Resistance genes in our food supply
...resistance genes but, more importantly, that these intermediate organisms can disseminate antibiotic resistance genes in subsequent events much more effectively than the parental donor strain," says Hua. "Once we no longer limit ourselves to foodborne pathogens and look at commensal bacteria, we will find that ...ChemGenex reports successful personalized dosing of Quinamed at ASCO
...mproved drug tolerance. Patients with rapid and intermediate acetylator genotypes (who more rapidly metabolize ...ed). Using these dosing regimens, 64% of rapid and intermediate acetylators and 77% of slow acetylators showed no dose-limiting drug toxicities or dose-delay/holds ...NIH awards nearly $21 million to fund cutting-edge research equipment
... San Diego, in its purchase of a high-performance, intermediate voltage transmission electron microscope to enable...La Jolla, Calif.) $2,000,000.A high-performance, intermediate voltage transmission electron microscope will replace an outdated instrument at the NCRR-funded Nati...A fly lamin gene is both like and unlike human genes
...online, open-access journal PLoS ONE. Lamins are intermediate filament proteins that make up a matrix underlying the nuclear membrane. Mammals have two types of lamins; A-type lamins are expressed in differentiating cells, while B-type lamins are expressed ubiquitously. Mutations in the gene coding for human la...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...cell (PC) activity in the cerebellar flocculus, an intermediate processing station in smooth-pursuit eye movements. During 200 presentations of the same moving visual stimulus, monkeys showed trial-to-trial variations in behavioral eye movements and in PC firing. This variability was low when eyes were fixed, and...Ice Age extinction claimed highly carnivorous Alaskan wolves
...rogen isotope values of the Alaskan wolf bones are intermediate between those of potential prey speciesmammoth, bison, musk ox and caribousuggesting that their diet was a mix of these large species. The cause of Pleistocene extinction (called the megafaunal extinction because of the large size of many of its...Translating form into function
...lating candidate substrates that mimicked unstable intermediate molecules those that exist only briefly as the catalyst turns the substrate into a new molecule. Because these intermediates are unstable, scientists have until now been unable to test their fit to the enzymes active site. Once the scientists had p...EPA foregoes opportunity to improve nanotechnology oversight
...ed as such, or the hundreds of nano raw materials, intermediate components, and industrial equipment items used by manufacturers today. In addition, second generation usesin electronics, sensors, targeted drugs and active nanostructureshave already begun. In May 2007, Davies authored the first in-depth analysi...A new report, 'Where Does the Nano Go? End-of-Life Regulation of Nanotechnologies'
...ed as such, or the hundreds of nano raw materials, intermediate components, and industrial equipment items used by manufacturers today. Please join us on July 26, 2007, for the release of this report featuring the authors, along with Leslie Carothers, President of the Environmental Law Institute, and David Rej...Faster-acting antidepressants closer to becoming a reality
...n, but the new study in mice shows that this is an intermediate step. It turns out that blocking NMDA increases the activity of another receptor, AMPA, and that this boost in AMPA is crucial for ketamines rapid antidepressant actions. The study was reported online in Biological Psychiatry on July 23, by NIMH re...Call for EU to launch major project to map out all our proteins
...n cells or tissues, or that the mRNA, which is the intermediate product between the DNA of the genome and the proteins, is not translated into the final protein product. Aebersold hopes that the workshop will lead to a major EU-funded project to map complete proteomes, answer some of these questions, and arrive ...Study points to new way to predict death risk from torn aorta
...d blood which happens quite infrequently have an intermediate risk of death. It appears that this may be a new predictor of which patients are most at risk knowledge that might help guide decisions about when its wise to proceed with more aggressive treatment and when we can hold off, says lead author Thoma...FDA sees nanotech challenges in every product category it regulates
...fy as such, or the hundreds of nano raw materials, intermediate components, and industrial equipment items currently used by manufacturers. In light of this fast-rising commercialization, FDA needs to make certain that it has the tools, resources and information necessary to ensure the safety of novel products ...Progesterone injections do not prevent preterm birth in twin pregnancies
...erm birth in twin pregnancies, which represents an intermediate level of risk, said John Thorp, M.D., a study co-a...hort cervix. Both groups are considered to have an intermediate risk of preterm birth. Another question for future research, Thorp said, is whether or not injecti...