LSU Vet School receives $9.9 million for infectious disease research
...s ever received, and it's the only grant like this currently at LSU." The grant is from the National Center for Research Resources, a division of the National Institutes of Health, and it is part of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, program. COBRE aims to "build research infrastructure...JCI table of contents, 2 August, 2004
...ucky, present these data in the context of what is currently understood about the interaction of the natural and adaptive immune response and the immune system's ability to protect against atherosclerosis. TITLE: IL-5 links adaptive and natural immunity specific for epitopes of oxidized LDL and protects from a...Study shows impact of emotionally healthy fathers when mothers' poor mental health affects children
...or who is formerly of Cincinnati Children's and is currently a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. "Rarely have studies used information about the mental health of both parents to assess outcomes in their children. This study suggests that what happens to a child's children's well-being when the...Wheelchairs biomechanics, prosthetic development
...current and/or past shoulder pathology. Volunteers currently experiencing shoulder pain underwent a clinical examination of both shoulders. No difference was found in the incidence of shoulder pain, past or present, between athletes and nonathletes. These findings indicate that involvement in athletics does no...New technique helps scientists reveal interactions between genes and drugs
...contain approximately 100 genes each. The study is currently available online. "This isn't the answer to everything in terms of finding these links, but it's an important breakthrough," says senior investigator Howard L. McLeod, PharmD., associate professor of medicine, genetics and of molecular biology and ph...Two-pronged attack targeting EGF receptor hinders cancer cell growth
...response and potentially benefit more patients who currently don't respond to a single EGFR inhibitor, Harari noted. Recent clinical trial results with the EGFR inhibitor erbitux combined with radiation in head and neck cancer show clear improvement in patient survival compared with radiation alone. The new st...Iron can have negative side effects on people with kidney disease
...Watson Pharmaceutics) and Feoligosaccharide (FeOS, currently in clinical trials from Pharmacosmos) are statist... In highlighting the differences in toxicity among currently used iron replacement therapies, this study could ultimately impact drug selection by physicians....DFG presents the 2004 MAK and BAT value lists
...o the available data. A risk of harming the embryo currently appears rather unlikely if the MAK values are complied with but cannot be ruled out with sufficient certainty. Xylene also remains in this group despite a new study. Due to a lack of data, propane, octane, acetate isopropenylester, hydrogen bromide a...Whale carcass yields bone-devouring worms
...offredi has been studying this relationship and is currently preparing a separate paper on the topic. Although whale falls have been studied at several sites along the California coast and elsewhere, the whale fall in Monterey Canyon is the deepest studied to date. Its great depth (2,891 meters) may ex...Forest fire sensor inspired by nature
...e beginning of what is possible." The zoologist is currently looking for industrial partners to work out the specifications of his sensor and mature the technology. To determine where the limits of this monitoring principle lie he also wants to make precise measurements of his biological model. "There are ind...NIH renews funding for continued Rb2 tumor suppressing gene research at Temple
...atents. Six additional patents have been filed and currently are under examination. Furthermore, he has received international recognition on several occasions, including being awarded the Irving J. Selikoff Award for Cancer Research and the Rotary International Award, Lions Club Napoli-Europa, for outstanding...Growing new breed of vaccine-producing plants to fight human diseases worldwide
...he Arizona Biodesign Institute until May 2003. He currently serves as the Co-Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology of that Institute, with Professor Roy Curtiss. Arntzen was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1983 and to the National Academy of Sciences in India the ...Colleagues to recognize research leadership in cancer detection, prevention and treatment
...arch, the American Association for Cancer Research currently is accepting nominations for its series of annual awards. Scientists advancing the understanding and eradication of cancer through basic research, clinical care, therapeutics and prevention are eligible. Winners will help the AACR fulfill its missi...Microarrays, key genome expression trackers, work better when probes are sequence-verified
...ences -- sometimes as much as 20%, on both old and currently used platforms didn't perfectly correspond with the appropriate mRNA as defined by the reference sequence (RefSeq). Research at Harvard's Brigham & Women's Hospital The study, entitled "Increased measurement accuracy for sequence-verified microa...Researchers uncover surprising degree of large-scale variation in the human genome
...ater resolving power of the ROMA technology (which currently employs one probe every 35 kb) relative to other methods. Moreover, several features of ROMA result in a signal-to-background ratio superior to that which can be obtained by hybridization of total genomic DNA to an array of BACs. Further refinements ...It's a no-brainer: Prepare for West Nile virus
...udy's authors recommend that physicians follow the currently accepted WNV testing regimen. They also suggest that electrodiagnostic testing be performed in patients with unexplained weakness and in those who are critically ill to rule out acute flaccid paralysis syndrome, a severe neuromuscular complication of......stern states, produces a chlorine chemical that is currently being studied for its cancer-fighting characteristics. Other plant species make a highly toxic fluorine compound that is poisonous to livestock. The organohalogen produced by many ticks, however, has a more alluring effect. The female of 14 tick ...Presidential Recognition Awards presented at the 2004 AIUM Annual Convention
..." said Dr Nelson. Dr Whitman is currently associate professor of radiology in the Division o...Course Committee. Dr Abuhamad is currently associate professor and director of obstetrics & gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medici...Scientific publications: Time for change
...freely available. Also, the European Commission is currently conducting a study on scientific publications. "This is the point of no return," said Tracz. "It is now time for the publishing model to change."......se of mTOR inhibitors, including rapamycin analogs currently being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of cancers and tuberous sclerosis, may be useful for the treatment of polyps arising in PJS patients, and possibly in other tumors that result from the sporadic loss of LKB1." Study co-authors include...