Zoledronic acid zings cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide. Research has shown that progression of the pre-malignant stages to invasive cervical cancer is associated with the onset of new blood vessel growth called angiogenesis. Using a mouse model of cervical cancer to explore t...Stuck on you: Scientists lay bare secrets of bacterial attachment proteins
...to cause multiple diseases because they use a very common receptor on the host cell membrane as an anchor point to attack. They target a receptor responsible for regulating one of the important human immune responses, known as Decay Acceleration Factor, or DAF. "Cell adhesion is one of the first contacts be...Convulsions in worms mimic epileptic seizures
...ical that interferes with the activity of the most common type of inhibitory neurotransmitter, known as gamm... disorder is going to provide insights into a more common one, epilepsy." "It's quite possible that other gene mutations might show susceptibility to convul...Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide. Research Human cance... 4 to 6 genetic mutations. Skin cancer is the most common cancer for both men and women. John DiGiovanni and colleagues, at The University of Texas MD Anders...JCI table of contents: 1 September, 2004
...rvical Cancer Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide. Research has shown t... 4 to 6 genetic mutations. Skin cancer is the most common cancer for both men and women. John DiGiovanni and colleagues, at The University of Texas MD Anders...Analysis of gene expression in lymphoid cells can determine lymphoma cancer
...ancement. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma is the sixth-most common cancer in the United States. "Basically, this new method is a very powerful tool in determining the presence of cancer by analyzing these two molecules in the lymphoid tissue," explains Giordano, an internationally recognized researcher in the genet...Researchers improve detection of diverse anthrax strains
...blished a model for other biothreat pathogens, and common public health related diseases such as E. coli, Strep, Staph, and Salmonella."...University of Arizona licenses patent for natural fungicide
... hydroponic system were rhamnolipids produced by a common soil bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The team went farther and showed that such rhamnolipids could vanquish zoosporic plant pathogens by exploding the zoospore, the mobile, infectious part of the pathogen. Maier said when rhamnolipid is added to a...Environmental costs of home construction lower with wise choice, reuse of building materials
... are a number of products other than wood that are common to all the designs, such as glass for windows, gypsum for wall board and sheathing, asphalt roofing and concrete for such things as foundations. Concrete products, for example, make up between 72 and 78 percent of the mass of the hypothetical homes t...Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of ocean catch
...ack seabass, and lingcod Taking a hard look at the common belief that recreational fishing accounts for only 2-3% of total landings in the U.S., a new study published in the journal Science (August 26th) reveals that recreational catches account for nearly a quarter of the total take of over fished populati...New genetic research demonstrates possible cause of inherited form of Parkinson's disease
... Parkinson's disease, which may be related to more common forms of the disease. The findings are reported i...n disposal sites also plays a key role in the most common idiopathic form of Parkinson's, which has no known cause. "These patients do not carry a mutant a...Unicellular organisms contribute more nitrogen to ocean that reported earlier
...lls are only fixing nitrogen for 12 hours a day a common pattern for other nitrogen-fixing organisms. But some of their data indicate that unicells may actually fix nitrogen around the clock. "These measurements have important geochemical implications, so at this early stage, I would rather undersell than ...Images reveal how rotavirus - leading cause of diarrhea - enters cells
... molecular rearrangements that rotavirus the most common cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea and vomiting in children worldwide uses to break into cells. The work, published in the August 26th edition of Nature, is a major advance in the understanding of how viruses cause infection, and illustrates ho...Meteorites supplied Earth life with phosphorus
...gives clues to life's orgin," Pasek said. The most common terrestrial form of the element is a mineral called apatite. When mixed with water, apatite releases only very small amounts of phosphate. Scientists have tried heating apatite to high temperatures, combining it with various strange, super-energetic ...Millennia still mean early days for newly identified sex chromosome
...stems in plants and insects suggest that there are common themes underlying the formation of sex chromosomes. However, to determine if these mechanisms are generally applicable, more examples, particularly from other taxa, are needed. In new work, Dr. Catherine Peichel and colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson ...First clinical study of new pediatric croup vaccine shows safety, tolerability in adults
...enza virus-type 1 (hPIV-1). This virus is the most common cause of croup, a pediatric respiratory disease that causes almost 30,000 hospitalizations each year and many more emergency room visits. These findings are published in the current issue of Vaccine. Successful development of an effective hPIV-1 va...Genetic clues found for common congenital brain disorder
...ntified the first genetic cause of one of the most common birth defects of the brain, Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM). Infants with this disorder, about one in 10,000 births, have a small, displaced cerebellum and other brain abnormalities that can reduce coordination, impair mental function and cause hydr...Illustrated guidebook published for Chinese biomedical scientists and students
...iscussions caused by confusion over the meaning of common scientific terms, they conceived the idea of a portable, practical, look-up guide much like the field guides to birdlife invented by Roger Tory Peterson. Their book has two main components: illustrations of laboratory equipment used for tasks like me...Restoring sweetgrass to the South Carolina lowcountry
...ews were transcribed and then analyzed to identify common views and practices to inform a long-term manageme..., asking open-ended questions designed to identify common views about sweetgrass use and management. All the survey responders were women; the eldest responde...Researchers report new gene test for isolated cleft lip and palate
...m of cleft lip and palate, one of the world's most common birth defects, according to results of a study pub... in causing Van der Woude syndrome (VWS), the most common of the syndromic conditions. The discovery marked a potentially important lead because, about 15 pe...