University of Colorado invention may allow thirsty crops to signal farmers
...in the process, he said. "Farmers today rely on standard practices that include a good eye and a green thumb," said Stoner. "But this new system can tell a farmer precisely when a plant's water uptake potential is at its peak, which could conceivably decrease the number of watering days for certain crops ...Exploring the dark matter of the genome
... ones already known from protein databases." These standard approaches to finding genes, Smith says, are relatively easy to perform in euchromatin but harder in heterochromatin, "because it is so rich in repeats." Smith and his colleagues found evidence for 230 to 254 protein-coding genes in the heterochro...Can a Mediterranean diet help prevent colon cancer?
...ean diet high in olive oil, nuts and fish with a standard healthy eating plan. Overall eating patterns appear to be more important for cancer prevention than intakes of specific nutrients or food groups. We hope this study will give us an indication of the benefits that a persons diet can have on health, ...Genomatix expands operations in North America
...e demand for training and education, well beyond a standard product training. Our scientific approaches to gene regulation and our innovative ways to look at microarray data enable us to teach university-like courses, digging deep into the underlying principles of biology. Our courses are well sought after gr...Studies to find better ways to preserve human eggs, ovarian tissue under way
...ans. What we tell patients is that right now the standard of care for people who are going through cancer th...s ready. A concurrent phase I study is comparing standard cryopreservation to vitrification in eggs. They are using eggs from 60 women age 18-42 that would be...SNM advances professional definition for 'molecular imaging'
...omplex termfor this evolving field. They developed standard definitions and terms that will serve as a framework for all the societys molecular imaging activities, noted the associate professor of radiology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Md. SNMs definitionapproved by board members from...University of Pittsburgh scientists find new contributor to aggressive cancers
... the ability of cancer cells to form colonies in a standard growth medium after increasing or decreasing the level of normal integrin 7 in the cell lines. In this experiment, control cancer cells formed large colonies with up to 100 cells each. Cancer cells with normal levels of integrin 7 expression formed f...Reprogrammed fibroblasts identical to embryonic stem cells
...humans. Human embryonic stem cells remain the gold standard for pluripotent cells, and it is a necessity to continue studying embryonic stem cells through traditional means. In August 2006, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Yamanaka reported a landmark discovery that by activating four genes ...Cisplatin is more effective than carboplatin for treating nonsmall cell lung cancer
...lude that cisplatin chemotherapy should remain the standard of care for these patients. Recent randomized s...shown that the addition of platinum-based drugs to standard chemotherapy improves patient outcomes. Based on this data, new guidelines for treating advanced NSC...The insect vector always bites twice
...of exposure, which had been assessed beforehand by standard entomological capture techniques. All the children involved in the study showed a higher level during the period of most intense transmission, in September. The antibody rate proved also to be associated with the risk of occurrence of a malarial atta...It's safe for obese moms-to-be to lose weight during pregnancy, new SLU research finds
...r weight than women in the group that followed the standard diabetic diet, the study found. Findings suggest the babies born to women who lost or maintained their weight were more likely to be of normal size. Infants born to women who gained weight were more likely to be bigger 8 pounds, 8 ounces and heav...What's going on in the body? Advanced time-of-flight PET takes a superior 'look'
...ructed for 30 patients, comparing images using the standard acquisition time of 30 minutes to scan times as short as 10 minutes. "TOF/PET imaging can achieve better quality images than conventional PET imaging in less time," said Perkins. "Our preliminary results indicate that the benefit of TOF imaging is mo...PET/CT should be 'first-step' test for patients with Crohn's disease
...ssess the interior surfaces of an organis the gold standard to answer, 'What is the activity of this disease"'" said Hustinx. The answer to this question will decide whether the clinician prescribes a treatment that is likely to be effective but also very costly and associated with side effects. "Ileocolonosc...PET/CT: The best test for women with ovarian cancer
...0 women, from three states in Australia, underwent standard tests and a PET/CT scan. Also, 34 referring doctorsincluding gynecologic surgeons, radiation oncologists and medical oncologistswere asked to assess the impact of the PET/CT on patient management. "The next step in this research will be to attempt ...Nexavar significantly extends overall survival by 44 percent in liver cancer patients
...ling study results of Nexavar as the new reference standard of care for the first-line treatment of HCC, said Dr. Josep M. Llovet, co-principal investigator and Professor of Research, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, IDIBAPS, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona; Director of Research, HCC Program,...Depiction of findings selected as '2007 Image of the Year' by Society for Nuclear Medicine
...re aggressive personality traits, as measured by a standard personality questionnaire. This neuroimaging research in normal, non-violent subjects strengthens the link between low levels of the brain enzyme, known as monoamine oxidase A (MAO A), and aggressive behavior, which has been a topic of research f...Genomic signatures identify targeted therapies for lung cancer
...s this could be "smart bombs" in comparison to the standard chemotherapy that obliterates all the cells that are actively reproducing. Hundreds of drugs are currently available to target specific pathways. But because these therapies are effective only in a small percentage of patients, the majority of thes...Cells re-energize to come back from the brink of death
...d drug might be more effective and less toxic than standard chemotherapy. A report on this work is in the June 1 issue of Cell. Apoptosis is triggered by a variety of factors, including gene mutations that can make the cell become cancerous. During apoptosis, the membrane covering the cells mitochondria dev...Gene therapy offers new hope for treatment of peripheral neuropathy
...unately, neuropathic pain often responds poorly to standard pain treatments and occasionally may get worse instead of better over time. For some people, it leads to serious, long-term disability and dependence on pain medications that have a variety of unwanted side effects, including addiction. The Pitt re......'s instructions. Researchers compared the swabs to standard dust wipes, which are approved by the U.S. Environ... detect lead in dust at levels that exceed the EPA standard of 40 micrograms per square foot for floors. It is not clear why the swabs are failing to detect ...