Researchers identify gene for a primary form of sudden infant death sydrome (SIDS)
...ture infants. The gene may be used as a diagnostic marker and to develop treatments. "This collaboration between the Clinic for Special Children, Translational Genome Research Institute (TGEN), and Affymetrix is an important example of how modern genetic knowledge can, and should be, used to help solve...Living at home helps young mothers stay in school
...sal factor for poor parenting, living at home is a marker for young mothers who are at risk for poor parenting. On the other hand, our results suggest that more schooling may be a real outcome of staying at home (possibly because the mothers received more encouragement and/or more help with child care). Alt...Patients' cells from tumors, the immune system merged for customized cancer therapy
...cing T cells that would recognize a defined cancer marker molecule, but the immune response to those vaccinations often fell short of expectations. The Harvard team aimed at making a hybrid cell composed of both the cancer cells and dendritic cells taken from patients for use exclusively in the individual f...... of Milan, having previously shown that a cellular marker called AC133 is required for muscle precursor cells to differentiate into mature muscle, the researchers now demonstrate that AC133-positive stem cells are a promising new source for replenishing muscle satellite cells that are depleted in muscular d...JCI Table of Contents, 15 July 2004
... of Milan, having previously shown that a cellular marker called AC133 is required for muscle precursor cells to differentiate into mature muscle, the researchers now demonstrate that AC133-positive stem cells are a promising new source for replenishing muscle satellite cells that are depleted in muscular d...Funding to commercialize technologies of UC San Diego engineers tops $1.2 million
...tissue surface. These cells express the functional marker molecule thought to be critical for lubrication. In the past year, Sah's group has developed methods for testing the efficacy of these implants, and the von Liebig Center funding will allow them to carry out the tests in vivo in adult mini-pigs, to d...ALL survivors bear genetic damage from life-saving chemotherapy
...ined the frequencies of alterations found within a marker gene in the blood cells of ALL patients at four in...rapy altered the DNA sequence within that specific marker gene. The research showed that at the time of diagnosis, the blood of patients contained an a...Protein stops blood-vessel growth, holds promise as cancer therapy
...The protein may also serve as a diagnostic tool, a marker of cancer status. Rapidly dropping levels of fibulin-5 might signal a tumor preparing to grow and/or spread. "The good thing about this protein is it's extra-cellular, especially as a diagnostic marker," said Emmanuel Hilaire, a technology transfer ...Scientists learn how adjuvant makes vaccines effective
...in mice. Then they discovered that cells bearing a marker known as Gr1 appeared in the spleen shortly after the injection of alum into mice. Gr1 is a marker found on a variety of immune-system cells, including granulocytes. This group of Gr1 cells in the sp......ged during the heart attack. They found that this marker specifically increased in these damaged areas as new blood vessels developed, and allowed clear view of changes in the damaged area over time. Since this method is both non-invasive and uses standard imaging technology, it is an ideal new tool for m...JCI table of contents, 15 June 2004
...ged during the heart attack. They found that this marker specifically increased in these damaged areas as new blood vessels developed, and allowed clear view of changes in the damaged area over time. Since this method is both non-invasive and uses standard imaging technology, it is an ideal new tool for m...Researchers identify genetic markers to predict response to chemotherapy for colorectal cancer
...l, Fox Chase researchers also discovered a protein marker to help predict response to combination chemotherapy with capecitabine and irinotecan. Medical oncologist Neal J. Meropol will present these results at the ASCO annual meeting in a Gastrointestinal (Colorectal) Cancer Session on Sunday, June 6 betwe...Molecular marker predicts success of breast cancer treatment
...xpression ratio may provide an effective molecular marker for identifying breast cancer patients who will be less likely to successfully respond to tamoxifen and would therefore benefit from an alternative therapeutic strategy for treatment of early stage breast cancer. According to Dr. Erlander, "This coll...UC Riverside researchers discover new way to identify cell growth
...Medical researchers could use the newly discovered marker as a diagnostic tool to monitor the emergence of c...developed a tool (antibody) that detects the novel marker and identifies growing cells," Sauer said. The research paper described the identification of the e...JCI table of contents, 1 June 2004
... sensitive ELISA system that provides a diagnostic marker for this disease, and also gives indication of the likely clinical severity. This study provides an essential new diagnostic tool for the detection of this often debilitating skin disease, but it also presents important information on the underlyin...The skinny on diagnosing skin disease
... sensitive ELISA system that provides a diagnostic marker for this disease, and also gives indication of the likely clinical severity. This study provides an essential new diagnostic tool for the detection of this often debilitating skin disease, but it also presents important information on the underlyin...Clue found on breast tumors distinguishes patients with better survival odds
...wn University Medical Center have discovered a key marker in breast cancer tumors that may help determine wh...py. Conversely, women whose tumors lost the Stat5 marker had a 7.6-fold increased risk of dying from recurrent breast cancer. "Detection of the Stat5 marke...Many scientists believe the dog genome holds information that will benefit human health
...are known. The DNA sequence of each microsatellite marker can vary considerably among individuals but is often shared among those who are closely related. Parker examined 96 different microsatellites in 414 purebred dogs representing 85 breeds. She then worked with Kruglyak, an expert in the application of...Embryonic stem cell - based tissue engineering may help repair damaged heart muscle
...cle cells," he said. "We inserted a bioluminescent marker (what causes fireflies to luminesce) into our stem cells and were able to see that they engrafted in the living organ." There are two components to tissue engineering, according to Dr. Kofidis: the cells that will replace the dead cells and regenerat......ts final structure. Using a fluorescent molecular marker highly expressed in the developing heart, the authors found mutations that result in valve defects, and identified a fish mutant they named cardiofunk (cfk). Genetic mapping of cfk showed that the abnormality was caused by a mutation in a gene encodi...