Description of a gene implicated in the development of Fanconi anemia and predisposition to cancer
...nd in the development and function of the multiple organs and tissues, such as the formation of white blood cells, platelets and other elements of the blood (Fanconi D2 patients have a dysfunction in the production of blood in the medulla starting at 2.4 years old on average), neuronal development (89% of t...Virus widely used in gene therapy research yields important clues to genomic instability
...gene of interest in 100 percent of target cells in organs in mice, including liver, skeletal muscle and heart, by a single injection of a rAAV vector into a peripheral vein. Recent research has demonstrated that rAAV can only insert itself into host chromosomes at sites that are prone to DNA breaks. The r...'Virtual Patient' to simulate real-time organ motions for radiation therapy
...el that simulates in 3-D how radiation affects the organs and tissues in the human body. "Live patients are not static beings, and a moving organ such as the lung or heart is a main concern in radiation treatment or imaging of tumors that are affected by such organ movement," Xu said. "In order to determi...Gene expression patterns predict rapid decline in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients
...d genes involved in the development of tissues and organs (morphogenesis), oxidative stress, cell migration and proliferation and genes from fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells. According to Naftali Kaminski, M.D., director of the Simmons Center and director of the Lung Translational Genomics Center, div...Story ideas from the Journal of Lipid Research
..., and the distribution of fat tissue among various organs is altered. The scientists also give ideas for therapeutic strategies that could help overweight and obese individuals lose their excessive amount of fat tissue. They suggest treatments that would affect the distribution of fat tissue throughout t...Adult stem cells from human cord umbilical cord blood successfully engineered to make insulin
...e usual pitfall involved in transplanting cells or organs from other people organ rejection, which requires organ recipients to take immune-suppressing drugs for the rest of their lives. Huge numbers of stem cells are thought to be required to create new organs. Researchers might remove thousands of dono...Spotlight on liver disease: Improving today's treatments
... important connections between the liver and other organs and highlight creative approaches to liver disease treatment that promise to improve the outcome of the most seriously ill patients." Prediction of Coronary Atherosclerosis Disease with Liver Transaminases Level (Abstract #T1082) Recent studies...Clock gene plays role in weight gain, study finds
..., which is regulated by the circadian clock in the organs and tissues of mammals, are resistant to weight ga...s are the bodys internal timekeepers that regulate organs and activity/rest cycles by controlling energy levels, alertness, growth, moods and the effects of a...Natural immune-control system may aid treatment of autoimmune disease and tissue rejection
...le sclerosis and for the rejection of transplanted organs and tissues, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report in a study in the May issue of the journal Immunity and which will be available online on May 17, 12 noon ET. Because the technique utilizes the bodys own mechanism for controlling the ...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...al and architectural considerations for installing organs in large spaces (3aAA4). SCIENCE OF JAZZ AND YODELING An evening tutorial and lecture on the first day of the meeting (June 4) will feature the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra. Uwe Hansen of Indiana State University ( u-hansen@indstate.edu ) will d...'Nondanger' signal lowers immune reactions
...ally, dendritic cells patrol different tissues and organs and look for danger signals sent by tissues undergoing stress or responding to invading microorganisms," said Stefania Gallucci, M.D., leader of the study team at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. "We found that when we stimulate CR3 on dendrit...ISN's Nexus Hypertension-Kidney debate
...r, UK), and Circadian control of genes, cells, and organs (Ueli Schibler, Switzerland). Biomarkers, regultators and risk factors In alignment with the unique Nexus format, the core program will incorporate three sessions dedicated to both the bench and the 'bedside' levels. Promoting a highly multidi......own that the virus remains in pigs faeces and some organs for up to 30 days after infection. This means that the chances of pigs excreting the virus when they are slaughtered at the age of 180 days are currently small. However, if the infection weakens and pigs dont get infected with HEV until they are olde...FDG-PET imaging clearly predicts lung cancer patients' response to chemotherapy
...re that noninvasively demonstrates the function of organs and other tissues. When PET is used to image cancer, a radiopharmaceutical (such as FDG, which includes both a sugar and a radionuclide) is injected into a patient. Cancer cells metabolize sugar at higher rates than normal cells, and the radiopharmac...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
...ezer burn in frozen foods to preservation of human organs donated for transplantation. Barriers to those uses include the scarcity and high cost of natural AFGPs. In the new study, researchers found that their artificial AFGP, which can be produced in large quantities, also appears safer in laboratory cel...Novel system developed to turn data into real-time, interactive 3-D images
...ography (CT) scan, images of the bodys tissues and organs have become the primary tools physicians use to diagnose disease and make recommendations for effective treatment. New, innovative data display technology developed at Kent State University will provide doctors with a dramatically improved abilit...Keeping the immune system from starting a 'food fight'
...wed that the visceral fat surrounding the internal organs of STAMP2-deficient mice became inflamed, and the animals developed spontaneous metabolic disease on a regular diet, manifesting insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, high blood sugar and lipid levels, and fatty liver disease. They also showed tha...Hearts of male and female rainbow trout are different
...N -- The heart is one of the most energy demanding organs of the human body. Its failure to function properly accounts for 600,000 deaths each year. Similarly, the rainbow trout, native to the Pacific Northwest and beloved as a sport- and food fish, requires dynamic and sustained cardiac function to mainta...Reversing cancer cells to normal cells
...imply watch development), and the fact it develops organs and tissues comparable to those in humans, such as heart, kidney, pancreas, bones and cartilage.) Using the zebrafish model, and the extraordinary technologic advances made in microscopy and molecular biology in recent years, the team was able to...Study of planarians offers insight into germ cell development
...narians that had had their bodies and reproductive organs detached from their brains, the planarians regenerated new bodies, but with no reproductive cells. "This is the first time that nanos gene function has been studied in a non-traditional model organism," Newmark said. "This is important because plan...