Dangerous Chemical Combination Presents Possible Scenario For Gulf War Illnesses
... laboratory analysis of tissues in the central and peripheral nervous systemsshowed that multiple chemical exposure caused enlarged axons and axonaldegeneration, a sign of widespread nervous system damage. Tests also suggested that the severity of clinical signs depends on howactive a particular blood enzyme ...Study: Hydrogen Bonds Aren't Key To DNA Pairing After All
Hydrogen bonds play at best only a peripheral role in theaccurate pairing of DNA bases, researchers have shown,overturning the conventional wisdom long been held by biochemists. The finding represents a milestone in researchers' understanding of the workings of DNA -- the genetic bedrock of all ...Scientists Use IGF-I To Grow New Membranes Around Neurons
...e to indicate that IGF-I can promote growth of new peripheral nervous system myelin sheaths," according to Eva ... neurons cannot transmit signals from the brain to peripheral nerves or from nerves back to the brain. Feldman and U-M research fellow Hsin-Lin Cheng presented th...Biological Clocks No Longer Found Only In The Brain
...s case it might mean that our skin, liver or other peripheral tissues have their own clocks to control these local functions," he suggests. Participating in the research were scientists Jeffrey Plautz of the Scripps Research Institute and Maki Kaneko and Jeffrey C. Hall of Brandeis University. The stu......e property of microscopic beads to lodge in the peripheral vasculature. These beads are made to slowly rel...hese growth factors can simply be injected into peripheral tissues this is not possible in case of the heart. A systemic injection may also be deleterious ......aging of neuronal activity within the brain and peripheral nervous system. Localization of the defects to the sensory hair cells or primary neurons in the mutants was achieved by a non-invasive technique of labeling early embryos with a fluorescent calcium indicator and subsequent imaging ...U-M Engineers Win Army Grant To Build Artificial Eye
...l as the proper processinginstructions, to achieve peripheral "vision." The detectors will also have tobe able to "see" everything from deep shadows to bright sunlight, and sometimesboth at once. And finally, the whole system will have to be mounted in such away that it is not sensitive to movement, either by...Protein Implicated In Multiple Sclerosis
...n proteolipid protein (PLP) and PLPpeptides in the peripheral blood of MS and control subjects. Journal ofNeuroimmunology 84(2), 172-178....Antisense Therapy Prevents Burkitt's Lymphoma In Mice
...nvolvement may include testis, nasal sinuses,bone, peripheral lymph nodes, skin, bone marrow and the central nervous system. Burkitt's lymphoma is found in higher rates in central Africa, but isreported from many other areas. The Epstein-Barr virus, a herpes virus, has beenisolated from Burkitt's lympho...New Polymer Implants Can Rescue Dying Brain Cells, Researchers Say
...nto the bloodstream totreat diabetic neuropathy, a peripheral nerve disease that causes loss offeeling in the extremities. Dr. Saltzman will present his paper, BIOT 19, on Sunday, Aug. 23, from 2:30 p.m. -2:55 p.m. at the Sheraton, Republic A, 2nd Floor. Nancy Blount can be reached at the Press Room of the Conv...... disorder thatproduces progressive degeneration of peripheral nerves. One out of 3,000 peoplesuffer from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, with 10 to 20 percent of those havingthis particular inherited form. This led the research team to reappraise thefunction of connexin32 in myelinating cells. They hypothesized th...Ribozymes To The Rescue: New UF Gene Therapy Shows Promise For Treatment Of Inherited Blindness
...escence. As the disorder progresses, night vision, peripheral vision and ultimately all sight can be lost. Currently, there is no way to halt the deterioration. Since the UF research was published in the August issue of Nature Medicine, Lewin has heard from many other scientists who are working to apply "riboz...Sex-Specific Behavior Controlled By Peripheral Nervous System
...nt than previouslysupposed given the nature of the peripheral nervous system to strongly influencebehavior." Weissburg's experiments are uncommon. Only a few other researchers havemanipulated sensory systems in this fashion, some in invertebrates and otherswith vertebrates. Weissburg knows of only one o...Treatment With IL-2 Plus HAART Markedly Reduces HIV In Immune System "Hiding Places"
... of replicating whenthey cultured 10 to 20 million peripheral blood resting CD4+ T cellsfrom each patient. When they cultured much larger numbers of peripheralblood resting CD4+ T cells from these six individuals - up to 330million cells per person - the researchers still could not find anyreplication-competen...Cellular Target Of Leprosy, Deadly Viruses Found
...th antibiotics,that would block its entry into the peripheral nerve," he said. In a second set of experiments, Campbell and colleagues from The ScrippsResearch Institute found that members of a family of hemorrhagic viruses calledarenaviruses, which include lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and Lassafe...Scientists Show For The First Time How Leprosy Bug Targets Peripheral Nerves
... how the bacterium that causes leprosy targets the peripheral nerve,the crucial step leading to nerve damage in ... dystrophy, multiple sclerosis andvarious types of peripheral nerve diseases. "We have identified for the first time the exact cellular site that theleprosy-causi...Experimental Antibiotic Promptly Kills Drug-Resistant Bacteria In Studies
...f tubing-linked chambers that house bacteria. This peripheral structurecommunicates with a central compartment into which antibiotic is infused. The design allows researchers to periodically vary the concentration ofantibiotics in contact with the bacteria, simulating the half-life of a drug being absorbed, dis...Functional Arteries Grown From Cells Using Novel System That Simulates Fetal Environment
... initial use of bio-engineered vessels would be in peripheral orcoronary artery bypass surgeries, where veins are used to carry blood aroundclogged arteries. Because veins are physiologically different than arteries,they are not ideal candidates for bypass. Also, because of co-existing diseaseswhich effect bl...Researchers Discover How The Immune System Shuts Down Faulty T Cells
...ing that repeated binding of the CD 8coreceptor to peripheral class 1 proteins was somehow important, the resear... paradigm for understanding thelife and death of a peripheral T cell," Cantor says. The research was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.......fine tuning of the pituitary response to brain and peripheral signals." This important discovery, which will be published in the June 7, 1999 issue ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, will provide a tool forresearchers studying the endocrine responses that modulate the protectionagainst sepsis (b...