1st International Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease
...eld of cell therapy for cardiovascular diseases. A wide cross-section of members of basic and clinical researchers, from academic, industry, and regulatory communities will be in attendance. Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue ...JGI, VBI help unravel sudden oak death & soybean disease
...se microorganisms." "Phytophthora species attack a wide variety of plants, including agricultural crops as well as trees and shrubs of native ecosystems," explains Dr. Mary Clutter, NSF Assistant Director for the Biological Sciences. The projects to sequence the genomes of Phytophthora sojae, which attack...Scientists receive awards, give lectures at the ASBMB/IUBMB meeting
...s research is contributing to the development of a wide array of drugs to treat disorders including heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma and pain. The super family of seven membrane spanning receptors constitutes by far the largest, most versatile and most ubiquitous type of plasma membrane recepto...New research shows that the seasons may be involved in onset of menopause
...e said. The questionnaires recorded responses to a wide range of lifestyle and environmental factors and Dr Garai said that it was the sequence of seasons that seemed most obviously to affect the process leading to the menopause. The authors of the report say that the triggering factors and the mediators...Kangaroo hops in line for genome sequencing
...uman genome is to compare it with the genomes of a wide variety of other animals." Comparing the human genome sequence with those of other organisms, such as the roundworm, mouse or kangaroo, enables scientists to identify regions of similarity and difference that can provide clues about the structure and...Utah scientist helps discover new mouse species -- and maybe a new genus
...es. The mammal's whiskers are about eight times as wide as its head, and there is a second set of "whiskers" that arise from a patch at the back edge of each eye. "Nearly all of the many unique small mammals on Luzon Island are descended from just two species that reached the Philippines from the Asian ...First ever standards linking climate change, biodiversity and poverty seek global peer review
...urg Institute of International Economics. "With a wide range of input, the next draft of the standards will be an improved, collaborative effort that includes the views of stakeholders outside the original members of our Alliance." The CCB standards are primarily designed for projects that mitigate or ad...From lung to gut the Wnt signaling pathway transforms cell fate
... lined with rounded alveolar cells. Instead, a few wide bronchial tubes opened directly into large sacs that were lined with a rapidly proliferating cuboidal epithelium. Looking more closely at these epithelial cells, the researchers found that many of them were not expressing genes typical of lung cells,...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
...nity to meet and share ideas with each other and a wide range of world-class global conservation experts. An event hosted by BP on the 16th June gives the BP Conservation Programme partnership the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of these young conservationists, who hold the potential to become ...Study of ProCord for neurologically complete spinal cord injury
...as US News & World Report's best hospital issue. A wide range of comprehensive medical and rehabilitation services is available for individuals with spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, and a variety of other neuromuscular, musculosketetal, and chronic conditions. About Kessler Institute for Reha...Concerns remain about UVB damage to amphibians
...ost scientists now believe, Blaustein said, that a wide range of causes explain the totality of amphibian declines, and those causes include habitat destruction, disease, parasites, introduced exotic species, environmental contaminants and other aspects of global climate change. In some cases complex chai...New mouse species found in the Philippines
...s. The mammal's whiskers are about eight times as wide as its head, and there is a second set of "whiskers" that arise from a patch at the back edge of each eye. "Nearly all of the many unique small mammals on Luzon Island are descended from just two species that reached the Philippines from the Asian ma...Brain disease research, particle physics meet in the middle (ware)
...elease 5 (NMI-R5) consists of contributions from a wide range of middleware developers that partner through multi-institutional NMI-funded teams at the GRIDS Center, the EDIT consortium and the Open Grid Computing Environments consortium. Before NMI, many research communities were developing independentan...Molecular image of genotoxin reveals how bacteria damage human DNA
...d help scientists to design new drugs to fight the wide variety of bacteria that use this toxin. The toxin, called cytolethal distending toxin, or CDT, is used by bacteria that cause a range of diseases, from typhoid fever to diarrhea. And unlike any other bacterial toxin discovered to date, CDT attacks t...Indoor mold, building dampness linked to respiratory problems and require better prevention
...ion between either indoor dampness or mold and the wide range of other health complaints that have been ascribed to them, the report says. Given the frequent occurrence of moisture problems in buildings and their links to respiratory problems, excessive indoor dampness should be addressed through a broad...Mite transmits viruses damaging to wheat
... to verify his suspicions. "Wheat streak is wide spread now, but the really bad fields, the ones that are dying, have usually been infected with both viruses that multiply only on living plants," he said. Wheat is an excellent host for wheat streak mosaic virus; other grass species can host b...Tigecycline - Candidate antibiotic produces 74 percent cure rate in cSSSI patients
...Tigecycline displayed promising efficacy against a wide spectrum bacteria commonly related to complicated skin infections, with an acceptable safety profile. These data warrant further investigation in blinded comparator clinical trials, said Postier, John A. Schilling Professor and chairman of surgery, O...Many scientists believe the dog genome holds information that will benefit human health
...mals with Asian and African origins that possess a wide diversity of traits. This group includes breeds such as the Alaskan Malamute and Siberian Husky and shows the closest relationship to the wolf, the direct ancestor of the domestic dog. "This group may be telling us something about the original domest......E claim they are a new life form responsible for a wide range of diseases, including the calcification of the arteries that afflicts us all as we age. Others say they are simply too small to be living creatures. Now a team of doctors has entered the fray surrounding the existence or otherwise of nanobacte......ill evaluate the activity of tigecycline against a wide range of clinical pathogens collected from diverse patient populations worldwide. Almost all bacterial strains have developed some level of antibiotic resistance, so this study will enable us to document with in vitro laboratory data the activity of...