Pitt Researchers Construct Novel Delivery System For Gene Therapy Of Liver Disorders
...der, eventually we maybe able to use this delivery system to jump start the body's production oftherapeutic proteins and enzymes, which will offer patients with hepatoma, viralhepatitis, cancer and other disorders a viable treatment," stated Dr. Huang. Currently, Dr. Huang and his colleagues are r...Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research And Education
...performing automated backup to protect the storage system from disk failures andnatural disasters; receiving...r particular items; and staging data from the disk system to the computer processor tohelp programs execute faster. Mark C. Suchman, a sociologist at the Uni...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...everal schools in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County system in North Carolina. "One of our goals is to help students learn science by doing science," said Bill Schmitt, director of the Galaxy Classroom , which provides programming in science and language arts to classrooms. "Through The Albatross Projec...Mystery Of Vital Cell Protein Solved After 30 Years
...rotubules, hollow fibers which serve as a skeletal system forliving cells. Microtubules have the ability to...f invaluable help in understanding the microtubule system in the cell." Tubulin is a "heterodimer" protein, meaning it is comprised of a pair ofpolyp...... do agree thatthey have some kind of communication system that might be more complex than wehave heretofore thought," said Ralph Holloway, professor of anthropology atColumbia and co-author of the Science paper. He believes chimps may converseusing a sophisticated array of facial, body and hand gestures, p...Fruit Flies May Shed Light On Cocaine Addiction
... of the changes in the Drosophila brain andnervous system in response to cocaine are probably very similar to those thatoccur in the human brain. This gives us a new tool to learn more about brainreceptors and neurotransmitters, and also to better understand the genetic andphysiological basis of cocaine ad...Hurdle In Ulcer Vaccine Development Cleared
...uld be used as a vaccine, it would primethe immune system to attack similar proteins, preventing H. pylori from clinging to the gastriclining. Dislodged as the stomach churns or empties, the bacterium would be lessable to deliver toxic products to human tissue and therefore less likely tocause disease. ...STS-89 Will Carry Five Science Payloads From NASA/Marshall
... by the STS-86 mission.IPCG uses a compact optical system to show how the concentrations vary insidea soluti...grows in the microgravity environment ofspace. The system was operated by astronautDavid Wolf and provides video images captured on computer. Animproved und...Maillinckrodt Medical Licenses Invention For Concentration Of Rhenium Radioisotopes
...rocedure and is provided by a special ion exchange system developed at ORNL. Theconcentration method, developed by researchers at the laboratory, usesrhenium-188 for the radiation of the coronary arteries after angioplasty. Rhenium treatment following balloon angioplasty cuts the rate of restenosis, or re...Handfish Steps Back From Brink Of Extinction
..., rural and industrial development of the Derwent system are other possible causes. Spotted handfish have a low breeding capacity, the female laying only 80-100 very large eggs which are held together by threads and generally attached to the seafloor. The female guards the egg mass which takes 2-...Detective Work Uncovers New Tick-Borne Disease In North Carolina And The Southeast
..., the infection can involve the joints,the nervous system and result in chronic disease. Kirkland suspected the campers were being infected by a spirochete bacterium,because the rash resembled that of Lyme disease. She led a team of researcherswho set up shop at the camp. Logs were made of all the ticks co...New Company To Turn UNC-CH, Army Inventions Into Improved Vaccines
... versions of the virus, which stimulated theimmune system but did not cause disease. They also turned the at...ctors don't work well if reused because the immune system reactsto them," said Davis, research associate professor of microbiology andimmunology. "So far, in ...Research Aims At Nation's First 'Smart' Ground Water Regulations
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...he donor liver prior to surgery so that the immune system of therecipient became permanently tolerant of the...n be considered, the advantages of such alocalized system for countering the immune-system rejection of newly engraftedorgans are potentially significant. The...Virginia Tech Engineers Help Mother Nature Clean Up
... Novak says, "but ifthere is time, using the plant system may be optimal." Widdowson compares this remediation processto some procedures in the medical practice. "Oftentimes,you will have a patient who is subjected to different treatmentsand the results are monitored. Well, we are dealing with a natural...SFSU Biologist Deciphers Desert Animals' Whistles And Drumbeats
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