New study indicates arsenic could be suitable as first-line treatment in type of leukaemia
...APL. The research team used RT-PCR2 techniques to confirm the diagnosis of APL by identifying the rogue gene in their study patients. This further enabled them to establish a new classification for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Part of the disease process in APL is due to a translocation involving chromoso...Bush nominates NJIT space explorer Louis Lanzerotti to NSF governing board
...h. They will fill six-year-terms. The Senate will confirm the nominations. Lanzerotti, a consulting physicist to Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics, is the chair of the 20-person, blue-ribbon ...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...ditional samples and further testing are needed to confirm whether the second species is indeed new. Scientists believe rhodoliths have been present in the world's oceans since at least the Eocene epoch, some 55 million years ago. Because rhodoliths probably grow very slowly in Alaska's cold water...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
... several times in different lineages. The new data confirm that, Mueller said. Mueller's coauthors, in addition to Wake, include Jeffrey L. Boore, adjunct professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley and director of evolutionary genomics at JGI; herpetologist and evolutionary biologist Robert Macey of JGI...The impact of genetic variations on the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis
...riswell concludes. "Additional work is required to confirm these results," Dr. Bridges adds, acknowledging the complexity of genetic involvement in RA, "as well as to extend these observations to patients of other ethnicities, and more precisely define the individual genes and haplotypes responsible for thes...A genetic disorder yields insight into genes and cognition
.... The researchers concluded that "Our observations confirm a longstanding hypothesis about dorsal stream dysfunction in WS, demonstrate effects of a localized abnormality on visual information processing in humans, and define a systems-level phenotype for mapping genetic determinants of visuoconstructive fun...Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
...t, Room 102) Selenium good for the heart, studies confirm -- Researchers have found new evidence in animal and human studies that selenium supplementation may protect against heart disease. In an animal model, selenium supplementation significantly decreased the extent of atherosclerosis. Of the dietary su...Genetically-engineered 'marathon mouse' keeps on running
...population of slow-twitch fibers," said Evans. To confirm that the increase in PPAR-delta activity caused the muscle transformation, the researchers gave normal mice an experimental drug, called GW501516, that activates the protein. The drug is being developed by GlaxoSmithKline to treat people with lipid m...Nevada researcher re-ignites mammal reproduction debate
... wrong, the journal article will spark research to confirm or deny my theory about the role of glucose in determining gender in reproduction," she said. "The idea is that it will hopefully encourage more research."...Penn scientists identify novel pathway in aneurysms
...en't even looking for aneurysms, we were trying to confirm the arteriosclerosis-leukotriene connection," comments Zhao. The researchers found the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme mainly in macrophages in the outer layer of blood vessels not in the fatty atherosclerotic lesions of the inner layer, as expected. (Macropha...The first engineering of cell surfaces in living animals
... may be attached to a great variety of markers. To confirm the success of the Staudinger ligation in mice, Bertozzi and her collaborators used a peptide that could be identified by a fluorescing antibody. "The future holds a range of opportunities for using the Staudinger ligation for noninvasive imaging," ...Possible new cure for psoriasis
...sor Herzog's team, explains. 'We have been able to confirm this in skin specimens of five psoriasis patients.' The inhibiting effect of the metalloproteinase inhibitors largely wore off within 72 hours. Moreover, even with fivefold concentration of the active ingredient the research team could not detect any...OHSU researchers discover possible method for early detection, prevention of premature birth
...on to animal studies, we studied pregnant women to confirm that the data gathered about non-human primate biomarkers correlates to humans," added Gravett. The biomarkers identified in the animal studies was also identified in 11 of the 11 patients with infections. In addition, testing of patients without inf...Location of potential familial lung cancer gene discovered
...l families who could have familial lung cancer, to confirm this particular susceptibility region, and perhaps find additional regions. "The discovery of genes for other types of cancer has led to better understanding of those diseases, which in turn can lead to better strategies for treatment and prevention...Bone, enamel, dentine, milk & saliva share gene family
...ion. "We also used our original fugu fish data to confirm that the databases were giving us the correct results," says Kawasaki. The researchers used messenger RNA, the substance that contains the information for producing proteins to reverse engineer DNA that codes for these proteins. This copy DNA can b...Microarrays, key genome expression trackers, work better when probes are sequence-verified
...of the microarrays and systematically attempted to confirm the accuracy of individual probe sequences. They looked at every probe on the array to see if it corresponded with the gene that it was intended to measure. They found that an important percentage of the probe sequences -- sometimes as much as 20%, o...What are babies thinking before they start talking?
...pelke also conducted the experiment with adults to confirm that English-speaking adults do not spontaneously make the tight versus loose fit distinction. "Adults ignore tight fit versus loose fit and pay attention to 'in' versus 'on,'" Hespos said. "Adults were glossing over the distinction that the babies ...Heat and exercise alone may not determine how much we sweat
...d without any leg movements (inactive recovery) to confirm whether the differences between recovery modes in ...nuously measured from the rectus femoris muscle to confirm the absence of voluntary muscle contracting during recovery modes. Sweat rate was continuously reco...Living at home helps young mothers stay in school
...of caring for a newborn. While this study seems to confirm the benefit lawmakers had in mind in changing welfare laws in the late 1990s, the data we used were collected before welfare reform. Thus, the results might be different today. For instance, the teenage mother's own parents might not be as available...Institute for OneWorld Health receives Gates Foundation grant
...in Rockville, Md., will conduct various studies to confirm that key vaccine components can be produced with the ultimate goal of meeting U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements. Various independent studies conducted from the early 1970s through the late 1990s showed that exposure of human volunteers...