American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...ation of cataract surgery Easing concerns about a promising new medical imaging agent Explosive discovery on ... #2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Easing concerns about a promising new medical imaging agent Chemical Research in Toxicology In a study that eases concern about th...Bursts of waves drive immune system 'soldiers' toward invaders
...ll movement plays a role in heart attack - another promising target for applying the new insights of the regulation of cell movement, the authors say. White blood cells, or neutrophils, are the body's first line of defense against potentially harmful microbes, and are one of the swiftest cells in the body. ...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
A promising new line in anti-cancer therapy by blocking the molecular motors involved in copying genetic information during cell division is being pursued by young Dutch researcher Dr. Nynke Dekker in one of this years EURYI award winning projects sponsored by t...deCODE discovers cause of major subtype of glaucoma
...icrofibullar deposits that causes XFG, providing a promising mechanism to target for developing therapy. We plan to conduct additional studies to examine how we can take advantage of this finding to begin drug discovery, said Kari Stefansson, CEO of deCODE. The deCODE team discovered the variants by first ...Research team enlightens the reasons for severe blindness
...y, which especially for LCA, is considered as very promising since the disease is caused by a single mutation. LCA causes blindness very early on often shortly after or within a few months of birth. The disease can be caused through a single mutation in different genes; with the newly discovered LCA5 gene, ...Universe's stringy birth revealed by young Czech scientist in EURYI winning project
...ing theory emerged 40 years ago as one of the most promising candidates for such a theory, and has since slippe...rld experts on string field theory, a particularly promising approach to string theory. He will be conducting his research at the Institute of Physics Academy of...Neurosciences and music meet in Montreal
...y for scientists, musicians, major researchers and promising young students to exchange information, share experiences and to discuss and disseminate the emerging scientific discoveries. The conference program is overseen by the International Organization Committee: Isabelle Peretz, Universit de Montral, BRAMS...U-M researchers find family of 'on switches' that cause prostate cancer
... knowledge may lead to better diagnostic tests and promising new treatments for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other illnesses, Chinnaiyan says. ...Huntington's disease study shows animal models on target
...s in affected neurons. This disease mechanism is a promising new avenue for research into the causes of neuronal death and a novel potential approach for treatment. Led by EPFL professor Ruth Luthi-Carter, and involving collaborators from six countries, the current study found a marked resemblance between th...... developed genetically modified mice that carry a promising candidate reporter named ferritin, which could circumvent these problems. Ferritin works by sequestering iron from cells. When it is overexpressed, iron uptake increases, causing signal changes in the surrounding environment that can be detected by M...New clue into how diet and exercise enhance longevity
...maintaining a healthy lifestyle and may also offer promising research directions for understanding and treating diabetes and Alzheimers disease. Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Morris F. White and his colleagues published their findings in the July 20, 2007, issue of the journal Science. Akiko ...Manchester University helps with pharaoh DNA analysis
...gues at the National Research Centre in Cairo have promising preliminary results suggesting the identity of the queen. Dr Corthals, who is based at Manchesters KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, advised and trained a team led by Dr Yehia Gad in Egypt in techniques of extracting DNA samples from the mummif...A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising
...ering the nodulation signal in certain rhizobia is promising for future techniques for bringing these bacteria into association with different leguminous plants. It therefore becomes possible to increase agricultural production of a greater number of important plants, notably in tropical countries, while cutti......ion of learned fear in mice. This data points to a promising therapeutic avenue to treat emotional disorders and raises hope for patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or phobia," Tsai said. Emotional disorders such as post-traumatic stress and panic attacks stem from the inability of the bra...Biodesign Institute leads innovative project to prevent cancer
... we approach this problem. Our goal, based on some promising preliminary results, is to see if we can make a vaccine that would be given to all adult women to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer Johnston notes that the most successful medical intervention in history has been the development of vaccines a...Scientists follow familiar TRAIL to new cancer therapy
...therapy that may sensitize human cancer cells to a promising treatment currently being used in clinical trials. The research, published in the July issue of the journal Cancer Cell, published by Cell Press, provides a pharmacological method for enhancing the potency and effectiveness of a tumor necrosis factor...Scientists gain important insights into acute promyelocytic leukemia
... acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and identifies promising new avenues to develop treatments for some of its variant forms. APL is a cancer of the bone marrow that occurs when certain developing white blood cells get stuck at a highly proliferative and immature stage. The abnormal cells accumulate and even...A gene that protects from kidney disease
...tations. With GLIS2 we have already identified one promising candidate drug target and our mouse model will help us find many others....UF scientists work to develop simple bladder cancer test
...ts with and without bladder cancer. Several appear promising as potential biomarkers, including one that studies conducted elsewhere have already linked to liver and ovarian cancer. The findings, available online, are scheduled to be published in the July 6 print edition of the American Chemical Societys Journ...Consumption of small amounts of dark chocolate associated with reduction in blood pressure
...n that is easy to adhere to and therefore may be a promising behavioral approach to lower blood pressure in individuals with above-optimal blood pressure. Future studies should evaluate the effects of dark chocolate in other populations and evaluate long-term outcomes, the authors conclude....