Reed biology professor receives $227,500 for E. coli research
... produce, and water. Mellies' research on EPEC may provide insight into disease caused by not only EHEC, but also Shigella and Salmonella species that cause significant disease annually. Over the past three years, Mellies has received other significant funding for his research, including $230,323 from the D...ASU gets grant to develop high speed DNA sequence reader
...matically lowering the costs. A single slide could provide sequence data about 10 times more rapidly than today's large sequencing centers for about a hundredth of the cost. NHGRI's long-term goal is to cut the cost of whole genome sequencing to $1,000 or less, which would enable the sequencing of individua...VYTORIN (TM) superior again to Lipitor at lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol
...ncrease in HDL, VYTORIN was shown in this study to provide comparable reductions in C-Reactive Protein, "said Dr. Ballantyne. "While the exact meaning of CRP reduction is unknown, given the ongoing discussions around CRP, this is an interesting study finding. Further studies are needed to confirm these fin...Gimli gobblers Mercury scientists to conduct unique human experiment next week
...l eat the fish but drink no tea. Participants will provide blood samples for mercury level testing at the beginning and end of the conference. (Dr. Lucotte stresses that the Lake Winnipeg fish were chosen for the experiment only because COMERN encourages the eating of local foods and that these fish contain ...DASH diet may do more than lower blood pressure
...--or Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension--diet provide "an abundance" of food compounds such as lycopene, beta carotene and isoflavones, which are increasingly associated with disease reduction. "It therefore is possible that the health benefits of the DASH diet are partly attributable to the phytochemic...Fat buildup found in hearts of obese or diabetic heart failure patients
... Gene expression and protein findings in the paper provide potential long-term targets for treating heart fai...eer to have their cardiac function analyzed and to provide a small sample of thigh muscle tissue before and after their surgery. Taegtmeyer's team will then ...Gene found to defend against environmental pollutants and pulmonary emphysema
...tants. The researchers believe their findings will provide a better understanding of the human body's defense mechanisms and could lead to the identification of what factors make some people more susceptible to lung diseases. The article is published in the current issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigat...Electronic records to improve care for children with asthma
...iders, allow inter-disciplinary care planning, and provide clinical decision support. Department of Pediatrics Chair Margaret Hostetter, M.D., said, "Integrating patient care for asthma among pediatric providers at the Medical School, Yale-New Haven Hospital and in the community is a top priority of the ERI...Are museum collections of ancient life representative?
...ften represent the efforts of several researchers, provide data on sites no longer available, and make data collection cost and time effective. However, it is important to understand the methodology behind the collections to control for biases and aid interpretation of data. Barbour Wood will present the pap...JCI table of contents November 1, 2004
...d colleagues at Copenhagen University Hospital now provide the evidence that indeed alterations in the ABCA1 ...ified in families with Tangier disease. These data provide insight into the genetic changes that can contribute to variation of HDL in the general population a...Mutations in transporter protein effect HDL levels in the general population
...d colleagues at Copenhagen University Hospital now provide the evidence that indeed alterations in the ABCA1 ...ified in families with Tangier disease. These data provide insight into the genetic changes that can contribute to variation of HDL in the general population a...First human trial of bioartificial kidney shows promise for acute renal failure
...lasma, along with toxic waste products, and cannot provide the cytokine regulation function of living cells. Traditional therapy for patients with acute or chronic renal failure involves dialysis or kidney transplant, both of which have limitations. Humes and his colleagues began developing this technology a...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...orts, members of the public had the opportunity to provide feedback on the Web, via e-mail, through a dedicat...e public may continue to learn about the study and provide feedback by visiting Loyola's Web site: www.luhs.org/bloodsubstitute . Members of the public who ...Research confirms that vCJD prions can be removed from blood
...s innovative proprietary technology is designed to provide the dual benefit of reducing both leukocytes (white blood cells) and infectious prions -- cell-associated and non-cell associated -- in a single step. About 60 percent of prion infectivity in blood resides in leukocytes (cell-associated) and about 4...Researchers grow sperm stem cells in laboratory cultures
...0 percent success rate. Boys who are too young to provide a semen sample but who also need such chemotherapy treatments could also be helped by the new technique. Their spermatogonial stem cells could be cultured to increase their numbers, frozen, and reimplanted at a later date, restoring their fertility....Research team discovers possible genetic mechanism behind congenital heart defects
...order to study its function. "This new protein may provide new diagnostic tools and insights into how to treat cardiovascular problems," said Dr. Janet Rossant, the study's co-principal investigator and a senior investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at MSH, as well as a professor of Molecul...Growth factors confer immortality to sperm-generating stem cells
...nd consequences for future fertility therapies and provide a source of stem cells that will make it possible to modify genes from males before they are passed to the next generation. While the research was performed in mice, the researchers believe that it is likely applicable to other species, including hu...U-M researcher examines the cell's housekeeping habits
...de the vesicles to reproduce. Autophagy may even provide a clue to the mythical fountain of youth. Autophagy activity is known to decrease with aging, and experiments in which autophagy was blocked in the C. elegans nematode worm resulted in dramatically shorter life spans for the 1 millimeter creatures. C...Scientists find acid rain an unlikely ally in the battle against a greenhouse gas
...nergy and release methane as a byproduct. Wetlands provide an ideal environment for these microbes. When acid rain drops sulfate onto wetlands, another type of bacteria, ones that reduce sulfate are able to outcompete the Archea, limiting the total production of methane. Wetlands may produce as much as ......s our first completed product and will immediately provide data to improve local assessments of reef resource...environment. This newly released dataset will help provide the baseline against which future observations can be compared," said Gene Carl Feldman, SeaWiFS Pro...