Nanotechnology pioneer slays 'grey goo' myths
...non-replicating weapons in unprecedented quantity, leading to an arms race or war. Policy investigation into the effects of molecular nanotechnology should consider deliberate abuse as a primary concern, and runaway replication as a more distant issue." In 1986, Drexler described a powerful manufacturing sy...APP reports Abraxane(TM) is active in breast cancer patients who failed taxol or taxotere
...at had already spread. Breast cancer is still the leading overall cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 20 and 59, with 40,110 deaths estimated in 2004. One of every three cancers diagnosed in the United States is breast cancer; excluding skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer am...Gene therapy tested to protect bone marrow during chemotherapy
...nton Gerson, M.D., professor of medicine, has been leading the effort to introduce a gene into bone marrow cells that would protect the cells against the debilitating effects of chemo, thereby helping the patients maintain greater strength following chemotherapy. June 6, at the American Society of Gen...Avastin-Tarceva combo provides 'one-two' punch against lung cancer
... "one-two punch" against lung cancer, the nation's leading cancer killer. The work, led by researchers at the...d in larger clinical trials." Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, killing more than 157,000 people each year, more than th...DCI donor services begins distribution of tissue implants
...ted human tissue allografts, DCI Donor Services is leading the field in developing implant technology for the new millennium." ...Study links diabetes and colorectal cancer
...obesity in the U.S. and much of the Western world leading contributors to the development of type-2 diabetes was commensurate with the high incidence of colon cancer in these parts of the world....Albany high school student adds to understanding of breast cancer gene
...n, detailing the likely sites for BRCA-1 mutations leading to breast cancer. Figge is a student member of the...arious species served as potential mutations sites leading to loss of function of the gene and increased risk for breast cancer for the person carrying the gen...Why lung cancer in women is different from men
...ung cancer research. The WALC board is composed of leading women oncology health care professionals in the United States and Canada, along with members of women's advocacy groups and the lay public. For more information on Loyola University Health System, log onto http://www.luhs.org ....When blood can't get to brain, special CT scan helps
...at national meetings establishes her as one of the leading authorities on perfusion CT not only in the U.S., but worldwide," he says. "Her work will provide the framework for integrating perfusion CT into day-to-day practice." In addition to Hoeffner, Thompson and Mukherji, the authors of the two papers incl...Nerac delivers journal tracking solution through TOC Journal Watch
TOLLAND, CT June 2, 2004. Nerac, Inc., a leading information services company, today announced the official launch of TOC Journal Watch Plus, an online service that tracks the table of contents from 21,000+ publications. TOC Journal Watch Plus also delivers an easy solution for locating the full-te...Drug that cuts off tumor's blood supply extends lives of colorectal cancer patients
...st common cancers in men and women, and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States....Two dinosaurs from Africa give clues to continents' split
...es, abelisaurids were virtually unknown on Africa, leading some to suggest that Africa had split off first from the southern landmass Gondwana, perhaps as early as 120 million years ago. The new fossils indicate that Africa and other southern continents that formed Gondwana separated and drifted apart over a...RNAi delivery system crosses blood-brain barrier to target brain cancer
...8 percent increase in survival time. The research leading to the Pardridge group's design of a tandem-probed...ofit foundation dedicated to discovery of research leading to cures for brain cancer. ABC2 was created by the late Dan Case, chairman of H.P. Morgan H&Q, and h...Umbilical cord blood transplants, bone marrow transplants save lives
...e marrow transplant at Loyola. Today all four are leading productive, happy lives. Loyola has the largest bone marrow transplantation program in the Midwest, performing 160 transplants each year. It is a participating center in the National Marrow Donor Program network. The latest statis...Cell growth and death controlled by single pathway in lymphoma cancer model
...y the NK-kB pathway. Sure enough, the cells died, leading the team to conclude that the fusion proteins promote cancer development by both pushing cell growth through activation of NF-kB, which, in turn, repressed p53, inhibiting cell death. In addition, the researchers found when NF-kB was blocked, the ce...3-D micro-imaging technology licensed to Carl Zeiss Jena
...ts today (May 28, 2004) by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, a leading maker of microscopy instrumentation, and by CCTEC, the technology, enterprise and commercialization arm of Cornell University. The license for two-photon laser microscopy (also known as multiphoton microscopy, and protected by patents dating back to ...Loyola decides to test new blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...cans die of trauma-related injuries, which are the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 45." The public notification activities were required because trauma patients, given the nature and extent of their injuries, are unable to give consent after an injury, such as a motor vehicle crash. ...Brain disease research, particle physics meet in the middle (ware)
...cus on experimental middleware applications. As a leading part of the emerging cyberinfrastructure, NMI software and services are used by thousands of researchers and educators in the United States and beyond....Shortened chromosomes linked to early stages of cancer development
..., can occur if this monitoring system breaks down, leading to the development of chromosomal abnormalities. "It appears that the telomere shortening frequently observed in large advanced tumors has already occurred before it can be detected by standard diagnostic tools, when cellular changes characteristic o......y Heritage Award to Leroy Hood, one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics and one of the first advocates of the Human Genome Project. The presentation will be made on Monday, 7 June, during the plenary breakfast session at BIO 2004 in San Francisco. "Award-winning research...