Safer medical implants, more comfortable fabrics among research items at Rochester meeting
...al implants that are less likely to be rejected or cause infection, and even longer-lasting, environmentally friendly surfaces for ships, among other applications. A three-day symposium, Surface Modification for Coating & Dispersion Technology, will address many topics related to coating technologies, inc...NIH funds rare childhood disease to provide insights into the origins of adult cancer
...i anemia, and the BRCA1 genetic mutations that can cause breast cancer later in life. "The detailed clinical information available through the DBA registry will allow researchers to gain important insights into cancer risk and birth defects. Knowledge gained from studying the biology of this disorder...Genetically endowed worm may substitute for rodents in some toxicology testing
...nks it has a chemical that may be a nerve toxin or cause cancer, we will put it through our system to help find out. What we've done is save that company millions of dollars because it no longer has to do as large a rat study. "It can cost a company $10 million and it may have to go through 100,000 rat...Academics work to help stressed-out cats
...tyles of a group of cats with no apparent physical cause for their bladder problems and compared them with a control group of disease-free cats. They found that the sick cats were generally more anxious, and were particularly stressed by being in conflict with other cats in the house. Dr Danielle Gunn-Moor...UCLA and Univ. of Utah researchers identify how a hormone regulates iron
...nic disease is second only to iron-deficiency as a cause of anemia worldwide. The National Institutes of Health funded the study. Other authors include: Marie S. Tuttle, Julie Powelson, Michael B. Vaughn and Diane McVey Ward from the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Utah; and Adr...Reed biology professor receives $227,500 for E. coli research
...HEC, but also Shigella and Salmonella species that cause significant disease annually. Over the past three years, Mellies has received other significant funding for his research, including $230,323 from the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency in 2003 to develop a small animal model of EPEC infection ...Diabetic damage to eyes, heart, nerves, kidneys may be explained by controversial theory
... heart attack and stroke make it the sixth leading cause of death, and it is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults 20-74 years old. Diabetic nerve damage is a major contributor...'Broken' gene reveals evolution of salt retention and possible ties to hypertension
...tations, altered or damaged versions of genes that cause rare disorders, like cystic fibrosis or phenylketonuria. Now, we are starting to look for common genes that may have been beneficial in an environment of scarcity, but have become harmful in a world of plenty. In the modern setting, it may often be...Fat buildup found in hearts of obese or diabetic heart failure patients
... in this paper that diabetes and obesity appear to cause metabolic irregularities in the heart tissue." Gen...el of the lipotoxic heart, which has been shown to cause improper cardiac contraction in the rodents, said first author Saumya Sharma, M.D., a cardiology fel...Gene found to defend against environmental pollutants and pulmonary emphysema
...han 16 million Americans and is the fourth highest cause of death in United States. COPD, the only disease among the top 10 causes of death with a rising incidence rate in the United States, is predicted to reach worldwide epidemic proportions. Tirumalai Rangasamy, PhD, first coauthor of the study and a p...Gene that blocks free radical damage protects against emphysema
...han 16 million Americans and is the fourth highest cause of death in the United States. This disease is primarily cigarette smoke induced, but oxidative stress, a harmful condition that occurs when there is an excess of free radicals, has recently been alleged to play an important role in lung susceptibili...Safety and immunogenicity data available for new pertussis booster vaccine candidate for adolescents
...y under-reported and under-recognized, is a common cause of prolonged cough illness in adolescents and adul... a severe, often fatal disease. The bacteria that cause tetanus are widely found in soil and the manure of many animals. Almost all reported cases of tetanu...JCI table of contents November 1, 2004
...han 16 million Americans and is the fourth highest cause of death in the United States. This disease is primarily cigarette smoke induced, but oxidative stress, a harmful condition that occurs when there is an excess of free radicals, has recently been alleged to play an important role in lung susceptibili...Joslin Diabetes Center awards 1st Mary K. Iacocca Faculty Fellowship
...cells to determine why islet cells malfunction and cause type 1 diabetes. "My hope is that we can develop a simple model that can be widely used to study islet cells in living animals," he said. He will also collaborate with Joslin researchers on stem cell projects and the study of vascular complications i...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
... of trauma-related injuries, which are the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 45." During the study, every effort will be made to receive consent from the patient or the patient's family. If there is an objection in advance from the patient or the patient's family, he or she will not...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...ncreasing evidence that infectious prions that can cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of "mad cow" disease, can be transmitted through blood transfusion, according to Roger Eglin, Ph.D., Head of National Transfusion Microbiology Laboratories for the English National Blood Servic...Research confirms that vCJD prions can be removed from blood
...riant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) prions that cause the human form of "mad cow disease" can be removed...nsmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) that cause fatal, neurorodegenerative prion diseases in humans and animals. "The outcomes of these new studies...Initial sensor for p53 tumor-suppressing pathway identified
...y damaged DNA to self-destruct so that they cannot cause cancer. The importance of the p53 pathway in preventing cancer cannot be overstated. Scientists know, for example, that in the majority of human cancers the p53 pathway has been disabled. Despite the crucial nature of the p53 tumor-suppressor pathway...Food shortages threaten Antarctic wildlife
...Less sea-ice during the winter is likely to be the cause and may explain declines seen in several species of penguins. Lead author Dr Angus Atkinson from British Antarctic Survey, says: "This is the first time that we have understood the full scale of this decline. Krill feed on the algae found under the s......chigan geologist shows. People have been the main cause of worldwide erosion since early in the first millennium, said Bruce Wilkinson, a U-M professor of geological sciences. Wilkinson will present his findings Nov. 8 at a meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver, Colo. Many researchers hav...