Gene For Last Major Form Of Batten Disease Discovered
...d Batten disease, the cellular disposal systemgets clogged and slows down. The NINDS and the NIDDK are part of the National Institutes of Health located inBethesda, Maryland. The NINDS is the nation's leading supporter of research onthe brain and nervous system and a lead agency in the Congressionally desig...Engineering Our Arteries: Replacements And Assisted Healing
... angioplasty, the balloon procedure used to open clogged arteries, Rice bioengineer Jennifer West is developing alternatives like bioengineered arteries -- including assisted healing that will stop clotting and allow healthy cells to grow. She is working ...Echocardiography Is Effective In Measuring Microvascular Damage From Heart Attacks
...owest blood vessels, says Wu. If the vessels stay clogged for along time, the capillaries remain blocked, preventing return of normal bloodflow even after the body recovers from a heart attack. This can put a patientat risk for later complications, such as another heart attack, congestive heartfailure or s...Composting Livestock Waste Provides Benefits
...anure, but these have a strong odor and can become clogged with the manure solids. "It just turns to a big sludge pit," Hawkins says. Even if the lagoon doesn't become filled with solids, it still requires the producer to stir it and to periodically pump it out, he says. According to Hawkins, composting manu...False Security: You Can't Always Believe The Results Of A Genetic Test
...ic fibrosis, in which the lungs and airways become clogged with mucus and prone to infections, is caused by defects in a single large gene. There are hundreds of these mutations. Some are very rare, and certain mutationsare more common in particular ethnic groups. To be effective, the widespread scre...Vitamin C May Reduce Angina, Heart Attack Risks
...inus Pauling Institute at OSU."Atherosclerosis, or clogged arteries, are still a serious health concern,but they don't necessarily mean a person will suffer a heart attack orstroke. It appears there are also other key factors in the health of bloodvessels, and they may be influenced by vitamin C." In tracing...Vitamin E Prevents Early Plaque Formation
...e molecular events that cause vitamin E todecrease clogged arteries: It inhibits this transcription factor and decreasesadhesion molecules, resulting in less adhesion of monocytes to the endothelium.These actions reduce plaque formation. Humans can obtain this response by taking vitamin E supplements. ...Gene treatment can boost heart function in rabbits, Duke researchers say
...its ability to stretch and contract, usuallydue to clogged arteries caused by coronary artery disease. People withcongestive heart failure often experience fatigue, weakness and an inability tocarry out routine daily tasks. There is currently no effective means to reverseheart failure, only to treat symptoms...New gene therapy found safe for treating coronary heart disease
...gioplasty, in which a balloon is inflated inside a clogged arteryto open the vessel, are effective treatments for coronary heart disease.However, many patients cannot be helped by either procedure because theirdisease is too severe or too widespread. "So this research arose out of a verylarge problem," Rose...'Knockout' mouse may lead to major understanding of human kidney disorder
...ce werefound to have malfunctioning kidneys due to clogged glomeruli, the kidney'sfiltering apparatus. In the Nature Medicine article, the group has since determined that thiskidney malfunction closely mimics the human disease, IgA nephropathy. Theresearchers also prevented the disorder in the mic...Scientists suggest genetic shutdown links estrogen, heart disease
...s from healthy heart vessels and thosefrom vessels clogged by atherosclerosis. In the healthy vessels...erregion, and shut the gene down. But in clogged heart blood vessels, the researchers found almost threetimes more methylated ER genes -- around 11 p...Unveiling all of the consequences: Introduced plants may be causing hidden trouble
...f grasslands filled with leafy spurge, water pipes clogged by zebra mussels, and forest trees killed by kudzu vines have fostered the publics understanding of the issue. But now, two Canadian scientists are suggesting that even the introduction of some less aggressive species may have far-reaching negative ...A relative of smallpox is first virus found to invade cells as HIV does
...rus. Presumably, this occurred because the protein clogged all the CCR5 receptors and prevented the virus from gaining access to the receptors. If the human smallpox virus -- a distant relative of the myxoma poxvirus -- once attacked human cells by exploiting the CCR5 receptor, then at the same time it was...Moderate alcohol consumption may reduce your chances of a heart attack
...curs when the coronary arteries become narrowed or clogged andcannot supply enough oxygen-rich blood to the heart. High amounts of a clotting protein calledfibrinogen - levels of which tend to increase as people grow older - are associated with coronaryartery, cerebral vascular and peripheral vascular disea...Researchers find new mechanism for growing new blood vessels
...mounts of oxygen due to poor blood flow because of clogged or diseased vessels -- triggers angiogenesis by turning on a key "master switch" gene that makes HIF-1alpha. Angiogenesis is also a prominent feature of tissue repair and inflammation. In this setting, it is believed to be induced by the presence of ...UC Berkeley study shows gecko foot hairs are amazing dry adhesives
...elf-cleaning, unlike any other known adhesive. "We clogged their hairs with microspheres, and five steps later they were clean," Full said. "We don't know why, but it's amazing." The next step, Full and Autumn said, is to find a way to study individual spatulae and measure their attractive force. They also w...Scientists identify gene that causes fatal lung disease
...e inside of blood vessels in the lungs, similar to clogged arteries in the heart. "It's in the Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGFb) family, which is a large family of different proteins that regulate cell growth and proliferation," said Dr. James E. Loyd, professor of medicine and one of the researchers....Finding could lead to new approach for treating severe heart disease
...ngioplasty, a procedure that involves cleaning out clogged arteries, and coronary bypass surgery - are often helpful, renarrowing, or restinosis, of coronary vessels occurs in 30 to 35 percent of cases. Numerous techniques for introducing VEGF into failing heart muscle in animals and humans have prompted bl......ich blood clots more easily - all risk factors for clogged arteries and heart disease. Some - but not all - studies have found that people whose homocysteine levels are even mildly high are more likely to have heart disease, and that risk rises with levels above 11 micromol per liter. An estimated 40 per...