pumps within them are important because they helpkeep the good stuff inside cells and the bad stuff out," Scarboro......nting pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. The study's authors believe this could signal the emergence of resista...f meningitis, streptococcus and malaria. The study authors say it was not possible to determine what caused the mutations or if the mutations represented actua...