Study calls for end to age thresholds for prenatal genetic testing
... of Oxford, UK, concludes: "A positive decision to offer prenatal diagnostic testing to all pregnant women may have broader consequences, for obstetric and other health services. In many cash-limited systems, there would be a knock-on effect of increased service provision and need for training on the avail......within the peripheral nervous system could one day offer a springboard from which to introduce therapeutic agents into the brain and spinal cord. Dr. Michael Fainzilber's research is supported by the Y. Leon Benoziyo Institute for Molecular Medicine, the Irwin Green Alzheimer's Research Fund, the Koshland...MBL scientists confirm evolutionary exception
...olleagues will continue to study bdelloids as they offer an ideal model system in which to explore the effects of asexual reproduction. Their hope is to better understand how the animals have evolved without sexual reproduction and escaped extinction. "We can now use belloid rotifers to test the theories ...Inhibition of Borrelia burgdorferi protein may reduce Lyme disease transmission
...t. These insights into pathogen transmission might offer new approaches to reducing the incidence of Lyme disease....JCI Table of Contents, January 15 2004
...t. These insights into pathogen transmission might offer new approaches to reducing the incidence of Lyme disease. TITLE: OspC facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi invasion of Ixodes scapularis salivary glands AUTHOR CONTACT: Erol Fikrig Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Phone: ...Space technology in new technique to fight breast cancer
...targeting procedure". This innovative system will offer cancer patients a new non-invasive treatment option that is more patient-friendly and without the negative side effects associated with chemo and radiation therapies. "Benefits will also include savings to the public health care sector because it is...Medical students inadequately prepared for clinical rotations, caring for chronically ill
...e clerkships. We need to ensure that our students offer the best care possible, regardless of the specialty they choose." A new course in patient-physician communication at Hopkins is designed to help address the issue, according to Donna M. Windish, M.D., lead study author and postdoctoral fellow in me...DNA registry to study links among genetics, environment, disease
...e their participation in additional studies and to offer them the option to drop out of the registry. Currently, no similar resources are available to the National Institutes of Health or to researchers at UNC. "This is a pioneering initiative," said Dr. Paul B. Watkins, professor of medicine and director...Endurance of plants under quartz rocks possible model for life on early Earth, Mars
...rough the pebbles to support photosynthesis, could offer a model for how plants first colonized land, as well as how they might have evolved on Mars, said the scientists who performed the study. "Here you have a really bizarre habitat," said William Schlesinger, dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of...Results of pivotal study for GlaxoSmithKline's Valtrex published in New England Journal of Medicine
...ad in nearly all parts of the world, these results offer an additional approach for both patients and healthcare providers for what is the major concern of most persons with genital herpes; reducing the risk of transmitting their infection to their sexual partner." About Genital Herpes In 1991, an esti...Regenerative chemical turns muscle cells into stem cells
...tem cells from adults. Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) offer an alternative, but face both practical and ethical hurdles associated with the source of cells as well as methods for controlling the differentiation of ESCs. A third approach is to use one's own specialized cells and dedifferentiate them. Norma...'HapMap' scientists provide detailed plans
...o do." The power of haplotypes is that they offer a way of using the identity of a few key genetic building blocks in a given region of DNA to infer the rest of the sequence -- possibly tens of thousands of building blocks long. So instead of having to sequence each person's genome, future studies c...Biodegradable particles mimic white blood cells, target inflamed tissue, new study finds
... -- that could degrade even faster in the body and offer different drug delivery options, he said. Quick degradation also could help avoid uptake by organs not intended to receive the particles, he said, a possible negative side effect of the process. The research team also will further examine another i...Mouse embryonic germ cells and male gametes created in the lab
BOSTON - A pair of achievements in the laboratory offer new tools for better understanding how gametes (reproductive cells) form, and may offer insights to help scientists "reprogram" adult cells to create different tissues needed by the body. ...Automated analysis of bee behavior may yield better robots
...le individuals, Balch explained. Such behavior can offer ideas on how to organize a cooperating colony of robots capable of complex operations. To expedite the understanding of such behavior, Balch's team developed a computer vision system that automates analysis of animal movement — once an arduo...Researchers engineer mouse embryonic stem cells to form sperm cell precursors
...ately formed early-stage embryos. The research may offer a breakthrough tool for studies of embryonic cells... testes to let the sperm develop." Both approaches offer unique advantages, with the earlier study yielding mature sperm with tails, and the recent study pro...Yeast model yields insights into Parkinson's disease
...used in the study of genetic diseases because they offer researchers a simple system that allows them to clarify how genes work. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health, funded the study, which appears in the December 5, 2003, issue of Science....Budding viral hijackers may co-opt cell machinery for the getaway
... a pocket formed from cell membrane. The findings, offer new insights into how viruses propagate and cause disease, and how healthy cells work. Retroviruses travel from cell to cell in 'spacecraft' surrounded by the membrane of host cells. These transporters protect the virus from attack by the immune syst...A human hormone, combined with a full stomach, offers clues for understanding our food intake
...ew study suggests that our own hormonal makeup may offer promising clues. A team of researchers has tested the hypothesis that gastric distension in humans can enhance the effect of cholecystokin (CCK) on the reduction of food intake. The researchers conclude that CCK's suppression of food intake is enhanc......effects of caloric restriction, their results also offer a cautionary note suggesting that caloric restrict...ccount for age-related endothelial dysfunction may offer therapeutic approaches to ease or reverse the detrimental effects of age on skeletal muscle blood fl...