National Cancer Gene Therapy Foundation gives $4.0 million in research grants
...harnesses the body's immune system to seek out and eliminate minimal residual disease in women with breast cancer, and to wipe out any microscopic cancer deposits that may have spread to other parts of the body. Dr. Reilly and his lab are using a genetically modified tumor cell as the vaccine. The target of ...Transplant rejection averted by simple light exposure in Stanford animal study
...rs found. The researchers were able to effectively eliminate the Langerhans cells in transplanted mice by expos...ight before treatment. "What we would do is try to eliminate the host Langerhans cells before the transplant, as we did in the mice," Merad said. She noted that ...Christopher Walsh wins 2004 Promega Biotechnology Research Award
...esistance, which showed how pathogenic enterococci eliminate a key hydrogen bond in their cell walls to alter the effectiveness of this drug, has also directly affected current antibiotic development. Walsh's research has had other, far-reaching implications as well: his attention to vancomycin resistance heig...NASA-inspired technology may help preserve women's future fertility after cancer treatment
...Ovarian follicles are highly fragile. We wanted to eliminate as much opportunity for mechanical damage as possible." For comparison purposes, some ovarian tissue was encapsulated in a special protective polymer gel and some was not, Dr. McGee said. Culture wells, test tubes and rotating wall vessels were incub...U.S. President's budget proposal means 5-year cuts 'well below historic levels'
...artment of Commerce, the Bush Administration would eliminate the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), as well as cut the budgets of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by 10.5 percent and 17.3 percent respectively by FY 2009. ...Chicken litter harbors agents that generate antibiotic multi-resistance, according to UGA study
...there are still several other antibiotics that can eliminate them. But if bacteria in the same environment are already equipped with clusters of genes conferring resistance to many antibiotics and can readily exchange these clusters, then the treatment options are limited. "That's what we have today, and...UC Riverside researchers improve drought tolerance in plants
...to recycle vitamin C, thus reducing the ability to eliminate the buildup in reactive oxygen species that occurs with the onset of a drought. "This reduction in vitamin C recycling causes plants to be highly responsive to dry growth conditions by reducing the rate of water that escapes from their leaves. Thus,...Colorectal cancer rates in African Americans equal with insurance parity
...timistic that this research lays the foundation to eliminate this disparity. "Further work to define optimal ...f care and apply those processes universally would eliminate health care disparities," Rogers said. Rogers continues to investigate the processes that impact p...A new hypothesis about autoimmunity. Is it possible to be too clean?
...esponse, and killer T cells selectively target and eliminate other cells in the body that are infected with the virus. However, the T cells themselves are often lost. Diabetes develops when there is a rapid turnover of T cells, and the resulting T cell population targets insulin-producing beta cells. The Ben...Scientists develop new cloning technique that dramatically shortens the search for genes
...e defective copies of RNA, which the cell tries to eliminate as quickly as possible a fact that led Mitra and her colleagues to predict that defective RNA would only show up in very low concentrations in mutated cells. But would the reverse also be true? If a cell produces low quantities of an RNA transcript,...Awards honor Alt's three decades of genetic cancer research
...the H2AX gene can lead to translocations. "If you eliminate H2AX and P53 in mice, they get all sorts of cancers lymphomas, solid tumors, you name it," Alt says. Interestingly, simply reducing H2AX activity is enough to cause genomic instability. "You can't just think that a tumor suppressor gene has to be ...National Foundation For Cancer Research names UCSD's Webster Cavenee NFCR Fellow
... lead to more effective therapies in the battle to eliminate cancer. "After working with Dr. Cavenee for two years, we feel his research is unequivocal in the understanding of tumors and how they react under a variety of conditions," said Franklin C. Salisbury, Jr., president of NFCR. "His discoveries are t...Study reveals important new factor in cystic fibrosis lung inflammation
...ble to increase life expectancy and delay, or even eliminate the need for difficult and costly lung transplantation procedures." CF is a genetic disease affecting approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States. A defective gene causes the body to produce an abnormally thick, sticky mucus that cl...Combination therapy drives cancer into remission
...econd drug to trigger the process might reduce or eliminate chemotherapy-resistance and be an effective strategy for treating cancer. Based on their familiarity with the programmed cell death mechanism, and on their knowledge of which existing drugs target which components of the mechanism, the researchers w...Scientist works to interrupt early changes resulting in diabetic vision loss
...ive cells such as retinal Muller cells, which help eliminate unnecessary or even harmful substances in and around cells. Muller cells, for example, can take up glutamate and convert it to harmless glutamine, so Dr. Smith also is studying how these cells are affected by high glucose. While continuing to dissect...Scientists call for less destructive remediation at DOE sites
...ontrol of some contaminated DOE sites, and thereby eliminate the hypothetical "site resident" scenario. The authors maintain that continued Federal control would minimize public health risks, environmental damage and remediation costs. In addition to these benefits, the scientists say preserving such sit...As obesity skyrockets, Joslin Diabetes Center urges action to stem the tide of type 2 diabetes
...Donald's did last week when it announced plans to eliminate its supersized offerings. The food industry needs to boost its efforts to clearly label nutrition facts and cut marketing of unhealthy, high calorie snacks to kids. Too often are consumers fooled by foods that look healthy but are excessively calori...Bioprocesses upstage traditional chemical processes
...agriculture, and chemicals. Bioprocesses sometimes eliminate conventional steps in chemical synthesis while enabling cost-effective manufacturing. "The pace of bioprocess adoption in different industries will depend on the economic viability of the process and the influence of regulations," says Technical Insi...Stanford study questions identity of alleged Romanov bones
...ill analysis of the bones, so he ''just decided to eliminate it from [his] consideration of the historical evidence.'' Though he has concluded from probabilistic analysis of existing evidence that the bones belong to the Romanovs, Ostrowski remains open to hearing new evidence or re-analysis of old data. ''The......New techniques and technologies that can reduce or eliminate such interferences always extend the power and application of analytical techniques. With the CRC technology, spectral interferences long associated with the ICP/MS technique have been overcome. The technology uses simple and effective gas-phase reac...