Fast, accurate detection of explosives on airport luggage possible
...se the technology works on other surfaces, such as skin and clothing, as well, it also could help determine whether an individual has been involved in the handling of these chemicals." J.L. Beauchamp, a chemist at the California Institute of Technology who has worked in mass spectrometry for more than fou...Jefferson scientists identify gene defect leading to abnormal skin development and cancer
...ange of abnormalities, from cyclical hair loss and skin cancer to severe problems in normal skin development. The work may lead to improved treatments for skin injuries, including burns, and might ...NSF, NIH award Ecology of Infectious Diseases grants
...easonal parasite transmission in mice and a human skin disease called Buruli ulcer, a serious disease throughout the tropics that may result from human changes to the landscape, via aquatic invertebrates that bite humans and that live in slow-flowing or stagnating aquatic habitats...Hair-raising stem cells identified
...nal Cell that stem cells could be used to generate skin containing hair and sebaceous glands in mice. But ...ations. They then implanted progeny cells into the skin of newborn mice whose hair follicles were just being formed. This skin was then grafted onto athymic...Why a whale shark's spots could help save its skin
...ky could help save the whale shark - whose spotted skin is like a starry sky - from extinction, according ..."The contrast of white whale shark spots on darker skin is well suited to a machine vision technique known as 'blob extraction', which measures the location...JCI table of contents November, 2005
...th pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus have skin blistering diseases that occur because the patients form antibodies against proteins in the skin that hold the skin tightly together. The cellular basis of pathogenesis in pemphigus is still poorly...Researchers reveal basis for debilitating hereditary disease
... with severe abdominal pain, psychiatric symptoms, skin fragility, and light sensitivity. "Unless prompt and appropriate treatment is given, hereditary coproporphyria can very quickly turn into a life-threatening medical emergency," said C. S. Raman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biochem...Oral ZYVOX shows cost savings for outpatient treatment of skin, other infections vs. vancomycin
...ions of which approximately half (48 percent) were skin infections. The average total cost per patient, including drug acquisition and administration as well as all related medical expenses, was 34 percent less for patients who were treated with oral ZYVOX compared with patients who were treated with van...Did feathered dinosaurs exist?
...sity of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa examined the skin of modern reptiles, the effects of decomposition o...nship to birds, they suggest that decomposition of skin can lead to patterns resembling feathers. Birds have been thought to be related to theropod dinosau...Latest study: Scientists say no evidence exists that therapod dinosaurs evolved into birds
...ossilized patterns appear to be bits of decomposed skin and supporting tissues that just happen to resembl... Using powerful microscopes, the team examined the skin of modern reptiles, the effects of decomposition on skin and the fossil evidence relating to alleged...Double trouble: Cells with duplicate genomes can trigger tumors
...o be genomically unstable. When injected under the skin of laboratory mice, about 25 percent of the animals developed breast cell tumors, and these tumors, like the tetraploid cells that seeded them, were also marked by similar chromosomal irregularities. The new findings confirm a far-sighted notion of T...MSU entomologist appointed to unravel mysterious tropical disease
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A tropical skin disease nicknamed "the sore that heals in vain" wr...egs are covered with ulcers and doctors can't do a skin graph because there isn't enough skin there to take. I was really touched by these kids." Merritt, ...New class of antibiotics effective against drug-resistant bacteria discovered in fungi
...oat, life-threatening sepsis, and flesh destroying skin infections. The discovery of plectasin has implica...lls that later engulf foreign invaders, and by the skin and mucous membranes, in order to kill microbes before they invade protective barriers. Researchers...Drug breakthrough for psoriasis sufferers
...soriasis is a chronic condition which results when skin cells over-produce and accumulate on the surface o...the drug achieved clinically-significant levels of skin clearance. Nearly 60% experienced at least a 90% improvement in symptoms or near-complete skin cle...Cyberkinetics, Case to develop system to help restore extremity function
...t. Electrodes may be placed on the surface of the skin or they may be implanted under the skin. The stimulator controls the strength and timing of the low-level pulses that flow to the electrodes. The sensors or switches control the starting and stopping of the pulses supplied by the stimulator. To be...JCI table of contents November, 2005
...matopoietic precursors. Because the cells of human skin share many similarities with cells of the thymus ...or T-cell production, the authors use normal human skin keratinocytes and fibroblasts on a three-dimensional matrix to support the complete process of T cel...Pillows - a hot bed of fungal spores
...source of nitrogen and nutrition (along with human skin scales). There could therefore be a 'miniature ecosystem' at work inside our pillows." Aspergillus is a very common fungus, carried in the air as well as being found in cellars, household plant pots, compost, computers and ground pepper and spices. ...Researchers offer proof-of-concept for Altered Nuclear Transfer
...CNT, a donor nucleus, for example one taken from a skin cell, is implanted into a donor egg cell from which the nucleus had been removed. This egg cell is then tricked into thinking it has been fertilized. That causes it to grow into a blastocyst--a mass of about 100 cells--from which stem cells are remo...Gene therapy may protect normal tissues during radiation retreatment for lung cancer
...ation therapy for lung cancer can include fatigue, skin changes, swelling of the esophagus, hair loss in the treated area, dry cough caused by swelling of the lung tissue and sore throat.......hich are closely related to compounds found in the skin of a poisonous frog and the bark of an African tree once used to make poison arrows," said Dr. Lingrel, "and they all worked on the sodium pump binding site."It turns out that almost all species, from fruit flies to humans, have a site that responds ...