Major grants support immunology, transplant and diabetes research at the University of Chicago
...icateautoimmune disease and eliminate the need for permanent immune suppression intransplant patients. The Collaborative Network -- which includes more than 70 of the world's leadingimmunology researchers and clinical specialists in transplantation andautoimmune disease from nearly 40 institutions in nine coun...Human genome bears a virus related to HIV-1
...ERV-K (for human endogenous retrovirus K), took up permanent residence in the genetic material of Old World monkeys shortly after they diverged from New World monkeys. The viruses then traveled with their simian and pre-human hosts as these species moved along the evolutionary path that led to Homo sapiens. Cu...... that for the first time there is a possibility of permanent control of high blood pressure involving gene ther...ourselves to thinking there are no side effects to permanent changes, and we should always guard for that."...USGS reports that West Nile virus goes beyond crows
... in determining if the West Nile virus will find a permanent home in the western hemisphere and what impact it will have on our native species. Periodically, the USGS issues Wildlife Health Alerts to keep natural resource agencies appraised of wildlife health or disease issues that may threaten free-rangi...New Cosumnes River research partnership announced
... River in 1984, The Nature Conservancy has secured permanent protection for nearly 40,000 acres in the floodplains of the Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers. The new Cosumnes Research Group has four main goals: to conduct baseline scientific surveys; to design and implement long-term hydrologic, biologic and lan...Gene found for Papillon-Lefevre syndrome--a disorder affecting skin and gums
... are young adults. The rapid loss of both baby and permanent teeth mirrors the most severe forms of periodontal...ly completely toothless. The disease also affects permanent teeth, with most patients losing all of their teeth by age 20. People with PLS also tend to have an...Antibacterial implants could prevent infections, save patients' lives
...commonly used devices as catheters as well as more permanent implants, such as pacemakers, according to Buddy Ratner, UW professor of bioengineering and director of the University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) program. A two-article series on the technique appears in this month's issue of the J...NIH conference to assess state of medical implants
...percent of the American population currently has a permanent medical implant. Retrieving and evaluating medical implants provides the only true long-term data on how a patient's body responds to hosting an implant, as well as the final condition of the implant. Even so, there has not been any systematic effor...Gene mutation results in missing teeth
... Goldenberg, observed a 13-year-old boy missing 14 permanent teeth. Further investigation revealed that the fa...no detectable anomalies other than missing certain permanent teeth. All of the baby teeth developed normally. Exactly how the PAX9 mutation affects the devel...UF nutritionist: Better to vow to eat healthy for new year
...tic goals, want to lose weight fast and don't make permanent changes in their lifestyle. "I would hope that people would resolve to live a healthy lifestyle, exercise more if they are not exercising and eat a healthy diet. Those are good resolutions," Bobroff said. "The losing weight resolution is often a......percent of the American population currently has a permanent medical implant. Retrieving and evaluating medical implants provides the only true long-term data on how a patient's body responds to hosting an implant, as well as the final condition of the implant. Even so, there has not been any systematic effor...Lung ailments come with the paycheck for wide swath of workers
...ts make up the best-known group of people who have permanent lung injury from their work. Such workers are at much higher risk of developing lung cancer or fibrosis, where the lungs become hard and aren't able to absorb oxygen efficiently. Other lines of work that put workers at higher risk of respiratory dis...EPA, OSHA and CPSC accept non-animal system for screening chemicals' skin corrosiveness
...is more serious than skin irritation and involves permanent damage to skin, usually with scarring. In the new test, developed under the trade name Corrositex, a chemical or chemical mixture is placed on a collagen matrix barrier that serves as a kind of synthetic skin. Once it penetrates the barrier, the ...Genetic mutations associated with epilepsy
...re frequent and severe, these seizures may lead to permanent neurological damage. "We found two mutations in SCN1A that we believe account for GEFS+ Type 2," Escayg says. "SCN1A is the fifth epilepsy gene found so far. The other four are associated with rare forms of the disease." "We think this is just the t...Scientists discover 66-million-year-old dinosaur with a heart
...a. It was acquired by the museum in 1996 and is on permanent display in the museum's new "Prehistoric North Carolina" exhibit. Scientists have nicknamed the 663-pound, 13-foot-long herbivore Willo, after the wife of the rancher on whose property it was found. Images of the fossil, a video, and further i...Scientists issue telomerase caution
...ey stop growing or "senesce." To determine whether permanent telomerase expression was necessary to enable HMEC cells to continue growing beyond their usual senescence point, Beach and his colleagues employed a retrovirus that carried a gene encoding human telomerase. After 40 doublings, HMEC cells were infect...MetaPhore reports general anti-inflammatory surface treatment for biomedical materials
...etherurethane urea) and tantalum metal -- to allow permanent attachment of a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs, and then implanted the materials in a rat model. Examination of tissue surrounding the implant revealed a dose dependent anti-inflammatory effect, including: A dramatic reduction in both acute...Giant jellies invade Gulf of Mexico threatening shrimp fishery
...ters." Whether they can survive and become a new permanent resident to the northern Gulf of Mexico is a big question waiting to be answered. "If they do survive the winter, next year the problems they cause will be much more serious then we are seeing now," predicts Graham. "These jellies and their effect...Researchers develop new method for preventing hip dysplasia in dogs
...than other treatments and shows great promise as a permanent preventive measure. JPS involves heating...ry. The second option is total hip replacement, a permanent and costly alternative for older animals that have already developed arthritis secondary to hip dysp...Colorado set to fly biomedical experiments on September shuttle flight
...sias Mir Space Station, and are expected to have a permanent presence on the International Space Station beginn...egin next spring after the laboratory module and a permanent crew are in place. The station will provide low-gravity conditions for months on end for experiment...