Greasing interferon's gears may pave way to greater therapeutic benefits, fewer side effects
...uld lead to inflammatory diseases. But we may find advantages to increasing Stat1 action in the short term using drug treatments." Such therapies could allow physicians to turn up the effect of interferon temporarily to treat infections or other disorders and then to turn it back down to normal levels when the...New battery technology helps stimulate nerves
...y the Wisconsin chemists, says West, have numerous advantages over traditional lithium battery chemistry. "They're very flexible. They don't solidify. They're stable, nonflammable, non-toxic and they pose no threat to the environment," says West, an international authority on silicon chemistry. Silicon, the stu...$16 million grant advances nanomedicine at Washington University
...rapeutic agents, the nanotechnology offers several advantages over traditional techniques. It can provide more accurate visualization and characterization of tumors, revealing even tiny tumors in medical scans. It has the ability to focus chemotherapeutic drugs exclusively at tumor sites to alleviate unpleasant...Other highlights in the October 19 JNCI
...iladelphia, and colleagues discuss the theoretical advantages of using C225 and PDT to exploit different aspects of ovarian carcinoma tumor biology. Contacts: Article: Tayyaba Hasan, Massachusetts General Hospital, 617-726-6996, Thasan@partners.org Editorial: Pat Johnston, University of Pennsylvania, 215-6...Study provides insight into cellular defenses against genetic mutation
...hanges, or mutations, have no impact, some provide advantages making organisms more likely to survive, and others cause disease. One frequently occurring, damaging class of mutation is the inclusion of premature "stop reading" signals (stop codons) within mRNAs. Called "frameshift" or "nonsense" mutations, they...Lack of sex could be a signpost to extinction, claim researchers
...ent. While becoming asexual may provide short term advantages to a species, in the long term, they are likely to end up in evolution's ultimate dustbin extinction."...Metal-containing compounds show promise as HIV weapon
... HIV, preventing the proteases from working. Other advantages are that the compounds are stable and can be modified in many ways by attaching other strings of atoms to them. Further research may reveal that one modified version may be more stable or less toxic than another, for example.These compounds were also...Genetic prediction of Type 2 diabetes
... individuals with other risk factors." One of the advantages of this study over previous ones, which looked for associations between gene mutations and T2D, is that in other studies, patients were usually gathered from diabetes clinics, which might have been biased towards patients with more severe genetic var...Information & communications technologies key to sustainable development in Africa: UNU
...important it is for Africa to be equipped with the advantages of modern ICTs, especially for training people throughout the continent," he says. "The health and food security of tens of millions of Africans today and of billions more in generations to come depend on this outcome being achieved as rapidly as pos......single reagent pool. This has major time and cost advantages for the clinical laboratory using the system. Panbio Advanced Technologies Division Research Manager Dr Edward Kachab said; "This is a significant achievement for the research team. We believe we are the first to demonstrate that a system such as FE...AutovaxID-C introduced by Accentia Biopharmaceuticals
...patient specific vaccine batches. Further expected advantages include reduced manpower requirements, automated batch record generation and improved efficiency in facility design. "Cancer vaccines are one of the most exciting and promising fields of personalized medicine," said Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D., Chief Operat...AutovaxID-C introduced by Biovest International
...patient specific vaccine batches. Further expected advantages include reduced manpower requirements, automated batch record generation and improved efficiency in facility design. "Cancer vaccines are one of the most exciting and promising fields of personalized medicine," said Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D., Chief Opera...Fertility genes discovered at Rugters
... its genome sequence, C. elegans offers particular advantages as a model system one from which results can be extrapolated to other organisms including humans. The millimeter-long worm is transparent, allowing a clear view of its internal workings, and its short life cycle permits researchers to chronicle deve...File compression can expand mammography's power
...hat file compression, if done properly, can confer advantages to both patient and doctor."...Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy fixes frail muscle cells in animal model, Stanford study finds
..., associate professor of genetics. One of the main advantages of this method is that it could potentially provide a long-term fix for a variety of genetic diseases, including muscular dystrophy. In muscular dystrophy, the muscle cells break down and are slowly replaced by fat. Eventually people with the disease...Recycling of aeronautics components
...r the necessary materials. On balance, between the advantages and disadvantages that these materials have, their current application in a commercial aircraft involves 20% of its weight. However, future tendencies point to an important increase in this percentage, enabling reductions in both weight and cost of a...New 'molecular switch' protein protects the heart from major cardiovascular damage
...ed a "genetic hybrid" of troponin I to combine the advantages of the fetal and adult form of the protein. According to U-M scientists, the modified protein helps the heart respond to a harsh intracellular environment by boosting its performance during periods of stress. "By making this single histidine substitu...Clawed frog helps Fanconi anemia research make leaps
...to repair DNA damage. Hoatlin said there are many advantages to using the frogs' eggs, instead of human cells, to study Fanconi anemia. "In human cells, most of the Fanconi proteins are hard to detect, so you have to grow millions of cells over long periods of time to collect enough to study," she said. "The ...Carbon nanotubes that detect disease-causing mutations developed by Pitt researcher
...Label-free electronic detection of DNA has several advantages over state-of-the-art optical techniques, including cost, time, and simplicity. "Our technology can bring to market hand-held, field-ready devices for genetic screening, as opposed to laboratory methods using labor-intense labeling and sophisticated ...Vaccine provides 100 percent protection against avian flu virus in animal study
...according to Dr. Gambotto, there are several major advantages to this type of vaccine development approach over traditional approaches. Flu vaccines currently are prepared in fertilized chicken eggs, a process developed more than 50 years ago that requires millions of fertilized eggs that would be in short supp...