Tigecycline - Candidate antibiotic produces 74 percent cure rate in cSSSI patients
...ctively. Additionally, the trial used laboratory tests to document tigecycline activity against particular bacterial strains found in patients at the study start, including strains of Staphylococcus aureus that are resistant or susceptible to the antibiotic methicillin, MRSA and MSSA, respectively, as we...Mysterious beach closures may be linked to contaminated groundwater, study finds
...ities closed several miles of beachfront after lab tests found unacceptably high concentrations of bacteria...eawater samples collected 4,500 feet offshore. But tests also showed that seawater collected in the surf had isotope levels that were, on average, twice as h...Tigecycline - antibiotic evaluated in surveillance trial
...clinical trials are nearing completion. Laboratory tests from clinical trials have examined tigecycline's activity against a broad spectrum of pathogens, including gram-positive, gram-negative, anaerobic and multidrug-resistant bacteria. Need for Broad Spectrum Antibiotics The U.S. Centers for Disease Co...NIH awards $20.7 million to make smallpox vaccine safer
...ted by the fact that there are no reliable medical tests that can definitively say if a person currently has or has had atopic dermatitis in the past. The researchers will conduct both laboratory and clinical studies to understand why atopic dermatitis patients are susceptible to eczema vaccinatum, to find...Pancreatic cancer blood test & gene studies show promise
...esearch is needed on the ability of CEACAM 1 serum tests to tell pancreatic cancer from pancreatitis, Simeone says, and a larger validation trial of the biomarker will begin this summer via a multi-center network of investigators. She hopes that some day, patients may be able to have a blood test for a "pa...BioCDS could hit No. 1 on doctors' charts
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - While-you-wait medical tests that screen patients for thousands of disease markers could be possible with compact-disk technology patented by Purdue University scientists. A team led by physicist David D. Nolte has pioneered a method of creating analog CDs that can function as i......ts on board the ship and later with more elaborate tests in their respective labs. For instance, chemicals will be tested to determine if they kill cancer cells or effect the electrical activity within neurological cells, which can be an indicator of potential to treat pain or neurological conditions such ...Gene discovered for Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a disabling genetic disease
...ed in Avon, Conn. It will pave the way for genetic tests to confirm a diagnosis and provide comfort for parents who already have one child with the syndrome. It will raise awareness of the disease among physicians and scientists, and, most importantly, focus interest on better treatments for children with ...Labs-on-a-chip to detect milk contamination
...location where the component is needed. Biological tests can require different steps performed in different sequences. Each test requires a particular arrangement of components, such as check-valves, channels, mixers, pumps, and filters. Beebe's modular approach allows the flexibility to design and fabrica...Gene maps of simpler life forms point the way to human disease gene
...down to 200 to 300 genes. Dutcher applied several tests to check the accuracy of the results. "For example, we found the comparison had highlighted 92 percent of the 62 genes that we already knew were real components of flagella and basal bodies," Dutcher says. "This absolutely flabbergasted the computati...Research into cetacean reproduction leads to birth of killer whales by artificial insemination
...lated causes, was carrying a male fetus. Paternity tests confirmed that all three calves resulted from artificial insemination. Although killer whales are common throughout the oceans of the world, the population in zoological facilities numbers only 48, mostly in small, genetically isolated groups. Si...Mimicking humpback whale flippers may improve airplane wing design
DURHAM, N.C. -- Wind tunnel tests of scale-model humpback whale flippers have reveal...used by the aeronautics industry on airplanes. The tests show that bump-ridged flippers do not stall as quickly and produce more lift and less drag than comp...Biolubricants smooth way to a cleaner environment
... Rural Development (AAFRD), recently conducted two tests on a biologically-based lubricant (biolubricant) f...ntal Technologies business unit, led environmental tests on the biolubricant. "Biolubricants have significant advantages related to environmental impact," sa...Fox Chase Cancer Center research shows kidney cancer can be diagnosed in urine
...he urine of affected patients. What's more, urine tests were repeated following the removal of the cancerous kidney and none of the tests showed DNA evidence of disease. These research findings were presented at the American Urological A...Uncertainty in clinical tests raises health care costs
...l measurement uncertainties in clinical laboratory tests can add large amounts to health care costs, accord...results for up to 15 percent of calcium laboratory tests contain calibration errors of between 0.1 and 0.5 mg per dL. This means that some results that fall ...Fire ant killing protozoa found in 120 Texas counties
...ear Thorndale infested with the protozoa. "Later, tests showed that the DNA of the Thorndale strain differed from the South American strain," Mitchell said. The Texas A&M survey shows the protozoa has occurred naturally, without human intervention. Questions still remain, however, before Mitchell is com...UCLA scientists decipher how the brain retrieves and stores our oldest memories
...mice's anterior cingulate never switched on during tests for distant memory. "This result suggests that the kinase II mutation disrupted processes in the anterior cingulate that are required for recalling distant memories," he observed. Thirdly, the UCLA team injected normal mice with a drug that tempora...Trial found no impact of Malarone(TM) on performance and alertness tasks
...um pressure for commercial airlines. This included tests developed by NASA to assess performance and alertness tasks similar to activities that aircraft crew members perform in-flight. There were no significant differences between the test results following Malarone TM or placebo dosing. These results su...March of Dimes awards $250,000 prize to pioneering scientist
...yon's work, it became possible to provide accurate tests and genetic counseling for families affected by these disorders and to begin the research into potential treatments that continues today." "In addition, Dr. Lyon's pioneering work became a model for the study of gene regulat...... 1990. The ABMM is a component of the Academy that tests the expertise of microbiologists seeking to direct public health or clinical microbiology laboratories. Immediately upon becoming a Diplomate, Forbes was appointed to the ABMM Examination Board, sitting on several committees responsible for constr...