New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...ith compromised immune systems are most at risk of contracting the disease. The bacteria classified as Listeria include six different species, but only L. monocytogenes can infect humans. This makes it especially important to develop highly selective sensors that can detect only L. monocytogenes, Bhunia sa...Is Interleukin-6 the 'holy grail' of exercise mediation?
...nd a cytokine, Interleukin-6, which is produced by contracting muscles and released into the blood, and demonstra...has been shown to inhibit the release of IL-6 from contracting muscle. What does seem consistent is that IL-6 originates from the contracting limb and that skeleta...UK scientist and children's author wins EMBO Award for Communications 2004
...and HIV are aimed at educating children at risk of contracting HIV in Africa. Research for Balkwill and Rolph's first book on HIV and Aids took the author and illustrator to South Africa, where they talked to children, teachers and health care professionals to determine the educational needs of the local c...JCI table of contents, November 15 2004
...ile normal mice showed greatest loss of their fast contracting muscle fibers in comparison to slow contracting fibers, the fast contracting fibers in Nfkb1- and Bcl3-deficient mice appeared to be resistant to at...Calcium may protect women from cancer
...ond leading cause of cancer death, and the risk of contracting it increases with age. Flood notes that more research needs to be done to understand why and how calcium provides protection against colorectal cancer in some women. "We really don't know at this point," Flood said. "There are currently two main theo...Worms, slugs inspire robotic devices
... hollow worm. The actuator segments, inflating and contracting in sequence, propel the device forward, mimicking the undulating movement of slugs and worms. "This device can literally worm its way into complicated places or into curving tubing such as the colon," Chiel explained. The current prototype can be add...Can money grow on trees? Win-win strategies for 'sustainable bioprospecting'
...the Netherlands. Focusing on the economics of the contracting process, Dr. Gehl Sampath argues that potential in...nsaction costs on the parties at each stage of the contracting process, which can serve to stall or hinder the bargaining procedures. "In this context bioprospect...Deadly parasites show common genetic core
...n in tropical and sub-tropical areas is at risk of contracting one or more of the diseases. Chagas disease which may have infected Charles Darwin infects as many as 18 million people and threatens about 100 million others in Latin America, according to the World Health Organization. African sleeping sickness (...UT Southwestern researchers unravel control of growing blood vessels
...ocardin, thus allowing smooth muscle cells to stop contracting and grow. The level of Foxo4, in turn, increases or decreases depending on what kind of signals the smooth muscle receives. This complexity suggests many pathways for future treatments. For instance, a treatment might directly control the level of F...Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu
...swan, and Eurasian wigeon that are all at risk for contracting the virus. Recent reports of influenza outbreaks in wild birds in China and Russia have failed to put die-offs in perspective with the numbers of unaffected birds, thus there was no way to assess the impact. The WCS team at Erkhel Lake in Mo...Molecular defect found that may cause heart failure
... to calcium imbalances that prevent the heart from contracting effectively and relaxing adequately. The condition worsens until the heart can no longer work as a pump. The root causes of heart failure are not known. "We found some drastic changes in the way muscle cells in the failing heart handle calcium," sa...CU's Torres discusses avian flu and policy
...fection. Government policy leaders are considering contracting with drug companies to make millions of doses of such antivirals. However, there is concern that indiscriminate use of the drug would allow the H5N1 virus to develop resistance to the medication, Torres says. One strategy could be to target only cert...FDA approves AVELOX (moxifloxacin HCl) for treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections
... in the United States each year, withmany patients contracting the infection secondary to appendicitis. [1] "The FDA approval of AVELOX to treat complicated intra-abdominal infections is welcome news, providing doctors with an effective treatment option for their patients, and giving patients convenient once-dai...Mad-cow culprit maintains stem cells
...e was that the knock-out animals were incapable of contracting prion-related neurodegenerative disease when infected. Researchers knew then that PrP was necessary for mad-cow type diseases; any other kind of normal function remained unknown. (There is, however, some weak data suggesting that in certain cultured ...Mad cow protein aids creation of brain cells
...e was that the knock-out animals were incapable of contracting prion-related neurodegenerative disease when infected. Researchers knew then that PrP was necessary for mad-cow type diseases; any other kind of normal function remained unknown. Recently, researchers from the labs of Lindquist and Whitehead Member ...Duke to test bird flu vaccine dosing
...in the vaccine, and there is no risk of volunteers contracting bird flu or spreading it to others," Walter said. The vaccine is designed to protect against the H5N1 strain of bird flu that has infected poultry in Asia, Europe and Africa and killed 101 humans. Initial trials in healthy adults showed the vaccine ...Worm's hunger response provides clue to eating disorders
...led Caenorhabditis elegans, which eats bacteria by contracting and relaxing a large muscle called the pharynx to suck in its prey. When it can't find food, C. elegans reacts by pumping the pharynx harder. "Despite the prevalence of eating disorders from obesity to anorexia, the identity and mechanism of action ...Researchers discover a new genetic cause of Alzheimer's disease
...ain cells contributes significantly to the risk of contracting Alzheimer's. This discovery will have to be taken into account in diagnostic tests and in the search for new medicines....New test could keep babies from contracting deadly infections
...creening methods can leave some babies at risk for contracting an infection from the bacterium. But the new test, which UF researchers studied for several months as part of a clinical trial, allows health-care workers to quickly screen mothers during labor, improving the odds that babies will receive preventive ...Trap-jaw ants have fastest recorded strike in animal kingdom
..., for instance, are held cocked by a pair of huge, contracting muscles in the head. The muscles are sprung when their corresponding latches, each on a shield-like plate called the clypeus, are triggered. "Having a latch system is critical in obtaining the explosive speeds," said Patek. "In general, muscles are...