Studies validating performance of Pall prion reduction technology presented at AABB
... Hills, NY (October 17, 2005) - - Research studies demonstrating the effectiveness of prion filtration technology to safeguard the blood supply are being presented at the AABB Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington today. Prion diseases, such as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of Bovine Sp...Cytori demonstrates adipose stem cells improve cardiac function in preclinical heart attack model
...cs, Inc. (Frankfurt: XMP), today presented results demonstrating that adipose stem cells improved cardiac function following a severe heart attack in a porcine study. This is the first preclinical study in which the injected cells were autologous, meaning they came from the animals' own tissue, were not cultured,...UCSD study shows 'junk' DNA has evolutionary importance
...evolution. My results lend support to this view by demonstrating that regulatory changes have been of great importance in the evolution of new Drosophila species."...Hope for arthritis, heart attack, stroke relief found in unique 'acid active' receptor
...tivation and intracellular calcium mobilization by demonstrating (1) dependence on the integrity of the intracellular calcium store, (2) independence from extracellular calcium, and (3) proton-induced production of inositol phosphate; and (4) by abolishing the effect by GTP-ase inhibitors." Based on these findings...Dyslexia: risk gene is identified
...nd writing difficulties they have now succeeded in demonstrating for the first time the contribution of a specific gene. Precisely how it contributes to the disorder remains unclear. It is thought that the genes may affect the migration of nerve cells in the brain as it evolves. The results will be published in th...PET imaging reveals the immune system at work
...s taken a key step toward realizing that vision by demonstrating the ability to peer inside the body non-invasively and see the immune system at work. The new research is important because it may one day aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of important conditions such as cancer and other diseases. Writ...New antimalarial combination confirms its potential use in treating drug-resistant malaria
...nd, Cameroon, 15th November 2005 Clinical results demonstrating the potential benefits of treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria with a new artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), chlorproguanil hydrochloride-dapsone-artesunate (CDA)1, were announced today at the 4th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) ...Loss of fear factor makes timid mouse bold
...P does not, however, play a role in innate fear -- demonstrating that the two fear pathways are genetically distinct. When the scientists moved on to study stathmin, they had few clues as to what role it might play in fear if it was involved at all. "When you go after a gene like this, you have no idea what beha...Dragon over water: Envisat monitors China's largest lake, rivers flooding
...ce as well as elsewhere across the world. Dragon demonstrating operational flooding response Flooding is classed as the world's most costly type of natural disaster. As part of Dragon, Envisat ASAR and MERIS images have also been acquired and processed in near-real time for mapping of flood events and as input...Biotechnology's newest chemical tool
...d resolve the problematic enzymatic reaction. "By demonstrating the transfer of carbon chains as long as 4 to 5 units, we provide proof of principle that further extensions should also be tolerated," Klimasauskas said. Due to their sequence-specific nature, the scientists found that methyltransferases have a dis......) to a defined GAL4 DNA-binding site on a plasmid, demonstrating that replication initiation factor recruitment is sufficient to specify a DNA replication origin. The researchers have extended the classic transcription factor reporter assay to work for any eukaryotic replication initiation factor. The artificial ...Genetic key to growth of new arteries is identified
...g due to gangrene caused by inadequate blood flow, demonstrating that the MMP2 gene is "very important" in an animal's ability to grow new arteries in response to a blockage, says Sarkar. The second part of the study looked at precisely which areas of the MMP2 gene are activated in skeletal muscles where blood flo...Study in Royal Society journal on link between creativity and mating success
...engineers the design principle of the bacterium by demonstrating its beneficial attributes on a physical system. These evolutionary designs can suggest new paradigms that may be of relevance in future engineering endeavours. Contact: Professor V Venkatesh, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, MUMBAI, INDIA Pr...Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals more about evolution
...th deletions cause a loss of Oca2's functionality, demonstrating that the albinism in the two groups evolved independently. The findings are reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature Genetics. The study also included researchers from the Harvard Medical School, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the C...Sahara's edge studied from ground, air and space to improve water management
...ll be used to develop a range of science products, demonstrating future development lines and showing the potential of new sensors." At the same time as the Dornier was flying out of Tunisia's Djerba International Airport, Tunisian and European participants on the ground gathered information including the size an...Molecular imaging allows detection of plaques likely to rupture
...oted that this experimental study is a step toward demonstrating the virtues of molecular imaging. The investigation was performed in the research laboratories of Jagat Narula, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and chief of the division of cardiology at the University of California, Irvine. Besides Petrov and Nar...If you flaunt it, you've got it: How red-heads top the pecking order
...to compete with opponents that had red dyed heads, demonstrating that they pay attention to this signal of dominance and use it to avoid getting into fights," says one of the study's authors, Dr Sarah Pryke, a Research Fellow in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. "Red-headed birds that we...MicroRNA gene that regulates lifespan found by Yale scientists
... regulate are modulated through insulin signaling, demonstrating the connection between insulin-driven metabolism and aging. "This microRNA is conserved in humans leading to the enticing idea of being able to beneficially affect the results of aging including diseases of aging," said Slack. Work is under way to i...New procedure reveals the secrets of the brain
...cted projection sites in extrastriate visual areas demonstrating the utility of their technique in uncovering in vivo functional connectivity maps. Using the microstimulation/MRI technique in conscious, alert primates holds great promise for determining the causal relationships between activation patterns across d...New data show Ferriprox is more efficacious than deferoxamine
...Ferrara. "These findings support previous research demonstrating that the introduction of Ferriprox has significantly reduced the incidence of cardiac disease and actually limits early deaths in thalassemia patients."...