Faulty cell membrane repair causes heart disease
... important in heart muscle cells and suggests that inadequate membrane repair can also lead to cardiomyopathy. ...ress-induced injury in these mice, suggesting that inadequate membrane repair led to cardiomyopathy. The research team also bred mice that lacked both dysferlin...EPA foregoes opportunity to improve nanotechnology oversight
.... Clarence Davies, The agencys current practice is inadequate to deal with nanotechnology. It is essential that EPA move quickly to recognize the novel biological and ecological characteristics of nanoscale materials. It can do this only by using the new uses provisions of TSCA, a subject not mentioned in the E...New survey documents the headaches of computerized medicine
...are enormous, yet efforts to manage change receive inadequate attention and fundingBoldness breeds occasional blunders, which can teach us much about what is required for eventual success. At least 400,000 preventable drug-related injuries occur in hospitals each year, the Institute of Medicine of the National ...Space-borne sensors help Africa tackle water shortage problems
...tellite imagery to alleviate water shortages. With inadequate information causing many water-related problems, an ESA project has generated a variety of environmental maps to provide local policy makers with the necessary tools for effective water resource management. As part of the IWAREMA (Integrated Water ...New test improves detection of liver cancer
...his marker has a low specificity and is frequently inadequate because of false-positive results. New blood test A new test for detecting HCC was developed by Xue-en Liu, Liesbeth Desmyter and colleagues under the supervision of Cuiying Chen (Chitty) in collaboration with scientists in China. This test is b...NIH gives $8M to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for myositis research
...06 for adult rheumatoid arthritis patients with an inadequate response to anti-TNF (tumor necrosis factor) agents. In this study, rituximab is considered to be experimental because it is not FDA approved for the treatment of dermatomyositis or polymyositis. The study doctors believe that the symptoms of myositi...