Needlestick Injuries Common In Female Veterinarians, Study Finds
... veterinarians have reportedaccidental needlestick wounds while they were on the job, according to arecent study. The injured veterinarians reported side effects in 16.4 percent of theunintentional needlestick wounds, ranging from many cases of mild irritationto one miscarriage. The study, publi...New Look At How Cells Move Could Shed Light On Tumor Growth
...used, for example, to make desirable cellsget into wounds to promote healing, she said. The December paper was written by Huttenlocher and Alan F. Horwitz, headof the U. of I. department of cell and structural biology; Sean P. Palecek,a Whitaker Foundation Graduate Fellow in Biomedical Engineering at the ...Biochemist Solves Riddle Of Collagen Stability
...l of collagen in treating serious disease, healing wounds and repairing damaged organs, said UW-Madison bioc...ad to development of a natural "solder" that heals wounds without scars, or can strengthen frail bones. Most people have heard of collagen in the realm of cos......otech, Inc.,a company that conducts research about wounds and then designs new treatments. The CRADA, signed...ique," says Vaughn. "Even at themicroscopic level, wounds seem to heal without scar tissue." In addition to its humanitarian and economic benefits, the projec......outermost atoms of thevirus's coat, then the first wounds the enzyme inflicted on the virus should bein these layers. In most cases, this turned out to be true. But to the team's surprise,one protein, called VP4, was also an early victim-even though previous studiesshowed that it was usually buried ...New Anti-Microbial Agent Destroys Anthrax
...we washed the animal's skin lesions with BCTP, the wounds began to heal,"Baker said. Mice receiving BCTP either simultaneously with B. cereus spores orwhose wounds were washed with BCTP an hour after exposure had a 95 percentreduction in lesion size. The death ra...Clemson Researchers Turn Crabshells Into New Product Lines
...m as an "artificialskin" to treat burns and severe wounds because of its antimicrobial properties.Manufacturers use chitosan as a natural polymer to remove heavy metals fromindustrial waste water. Agriculture uses chitosan as a feed supplement for hogsand as a seed coating. The cosmetic industry uses it in ...Maggots Could Help Address Problems Of Antibiotic Resistance
...aggots are useful in treating infected or necrotic wounds Lucilia sericata, the larvae of the common green...at the mechanisms by which larvae kill bacteria in wounds are not fully understood, but explanations may include the production of natural antibiotic-like age...Maybe you can get blood from a turnip after all
...mbin which are clotting enzymes thataid in healing wounds and offer an alternative to sutures and othersurgical sealants. Pacific Northwest has funded thisresearch to date but is interested in ...Study: calcium channels regulate cell movement
...ompared to mostother cells and must do so to close wounds such as bites fish frequently suffer. Many other cell types contain stretch-activated calcium channels, andshe and her colleagues believe they likely regulate movement of those cellssimilarly as well. "For this reason the finding coul...Honey in the medicine cabinet!
...against bacterial species involved in infection of wounds Clinical trials of honey as a wound dressing Assessment of the effectiveness of the antibacterial properties of honeyagainst bacterial species involved in gastroenteritis. Identification of the oligosaccharide constituents of honey that are growthfa...Threats to health reduced with Bt corn hybrids
... Insect larvae chew on stalks andkernels, creating wounds where fungal spores can enter the plant. Onceestablished, these fungi often produce mycotoxins. Some mycotoxins such asfumonisin, can be fatal to horses and pigs, and are probable human carcinogens."Lower mycotoxin concentrations in Bt corn hybrids ...Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...ing cotton gauze to enhance the healing of chronic wounds are being developed by researchers at Pacific Nort...ealing wounds. Studies show a link between chronic wounds and elevated levels of the enzyme elastase, which is known to degrade proteins such as fibronectin r...Advance in asthma research announced
...s: repifermin, or KGF-2, for the treatment of skin wounds and for supportive care of cancerpatients; MPIF-1 for cancer supportive care, and VEGF-2 (together with Vascular Genetics Inc.) for the treatment ofheart disease.......tment of such ailments as spinal cord injury, deep wounds and burns. This discovery allows researchers for the first time to isolate and study cell activity at the site of regeneration in this amphibian animal, the only vertebrate life form that can grow back lost limbs. Susan V. Bryant, David M. Gardine...Researchers unlock secrets of directional cell movement
...evreotes. "This could be beneficial in encouraging wounds to heal, treating cancers by slowing blood vessel growth, or reducing inflammation thereby controlling arthritis." The process by which cells are able to move themselves toward certain targets is known as chemotaxis. When a cell wants to attract a......able to see clearly that the male was licking some wounds on the female's neck. We never saw them again, so we don't know for sure whether or not she made it." Peterson said the Middle Pack now controls about three-fourths of the park's area, and by taking over the west end of the island, they have increas...Oxidants play major role in healing of damaged blood vessels
... endothelial cells adjacent to wounds on the inner surface of the vessel wall produced more oxidants than did identical cells farther away from the wound. "We were looking at the possibility that when you stress ......painlessly removes pus, scabs and dead tissue from wounds and stimulates new tissue growth. "Randomized tria...is more effective in controlling infection in burn wounds than silver sulphadiazine, the antibacterial ointment most widely used on burns in hospitals" says D...Skin and hair spring from the same stem cells, researchers find
Finding advances understanding of skin wounds and skin cancer In a study that has implications for understanding the way skin wounds heal and some skin cancers develop, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and...