Cancer vaccine based on pathogenic listeria bacteria shows promise targeting metastases
...that "self tolerance" and mobilizes the T cells to recognize and attack cancer cells expressing these antigens. It is not yet completely clear what makes listeria such a good inducer of immunity, Portnoy said, but it probably has to do with its cell biology, the fact that it grows directly in the cell cytosol....'Smart antibiotics' may result from UCLA research
...studied a bacteriophage that was able to change to recognize different receptor molecules on the surface of bac... the phage to rapidly evolve new variants that can recognize bacteria that may have become resistant to the previous phage," Miller said. The microbiologist...Scientists discover potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria
... the phage to rapidly evolve new variants that can recognize and attack bacteria that may have become resistant to the previous phage. "Phage therapy has been practiced for nearly a hundred years in parts of the world, and even in the United States in the first half of the 20th century," says Dr. Miller. "B...Joslin Diabetes Center honors brothers living 70-plus years with type 1 diabetes
...der in diabetes research, care and education, will recognize brothers Robert Cleveland and Gerald Cleveland with Joslin Medals for their living more than 70 years each with insulin-dependent diabetes. The award ceremony, set for tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 23, at 2 p.m. at The Nottingham Senior Living facility i...Binocular rivalry: Fulfilling visual expectations
... all but abolished. Although our brain does not recognize walking figures until long after the point at which information from the two eyes is combined, these results show that once a walker is recognized it can cause dominance of signals from one eye and suppression of signals from the other. This is stron...Ecology of infectious diseases grants awarded
... natural systems work, public health officials can recognize when an outbreak is unnatural. The recent outbreaks of West Nile Virus and SARS show how little is known about the ecology of infectious diseases. This year's EID awards include studies of the ecology, dynamics and spatial spread of raccoon rabies i...Research on carbohydrate metabolism receives historical recognition
...ablished the chemical landmarks program in 1992 to recognize seminal events in the history of chemistry and to increase public awareness of the contributions of chemistry to society. Carl and Gerty Cori, who won the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine in 1947, observed what became known as the "Cori cycle," th...Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
...osition at Tufts' School of Engineering. "We recognize the need to integrate cell biology, biomaterials and bioreactor systems as a strategic approach to advancing the field of tissue engineering and associated services to address current laboratory and clinical challenges," Kaplan explained. The e...White House to honor UNC School of Medicine scientist for 'early career' achievement
...chnology." The Presidential Awards are intended to recognize and nurture some of the nation's finest scientists...e awareness of careers in science and engineering, recognize the scientific missions of participating agencies, enhance connections between fundamental research ...Identifying tick genes could halt disease, bioterrorism threat
...at we call our noses, is in its feet. These organs recognize carbon dioxide, which animals, including people, emit when they exhale. Ticks lie in wait until they receive the carbon dioxide signal that a meal is nearby. Then they leap, sink their mouths into flesh, and gorge themselves while at the same time sp...Mouse study shows NPAS3 and NPAS1 genes may be linked to psychosis
...th schizophrenia eventually commits suicide. "We recognize that the connection of our study to human psychosis or schizophrenia is very tenuous," Dr. McKnight said. "It's difficult to draw direct parallels between the simple behavioral abnormalities observed in the mutant mice and the complex, delusional cog...How an insidious mutation fools DNA replication
...ferring to incorporate the mismatch and failing to recognize it. Also, they found, if the 8-oxoguanine-cytosine pair manages to pass through the polymerase, the distortion disappears, meaning that the chemically flawed guanine will persist in the DNA strand. In further studies, Beese and her colleagues are exp...Washington University in St. Louis plays key role in sequencing moss genome
...er community of plant scientists will increasingly recognize the potential of this organism. The JGI genome project will take advantage of a continuing multinational perspective, with further funding expected from the Japanese government to Hasebe at the NIBB, which will enable the complete sequence determin...Researchers uncover secrets of immune system's munitions factory
... the immune system to produce antibodies that will recognize billions of different antigens the fragments of f...ations in the genes for the antibody segments that recognize antigens. These mutations occur about a million times more frequently than spontaneous mutations in ...Anticancer drug zebularine specifically targets tumor cells
...ncer Cell . Only recently have scientists begun to recognize the important role that DNA methylation--the addition of a methyl group to a stretch of DNA, which can lock, or silence, that gene--can play in the development of cancer. If methylation silences a gene that normally would control cell growth or promp...Genetically-engineered 'marathon mouse' keeps on running
...ases prevent them from exercising. The researchers recognize that such drugs already being tested by pharmaceutical companies could be abused as a way to enhance athletic performance. Led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Ronald M. Evans at The Salk Institute, the researchers published their f...Why damaged DNA gets a case of the bends
..., this flexibility explains how the body's enzymes recognize and fix damaged DNA. "There's a lot of discussion in the literature about how damaged DNA is recognized by the repair enzymes," said Maciej Haranczyk, a staff scientist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, ...Medication reconciliation, pharmacist involvement vital to reducing medication errors, study finds
...ounseling skills," says Gleason. "Pharmacists can recognize sound-alike and look-alike medications or omissions that others may miss, or dosages that don't seem right." "The project clearly demonstrated that pharmacists play an integral role in this," adds Gary Noskin, M.D., a study author, the medical direct...Protective gene may enhance vaccine responses
...rienced warriors are prepared to rush to the site, recognize that invader and eradicate it again. Scientists know a great deal about the rapid proliferation and differentiation of these T cells but very little about the factors that regulate contraction. In the September, 2004, issue of Nature Immunology pub......dly hypothyroid pregnant women, it is important to recognize that over-replacement appears to be equally detrimental."...