Team identifies first drug therapy for rare, precancerous stomach illness
...ming growth factor-alpha (TGFa). It also opens new avenues for additional research to better understand the biochemical pathways involved in this disease as well as stomach and other cancers. "This really takes us from bench to bedside and back," said the principal investigator, Dr. Robert Coffey, Ingram Pr...Press invitation: The science of stem cells - December symposium at Imperial College
... research is successful, it could open up huge new avenues for reparative medicine. The Symposium will address these points. The Symposium will also celebrate the first anniversary of the Tissue Engineering Centre, a period during which Imperial researchers have scored a number of notable firsts in the tissu...UF researcher: antioxidants play a role in deadly malnutrition disease
..., it could help." The study also points to new avenues that health organizations worldwide can pursue in the fight against hunger and disease. The impact of the study on the health of children in the Third World could be staggering, Leeuwenburgh said. However, finding the right combination of protein...Ion microscopy pinpoints drugs inside cancer cells
...nique, called ion microscopy, promises to open new avenues of cancer research because it offers a high sensitivity for detecting isotopes of elements -- atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. "Ion microscopy's high sensitivity makes it an ideal tool for localizing anticancer drugs insi...International research group led by UMass scientist sequences genome of ubiquitous microbe
...ng the scientific mysteries of archaea and opening avenues of practical use of our natural genetic resources," says DasSarma. According to DasSarma, this particular genome will serve as an excellent model for all organisms in the archaeon. "Some aspects of the biology of Halobacterium resemble higher cel...Chemists report new approach to synthetic fragments of medically important Heparin
...ragments bind with specific proteins, entirely new avenues of medical therapies could become available. For instance, since it is known that Heparin in involved in certain aspects of growth factor regulation and in cell adhesion, one or more Heparin fragments could be used to turn off the uncontrolled cell g...New gene monitors cell division, cancer clinical applications seen
...st themselves, according to Halazonetis, as do new avenues for drug development. "Patients whose cancers exhibit chfr defects would be likely to respond well to Taxol or other drugs that act by interfering with mitosis," he says. "Those cancers would be unusually sensitive to drugs in this class. So, a diagn...Statement from Dr. Claude Lenfant on discovery of the gene for primary pulmonary hypertension
...termining the molecular basis of PPH and opens new avenues of study for understanding the fundamental nature of both familial and sporadic PPH. PPH is a rare lung disorder which is usually fatal. It affects primarily women of child bearing age, although it is known to also affect men and people of all a...Researchers seek clues to help newborns with abnormal lungs
... lungs. More detailed work in this field will open avenues to help treat defects in unborn babies and in the long run prevent the fatal outcome of this defect in newborn babies. The American Lung Association (Pennsylvania Chapter), American Heart Association (National Center) and Bayer Pharmaceutical Comp...Scientists discover key molecule in transmission of AIDS virus
...between HIV and cells in the body. It offers fresh avenues of research for developing innovative treatments for AIDS, and may lead to vaccines that could prevent the virus from gaining access to the body's immune cells. It is far too early, however, to determine whether the current finding will lead to new ...Gene transfer improves function of aging hearts in animals
...ed," Hajjar says. "These results suggest possible avenues for treating this very significant problem that results from the aging process itself, rather than from a specific disease." Hajjar's co-authors are Ulrich Schmidt, MD, PhD, first author; Federica del Monte, MD, PhD; Michael Miyamoto, MD; Takashi Ma...Advance in asthma research announced
...o research this protein and is evaluating possible avenues of development for a new drug based onthe protein. HGS may either develop the drug in its own facilities or seek partners to share its development. Beforeany drug may be sold, it must undergo an extensive series of pre-clinical tests and clinical tes...New tool provides major advance for understanding chronic Lyme disease and other illnesses
...ing to the study team, their strategy opens up new avenues for understanding the immune response involved in a variety of diseases where the causative agent has not yet been identified, such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease. It also can be used to help design novel vaccines ag...When the shaking stopped, the work began - for USGS scientists
...uing advances in science andengineering afford new avenues for limiting losses and reducing impacts offuture shocks. A fact sheet produced by the USGS to mark the 10th anniversary of the LomaPrieta earthquake highlights the scientific efforts and progress that willhelp reduce earthquake losses. The fact shee...NRC discovery allows scientists to watch the ultrafast processes of the microworld
...mical and biological processes as well as open new avenues forthe rational design of molecular devices."...Duke scientists reverse a rare form of muscular dystrophy in mice using gene therapy
...ist Y. T. Chen has been simultaneously pursuingtwo avenues to treating the disease: replacing the missing GAA enzyme andreplacing the faulty gene. The first method uses cells grown in the laboratorythat secrete a special form of GAA that, when injected intravenously, is easilytaken up by muscle cells and pro......hy (PET) or electrode measurements. It opensup new avenues to a closer look at the functional anatomy of the brain."...The Commons: Not Always A Tragedy
...ource management at the global level. Twopromising avenues to meet the global challenges are management throughmultilevel institutions including local users, regional and multinationalgovernments, and technological advances to monitor and track resource use.According to Field, "Effective management of common...Fool An Egg Into Thinking It's Fertilised, And It Will Repel All Comers
...a in Philadelphia agreesthat the work opens up new avenues to explore. But he believes targeting spermproteins would be a better approach, because the alpha-6/beta-1 integrinreceptor is also found on cells other than the egg. Drugs that block thisreceptor might disrupt other cell interactions and cause side ...Fewer Songbirds May Be Result Of Forest Fragmentation Across The American South, New Study Suggests
... even more insidious. Fragmentation can alsocreate avenues in which predators are virtually funneled to nesting sites. Whilethere have been studies in the Midwest and Northeast to discover the kinds ofpredators that are wiping out nests, little work has been done in the Southeast. The current study w...