Improved NIST SRM aids lead poisoning detection
...ng it a better model for assessing proficiency for erythrocyte protoporphyrin, a biomarker of lead exposure. NISTs partner in developing 955c, the New York State Department of Healths Wadsworth Center Lead Poisoning Laboratory, dosed adult goats with lead acetate to produce blood pools containing lead physiologi...JCI table of contents: August 1, 2007
...07 ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY TITLE: Regulation of erythrocyte lifespan: do reactive oxygen species set the clock" AUTHOR CONTACT: Harvey F. Lodish Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Phone: (617) 258-5216; Fax: (617) 258-6768; E-mail: lodish@wi.mit.edu . View the PDF...MIT-led team uncovers malaria mechanism
... for a parasite protein called RESA (ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen), the researchers found that the protein, transferred from the parasite to the cell's interior molecular network, causes red blood cells to become less deformable. "This is the first time a particular protein has been shown to have ...A close-up on pancreatic disease: How do we improve the odds?
...ing ability of plasma (FRAP), vitamins A, C and E, erythrocyte SOD (e-SOD), erythrocyte total glutathione (E-TGSH)]. According to the study results, antioxidant supplementation was effe...G6PD deficiency is associated with significant protection against severe, life-threatening malaria
...of malaria, such protective hemoglobinopathies and erythrocyte polymorphisms offer a tremendous survival benefit when they prevent progression of uncomplicated malaria. ...Erythrocyte G protein as a novel target for malarial chemotherapy
...timalarial target; in addition, drugs antagonising erythrocyte Gs could be used in combination therapies with existing antimalarial drugs. Citation: Murphy SC, Harrison T, Hamm HE, Lomasney JW, Mohandas N, et al. (2006) Erythrocyte G protein as a novel target for malarial chemotherapy. PLoS Med 3(12): e528. ......site membrane, the parasitophorous vacuole and the erythrocyte membrane. "It has been an enigma in biology how t...esent in the parasitophorous vacuole, remodels the erythrocyte by forming an elaborate membranous network in the cytoplasm of the red blood cell. The invading para...