Livermore research in accelerator mass spectrometry highlighted at ACS meeting
...Other presentations include using AMS to study new potential biomarkers for atherosclerosis, DNA oxidation in breast 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 ty...Evidence for the impact of climate change on deep-sea biodiversity
...new elements towards a better understanding of the potential large-scale consequences of climate change....Heartless worms hold clues to cardiac arrhythmias, sudden death
...k. Any new proteins they find may have therapeutic potential for preventing acquired long QT syndrome. In addition to Petersen, Balser, Yang, and Roden, authors of the PNAS paper include Toni R. McFarland, Svetlana Z. Stepanovic, Kenshi Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D., and Alfred L. George, M.D., at Vanderbilt and David...Newly discovered protein may be key to muscular dystrophy
... in humans as it does in C. elegans, identifying a potential new route for treatment of muscular dystrophy. The research is being reported in the August 19 issue of the journal Nature. Normally, a nerve cell induces a muscle cell to contract by releasing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at the sy...UCR earns $1.5 million grant to examine how engineered crop genes stray
...and the world's food supply. Biotechnology has the potential of increasing crop yields, lowering production costs, and offering consumers more choices and higher quality at the supermarket. But certain risks have been identified, such as the evolution of new weeds because of contamination with transgenes that ...Anti-bacterial additive found in Maryland streams
...ine the effect of triclocarban on aquatic life and potential pathways of unwanted human exposure," said Dr. Halden....Embryonic stem cell therapy shows steady benefits in rebuilding infarcted heart
...t attack (myocardial infarction). The regenerative potential of stem cells in relation to the muscle layer of t... has been limited. Mayo Clinic team demonstrates potential for "rebuilding" damaged heart Using embryonic stem cells, Mayo Clinic researchers transformed thes...When is a mouse like a test tube?
...th each other. But her in vivo chemistry has great potential for studying cells in living organisms and creating new diagnostics, and perhaps treatments, for disease. "We're using the mouse as a reaction vessel, designing chemical reactions that will teach us about biology and disease without causing physiolog...Other highlights in the August 18 JNCI
...suppressor genes, they could group tumors by their potential for malignancy. This method may be able to help di...ated with the invasive, angiogenic, and metastatic potential of a variety of malignant tumors, and with poor survival of cancer patients. In a new study, Israel ...Progress in breast cancer progression
...to become invasive and mark the NF-kB pathway as a potential anti-metastatic therapeutic target. ...JCI table of contents, 16 August, 2004
...to become invasive and mark the NF-kB pathway as a potential anti-metastatic therapeutic target. TITLE: NF-kB is essential for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in a model of breast cancer progression AUTHOR CONTACT: Thomas Wirth Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany ...Medication reconciliation, pharmacist involvement vital to reducing medication errors, study finds
...ber of medication errors dropped and with them the potential for patient injury. "A medication error, once in a patient's medical record, can carry-over from admission through discharge unless medication reconciliation is performed," says Kristine Gleason, who is on the hospital's Patient Safety Team and is t...Stem cell research targets cerebral palsy
...gh stem cells are immature cells coveted for their potential to become many different types of cells, donated s...rs," Dr. Carroll says. Although he thinks there is potential for stem cell therapy to one day help restore function lost to the group of disorders known as cereb...ASU researchers demonstrate new technique that improves the power of atomic force micrscopy
...t by allowing scientists to monitor the effects of potential drugs on an ever-smaller scale, according to Stuart Lindsay, director of the Center for Single Molecule Biophysics at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and a lead researcher on the project. Lindsay, an ASU professor in the departme...Hopkins scientists use blood proteins to detect ovarian cancer
... two groups and ultimately narrowed the search for potential marker candidates to the three proteins, one of which (ITIH4) is commonly found at high levels in ovarian cancer and the other two at lower levels. "Typically, only half of early-stage ovarian cancer patients have high blood levels of a standard mar...Marijuana ingredient inhibits VEGF pathway required for brain tumor blood vessels
...on," said Guzmn. The results, he added, suggest a potential new approach toward the treatment of these otherwise intractable brain tumors. "It is essential to develop new therapeutic strategies for the management of glioblastoma multiforme," the scientists wrote, "which will most likely require a combination ...'New and better drugs for tuberculosis' goal of UH professor
...at starts off as a mere molecule may soon become a potential drug to treat tuberculosis. Krause, an associate...t this enzyme. A molecule of this type would be a potential antibiotic to treat TB." Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Alle...Technology already exists to stabilize global warming
...f the 15 technologies will have reached their full potential and may not be able to keep up with increasing demand. Case for action Pacala and Socolow said that limiting carbon emissions to present-day levels for 50 years would put the world on a track to stabilize the concentration of carbon d...Jefferson Lab detector technology aids development of cystic fibrosis therapy
...grees. "I think a tri-modal imaging device has the potential to bring a very powerful tool to biomedical research. The first modality, x-ray, tells you about structure. The other two modalities, gamma emission and optical, can both give you information on function, allowing doctors to measure two different fun......nt proteins economically. Recombinant proteins are potential therapeutic agents for treating human and animal diseases and creating new vaccines. Plant-made vaccines are especially beneficial because plants are free of human diseases, reducing the cost to screen for viruses and bacterial toxins. "Recombinant p...