Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...on with a single mission: the prevention and early detection of cancer through scientific research and education. Over the years, CRPF has made major contributions to ongoing programs of the AACR and therefore has been named a "Champion of the AACR."...Pacific Northwest team unveils largest virus proteome to date
...rnum said, might also suggest how the virus avoids detection by the immune system--that it's using the body's own cellular proteins as camouflage. Before this study, a comprehensive analysis of the proteins that constitute the HCMV virion had not been possible without the development of new proteomics ...Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
...st on the planet should provide leads to establish detection criteria and strategies for Mars or other planetary bodies," explained Dr. Nathalie Cabrol of the SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif., and NASA Ames Research Center, located in California's Silicon Valley. She is the project science lead and co-inv...New sequence involved in DNA replication timing may aid in cancer detection
...iming may eventually become a method for the early detection of cancer. "Replication timing assays are one of m...that may, in the future, allow much earlier cancer detection than is possible today," concluded Huberman....No role for simian virus 40 in human pleural mesotheliomas
..., might be a cause. However, studies reporting the detection of SV40 DNA in human tumors (including mesotheliom...been a source of intense debate since the apparent detection of SV40 DNA in some human tumors was first reported," explained Fernando Lopez-Rios, M.D., of the De...March of Dimes statement on newborn screening report
...ld and there is a reliable test that enables early detection from newborn blood spots or other means. We support parents' rights to be fully informed about their baby's screening results, and we support expansion of health care provider education about newborn screening. March of Dimes state chapters and the...Scientists find nanowires capable of detecting individual viruses
...rus, the chances of even a modified virus escaping detection would be very low. In a clinical setting, the extreme sensitivity of nanowire arrays means they could detect viral infection at very early stages, when the immune system is still able to suppress virus populations. It's at this stage of viral activit...Scientists decipher genetic code of biothreat pathogen
...ei was isolated in 1882 greatly improved the early detection of the disease in horses. Glanders was eradicated in the United States by the 1930s. Cultures of B. mallei were used as biological weapons during the U.S. Civil War, World War I and World War II. In addition, there have been reports that the Sovie...Popular Science announces Third Annual 'Brilliant 10'
...a sensor on the other side, and you could create a detection system for noxious car emissions; installed in an airport walkway, such a laser could sense trace amounts of explosives. Henrik Jensen , 34, University of California, San Diego for his work in the field of computer graphics. Surfaces don't just r...Simian virus 40 not associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, study shows
...monkey kidney tissue. Several groups have reported detection of SV40 in the tumor tissue of 15% to 43% of NHL patients, and the virus causes leukemia and lymphoma in laboratory rodents. However, other research groups did not detect SV40 in NHL tumors, and recent evidence has suggested that it cannot infect hum...New dye directly reveals activated proteins in living cells
...ddition, the dye proved highly sensitive, enabling detection of protein activation at low levels, unlike current fluorescence methods that require protein over-expression for detection. "For the first time we saw native Cdc42 activity in living cells," Hahn said. "But perhaps the most important aspect of the p...Serotonin metabolites in mollusks suggest pathways for human therapies
...y leads to unwanted side effects. Stuart, using a detection system built to measure serotonin and related compounds, found two new serotonin metabolites in the nervous system of marine mollusks. The metabolites were in separate yet adjacent body tissues, suggesting, he said, that different chemical pathways ...Snakehead in your inbox? Welcome to the nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert System
...the economy, environment, or human health. "Early detection and response are critical in reducing the damage caused when nonindigenous species become invasive," said Fuller. "Waterways, lakes, and oceans are particularly vulnerable because underwater surveillance is certainly more difficult than monitoring la...Early detection hope for eye disease
...treatable. For this to happen, screening and early detection are crucial. Sonny Ramachandran, from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, outlined a new technique that uses spectral imaging, a non-invasive and safe method of taking pictures of the retina, to study the blood vessels of the eye and reveal the pres...Wrapping a memory with an experience, capacity for recollection detected in non-human species
...ve a capacity for recollection?" In humans, signal detection techniques have been used to distinguish memory responses triggered by familiarity, the general sense that a person or thing has been previously perceived, from those triggered by recollection, the sudden rush of detailed memory. The BU team chose t...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... al. Two highly-trained monkeys performed a motion detection task under two different attentional states. For cells that had robust responses to the motion stimulus, attention modulated the response function without a shift in the time or shape of the response. Thus their results suggest that attention increas...Study reveals first genetic step necessary for prostate cancer growth
...d therefore can be used to develop new markers for detection as well as new strategies for prevention and early...e he is in danger. "The idea is to set the bar for detection as early as possible," Greenberg said. "Ideally, we'd hope that a man diagnosed at an early age with...Virginia Tech professor honored with DeLaval Award
...and especially for his research in electronic heat detection that resulted in the development of the Heatwatch system, a way to identify dairy and beef cattle ovulation that allows cattle producers to efficiently identify cattle in heat. Nebel, a Virginia Cooperative Extension specialist and dairy project lead...How an insidious mutation fools DNA replication
...oxoguanine-adenine mismatch seems to readily avoid detection by the polymerase. "There have been a number of st...s not understood why this particular lesion evaded detection as well as it does," said Beese. "It is one of a series of such oxidative lesions, but it is conside......f precision provides a critical step toward future detection of this potential public threat," added Keim. "In addition, this study established a model for other biothreat pathogens, and common public health related diseases such as E. coli, Strep, Staph, and Salmonella."...