Clinical trial data regarding NKTR-061 will be presented at ATS International Conference
... proprietary Aerosol Generator that is designed to rapidly deliver aerosolized antibiotics to the deep lungs, both within and outside of a ventilator system. The result is a potentially faster-acting, potentially more effective treatment modality which provides key advantages over traditional pneumatic or ul...Understanding the global carbon budget -- Woods Hole Research Center expert provides insights
...or carbon diminish, global warming will occur more rapidly than predicted, and efforts to manage it will become that much more difficult."...Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers awarded $27M for TB research
...cents and adults, and determining who will respond rapidly and who may need longer (i.e. more than 6 months) drug treatment for TB are major focuses of the new contract. Answering these questions is particularly important as new vaccines, drugs and diagnostic tests for TB are being developed by investigator...The stem cells that weren't there
...ted a sequence of cell divisions. In contrast, the rapidly dividing cells in the rats' intestine showed blended colors, indicating that they had divided multiple times from specialized cellspossibly from adult stem cells. "We expect that other developmental biologists can use this cell labeling technique t...Anthrax paralyzes immune cells with lethal toxin, UF research shows
... the first symptom appears, the disease progresses rapidly and patients often die from shock before they realize they have more than a common cold. The current method of detecting anthrax relies on lab cultures that can take days to complete. "We're looking for approaches to detect anthrax earlier in the b...Novel system developed to turn data into real-time, interactive 3-D images
... "We believe the system we have developed can move rapidly into a clinical setting and significantly improve ... Blank says. "Our approach allows the physician to rapidly and efficiently study hundreds of images at once by turning the data into a three-dimensional (3-D) ...Use of wind energy in US growing, but planning and guidelines are lacking
... wind energy to generate electricity is increasing rapidly in the United States, government guidance to help communities and developers evaluate and plan proposed wind-energy projects is lacking, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. To inform the development of guid...Study led by Scripps Research scientist reveals little-known cell networks vital to circadian rhythm
...w peripheral oscillators to anticipate and respond rapidly not only to the synchronizing cues emanating from the SCN but also to physiological signals related to feeding and behavior. "Future studies should focus on addressing the system impact of these cellular networks," Kay said. "Our results validate c...New Arizona alliance aims to boost technologies for medical diagnostics and human health
...d to human health and disease. Developing tests to rapidly obtain protein profiles as a predictive marker for disease or identifying therapeutic targets would provide broad benefits to health care and medicine. Leslie Tolbert, vice president for research, graduate studies, and economic development at the ...Work with nanoparticles may lead to 'on-the-spot' virus detector
...nanoparticles, making possible a device that could rapidly sample and detect infectious biological agents, such as viruses. "This advance may pave the way for an on-the-spot virus detector, which would be immensely helpful, especially in military and public-health applications," said Paschalis Alexandridis,...New clues for treatment of disease that causes accelerated aging
... treatment of a rare genetic condition that causes rapidly accelerated aging and leads to an average life expectancy of 13 years. Scientists studying the genes of two infants who died of mysterious illnesses found the infants had mutations in LMNA, the same gene altered in patients with the premature aging c...Ecology in an era of globalization
...ion. They suggest ecological science must be more rapidly integrated to keep up with the changes, including an ecological knowledge system to facilitate access to new and existing sources of ecological information throughout the world. Frederick Meyerson (University of Rhode Island, US), Leticia Merino (U...Study confirms the risk of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke outdoors
...he researchers found that outdoor smoke disappears rapidly when a cigarette is extinguished. "Our data also show that if you move about six feet away from an outdoor smoker, your exposure levels are much lower," Klepeis added. The public has become increasingly concerned about the effects of outdoor smoki...First research to show that diabetes damages DNA in men's sperm and may affect fertility
...idence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly worldwide. While diet and obesity are known to be key factors in the increase of type 2 (or late onset) diabetes, type 1 diabetes which is usually diagnosed in childhood or adolescence, is increasing by three per cent a year in European children, alt...Global survey of lizards reveals greater abundance of animals on islands than on mainland ecosystems
...study signals an alarm for island populations in a rapidly warming world. It suggests that climate change may have devastating consequences for lizards and other animals that inhabit islands because their ecosystems are much more sensitive than those on the mainland to change. Details of the study conduct...Amphibians in losing race with environmental change
...lways allow a species to adapt in a way that meets rapidly changing conditions. Through genetic variation and natural selection pressures, some species or populations will be able to adapt while others fail and go extinct. The systems developed over millions of years to give amphibians survival advantages...Arctic ice retreating more quickly than computer models project
...ows that the Arctic's ice cover is retreating more rapidly than estimated by any of the 18 computer models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in preparing its 2007 assessments. The study, "Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Faster Than Forecast?" will appear tomorrow in the online edition of...Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes similar at molecular level
...myloid fibril-forming segment. "Its exciting how rapidly this work is progressing," said Rebecca Nelson, a UCLA senior postdoctoral fellow with the UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics and a member of the team. "Once we formed the collaboration with the scientists in France to use the European Syn...Wellcome Trust and GlaxoSmithKline announce partnership to target drug-resistant hospital infections
...ommented: Infection by Gram-negative bacteria is a rapidly emerging public-health problem. GSK welcomes this collaboration with the Wellcome Trust to evaluate the potential of part of our existing antibiotics portfolio against these pathogens. Virtually no novel-mechanism antibacterials are in development......ap. "The study of neuron-glia communication is a rapidly emerging field in basic neurobiology. It also has strong relevance to demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and neuropathies," said project director Yu Yamaguchi, M.D., Ph.D. Myelin is the protective sheath coating nerve fibers, and the...