ORNL system eliminates perchlorate, helps scientists trace source
...ile's Atacama Desert to synthetic or manufactured samples and found the natural type had a much higher value of the oxygen-17 isotope (an oxygen atom with 8 protons and 9 neutrons in the nucleus) but a lower chlorine-37 value (a chlorine atom with 17 protons and 20 neutrons in the nucleus). A report...Neurosurgeons looking at stem cells from skin to fight brain tumors
...researchers successfully grew stem cells from skin samples of adult patients with brain tumors. It is hoped that these cells can then be used as a new brain tumor therapy, which has been attempted successfully in mice. The Italian neurosurgeons made a presentation about their new study at the 54th annual m...Genetic data crunching achieves milestone at Stanford
... by storm. They're small slides spotted with fixed samples of DNA, each for a different gene. When a researcher prepares a labeled cell extract and incubates it with the slide, messengers in the sample stick to the fixed DNA, showing which genes in the sample are active. Microarrays are especially useful for...New method studies living bacterial cells
...pics, such as detection of past or present life in samples returned from Mars, or determinations of the origins of life," said lead author Ken Kemner of Argonne's Environmental Research Division. No previously available techniques had the spatial resolution needed to analyze individual bacterial cells nonin......nt study, Blatt and his colleagues examined tissue samples from the brains of four autistic patients and four... a computer," says Buxhoeveden. In tissue samples from two autistic brains--one a 41-year-old adult and the other a three-and-one-half-year-old child-...Potential new oncogene may be missing link in cancer-causing chain
...," Bu says. "We found both colon and breast cancer samples with increased LRP6 gene activity." "The most inte...ues plan to screen a larger group of breast cancer samples to see how frequently the LRP6 gene is overactivated in tumor tissue. Because LRP6 is an essential c...GENEPI: a tool to refine and fine-tune radiotherapy treatment for cancer
...decentralised tissue banks (tumour, skin and blood samples from cancer patients and skin and blood samples from individuals without cancer) in several European countries. After obtaining informed consent, an...VYTORIN (TM) superior again to Lipitor at lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol
...alysis of archived baseline and postbaseline blood samples was performed on 1,832 of the study's enrolled patients. Results from this analysis showed that averaged across all doses, both VYTORIN and Lipitor demonstrated a mean 25 percent reduction on CRP after six weeks of treatment. ...Gimli gobblers Mercury scientists to conduct unique human experiment next week
...h has revealed a mysterious anomaly. Hair or blood samples of individuals in the communities with the highest... 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...Are museum collections of ancient life representative?
...useum of Natural History in Martinsville with bulk samples collected from five geological formations in the C...Barbour Wood said. "The larger the sample, or more samples you collect, the more likely you are going to get all of the preservable organisms that lived in an ...Researchers unlock mysteries of toxic metals in the largest contaminated site in United States
...se look. "It takes months. You have to prepare the samples properly before you do the microscopy. But then yo...is, and Japanese post-doc Takeshi Kasama looked at samples and found important minerals three to 200 nanometers in size. "We found what we think is a new miner...Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increased after clindamycin use for common vaginal infection
...Dr. Beigi said. "Fewer than 1 percent of bacterial samples we tested demonstrated resistance to metronidazole," said Dr. Beigi. "In contrast, 12 percent demonstrated baseline clindamycin resistance, and 53 percent demonstrated resistance to clindamycin after therapy." In addition, women treated with clindamy...Joslin Diabetes Center awards 1st Mary K. Iacocca Faculty Fellowship
...s with other cells in the body. Studying live-cell samples is a new approach in diabetes research and holds considerable promise for many fields of study, including islet cell transplantation (islet cells are the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas), immunology, muscle and fat metabolism, blood vessel co...Cell enzyme may help suppress cancer development
...al adjacent tissue. Fifty-one percent of the tumor samples were heavily methylated, while the gene in the adj...TPRO enzyme interacts with, and they are analyzing samples from a wide range of cancers to learn which ones also show silencing of the PTPRO gene. ...National Eye Institute funds search for genetic key to corneal disease
...e said. "Physicians will be able to send us blood samples of patients, which we can screen for known mutations using genetic markers -- not just for Thiel-Behnke but for other dystrophies -- and perhaps help with diagnosis."Interested physicians may call 713-704-1839 for further information. Corneal dystrop...Look at past sea-level rise points to troubling future
...was drowned in place, because we have drilled core samples there. We still don't know what rate of sea-level rise it took to drown the island, but we're studying that." Rising seas can also overwhelm tidal wetlands, like those at the head of the Trinity River in upper Galveston Bay or the head of the Nueces ...Elevated inflammatory enzyme, Lp-PLA2, significantly linked to ischemic stroke
...out six years. Investigators examined stored blood samples to determine the relationship among Lp-PLA2, traditional cardiovascular risk factors and CRP. The ARIC investigators used the PLAC test developed by diaDexus, Inc., to measure Lp-PLA2 concentration. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cl...Genetic variant linked to weakened heart pumping
...." The researchers collected clinical data and DNA samples from 973 patients treated in the Duke system to document any correlations between the PPAR-I7 polymorphism and ejection fraction. The polymorphism is caused by a single alteration in one DNA base pair at a single location on the PPAR gene. In this i...MIDI, Inc receives Official Methods(SM) status for the confirmatory ID of the anthrax pathogen
...erlock System can identify more than 200 bacterial samples per day at a cost of less than $3.00 per sample for consumables and has proven effective for routine bacterial identifications at state health laboratories, major hospitals, government facilities and military installations worldwide. It was used dur...UCSD researchers find effective treatment for unusual fever syndrom caused by cold exposure
...n years, Hoffman has studied FCAS by drawing blood samples at different family reunions held throughout the United States, from Georgia, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, to Utah and California. Frequently, the individuals with FCAS didn't know they had distant relatives in other states with the same condition. ...