New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
...g rats through a series of conditioning tests. The tests were intended to condition the animals to learn which chambers of a three-chambered apparatus contained toluene vapors. On the final day of the study, scientists randomly administered either saline or GVG to the rats one hour before the testing. They...Trial shows which brain cancer patients benefit from temozolomide
...me the standard treatment for those patients whose tests predict that they would benefit from the drug. Dr. Hegi said these results were important not only for patients who were likely to benefit, but also for those that were not. Even though the drug was well tolerated it still had inherent toxicity. Pati...Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
...consin-Madison have developed a pair of rapid-fire tests for botulinum toxin, a feat that could underpin ne... is extinguished in the presence of the toxin. The tests are capable of detecting all seven variants of the poison. Currently, the most sensitive and common ...Veterans with Gulf War syndrome have damage in specific, primitive portion of nervous system
...may explain their unrefreshing sleep." The tests were conducted on 40 members of a Naval Reserve co...colleagues have closely followed the same group of tests subjects since 1995. A new grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will allow Dr. Haley's team to ...Rice finds 'on-off switch' for buckyball toxicity
...f exposure to each solution, and they repeated the tests until they found the exposure level for each that ..." The researchers postulate that cell death in the tests occurred via physical disruption of the cell membrane by oxygen radical species generated by the buc...Researchers create nanotubes that change colors, form 'nanocarpet' and kill bacteria
... exposure to different materials. For instance, in tests with acids and detergents, they turned red or yellow. The most critical tests, say the researchers, were those involving E. coli, which were conducted to assess the material's interactions with living cells. In the presence of E. coli, some strains ...New sequence involved in DNA replication timing may aid in cancer detection
...imes replicate early and vice versa." As a result, tests for DNA replication timing may eventually become a method for the early detection of cancer. "Replication timing assays are one of many promising techniques that are currently being studied that may, in the future, allow much earlier cancer detection...Enzyme maintaining chromosome ends is linked to bone cancer recurrence, decreased survival
... study results are preliminary, they might lead to tests that could identify children at high risk for treatment failure or death. That could help physicians determine how to modify therapies to improve chances of success in the future. The findings were based on a retrospective study of samples taken from...March of Dimes statement on newborn screening report
...on criteria, and include all of the nine metabolic tests plus hearing screening contained in our previous p...ed in the ACMG report for which there are reliable tests but not yet documented treatments. We also will revise our periodic evaluation of states to include...Microbes eat their way to better concrete
...robes through a wide range of concrete performance tests to measure the endurance and resistance of the repaired concrete to environmental changes. Beyond concrete reinforcement, these environmentally innocuous biological products can be used as a sealing or caulking agent for the gaps in building str...Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease
...zheimer's disease, based on the specific cognitive tests used to classify the disease stage, will be enrolled in the study. The first patient in the study was treated on July 27. Dr. David Bennett and Dr. Zoe Arvanitakis of the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center are the co-principal investigators. Bennett is...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...l months, Riosmena-Rodriguez conducted a number of tests aimed at identifying the rhodoliths at his laborat...Baja California Sur in La Paz, Mexico. Some of the tests involved slicing the specimens into thin sections and comparing their structure and reproductive par...DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...th hurricane and tornado shelters. In a series of tests conducted by an independent lab, the engineered panels built into the room were able to deflect a 12-foot, 15-pound two-by-four piece of wood shot out of a cannon at 100 miles per hour. This represents the speed at which a 250-miles-per-hour wind wo...New anti-inflammatory strategy for cancer therapy identified by UCSD researchers
...ce inoculated with control cells. In further tests to determine how NF-kB activation mediates inflammation-induced tumor growth, the team studied mouse lung tissue as well as tumor nodules for expression of specific proteins known to modulate the body's normal cell-killing process. Death-inhibiting ...Brain has center for detecting sound motion
...osterior superior temporal gyrus (STG). Perceptual tests before the operation showed her ability to perceive sound location and motion to be normal. In those tests, the researchers played white noise through headphones and simulated movement of the noise source, asking the patient to detect the noise locat...9/11 search-and-rescue dogs exhibit few effects from exposure to disaster sites
...that would be cause for alarm." Initially, blood tests showed that the deployed dogs exhibited higher bilirubin concentration and alkaline phosphatase activity, which indicates that their livers were actively filtering toxins from their bloodstream. The serum globulins were also higher in the first year...Simian virus 40 not associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, study shows
...s to SV40 in all of the subjects using two similar tests that utilize SV40 virus-like particles. SV40 seropositivity--the presence of antibodies to SV40 virus-like particles--was detected in 7% to 10% of NHL case patients and 10% to 11% of control subjects. When the researchers accounted for cross-reactiv...Genetically modified bacterium as remedy for intestinal diseases
...ntestinal tract. This was also demonstrated in the tests on mice with acute enteritis: oral administration of TFF had no effect, but rectal administration did. Still, neither of the two methods of administration could match the impressive recovery of the mice following oral administration of the TFF bacter...Byproduct of water-disinfection process found to be highly toxic
... most toxic and DNA-damaging to mammalian cells in tests of known DBPs, he said. "These iodoacetic acids raise new levels of concerns," he said. "Not only do they represent a potential danger because of all the water consumed on a daily basis, water is recycled back into the environment. What are th......ches and termites. Environmental and degradation tests have yet to be performed. "We want a specific target with low residue time- two to three weeks and it should be degraded," Lan says. Lan and her team have patented the gene and the methods for screening the compounds. It will take a year to screen ...