Protemix corporation announces discovery of way to repair hearts damaged by diabetes
...r explained: 'The next step is to investigate this novel treatment, which is the first in its class, in Phase 3 trials in humans. We are currently submitting our Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enable this process to occur. If successful in Phase 3...Researchers improve detection of diverse anthrax strains
...entists have capitalized on genomic data to define novel diagnostic tests and to gain insight into the evolutionary and genetic history of the deadly pathogen Bacillus anthracis (anthrax). Researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU), the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and The Inst...University of Arizona licenses patent for natural fungicide
...Stanghellini teamed up with Maier to investigate a novel use of biosurfactants. The researchers verified that the natural surfactants in Stanghellini's hydroponic system were rhamnolipids produced by a common soil bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The team went farther and showed that such rhamnolipids co...Regular physical activity really does boost immune system in older men
...dies depended on antigenic challenges that weren't novel to the subjects, which stimulated secondary or ter...nger immune system into older age. They designed a novel in vivo challenge to the immune system. To get clean, comprehensive results, they used KLH (keyhole ...Evidence for sympatric speciation by host shift in the sea
...als of the ancestral population began inhabiting a novel species of coral and that this "host shift" could have happened without geographic isolation of the new population. Philip Munday and colleagues at James Cook University, Australia, used genetic analyses to show that a new species of coral-dwelling g...No longer just for biology, RNA can now be built into 3-D arrays
...ers have achieved new control over RNA and created novel arrays. By mixing the custom-made RNA strands with other substances, such as magnesium chloride, the researchers were able to get the strands to join into 3-D shapes. In 1987, Guo discovered that a bacteria-infecting virus possesses a biomolecular...Length of sex act in flies dictated by genetics
...riod" and "timeless" regulate mating behavior in a novel way unrelated to the clock. These genes control not only when certain behavioral acts may occur, but also how long they may last. Clock genes are also found in humans they have been conserved between tiny fruit flies and humans through millions of y...Anticancer drug zebularine specifically targets tumor cells
LOS ANGELES, August 23, 2004 A novel anticancer drug that inhibits a process known as DNA methylation is preferentially taken up by tumor cells as compared to normal cells, according to a group of researchers led by scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southe...Congress to fund Sequim-based coastal security research effort
...hes and estuaries. Another will look at developing novel ultra-small nanomaterials to serve as surrogate collectors and sensors. These "smart" sensors are designed to selectively capture and preconcentrate signatures in the marine environment. "The vision is to establish a network of sensors and biosensors...Livermore research in accelerator mass spectrometry highlighted at ACS meeting
... cancer cells, pharmacokinetics and development of novel drug delivery devices. Henderson will present an overview of AMS applications in biological research and the use of AMS to detect a new type of DNA damage in breast cancer cells. Charles Westbrook of the Chemistry and Materials Science (CMS) Director...Heartless worms hold clues to cardiac arrhythmias, sudden death
...oped a C. elegans-based screening tool to identify novel protein regulators of a potassium channel involved...rs are now using the C. elegans tool to search for novel interacting proteins that modulate HERG drug block. Any new proteins they find may have therapeutic ...Researchers show how to assemble building blocks for nanotechnology
...gement of points that can be changed) may serve as novel materials with optical and mechanical properties. The chains, rings and twisted and staircase assemblies could serve as basic structural units to further prepare materials with more complex structures such as tubes, helices and 3-D networks that coul...When is a mouse like a test tube?
...s in biology." She and her colleagues report their novel chemical experiments - the first reaction in a living organism between two chemicals that don't react with the organism - in the Aug. 19 issue of Nature. In this particular experiment, they showed that they could use this type of chemical reaction t...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ps French and Ugandan researchers have discovered novel antimalarial compounds by observing the behavior o...n veterinary and behavioral survey might provide a novel approach to the discovery of new bioactive natural products useful in human therapy." (S. Krief, M. ...Forgetting, reminding, and remembering: The retrieval of lost spatial memory
...tephen Martin, and Richard Morris have developed a novel protocol that distinguishes retrieval from new learning. The original protocol, developed by Morris over fifteen years ago, takes advantage of the fact that rats are good swimmers but prefer life out of water. Rats are placed in an opaque pool and tr...Putting energy into heart protection
...g and after a heart attack. The identification of novel AMPK targets and/or the possible use of AMPK activators may be useful in providing therapy for healing during or after a heart attack. A related commentary in this issue by D. Grahame Hardy from the University of Dundee places these data in the cont...JCI table of contents, 16 August, 2004
...g and after a heart attack. The identification of novel AMPK targets and/or the possible use of AMPK activators may be useful in providing therapy for healing during or after a heart attack. A related commentary in this issue by D. Grahame Hardy from the University of Dundee places these data in the conte...5AM Solutions releases Microarray Enterprise Manage(TM) Software
...ncy. MEM simplifies data standardization through a novel method of verification (MAGEmaker), provides intuitive interfaces for data entry, batch-oriented uploads and downloads of relevant files, and allows researchers to form virtual collaboration groups. "Any Core Facility would be greatly empowered by t...Marijuana ingredient inhibits VEGF pathway required for brain tumor blood vessels
...pal investigator. "The present findings provide a novel pharmacological target for cannabinoid-based therapies." Glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive form of glioma, strikes more than 7,000 Americans each year and is considered one of the most malignant and deadliest forms of cancer, generally re......ulate and engineer." Since his discovery of a novel RNA that plays a vital role in a microscopic "motor" used by the bacterial virus phi29 (see related story), Guo has continued to study the structure of this RNA molecule for years. It formed the "pistons" of a tiny motor his lab created several years...