NIH gives $8M to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for myositis research
...polymyositis, inclusion-body myositis and juvenile forms of myositis. Also known as inflammatory myopathies, they are musculoskeletal disorders characterized by muscle weakness thought to be autoimmune diseases. This means that the bodys immune system, which normally fights infections and viruses, for reas...AFCYBER holds science and technology symposium
...nside and outside of the United States against all forms of cyber attacks, General Elder said....Doernbecher Children's Hospital scientist earns coveted Javits award
...ed the first animal model that reproducesthe major forms of brain damage that occur in premature infants. Thismodel has substantially altered the way leaders in this field believedamage occurs to the developing white matter of the brain. "We previously believed that the developing brain fails to make nor...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...e molecules. These include force spectroscopy, new forms of optical microscopy with greatly improved resolving power and field depth, as well as nanotechnologies. The research involves cross-disciplinary work among scientists in different fields with the long term goal of developing more precisely targeted...New test improves detection of liver cancer
...h the size of the tumor. The ratio of these values forms the basis of the new blood test. The researchers were able to make the correct diagnosis in 70% of the cases − a success rate that equals that of the AFP tumor marker currently being used in the clinic. Promising results When the AFP test i...Grapes, soy and kudzu blunt some menopausal side effects
...t of this hypothesis, using other indices of these forms of memory, is needed before the effect can be fully interpreted. The researchers also tested the hypothesis that grape seed polyphenols reduced salt-sensitive hypertension in young, estrogen-depleted rats. After ten weeks on specific diets, grape s...UCF research links proteins, stem cells and potential Alzheimer's treatment
...ans living with Alzheimers, one of the most common forms of dementia, according to the National Alzheimers Association. Thats why finding treatments has become so important to many scientists. Its very exciting, Sugaya said. If our success with mice can translate into the human brain, it could give hope ...In a first, Einstein scientists discover the dynamics of transcription in living mammalian cells
...hesis of complementary molecules of messenger RNA forms the basis of all cellular activities. Yet little is known about the dynamics of the process how efficient it is or how long it takes. Now, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have measured the stages of trans...New mechanism links smoking to lung damage
...the key to understanding how life-style associated forms of oxidative stress, such as exposure to cigarette smoke, damage cells in the lungs. Toxins in cigarette smoke, they show, open unpaired hemichannels--small portholes in the cell surface--that can, with very little provocation, turn into major bre...Defects in critical gene lead to accelerated lung tumor growth
...ust one lung cancer subtype, but exhibit all three forms of non-small cell lung cancer: adenocarcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas and large cell carcinomas. In addition, these cancers are more likely to metastasize, or spread to other organs. Clearly mice with lung cancers harboring LKB1 mutations do mu...How cells change the pace of their steps
...ton, a network of crisscrossed protein fibers that forms an internal skeleton in a cell. The cytoskeleton is also involved in cell motility through its attachments to discrete adhesion regions on the cell membrane. As the cell moves, individual fibers can elongate at one end and shorten at the other. Wh...Immunity in social amoeba suggests ancient beginnings
... years, become appreciated as one of the four main forms of life in the crown group of eukaryotic (multicellular) organisms plants, animals, fungi and amoeba, said Kuspa. What allowed them to become multicellular" One way to estimate the characteristics of the organism that went before those that were ...Identified mechanism in the malaria parasite to help it adapt to infected individuals
...dium falciparum is responsible for the most severe forms of human malaria. Invasion of host red blood cells is an essential step of the complex life cycle of this parasite. During the process of invasion, P. falciparum, which appears in the stage of a merozoite, is exposed to antibodies from the immune sys...COX-2 inhibitors delay pancreatic cancer precursors in mice
...inflammation has been shown to be a factor in many forms of cancer, the researchers say this is the first study to demonstrate the effect of an anti-inflammatory COX-2 inhibitor on the development of pancreatic cancer. The study, published in the August 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the Americ...Orangutans' communication resembles a game of 'charades'
...ic devices that helped construct the very earliest forms of language. ...JCI table of contents: August 1, 2007
...nt with this, when mice were engineered to express forms of dynamin that could not be cleaved by cathepsin ...ht be possible to treat human kidney diseases with forms of dynamin that cannot be destroyed by cathepsin L. The importance of this study for furthering ou......when animals are handled to check the repair. Mild forms of the disease have been seen in adult sheep. "If unchecked now, there could be a potential problem for the sheep industry in the future," Angus McTaggart, federal board president of the Dorper Sheep Breeders Society of Australia, said. The disea...New data reveal pregnancies exposed to accutane despite risk management program
... warning women not to buy Accutane, or any generic forms of the drug, over the Internet, to bypass the monitoring program. Isotretinoin, one of the most potent teratogens, is marketed under several brand names to treat severe acne that does not respond to conventional treatments. More than 1.5 million ...Huntington's disease study shows animal models on target
...es. These profiles clarified the role of different forms and dosages of the protein hungtintin in the transcriptional activity of neurons. They then designed and implemented novel computational methods for quantifying similarities between RNA profiles that would allow for comparisons between the gene expre......ology, commented: "Fundamental bioscience research forms the foundation for much of the medical advances we have today and hope for in the future. We need a solid understanding of how our bodies work and maintain themselves before we can understand what goes wrong when they become diseased and how the dise...