News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...there has been a considerable search for the right cocktail of factors to unleash the regenerative potential of these neural stem cells. This week, Bauer and Patterson tested the effects of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), a cytokine that increases stem cells survival in vitro . Using viral vectors, they ov...Studies at cancer conference show new therapies changing outlook for blood cancer patients
...em in various combinations as part of powerful new cocktail treatments. Also, studies from the IMF myeloma DNA-bank, Bank On A Cure, look at the origins of side effects in some patients, while other groups use genetic profiling to better understand drug resistance. "Blood cancers, including myeloma, are ...Study reveals molecular basis of botulism toxin's deadly activity
...rapies. Currently, botulism treatment rests on a cocktail of antibodies derived from horses. Because the antibodies are not human, rejection is a pervasive problem with severe potential side effects, including anaphylactic shock. The development of new types of antibodies could be a boon for treatment, and ......ee the lips of the speakerfor example at a crowded cocktail party," he says. "However, currently it is not clear whether and how audio-visual interactions are specialized for the processing of communication signals. "The present study clearly shows where in the auditory system researchers have to focus."...Researchers identify molecular basis of inflammatory bowel disease
...combating the bacteria, the immune cells secrete a cocktail of signals that bring about the symptoms of inflammation. "This is where the vicious cycle closes," explains Markus Neurath, professor at the University of Mainz. "Inflammatory signals also reach the epithelial cells that due to the lack of NF-kB ar...International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 27th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
...tension Immunosuppression finding the right drug cocktail after cardiac transplantation...Strawberry daiquiris -- the extra-healthy cocktail?
...rries, meaning that a blackberry-crowned champagne cocktail might achieve the same effect....Support for chromosomal theory of cancer found in cancers' development of drug resistance
...Duesberg noted. "Then, you wouldn't have to give a cocktail of drugs that includes all the best poisons, but you could leave out those you could tell wouldn't work. If you could cut chemotherapy drug toxicity in half or two-thirds, and direct it better at cancer, that is some progress. But it is not a cure." ...Common environmental chemicals in diet affect fetal ovarian development
...y the effect of long-term, low-level exposure to a cocktail of chemicals and heavy metals in an animal which has a long pregnancy, therefore better replicating the situation in the human. Our real life model exposed developing sheep fetuses by pasturing their mothers on fields fertilised with either inorgan......e United States, recently the FDA approved a phage cocktail to treat Listeria monocytogenes on lunchmeat. This makes certain applications, such as cleaning products that include phages to clear slime in food processing plants, more immediately promising. Another potential application: phage-containing drugs ...