UF Researchers Investigate Phenomenon Of Seizure-Alert Dogs
...h recurring seizures is said to have epilepsy -- a generic term used to define a variety of seizure disorders, according to information provided by The Epilepsy Foundation of America. About 25 million, or one in 10, Americans have had, or will have, a seizure at somepoint in their lives. In the projec...Pitt Researchers Develop Strategy To Use Dendritic Cells To Treat And Prevent Tumors
...ic foreach individual. So instead of relying on a generic vaccine, we could tailor avaccine to attack unique features of each patient's tumor." Previous approaches to tumor vaccination have required that researchersidentify and isolate antigens from cancer cells and then develop ways tointroduce the...Researchers Discover How Ulcer Bug Becomes Antibiotic-Resistant
...hor of the paper. Metronidazole -- a generic drug sold as Flagyl, MetroGel and Protostat -- is prescribed for dental abscesses, certain vaginal infections and conditions where anaerobic bacteria or protozoan parasites are suspected. It also is the key component in combination therapies for pept...Evaluation Of The Two Types Of Cardiac Pacemakers Indicates Only Modest Differences In Value
...nctional class and minimize the long-termeffect on generic quality of life." The pacemakers have traditionally been associated with different advantages. The single chamber ventricular pacemaker is less expensive, easier to implant,and has a longer service life than the dual chamber pacemaker; most important......oise" mode that temporarily shifts thedevices to a generic heartbeat pacing rate when they receive confusingsignals. This mode keeps a heart beating until the interference isremoved. Woody and Herkert have tested more than 120 medical devices sincethe center opened in 1995. The testing includes both proto...Mouse Study Trumpets New Way To Preserve Species
..., as opposed to oocytes or embryos, is that fairly generic protocols appear to be successful in freezing such tissue," Critser says. "These findings may be a boon to conservation biologists working to collect and preserve genetic resources from those species that are most threatened by extinction." Crit......metimes called "super aspirins" and sold under the generic names of eptifibatide, tirofiban and abciximab -- are more potent than aspirin. They are also administered through an intravenous "drip," or infusion. A report recently published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association analyzed 16......stem drugs, anti-inflammatory agents, vaccines and generic pharmaceuticals. American Home Products owns a majority interest in Immunex. AHP is one of theworld's largest research-based pharmaceutical and health care productscompanies. It is a leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing andmarketing ...SFVAMC-UCSF scientists solve a key protein structure
...production of energy withincells. Complex II is a generic name for one of the five proteins in theprocess. This discovery is important because it increases scientists' understanding ofone of the most fundamental processes of biological systems, says Gary Cecchini,PhD, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical ...Gene that causes familial British dementia may yield clues to Alzheimer's disease
... initiation of neuronal dysfunction. Amyloid is a generic name forprotein fragments that clump together in a specific way to form insolubledeposits. These fragments can arise from different proteins and have differentamino acid sequences. Up until now, the identity of the major component of the amyloid d...Primate genus sheds light on great ape and human origins, as reported in Science
...nd inthe Kenyapithecus material were real and of generic level importance,"Kelley said. The similarities also raise the intriguing possibility of a linkbetween Eurasian and African apes during the middle Miocene. The Pasalarmaterial is currently being analyzed, and Kelley stressed that the exact natureof t...Biosensor expected to improve food safety
...cies for now. They areSalmonella, E. coli 0157:H7, generic E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes,Campylobacter jejuni and Yersenia enterocolitica (found primarily in red meat).All of these pathogens are associated with stomach illness in humans. Whendetected, they are usually found in meat, but sometimes they occu...Road dust: Rural vehicles emit more pollutants than urban ones
...The model uses a default value - a theoretical generic number - to account for the amount of road dus... "We consistently found that the EPA models with generic input parameters over-predicted the emissions we found in the field, and that the one input the mode...Chemical industry science leaders keynote CIIT meeting
...he primary facility to conduct chemical industry's generic research, while it also assures CIIT's independence as a scientific institute. The public session of the Annual Meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 201 Harrison Oaks Boulevard in Cary. The session will begin at 3:30 p.m. with greeting...U-M scientist finds molecule plants use to control early cell development
...steries--how genes work together in plants to turn generic cells into specialized cells destined to become leaves, stems or flowers. The first identification of such a mechanism in plants is reported by Clark and his research associates in the July 28 issue of Science. It is a protein ligand-receptor pair--...Molecular switch that inhibits fat cell development found
...development. Development begins with a ball of generic stem cells capable of becoming any type of cell. Stem cells become precursor cells, which can change into a limited number of cell types. By the end of the developmental stage, cells are committed to just one cellular future. Scientists knew th...Lead-contaminated calcium supplements pose small but avoidable risk
...y does not mean it has a lower lead content than a generic brand," said Tebbett, director of the Analytical Toxicology Core Laboratory. "One cannot even assume that a given brand is uniformly safe, in that some of their products may have high lead levels, and others, low lead levels." "We don't want people ...Software to make testing of new generic drugs more thorough
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Drug companies may evaluate new generic drugs more thoroughly than eve... Drug companies must prove that the generic form of a drug functions like the original before they can receive approval from...Widespread 'superbug' is expert at acquiring drug-resistance
...also were resistant to just about every one of the generic antibiotics developed during the last 50 years, with the exception of vancomycin?an antibiotic now used as last resort therapy against MRSA infections. The Iberian clone has spread throughout hospitals in Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Italy, Sco......r illuminating the process of human development as generic embryonic cells begin down developmental pathways to become any of the 220 types of cells and tissue that make up the human body. Moreover, the ability to create supplies of blood in the lab has obvious implications for augmenting human blood suppli...