Was Agns Sorel, the first official royal mistress of France, poisoned?
...s to synchrotron light, pieces of hair and bits of skin of Agns Sorel have been studied and suggest answer...through different techniques. The hair and bits of skin have been examined close-up thanks to the X-rays of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and...Social stress boosts immune system's flu-fighting abilities
...ll a "delayed-type hypersensitivity" response; the skin test routinely used to test a person for tuberculosis also causes this kind of response. "It takes about a month for the body to develop a strong pool of memory T cells that are ready to fight another virus," Wiesehan said. "We waited a little longer...Researchers test new therapy for advanced melanoma
... 2005) --Melanoma is a particularly deadly form of skin cancer very resistant to treatment. Researchers at...chnique in which a hand-held device applied to the skin delivers pulses of electricity to open up pores in the tumor cell membrane. This opening allows a sm...PNAS highlights for the week of April 4 - 8
...y technology can be used to identify each stage of skin cancer tumor (melanoma) progression, according to ..., eventually, targeted therapies for patients with skin cancer. Emotion and Cognition Set Up by Serotonin Cognition and emotion may depend on tightly cont...Why do amyloid diseases strike different tissues?
...coagulation factors, albumin and TTR. Cells in the skin secrete inflammatory proteins at the site of a cut to ward off infection from bacteria entering through the cut. Cells in the brain secrete proteins that are involved in modulating neurotransmission. And cells in the gut secrete proteins designed to ...Light scattering method reveals details under skin
... method that can image subsurface structures under skin has been demonstrated by scientists at the Nationa...agnose or determine the extent of various types of skin cancers. A paper on the work was presented at a recent technical meeting and is in press.* The imagi...Master gene controls healing of 'skin' in fruit flies and mammals
...hough insect cuticle and the outer layer of mammal skin are very different chemically, the grainyhead gene is also essential for normal skin development and wound repair in mice. "The discovery that grainyhead-like factors are required fo...A little stress gives beneficial oomph! to immune system
...travel to potential battle stations primarily the skin along with the lymph nodes that drain the skin. "Most immune challenges or wounds involve on the skin or other epithelial linings of the body," Dhabhar said. "If nothing happens immunologically followin...Readers of genome decipher signatures of cancer patient outcomes
...est new treatment targets specific to this form of skin cancer. "In cutaneous melanomas, no active adjuvant therapy has been fully demonstrated so far," Spatz said. "The identification of new potential therapeutic targets is crucial and overcomes the importance of prognostication methods. "Some of the ge...UCLA researchers discover new method to generate human bone
...ncing the science of bone, ligament, cartilage and skin transplantation. We are pleased to be working with UCLA." Wu and Ting anticipate FDA approval and first sales of the product in the next seven to nine years. Other collaborators on this technology include Dr. Xinli Zhang and Dr. Chia Soo at UCLA, an...Buying time through 'hibernation on demand'
...damage from wounds that won't heal. A wound to the skin allows the entry of oxygen, which initiates cell death. In healthy people, cell death subsides when a clot forms, which allows the healing process to begin. Exposing a diabetic's clot-resistant wound to an oxygen-free environment would speed the heal...Alzheimer's cognitive decline slowed
...lzheimer's disease, UCSD physician-scientists took skin cells from eight patients diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease. The tissue was modified in the lab to express nerve growth factor (NGF), a naturally occurring protein that prevents cell death and stimulates cell function. In surgeries that took...Genetically modified rice in China benefits farmers' health, study finds
...members if they experienced any headaches, nausea, skin irritation, digestive discomfort or other health problems during or after spraying pesticides on their farms. If so, the researchers asked them if they had visited a doctor, gone home to recover or taken other actions to deal with the symptoms. If t...Metal stents are safe and effective for treatment of obstructions from pancreatic cancer
...r. Cancer patients can experience yellowing of the skin and eyes, itching and dark urine. If untreated, jaundice can lead to infection and abscesses in the liver, which can be fatal. "It is important that we can now relieve these very significant complications without the major surgery that can ofte...Researchers estimate polluted O.C. beaches cost public $3.3 million annually
...mach illness, respiratory disease and eye, ear and skin infections caused by exposure to the polluted waters in a typical year. This is the first study to estimate the economic impact of illnesses associated with polluted recreational waters, although similar calculations have been done regarding air poll...Scientists reveal how disease bacterium survives inside immune system cell
... to as "staph," are bacteria commonly found on the skin and in the noses of healthy people. Occasionally, ...; most are minor, such as pimples, boils and other skin conditions. However, staph bacteria can also cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, such as b...Researchers discover mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells
...ce immediately formed tumors in the gut and in the skin where the gene was active. When he switched the ge...linger. "For instance, you could remove a person's skin tissue, put it in a dish, isolate the skin stem cells, then subject it to an environment that activa...Scientists inhibit cancer gene
May 9, 2005 -- By studying mice with skin cancer, researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah discovered a way to inhibit a mutant gene found in up to 30 percent of human tumors. Called Ras, normal copies of this gene are important in cell signaling, or communica...UQ researcher journeys to the centre of the cell
... continuously, and a cell virtually ate its entire skin every 30 minutes. "Endocytosis can be hijacked by viruses to enter the cell and so understanding this process can provide avenues to stop some viral infections. In addition, endocytosis can be used by researchers aiming to deliver drugs into cells,"...B cells are required for development of epithelial cancer associated with chronic inflammation
...isco used a mouse model of inflammation-associated skin cancer to study the roles and interactions of thes...e study, called HPV16 mice, developed premalignant skin that was characterized by infiltration of innate immune cells. Genetic elimination of T and B lympho...