Phase II trials of second-generation antisense cancer drug planned following successful early study
...n antisense cancer drug to be used in patients are soon to be underway in the wake of a successful Phase I... complete in around six to 12 months, with results soon after that. "Of course, it is still early days, but we are optimistic. The drug worked well in anima...Hidden diversity: DNA 'barcoding' reveals a common butterfly is actually 10 different species
...o the particular plants the caterpillars ate. It soon became obvious that A. fulgerator was, indeed, a complex of a number of separate species whose adult forms looked remarkably similar. When the centuries-old method of telling insects apart -- the examination of their genitalia by John Burns at the S...New sign language suggests children create language's fundamentals through learning
...y 1981. No one taught the children to sign, but as soon as they were together they began to develop a system of gestures for communicating with each other, both in and out of school. Today there are approximately 800 deaf signers of NSL, ranging from four to 45 years old. Each wave of children that enters...European common frog found to use novel mating strategy
...y male grabs the female and fertilizes her eggs as soon as she releases them into the water. End of story. But that's not the end of the story, according to Spanish researcher David R. Vieites, now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. In high-altitude ponds in the Pyrenees, on ...The search for a kinder, gentler chemotherapy
...nto absorbing them. Once inside, the particles may soon be able to deliver a pharmaceutical payload, killing the tumor from within, avoiding the destruction of healthy cells responsible for much of the damage caused by traditional chemotherapy. The research is published in the August 25 edition of the Jou...Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...e new study, along with advances that are expected soon to describe the entire Populus genome DNA sequence, will help scientists find specific genes in a matter of minutes using computational approaches. Such discoveries would have taken decades or centuries prior to these databases, Strauss said. "Once ...Computer models expose humans as main cause of caribou decline
... suggests that if things continue as they are now, soon we won't have anymore caribou to protect," he said....Entrepreneurs to be told how nature's secrets can improve business
...reneurs and inventors from all over the globe will soon be told the secrets of nature that can help them succeed in business. Academics from the University of Bath's prestigious Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies are to release at a workshop the results of their latest research harnessin...Researchers identify the genome's controlling elements
...g elements" of an entire genome--findings that may soon contribute to a new way of understanding human hea...e. "That paper is just the beginning of what we'll soon be doing in human cells," Young declares. Even though the yeast genome's 203 regulators are a far cr...Analysis of biological clock may lead to greater understanding of human disease
...is upset by travelling across time zones, but very soon the body adjusts to the new day/night cycle. New studies of the computational models of the circadian rhythm of fruit flies show that the internal clock is robust, that is, not easily perturbed. These studies may eventually lead to greater understand...One-hundred-fifty year old lessons of John Snow still relevant today
...e-causing agent found its way into water, it would soon become diluted and essentially harmless. Even more amazing, said Stephen Rachman, associate professor of English and co-author, was that Snow formed his conclusions nearly 30 years before Louis Pasteur work with germ theory. "It's interesting to note...The future of HIV therapeutics is brightening, according to Gladstone Institutes Director
... the three steps in the viral entry sequence could soon form a new "triple cocktail" therapy for HIV-infected patients. Prospects in the longer term are also bright, with the recent discovery of natural antiviral factors that are very active against specific forms of HIV. "The single most exciting new are...Study of flu patients reveals virus outsmarting key drug
...the drug produced mutant drug-resistant viruses as soon as four days after treatment. Moreover, patients continued to shed significant amounts of infectious viral particles even after five days of treatment with the potent antiviral agent. "The problem with this compound is that a single (genetic) mutati...Computer database being developed at Temple will allow for better inventory of chemicals
...for Neurovirology and Cancer Biology, the task may soon get much easier. Rappaport, who chairs the Universitys bio-safety committee, has developed a prototype database and software that will more efficiently manage chemical and biological inventories, while aiding in regulatory and safety compliance. ...Clams: They're not just for chowder anymore
...experiments impossible without those antibodies as soon as the project is complete. The research team includes: Avram Hershko of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Yosef Gruenbaum of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Robert Palazzo of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Robert Goldman of Northweste...Genetic clues found for common congenital brain disorder
...rminate the pregnancy if the disorder is diagnosed soon enough. A reliable genetic test could provide better information earlier and could be used to reassure parents that a subsequent pregnancy was normal. The story of Dandy-Walker malformation has come full circle, note the authors. The name comes fr......ogenesch is currently a researcher at GNF and will soon become an associate professor and the head of Genome Technology at Scripps Florida. Circadian Rhythms and Jet Leg: Blame the Liver Science has known for years that humans, mice, and many other plants and animals possess internal clocks that kee...Alcohol-use and depression among pregnant and postpartum women
...ncy should seek help for both of these problems as soon as possible," said Eiden. "Given the challenges of the postpartum period due to the stresses of parenting and changes in hormone levels, which can themselves sometimes result in postpartum depression, treatment during pregnancy is vital." "Although ...'New and better drugs for tuberculosis' goal of UH professor
...laboratory, what starts off as a mere molecule may soon become a potential drug to treat tuberculosis. Krause, an associate professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston, has been invited to discuss this research at The Protein Society's 18th Annual Symposium "Protein Structure, Fu......occurrence -- "increase the dose by 29 percent" as soon as they learn they are pregnant. The University of Chicago study, however, published in the 11 August 2004 issue of JAMA, shows that increasing the dose without careful testing is hazardous. Overcompensating for a mother's shortage of thyroid hormon...