Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis
...t week of hospitalization even after the clinical signs of infection had subsided. Levels were highest in those with fatal severe sepsis, lowest in those with CAP but no sepsis. Our data show that much of what we previously thought about the role the inflammatory response plays in sepsis was wrong or in...High blood pressure, low energy -- a recipe for heart failure
...sed to pressure overload, the researchers observed signs of early heart failure: the mouse hearts dilated and didn't contract effectively, the heart walls thinned, fibrous connective tissue accumulated and some heart cells died. They also saw that the hearts had depleted fuel reserves. Kelly indicates tha...Preclinical study links gene to brain aneurysm formation
...brain. They then examined brain artery samples for signs of aneurysm formation. The researchers found no indications of aneurysm formation in the PAI-1, NOS-2 or wild type control groups. Mice with the NOS-3 knock out, however, formed intracranial aneurysms. ...US Department of Defense awards $1.6 million for implantable biochip research
... applications, such as monitoring astronauts vital signs during long-duration space flights and reading blood-sugar levels for diabetics. We now lose a large percentage of patients to bleeding, and getting vital information such as how much oxygen is in the tissue back to ER physicians and medical person...Pediatric ritalin use may affect developing brain, new study suggests
...onths after discontinuing the drug displayed fewer signs of anxiety compared to untreated rodents. "That was a bit of a surprise because we thought a stimulant might cause the rats to behave in a more anxious manner," Dr. Milner says. The researchers also used high-tech methods to track changes in both t...Research study describes the role part of the brain plays in memory
...this is one of the regions of the brain that shown signs of degeneration among those who suffer from Alzheimer's (and who are often treated with drugs that help to produce acetylcholine). The acetylcholine produced by the nucleus basalis is transferred to other regions of the brain, where it is "recognis...Vaccine trials inject hope into koala's future
...re in both Queensland and NSW are showing clinical signs of the disease and it seems to be getting worse." The vaccine will be administered to a small number of koalas via an injection either under the skin or intramuscularly. "The first phase of the trial will run for between six and 12 months," he s...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...to A/Hong Kong/213/03 but did not exhibit clinical signs or virus shedding. In two of the groups two conta...Infected contact ferrets displayed severe clinical signs despite little or no virus detection in nasal washes. The absence of secondary transmission among fe...Serica scientists win AOSSM Award for ACL (knee) tissue regeneration in preclinical study
...aft or the surgical procedure did not induce early signs of acute inflammation, swelling or initial scar formation in the goat model, as indicated by rapidly declining scores for pain and knee size. The primary focus of our work over the past ten years has been to solve the unmet clinical need in ACL r...CU researchers discover evidence of very recent human adaptation
...studies at Cornell and elsewhere have searched for signs of selection -- the divergence of genes from a com... a population group have the same genetic changes, signs of evolution were much easier to detect in the less diverse European-American and Chinese genomes. "...Macrochem acquires option to license pexiganan
...ddress three important objectives: to assess early signs of efficacy, to maintain robust clinical endpoints in the full study, and, if successful, to facilitate advancement to Phase 3 as soon as possible. ...Fat horses face health problems
... length, and height. Each horse was checked for signs of laminitis and blood was drawn to assess glucose and insulin levels as well as other hormones, cytokines, and oxidative biomarkers. A questionnaire was also completed by each horses owner to gather background information on breed, gender, health h...UF scientists work to develop simple bladder cancer test
... used to detect cancer sooner, possibly before its signs even surface. With any cancer, the earlier you find it the better because its not as aggressive in its early stages, and of course its much easier to remove any cancer anywhere in the body if you catch it while its relatively small, said Steve Good......in the animals, and none of the mice exhibited any signs of toxic side effects. However, none of the animals remained tumor-free. The procedure was quite effective even though we applied the stem cells just once. Obviously, repeated treatment will increase the efficacy, as would using this strategy in c...Global warming is evaporating Arctic ponds, new study shows
...e miners canaries of the planet, showing the first signs of warming. But this new discovery by the Canadian researchers has surprised even them. In the 1990s they were alarmed when they began to recognize a trend of declining water levels and changes in water chemistry. When they arrived to begin another...Story ideas from Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
..., improve diagnosis, and detect early pathological signs more efficiently. Coronary heart disease, which is characterized by abnormal thickening and narrowing of the blood vessels, is the first leading cause of death in the United States. But what happens inside the cells of these blood vessels is not co......ated in early 2006 from a human patient who showed signs of fever and acute respiratory illness. This is th...nfecting people), but they rarely display clinical signs of infection, Dr Wang says. Although we have not yet obtained direct experimental evidence that Mela...New tumor markers -- 'Spot the differences'
...f orders. However, depending on their role and the signs and information they receive from their surroundings, each cell type sends only specific messages at any one time. While in normal cells this process is carried out following an organized pattern, this pattern of messages changes completely in cancer...Arctic spring comes weeks earlier than a decade ago
... to phenology, the study of the timing of familiar signs of spring seen in plants, butterflies, birds, and other species. Shifts in phenology are considered one of the clearest and most rapid signals of biological response to rising temperatures, Hye explained. Yet most long-term records of phenological ...Pendulum love, science class gender gaps, musical mind mirrors, and unparticle physics
...tter "unparticle stuff," and hopes that we may see signs of it at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a super ...articles. So if LHC experimentalists happen to see signs of 3.34 ghostly particles, for example, they could be on the track of unparticle matter. Unparticl...