Blood tests identify patients on dialysis at high risk for death from cardiovascular disease
Routine blood tests given to people suspected of having a heart attack can also reliably measure...is frequently given to people with chest pain or a suspected heart attack in hospital emergency departments. C-reactive protein is a non-specific marker of in...Brain stem cells are not rejected when transplanted
...more easily into damaged retinas than other cells, suspected thatthese "neural stem cells" might be immune privileged. The only way for himto learn the true nature of their immune properties was to transplant theseneural stem cells to a part of the recipients body that, unlike the eye, wasnot immune privileged...Sepsis drug fights infection, decreases hospital care over two year study
...hat age group were eligible if they had a known or suspected site of infection, three or more signs of systemic inflammation and at least one sepsis-induced organ dysfunction. One of the more common concerns among clinicians treating older patients is that DAA, an anti-inflammation, anti-thrombotic drug, is a...Wildlife markets and disease transmission
...to humans. A recent example of the problem is the suspected link between wildlife markets in China and the outbreak of SARS in humans. Other possible cases include bushmeat and Ebola outbreaks in Africa, West Nile virus and monkeypox. Even the primate origins of HIV point to a link between wildlife and human...Organelle's discovery challenges theory, could alter approach to disease treatment
...ated view. They applied a fluorescent dye into the suspected organelle. They saw a membrane around it. The dye stained areas only within it, not in the cytosol. Serum containing antibodies to peptides related to pyrophosphatase unveiled this pump-like enzyme, and other staining techniques revealed high leve...Scientists find protein that controls prostate cancer's spread
...tissue array facilities. Keller and his team first suspected RKIP's key role several years ago, when they compared gene expression patterns in two lines of human cancer cells: a non-metastatic line called LNCaP and a metastatic line called C4-2B that was derived from the LNCaP cells. The RKIP gene was expresse...UCLA scientist wins prestigious award
... treat cancer. Liau and her research team cloned a suspected cancer-causing gene called GDOX, which is over-expressed in brain tumors and appears to promote tumor cell growth in cell cultures. The Kimmel grant will fund studies to further authenticate the importance of GDOX in cancer development. Liau and her ...Protein critical for development in fruit flies found to aid healing of cuts and wounds in mammals
...h. For many years, Drosophila biologists have even suspected that the same biochemical pathways involved in a process called dorsal closure in the development of fly embryos were involved in wound healing in mammals. During dorsal closure in Drosophila, sheets of cells come together and fuse along the dorsal m...Yeast genomes reveal new sites of gene control
...so discovered 43 new genes and determined that 515 suspected genes are not genes at all. The findings revised the estimated number of genes in the S. cerevisiae genome from 6,331 to 5,773. "This is the first step in understanding the gene-regulation network in a simple cell," says principal investigator Mark J......or of exposure to radiation. Researchers have long suspected that slow-moving, heavy particles such as alpha particles and neutrons should leave a characteristic pattern of damage. These kinds of radiation are known as "densely ionising" because they wreak havoc within a short tunnel; "sparsely ionising" X-ray...Abnormal immune response may play major role in glaucoma, study says
...tute and senior author of the study. "We have long suspected that an inappropriate immune response or loss of "immune privilege" in the eye may be a precursor or the first trigger that sets certain blinding eye diseases on their inevitable course of destruction. This is the first formal evidence to support thi...Body clocks keep migrating monarchs on course, Science study shows
...un's position in the sky changes. It has long been suspected that monarchs use their internal, "circadian" clock as part of their sun compass. "We have shown the requirement of the circadian clock for monarch butterfly migration," said Reppert. "When the clock is disrupted, monarchs are unable to orient toward...Real-time detection of pathogens in the environment: How close are we?
...yses during an emergency) was inundated with 2,500 suspected anthrax samples to analyze from 46 states, and the Centers for Disease control responded to 8,860 calls between Oct. 8 and Oct. 31, 2001. Ultimately, more than 32,000 people were advised to take Cipro (trademark for the drug ciprofloxacin) as a preca...Green tea boosts antimicrobial properties of toothpaste
... of polyphenols that occur naturally in tea. It is suspected that the concentration level of these polyphenols in the body is responsible for the beneficial properties of tea. Polyphenols may also contribute to the prevention of various types of cancer, including pancreas, colon, bladder, prostate and breast c...Greenhouse gas might green up the desert
...se in the concentrations of this greenhouse gas is suspected of driving global warming and its resulting climate changes. Tracking down carbon dioxide sinks could help scientists better assess how long such absorption might continue and lead to the development of efficient methods to take up carbon dioxide....TSRI scientists show that rare genetic mutations increase susceptibility to sepsis
...teria. Blinding the Immune System Scientists had suspected that genetic factors determine who gets the severe...f the innate immune system," says Beutler, who had suspected that these eyes may be myopic for some people and that mutations in the TLR4 gene may underlie the g...Stanford researchers isolate protein needed for stem cell maintenance
...ulators of animal development, these proteins were suspected to have a role in keeping stem cells in their youthful, undifferentiated state - a suspicion that has proven correct, according to research carried out in two laboratories at Stanford University Medical Center. The ability to isolate Wnt proteins cou...Location of ulcerations in diabetic patients may be explained by blood flow
...re-ulceration issues, since cutaneous perfusion is suspected to be influenced by arterial circulation but and the mechanical effects of repetitive pressure. Background Type II diabetes is related to poor glycemic control and if uncontrolled, leads to microvascular and neuropathic complications that can ...University of Georgia scientists plot key events in plants' evolution
... "extra genes" were shuffled around or lost. It is suspected that this may be one explanation for how different species emerged. "The duplication event that occurred 200 million years ago occurred in virtually all plants," Paterson said. "The duplication event 80 million years ago affected a lot of plants, but...New proteomic techniques reveal workings of bacteria linked to cystic fibrosis
...alysis of children ages 3 and younger, researchers suspected that changes within P. aeruginosa early in the child's life allow the bacteria to work up such tough defenses. So researchers would like to find areas of vulnerability in P. aeruginosa as early in life as possible, since recent studies indicate that ...