Other highlights in the June 15 JNCI
...omen has guided the development of cervical cancer screening strategies for women. Similar information could help develop anal cancer screening strategies, particularly for men who have sex with men, a population in which anal cancer rates are ...NIH creates nationwide network of molecular libraries screening centers
...aborative research network that will use high-tech screening methods to identify small molecules that can be us...inst human disease." For example, the broad-based screening effort will eventually enable researchers to explore the hundreds of thousands of proteins believed ...Penn receives $9.5 mllion NIH grant to create center for molecular discovery
... decade ago." Each of the new NIH centers will be screening the compound repository against unique targets of ...st provided by scientists around the country. The screening centers will create a massive, public-domain database where the interactions of thousands of chemica...NIH awards $10.4 million to Scripps Research Institute and Scripps Florida
...ickly into medically relevant applications. The screening center at The Scripps Research Institute and Scripps Florida together with nine screening centers from the public and private sectors, will comprise the Molecular Libraries Screening Centers...Children's Hospital Oakland Int'l thalassemia collaboration
...st frequent disorder detected in the state newborn screening program of over 700,000 annual births. Thalassemia is usually fatal in infancy unless ongoing transfusions are initiated. What: Children's Hospital Oakland is orchestrating an international effort to step up education, awareness, and specialized t...NIH awards $11.9 M to The Burnham Institute to establish the San Diego Chemical Screening Center
...ree years by the NIH. As a member of this national screening network, the Burnham will have access to a library...ed for medicinal properties using advanced robotic screening instrumentation. The screening center at the Burnham will perform screens of the 2 million compound...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...acterized serotonin antagonist, scored high in the screening and was selected for further experimentation. The antiviral activity of cinanserin was evaluated in tissue samples containing the SARS virus and revealed a strong inhibition of coronavirus replication at nontoxic drug concentrations. "These findings...VCU study shows big-brained people are smarter
..." McDaniel said. "The use of intelligence tests in screening job applicants has substantial economic benefits for organizations." Before MRIs, scientists often used external skull measurements or waited until a person died to estimate brain size. The external skull measurements were only approximate estimates ...Saturated fats combined with genetic trait implicated in development of type 2 diabetes
...ns up the distinct possibility of specific genetic screening of people at risk for type 2 diabetes, which would then give physicians additional information to advise their high-risk patients on preventative diet and exercise options. About 10 percent of non-diabetic Caucasians who possess this polymorphism may...Prescription pain patch abuse blamed for increase in deaths
...cating prescribing physicians on the importance of screening and monitoring their patients for addictive disorders in order to help decrease the abuse of the patch."...Change in prenatal genetic testing could reduce detection rate of abnormalities
...l Screening Committee (UKNSC) recommended that new screening programmes for Down's syndrome* do not have to include karyotyping--a process that generates a picture of a person's 23 chromosome pairs. Karyotyping can detect a range of numerical or structural genetic chromosome abnormalities, but can take up to 1...Argonne receives $50 million NIH grant
...botic instrumentation for large-scale multi-sample screening crystallization; introduce new methods to efficiently monitor crystal growth; and develop new cryofreezing procedures for protein crystals. Structure Determination and Refinement: The researchers will improve quality control in the data collection an...New results validating Pall prion reduction filter disclosed at ISBT Congress
...vity and specificity. The implementation of donor screening would be problematic without the availability of confirmatory assays to inform discussions with potentially infected donors. Prion Reduction Confirmed Sam Coker, Ph.D., Principal Scientist of Pall Corporation, released new research results that fu...Rutgers to lead $52.7 million protein research program
...several potential antibiotic drug targets and drug screening assays for which we have submitted patents," Montelione said. "However, there are many protein families that still do not have known structural representatives." NIGMS has now funded four of the strongest pilot program centers, including NESG, as Cen...Other highlights in the July 6 JNCI
...ased The results of the initial colorectal cancer screening of thousands of participants in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial found a high acceptance of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening and indicate that the trial's even...Forsyth scientists find three bacteria associated with oral cancer
...rs or dentists within several days. The need for screening Government statistics show that, every year, some 30 thousand US residents are diagnosed with oral cancer. Of those diagnosed, more than 90 per cent are found to have OSCC. If discovered and treated early, OSCC has a five-year survival rate of 80-to...Salivary bacteria as indicators of oral cancer?
... head and neck. So far however, general population screening has not been shown to reduce the incidence or mortality of oral cancer, and so there is a demand for an inexpensive, noninvasive and easy-to-use diagnostic test for oral cancer. These findings could form the basis of the development of a straightforw...42 biomedical scientists worldwide named HHMI international research scholars
... group to establish systematic human prion disease screening in Brazil. * Geoff McFadden Professor School of Botany University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia Geoff McFadden's work will focus on a tiny, vital organelle within the malaria parasite called an apicoplast. His go...State newborn screening programs advance, but most infants still not fully covered
...TE PLAINS, N.Y., JULY 12, 2005 -- Expanded newborn screening is now required by law in dozens of states, but mo... that every baby born in the United States receive screening for a uniform panel of 29 disorders that includes metabolic conditions and hearing deficiency. All ...Why do aneurysms form? New studies suggest leading role for white blood cells
...k patients," says Upchurch. "In addition to better screening and adequate monitoring of known AAAs, this kind of treatment is badly needed." Upchurch and his colleagues performed the research in the Conrad Jobst Vascular Research Laboratories, part of the Section of Vascular Surgery in the U-M Medical School. ...