First Evidence That Localized Arthritis Gene Therapy Heals Distant Diseased Joints
...sthat are extracted from patients' joints during a medically necessary surgical procedure for RA. After these ...moved and replaced with artificial joints during a medically required joint replacement surgery. These knuckles are being examined for evidence of gene therapy ...Breakthrough: Scientists Create 3-D Map Of Cell Membrane Ion Pump At Near Atomic Resolution
...ations of our work, detailed understanding of this medically significantmembrane protein family may open the door to drugs that can regulate thesemolecules in disease states," the biochemist said. In recognition of his continuing experiments, the Alexander von HumboldtFoundation last month awarded Sca...... the key ingredientsare and what parts of them are medically necessary. We now have a good idea ofthe most important species plants that are used in traditional curing by theHighland Maya; we just don't yet know how they work." The team will be collaborating closely with scientists at El Colegio del...Viral Harpoon Structure Suggests Measles, HIV And Ebola Viruses Related
... findings willspur further studies involving other medically important viruses. Specifically, determining the three-dimensional structure of the fusionprotein sheds new light on the key event in paramyxovirus infection — whenthe virus unfolds itself to reveal a spikelike protein that is launched into the...Researchers Learn How Nature Produces Cholesterol-Lowering Lovastatin
...tracycline and erythromycin, have been found to be medically useful forhumans. Ten years ago UW pharmacy professor C. Richard Hutchinson and scientists inEngland discovered one process by which microorganisms produce polyketides. Thescientists found that six enzymes work together with two or three carbonbuildi...DFG releases statement on possibilities and limitations of genetic diagnosis
...atters such that tests can be performed only witha medically justified goal of establishing a disease risk. This means that such tests mustnot be available freely and that they can be performed only if there is a corresponding medicaljustification. A genetic test can be performed only after individuals under s...Meet the chemical that lets sea creatures thrive
...r," says Yancey. "Theidea is that it could be used medically also to work on all sorts of proteins."...NY pilot study pushes Human Genome Project toward cures for disease
...e molecular level. This strategy should lead us to medically relevant data more quickly." Sali will discuss the...protein function. The scientists say that choosing medically relevant protein targets will provide benefits whether its folds are "new" (i.e., different from tho...Tobacco farm workers may contract tobacco sickness, Wake Forest study shows
...art of the growing concern that poor, minority and medically underserved populations bear a disproportionate share of environmental and occupational health risks." Quandt and other researchers at Wake Forest are now engaged in a three-year epidemiological study of green tobacco sickness among farm workers, fi...Studies of clumsy flies yield molecule important in balance, hearing
...sound waves are converted into nerve impulses -- a medically important question since nearly 30 million people suffer from hearing loss due to defects in this sensory machinery. In an article published in the March 24, 2000, issue of the journal Science , the researchers reported experiments in which they p...Nature's path leads scientists to new antibiotic strategy
... the potential of using nature as a guide to build medically important synthetic molecules that can outperform their naturally-occurring counterparts. "Nearly all antimicrobial agents now used in clinical settings are naturally-occurring molecules, or are closely related to molecules found in nature," Gel...Nurses, alert janitors boost seniors' mental health
...ation, highlights the first large-scale, low-cost, medically successful approach to the dilemma that elderly people on their own are far less likely to be diagnosed or treated for mental illness than younger adults, according to psychiatrist Peter Rabins, M.D., who directed the study. Elderly people are less...Genetic 'switch' key to biotech patent royalties
...ple, the switch could be used in the production of medically important proteins such as insulin in microorganisms," Keller said. "Or it could be used to turn on, or turn off, a crop plant's resistance to a herbicide." After finishing his bachelor's degree in chemistry at Ohio State University, Keller went on...Chemists report new approach to synthetic fragments of medically important Heparin
...ng to determine interactions with biologically and medically important proteins. At present, scientists know that Heparin is involved with biological processes, but they aren't quite sure how all the processes work, and they are quite certain that currently unknown processes take place. When scientists learn ...NIGMS awards 'Glue Grant' to create virtual cell
...searchers' efforts to translate research data into medically useful information. Once the data is posted publicly, any scientist--whether part of the Alliance or not--can pursue it via conventional strategies that may lead to publications and/or patents....Five New York City research institutions collaborate to study 3-D structures of proteins
...e molecular level. This strategy should lead us to medically relevant data more quickly." The human genome seq...crobes to humans. The scientists say that choosing medically relevant protein targets will provide benefits whether its folds are "new" (i.e., different from tho......and a multicellular filament form. For a number of medically and agriculturally relevant fungi, the filament form is necessary for pathogenicity. Ustilago maydis, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans may not sound familiar, but the effects of these fungi certainly are. Well known to any farmer, Ustil...... This completed genome adds to a growing list of medically important microbes that have been fully sequenced, including tuberculosis, gonorrhea and cholera. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), says the national campaign will lead to better methods ...