FSU scientists develop new tests to detect nut allergens in processed food
... permanent and sometimes fatal food allergies, and currently there are no de-sensitizing treatments available," said Sathe. Vulnerable individuals must scrupulously avoid all contact with the offending tree nuts, an increasingly difficult feat since they are widely used in a variety of bakery, confectionery an...Technology could enhance accuracy of breast biopsy
...urate clinical diagnosis of breast cancer. Doctors currently use X-ray or ultrasound - two-dimensional pictures - to guide the biopsy needle into a three-dimensional region. To ensure that they are doing the biopsy at the right spot, they take up to a dozen tissue samples. "If you're in the wrong spot and you...Croatian skeletons reveal changing status of cancer in Europe across the centuries
...anges to our lifestyle. The incidence of cancer we currently have in Europe, and the increasing incidence being seen in the developing world, can be reduced significantly through greater education about the benefits of not smoking tobacco, by encouraging people to eat a diet plentiful in fresh fruit and vegeta...Measuring artificial viruses to improve disease detection
...covering to prevent degradation. The standards are currently used in research laboratories to help check analysis methods for detecting specific types of RNA, but the product has not been approved for clinical use. What's needed according to NIST researcher Susan Krueger is a standard, reliable way to measure ...JCI table of contents, 1 July 2004
...in the blood. Understanding how this process works currently remains very limited. Free fatty acids are generated when glycerol is broken down in the liver or in fat tissue. One gene family thought to be involved in this increasing free fatty acids is the PPAR gene family. Sander Kersten and colleagues, from W...National Parkinson Foundation designates UNC as 'Center of Excellence'
...c directions on the horizon for Parkinson's. Huang currently has an NIA-funded career development award to investigate the neural circuitry of motor dysfunction in Parkinson disease using functional MRI techniques. She and Dr. J. Douglas Mann, a professor in the Department of Neurology, have been awarded an NI...Only 21 states offer newborn screening tests recommended by March of Dimes
...s. Fourteen states, plus the District of Columbia, currently offer tests for six to eight of the conditions on ...s list. Another fifteen states, plus Puerto Rico, currently offer tests for only five or fewer conditions. Nine states (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, M...Bacterial protein recycling factor possible key to new class of antibiotics
...y influence bacterial RRF," says Kaji. His lab is currently identifying the ribosomal site to which RRF is moved from the currently identified position. "It is from this position where RRF performs the final and the most important a...Therapeutic cloning no longer a dream, says scientist who produced first cloned embryonic stem cell
...eat promise for the treatment of a large number of currently untreatable conditions, including many inherited diseases. "Our first attempt was clearly not very efficient", said Professor Moon. "We only managed to harvest one stem cell line. We do not know whether this was due to something going wrong in th......or shade-grown coffee, which included two programs currently in use: ECO-OK, now referred to as sustainable coffee certified by Rainforest Alliance, and Bird Friendly , certified by Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC); and several programs never implemented: Mexican Shade Coffee, Mexican Shade Coffee PLUS...USC researcher named General Motors Cancer Research Scholar
...cology from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He currently resides in San Gabriel, Calif. The GM Cancer Research Scholars Program began in 2001 and provides $1 million per year to support the ongoing research projects of young scientists early in their careers. The program is open to members of the more tha...Purdue yeast makes ethanol from agricultural waste more effectively
...enhouse gas since part of it is recycled." Ethanol currently is produced when yeast ferments glucose and relate...Corn-based ethanol production in the United States currently is about 3 billion gallons per year," Ho said. "According to conservative estimates, 30 percent of t...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...otypes). The technology developed by Church's team currently can read a slide with 10 million polonies in about...g a high-quality draft of a mammalian-sized genome currently costs about $20 million, but NHGRI's aim is to dramatically reduce that cost to $1,000 over the next...Biologists ID defense mechanism of leading fungal pathogen
... presence of NO and ramp up its defenses. They are currently trying to determine which chemical signals Candida uses to detect the presence of NO. "Baker's yeast and Candida both have the gene to make NO-scavenging enzymes, but Candida has three copies, and it alone has a mechanism to react to increased NO lev...Yale researchers receive $4.5 million grant to study spinal cord repair
...r approaches with rehabilitation therapies, and is currently assessing the use of body-weight supported, robotic treadmill therapy to restore gait in animal models of MS and in patients. "Combining cellular interventions such as cell transplantation to encourage remyelination and axon growth with appropriate r...Researchers recommend new approach to combat drug-resistant staph infections
... approximately 90,000 patients." Noting, there are currently no new effective treatment plans on the market, Giorgio Dell'Acqua, PhD, an author of the study and scientist from BalaPharm International, said: "Prevention rather than treatment is crucial in combating staph. infections, and we suggest that RIP may...Scientist honored for studies of genetic influence on chemotherapy, tumor development
... the level of associate professor or professor who currently is engaged in an active research career anywhere in the world, and who has demonstrated extraordinary achievement in basic cancer research. It is awarded to an individual who shows promise for continued substantive contributions to basic cancer rese...Melting ice cap gives urgency to new census of marine life project in Arctic Ocean
...r at least twice as many species in most groups as currently described." Dr. Gradinger says sampling to date has relied on relatively small boxes to scoop sediments from the ocean floor, or ice drills to reach the water, missing many organisms which "simply move out of the way." The abundance of marine mammals...Mutant mice lead to memory insights
...t be possible to use the same inhibitors that are currently being tested in cancer and Huntington's disease as therapeutic compounds for RTS," wrote the researchers. In the other paper, Edward Korzus and his colleagues created a sophisticated knockout mouse to pinpoint whether CBP's role in histone acetylatio...$5 million grant funds partnership, studies of minority-based issues in reproductive health
...e clinical studies that are part of this grant are currently recruiting participants. One study aims to determine whether female hormone levels are higher in African-American compared to Caucasian females. The study will measure both the differences in hormone levels in the normal menstrual cycle, as well as d...