Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis
... across patientsmore than 50-fold differences were seen in some markers. Additionally, we found that the inflammatory response extends past the outward symptoms, far longer than previous data would suggest, and far longer than the courses of therapies used in unsuccessful clinical trials of experimental a...Bursts of waves drive immune system 'soldiers' toward invaders
...ihilation is likely to produce the series of waves seen under the microscope. The cell-propelling circuit contains a third component that makes it self-sustaining. The researchers found evidence that before each Hem-1 protein is eliminated, it recruits an additional Hem-1 right "next door." As each He...Newly created cancer stem cells could aid breast cancer research
... tumors under the microscope and behave like those seen in many patients. In more than 90 percent of human breast tumors, cancer cells resemble those lining our bodys cavities. A trained pathologist can spot the similarities under a microscope. But the cancer cells previously engineered from normal bre...No evidence that widely prescribed statins protect against prostate cancer
... of their impact on the body, compared to outcomes seen in a clinical trial. Halls team studied the medical histories of 1,812 men, including 237 statin users, and analyzed their blood for free or unbound testosterone, for total testosterone, and for other associated compounds. The researchers found ...Antioxidant overload may underlie a heritable human disease
...pecifically in the heart develop the same symptoms seen in human patients, including heart enlargement, progressive heart failure, and an early death. They further show that the animals hearts are under reductive stress. The find initially took Benjamin by surprise, he said. They had conducted a test tr...European Science Foundation's Forward Look reaches out beyond the endless frontiers
... more explicit in the sense that they are not just seen as new emerging themes but as frameworks to coordinate the dynamics of these specific fields at an international level. In the Forward Look Systems Biology a plea is made to create a European road map to develop the Grand Challenge on Systems Biol...Brain blood flow gives clues to treating depression
...ines normalized decreased brain blood flow usually seen in patients with depression, while electroconvulsive treatment was associated with additional decreases in blood flow, he reported. Currently, clinical psychiatry is based almost solely on subjective observer-based judgment. Our findings suggest that...Smithsonian scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity
...niversity of Minnesota). The low beta diversity seen in this study has implications for biological conservation. The homogeneity of the lowland forests suggests that the total diversity of species in tropical rainforests globally may be lower than previously thought. The studys results also may help...What we can learn from the biggest extinction in the history of Earth
...in the modern world with the very long time scales seen in the geologic record," said Seth Finnegan, a postdoctoral scholar in Payne's lab. ...In limiting life span, study finds booming bacteria innocent
...Nevertheless, he added, the bacterial infestations seen in the aged flies have to be a quality of life issue....High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
... tumor-fighting white blood cells. If the effect seen in mice holds true in human patients, such a treatment could be an important advance in many cancer therapies because of its potential to tackle both primary tumors and metastatic cancers that have spread to other organs -- all without the need for s...Macho men are seen as bad choice for long-term love
...s found that men with feminine facial features are seen as more committed and less likely to cheat on thei...r, for instance those with better complexion, were seen as more desirable in terms of all personality traits compared to those who looked unhealthy. Similar...Link identified between Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
... National Academy of Sciences of the USA. "We've seen for the first time that there is a clear link between what causes Alzheimer's disease and one of the basic mechanisms behind glaucoma," says Dr Francesca Cordeiro from University College London, who led the study. Dr Cordeiro is also a consultant oph...MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories
...er, she showed them twice as many scenes. Had they seen each one before, and if so, how vividly did they recall the scene" Ofen then went back to the brain activation patterns. In both children and adults, several areas in the PFC and the medial temporal lobe (MTL) showed higher activation at the time ...New survey documents the headaches of computerized medicine
...o seeing new kinds of errors crop up. The one weve seen over and over again is physicians trying to enter orders for the wrong patient. Usually theyre caught, most often by the pharmacist or the nurse, but sometimes theyre not. Ash, in a separate article published in the News and Views section of the Jun...... there was good agreement with the RIF frequencies seen in the microscope. But in the case of gamma rays, which lead primarily to sparse and noncomplex DSBs, measured frequencies in real microscope images were lower. This suggests that RIF correspond to sites of complex double-strand breaks in DNA. Mor...Handicapping tuberculosis may be the way to a better vaccine
...because this is the first vaccine strain weve ever seen that is significantly better than BCG, said Jacobs...ions to was amazed, said Jacobs. He said hed never seen anything like it. A year after infection with TB, less than 25 percent of the BCG-vaccinated mice h...New grants bolster efforts to generate faster and cheaper tools for DNA sequencing
... is one-billionth of a meter, much too small to be seen with a conventional lab microscope. Several groups are developing nanopores (holes about two nanometers in diameter) that may be able to recognize individual DNA bases by their electrical or ionic signals to achieve high-accuracy sequencing of indivi...Progesterone therapy and preterm birth: More evidence helps identify women who can benefit
... that does not involve the uterine over-distention seen in twin pregnancy. We need more research into the underlying causes of prematurity to help women with other risk factors, Dr. Katz said. ......ck the repair. Mild forms of the disease have been seen in adult sheep. "If unchecked now, there could be a potential problem for the sheep industry in the future," Angus McTaggart, federal board president of the Dorper Sheep Breeders Society of Australia, said. The disease has been reported elsewhere...