Genetic testing helps physicians zero in on eye disease
...iagnosis, and this knowledge will also allow us to apply genetic therapies as they are developed," he says. Some clues to treatments are beginning to emerge in animal models, and scientists expect future therapies to be very specific to the type of RP. "Perhaps one patient will benefit from dramatically l...Worldfish Center honored as 2005 Tech Museum Awards Laureate
...farmed tilapia) technology is the first attempt to apply sound animal breeding and genetics principles to the improvement of tropical food fish, in particular the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). It has culminated in a hardy, disease resistant species with dramatically improved growth rates and produc...Sept/Oct 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...llness on risk perception; and strategies patients apply to cope with or control familial risk. The authors suggest there is a role for the physician to determine the patient's perspective when discussing risk for chronic disease that could inform a more patient-centered approach to risk assessment and co...Duke scientists explain gaps in nutrient availability within North Atlantic
...r said. "The ideas that we lay out here don't just apply to the subtropical North Atlantic," she said. "We happened to have a lot of available data there to test our ideas. That's why we have focused there. "But what we want to do next is start looking at other ocean basins to get a broader view. We may no...Boston consortium awarded Center of Excellence grant for medical record surveillance systems
...lic health officials. Although it will eventually apply to a range of health conditions, the initial focus will be on improving influenza immunization rates in high-risk populations. There will be a link with a state immunization registry as part of this effort. The grant is part of the CDC's Health Prote...Burnham Institute to collaborate in NCI funded Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
...ti has been spearheading efforts at the Burnham to apply these specialized targeting techniques to the field of nanotechnology. Dr. Ruoslahti is credited with the first successful targeted delivery of a nanomachine into live tissue. Using in vivo phage display technology discovered in his laboratory, Ruos...New battery technology helps stimulate nerves
...ogy agency that works with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements and standards....$16 million grant advances nanomedicine at Washington University
...uel A. Wickline, M.D., the SCCNE will research and apply nanotechnology for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Wickline, professor of medicine, biomedical engineering, physics, and cellular biology and a cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, along with Gregory M. Lanza, M.D., Ph.D., developed nano-sc...Neural stem cells are long-lived
...r and her colleagues are already discussing how to apply their genetic fate-mapping techniques to stem cells in the spinal cord and other organs. They are hopeful that since Shh signaling has been implicated in spurring the metastatic progression of cancer, the technique might also be used to explore the r...Sperm trading can resolve hermaphrodite mating conflicts
...ow established theories regarding sexual selection apply in cases of hermaphroditic species. For example, combining male and female gender in one and the same individual, hermaphrodites have been predicted to frequently be at conflict (theoretically speaking) about which sexual roles to play, because matin...Geologists use biotools to understand geosystems
... take courses in microbiology and biochemistry and apply biotools to geosystems." Ph.D. student Tracy (Cail) Bank did her dissertation research on the sticking efficiencies of Enterococcus faecalis bacteria, which causes opportunistic urinary tract infections and wound infections, and is becoming antibioti...Low blood glucose levels may complicate gastric bypass surgery, study shows
...y islet cells in these patients, we may be able to apply this information to stimulate insulin production in patients with diabetes, who lack sufficient insulin," Dr. Patti says....Rensselaer awarded NIH grant to support cheminformatics research
...ter two years, the researchers will be eligible to apply for additional NIH funding to support a national resource center for cheminformatics. Additional members of the Rensselaer faculty and staff involved in the RECCR project are: Kristin Bennett, professor of mathematical science; Wilfredo Colon, associ...Computer models aid understanding of antibody-dependent enhancement in spread of dengue fever
... dengue, the researchers believe the results could apply to any disease in which partial immunity increases pathogen replication rates. "Experimental dengue vaccines will soon be entering into large-scale clinical trials. We must understand the processes that affect transmission--such as antibody-dependen...UCLA researchers identify how antibody blocks prostate cancer growth in animal models
...shows how the antibody works, so we'll know how to apply it in the clinical setting." The 1G8 antibody has two parts, one that binds with PSCA and one that binds with macrophages, the immune system's killer cells. Reiter and his team fragmented the antibody, separating the part that binds to PSCA and testi...Studies validating performance of Pall prion reduction technology presented at AABB
...uing its prion research and development program to apply its technologies to meet the specific requirements of each nation throughout Europe, the epicenter of vCJD, followed by North America and Asia....NHGRI's large-scale sequencing research network sets its sights on disease targets
...e familial forms of these diseases, scientists can apply what they learn to uncover the genetic components underlying the more common types of these heart disorders in the human population. The other demonstration projects will target the genes for four other rare disorders: paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoa...New risk analysis study shows school soft drink consumption has no impact on adolescent obesity
...y issues. We chose this topic because we wanted to apply the risk analysis paradigm to an important and controversial topic in nutrition policy. We suggest that risk analysis should be applied more often to inform debates on nutrition policy." The authors followed rigorous scientific procedures in the pre......n human cells, so we fully expect the discovery to apply in humans as well," Cairns says. ...Scientists discover secret behind human red blood cell's amazing flexibility
...-Newton level," said Sung. "We may also be able to apply our approach to understand what's happening in the rupture-prone red blood cells of people with hemolytic anemias."...