Banning animals from the bedroom could reduce Chagas Disease risk, say Science researchers
...onal-level insecticide spraying programs and blood screening in Latin America, Chagas disease remains a " serious obstacle to health and economic development," especially for the rural poor, say study authors Cohen and Ricardo E. Grtler of Universidad de Buenos Aires. To better understand how the T. cruzi pa...New finding may identify unknown agents of mad-cow disease
...of mammals and man. The researchers also devised a screening test that can be used to pinpoint unidentified prions, making it the first such genetic assay for these mysterious biological agents. The findings are reported in the July 27 issue of the journal Cell by UIC biology professor Susan Liebman and three ...Researchers discover new route to high blood pressure
...dle of the region containing the PHAII gene. After screening affected families for mutations in WNK4, the scientists found four families whose affected members showed different but closely related "missense" mutations in WNK4. The scientists theorized that the WNK4 mutations also increased the activity of the ......is of HIBM in high-risk populations. Such genetic screening is particularly important for Jews of Persian descent, among whom one out of 10 to 20 people is believed to carry the mutated HIBM gene.......ll-length gene sequences including high throughput screening methods for the respective proteases....Researchers explore wood smoke's threat to Great Lakes environment
...exposure concentrations, these tests are used as a screening tool to identify pollutants that can adversely impact populations of aquatic organisms at longer low-level exposures, they say. Detailed chemical analysis involving several hundred compounds found in the extracts showed the presence of levoglucosan, ...Age of menopause dictated largely by genes
...population sample participating in a breast cancer screening project that had begun in the 1970s. They also co...tical and 37 identical twins. In the breast cancer screening study all the women had agreed to provide extensive information about their health, their families a......alth Sciences Initiative. "This could lead to fast screening and molecular profiling for many diseases and a possible cancer chip for detecting cancer." "A big advantage of this technology is that one could look at multiple markers in a single reaction, whereas currently available assays require a separate rea...New study to compare digital, film mammography in massive $26.5 million effort to save womens lives
... words, but better pictures from the breast cancer screening technology known as mammography would be worth far...rs. Standard mammography has been the most studied screening technology over the past 40 years, and so we know more about it than almost any other diagnostic tec...New Knox company has big plans for ORNL technology
...y a potential drug candidate, which is the primary screening objective for pharmaceutical companies," Witkowski said. The Molecular Comb has several important advantages over conventional techniques to perform screen drug candidates, according to Witkowski. First, the technology requires minimal power, so it a...UGA researcher unlocks links between complex carbohydrates and spread of cancer
...ng a specific malignancy could become as simple as screening a bloodsample. "Cancer biotechnology is now starting to yield promise," Pierce said. "The key to curing cancer still will be early detection and early intervention that keeps the cancer from spreading."...Computers to help doctors identify rare diseases
...osis," he said. "Therefore, this type of computer screening could easily become part of routine history-taking and physical exam of patients, increasing the discriminatory power of clinical history and physical signs and symptoms in suggesting the presence of a rare infectious disease in any particular patien...University of Ulster spearheads giant leap forward in medicine
...s component parts in the hi-tech laboratory. After screening the venom the researchers are then able to explore its medical potential. Peptides obtained from the Giant Mexican Leaf Frog have been found to reduce blood pressure by 50% when administered in very low doses under laboratory conditions. This unlocks...... (3.1 percent). The overall prevalence of positive screening tests for TTVI, a measure of possible viral infect...result of an ongoing study funded by NHLBI that is screening large populations in an effort to find genetic markers for hemochromatosis. Almost 90 percent of h...Researchers discover secrets of Anthrax's killer toxin
...wn features of the protein rather than by randomly screening large numbers of compounds should hasten the development of new drugs to treat anthrax. The two publications describe exciting new opportunities for study at a time when the nation is paying unprecedented attention to the disease, although the resear...DNA biochip may lead to fast genetic screening, more effective drugs
...o look at drugs that bind to DNA or RNA. This drug screening process can help tell us why a drug is more effective than another. In this case, we know a drug molecule binds to a region in the DNA or RNA probe, but we dont know why," Gao says. "We have interesting observations, and if we knew the mechanisms of ......s that can speed up testing. Theyre very useful in screening out negative samples."If the validation process continues to proceed well, the Livermore DNA-based detection system would likely be used by the California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory for future testing, Walker said. The Livermore-developed......n, however. The Columbia researchers currently are screening more than 200 Caribbean Hispanic families that have at least two individuals affected by all types of Alzheimer's disease for a wide range of genetic markers. One or several of these may someday be shown to be associated with the devastating disease ...New study from Mayo Clinic provides insight into male infertility
...ctive Hrb protein and acrosome development, future screening for this protein deficiency may help eliminate that as a specific cause of infertility. "The findings will not lead to immediate therapeutic advances in fertility treatment," says Dr. van Deursen. "However, the findings provide valuable insight...UT Southwestern research projects bolstered with $3.6 million in funding
...still in development include performing diagnostic screening to detect carcinoma at an early stage. Uhr is working with Immunicon Corp., based in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., under a sponsored-research and exclusive-licensing agreement established between the company and UT Southwestern in 1999. Dr. Perrie Adams, U...