Genes Found That Label Cell Proteins For Disposal
...pelHill have discovered three genes crucial to the survival of cells. The genesselect cellular proteins for the disposal and eventual recycling of theircomponents. Because some of these proteins have been implicated in cancer and otherhuman illnesses, failure or disruption of this cellular mechanism may promo...New Study By TSRI Scientists Sheds Light On Viral Clearance In Acute Hepatitis B Infection
... accelerate viralelimination. This appears to be a survival strategy to control infections ofvital organs that would be destroyed if the only way to control the infectionwas to kill all of the infected cells." Hepatitis B is one of the most common, serious infectious diseases in the world.More than 350 millio...Immune Response To Hepatitis B Spares Liver Cells
...nd to other pathogens,because it provides a strong survival advantage for both virus and host." NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID conductsand supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosi...Key Peptides Found That Stop -- Even Reverse -- Kidney Disease In Lupus
...dult mice with established kidneydisease prolonged survival and even stopped progression of their disease. Remarkably, one of the peptides, called H4 16-39, not only arrested butreversed kidney disease in the mice and allowed them to live almost a normallifespan. Datta's group used a speci...Research Bears Fruit, And Patents
...erance, seems a very important factorfor long-term survival of raspberry plantings at many locations worldwide." Development of new cultivars is an important tool for solving serious diseaseproblems and for adapting crops such as raspberries to non-traditionalproduction regions such as Virginia's Southern Pi......owing autologous stem cell transplant can increase survival and decreaserelapse in ovarian and breast cancer patients when compared to the stem celltransplant procedure alone. The data was presented today at the 35th annualmeeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Atlanta, May15-18, 1999....University of Hawaii scientists announce first male clone
...bryos reached full term,Yanagimachi called the low survival rate "a barrier that still can be overcome." The research is important because it shows that animals of either sex can becloned and that somatic cells (non reproductive cells) can be used. "Preciousanimals of either sex"for example, endangered specie...Genetic testing and modified diets may save babies born with genetic defect
...n 5 years and attending school." The key to survival was a change in the diets of the affected children."Dietary treatment in these and other fatty acid oxidation disordersdramatically reduces morbidity and mortality." Ibdah said for infants with the genetic defect, special formulas areavailabl...Yerkes researchers find primate face recognition can be purely visual
... anotherin an altruistic fashion helps improve the survival of the family's geneticline. This so-called "kin s...s we are. Thatchimpanzees can do so may help their survival in ways that are not yet fullyunderstood, but that may have played a role in our own evolution as we...Economic model to aid alligator farmers
...s in Louisiana, also helps the wild population.The survival rate of wild hatchlings is very low due to cannibalism andpredation, while farm-raised hatchlings are protected from predators andcannibalism is not a problem because alligators are kept with others of theirown size. In Louisiana, farmers mus...Antibiotics-resistant bacteria
...l andsignificant the correlation between order and survival is," Minsky explained. Accordingly, the Weizmann team has recently begun to study the correlationbetween the organization of DNA and fertility in human sperm cells.......ding the ability ofsymbiotic algae, upon which the survival of their hosts is dependent, toconvert light into utilizable energy. "Because coral bleaching is occurring on such a global scale, the idea thatthe problem was a direct effect of elevated temperature in sea water madesense," said Dr. Mark Warner, a ...Threatened marbled murrelet first to be hatched in captivity
...ached fledging success they must have a prettygood survival rate. We've been following some young birds in previous years andwe know they travel considerable distances. We see them feeding, so they've gotthe instinct to feed. They don't learn from their parents and they're not fed bytheir parents once they've...Unique web site provides live access to laboratory research
...th of prostate cancer cells. "In order to improve survival rates and reduce medical costs, we need toknow what to target in a prostate cancer cell," Rice said. "Data we obtainfrom our NMR cell culture experiments may help us design new treatments foreven advanced prostate tumors." In another study, scientis...Mobile DNA sequences could be the cause of chromosomal mutations during the evolution of species
...be favourableincreasing the carrier's capacity for survival and reproduction and, in time,lead to new species. One of the organisms which scientists have studied in great depth with regard tothese changes is the Drosophila fly. This organism has giant sized chromosomesin the salivary glands of its larvae w...Gene therapy holds promise for treating inherited Lou Gehrig's Disease
...'s disease. The GDNF gene therapy enhanced survival of motor neurons in thelaboratory model of inherited ALS and increased the number of motor neurons thatmaintained 'communication' with cells in treated leg muscles. Additionally, GDNFgene therapy slowed shrinkage of motor neurons and muscle atrophy, ...Cellular espionage at play in post-menopausal osteoporosis
... IL-1, and its effect with added estrogen; and the survival ofosteoclasts in the presence of estrogen. He found that estrogen prevented theIL-1/IL-8 destructive connection and it diminished IL-1 mediated osteoclastsurvivability. Osdoby and his group have concentrated on osteoclast behavior and activity in as...Scientists clear hurdle in effort to destroy experimental brain cancers with viruses
...Mand complement function and allowed for increased survival of the virus in the tumors. The drug also lowered antiviral activity inhuman plasma samples. Though Chiocca cannot predict whether these results could hold up in the clinic, he says the virus's performance in this severemodel of brain cancer makes hi......nalproperties within three to five days. The short survival time of stem cells inculture, has caused great difficulties in studying stem cells and using them fortherapeutic purposes. In their study, Weizmann Institute scientists used a so-called - chimera -recombinant molecule, consisting of interleukin-6 an...