Preclinical safety study shows adipose-derived stem cells improve heart function after heart attack
...ical safety study. This study, performed in swine, confirms previous preclinical work by MacroPore Biosurgery and others suggesting that the Company's proprietary, patented technology is safe and may be clinically useful in treating heart disease. The goal of the study was to determine the safety of adipose t...Genetically modified bacterium as remedy for intestinal diseases
...ich proved to be successful as well. This research confirms the findings from the earlier VIB research (under the direction of Lothar Steidler and Erik Remaut) concerning the therapeutic action of IL-10 bacteria. Thus, this method of working with genetically modified bacteria offers promising prospects for th...Purdue study finds antioxidant protects metal-eating plants
...amage, just like their normal counterparts. "This confirms that it really is glutathione that's responsible for nickel tolerance," Freeman said....Anti-cancer compound in vegetables found to block late-stage breast-cancer cell growth
...y lessen the toxic effects. The new Illinois study confirms a previous study in mice. In the February 2004 issue of the journal Carcinogenesis, Singletary and Jackson reported that SUL treatments in mice with implanted cancer cells resulted in decreased tumor size. More research is needed to assess SUL's pot...Analysis of biological clock may lead to greater understanding of human disease
...ry. They also discovered that sensitivity analysis confirms the theoretical insight that hierarchical control is important for achieving robustness. Moving up the hierarchy of the system, searching for points of fragility, looking for the weak links, may be a way to show how disease is a failure of a robust ...X marks the spot: Vector insertion is viral specific
...chromosome where protein translation starts (which confirms earlier work by another lab); and ASLV integrated more randomly throughout the entire genome. That each studied virus preferred a unique integration pattern or site suggests that viruses home in on certain chromosomal features for inserting themselve...Schizophrenia gene variant linked to risk traits
...n to be associated with schizophrenia. The finding confirms the gene responsible for management of glutamate is a promising candidate in determining risk for schizophrenia. The study, conducted by Michael Egan, M.D., Daniel Weinberger, M.D., and colleagues, will be in the August 24th issue of the Proceedings ...Newcastle scientists get UK's first stem cell license
...search in this very promising area of medicine and confirms North East England's status as one of the world's emerging centers for biomedical research. The Newcastle Human Embryonic Stem Cell Group, part of the government sponsoredLife Knowledge Park(LKP), is now launching a funding appeal to accelerate r......ents, life history characteristics, and timing and confirms the surprising resilience of nature," says symposia organizer Virginia Dale (Oak Ridge National Laboratory). Dale will kick off the session with her presentation "Is succession successful? Synthesis and management implications of ecological recovery ...Skin condition linked to genetics in Caucasian and Chinese populations
...ed in the area of this disease, the data collected confirms previous studies and spotlights two regions on chromosomes 6 (major histocompatibility complex MHC) and 4. Conclusively, the 4q28-q31 region has been identified as a focus for future investigation. Over the past few years, ten genome-wide scans ha...When sun's too strong, plankton make clouds
...most hard to believe, but new NASA-funded research confirms an old theory that plankton can indirectly create clouds that block some of the Sun's harmful rays. The study was conducted by Dierdre Toole of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and David Siegel of the University of California, Santa Ba...Improved nutrition could prevent more than half of the world's child deaths annually
... in our reference group," she said. This analysis confirms earlier research that showed that 55 percent of all child deaths were due to undernutrition. However, the new analysis went further. It examined whether the risk of dying due to being underweight varies by cause of death. Using data from 10 large coh...Molecular image of genotoxin reveals how bacteria damage human DNA
...portant role." Stebbins' structure of CDT visually confirms that this genotoxin is made up of three subunits, including one called CdtB that cleaves, or cuts, DNA. According to Stebbins' model, the three-unit toxin contains a long, deep groove, a cluster of ring-shaped molecules, called the "aromatic patch,"...Researchers identify gene linked to sperm-producing stem cells in mammals
... the adult germ stem cell. This important finding confirms earlier published studies suggesting that the adult germ stem cells are not far removed from embryonic stem cells. Identification of the mutation may have significant effects for both infertility and contraception research. In terms of infertility,...New research supports theory that indirect transmission of chronic wasting disease
...edwith the pathogen that causes CWD. The research confirms long-held theories that CWD can beindirectly spread through environmental sources, in addition todirect interactions between infected and healthy mule deer. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the NationalInstitutes of Health, the st...Scientists report how protons induce water cages
...gen form of the proton in the center. This report confirms the formation of a dodecahedral (20-sided) cage, but the data displayed no trace of the Eigen species. To determine how a precisely determined number of water molecules interconnect to form these cages, the scientists first weighed the...New research finds summer-born women have fewer children
...ween birth month and childlessness. "It partially confirms a study of pre-modern women in Canada, which found...orn in April had fewer children. It also partially confirms a study of historic Dutch women that showed fewer children among women born in mid to late summer an......roups of marine organisms. Their analysis not only confirms fears but also throws up some unexpected results. Ward and Lafferty conducted an online search of 5,900 journals published from 1970 to 2001 to measure the proportion of reports of disease in nine groups or marine organisms: turtles, corals, mammals,...Study suggests insect-derived antimicrobial peptides could be used as drug-delivery vehicles
...-A new study by scientists at The Wistar Institute confirms the ability of antimicrobial peptides to enter various bacterial and mammalian cell types, suggesting that the peptides might be used as drug-delivery vehicles. The researchers are also exploring the peptides' ability to deliver antigen to immune cel......the organisms' chromosomes. The sequence data also confirms that the rodent lineage split 12 to 24 million years ago into the separate lines that gave rise to the rat and to the mouse. Researchers estimate about 50 chromosomal rearrangements occurred in each of the rodent lines after divergence from their com...