Computer tool helps pinpoint risky gene mutations
...author of the journal article. "But sometimes, the standard tests find small genetic variations that may be harmful or benign. Our computational test may help pinpoint which one it is. We hope the system will eventually give counselors and doctors an important new tool to help them advise patients about wheth...Flu shot might also offer some protection against H5N1
...in," Sandbulte said. "That is why vaccines contain standard amounts of hemagglutinin, but varying amounts of neuraminidase. But if further research confirms that the N1 part of the influenza vaccine offers some cross protection against H5N1, it will be desirable to have a better idea of the amount of N1 prese...Harvard team creates spray drying technique for TB vaccine
...d without the traditional problems associated with standard freezing. "Unlike traditional freezing techniques, spray drying is lower cost, easily scaleable for manufacturing, and ideal for use in aerosol (needle free) formulations, such as inhalation," says Wong. "Its greater stability at room temperature a...Cord Blood Registry achieves industry-leading stem cell recovery with new automation technology
...on creating a cell processing system that sets the standard for others to follow." ...Standard therapy more effective than diabetes drug in helping women with PCOS achieve pregnancy
... ovary syndrome (PCOS), is less effective than the standard fertility drug treatment, clomiphene, according to...in ovulated more that the women who were given the standard treatment. Similarly, women in the combination therapy group ovulated more frequently than did the ...Man-made proteins could be more useful than real ones
...th cases, the implication is that biology uses its standard macromolecules not because they are uniquely suited to their tasks, but at least in part because of other considerations, such as ease of synthesis, or possibly historical accident."...Scripps research scientists: Compounds show significant promise against potential bioweapon toxins
...activity in cellular assays, suggesting that these standard cell-based screening methods may miss promising therapeutic candidates. "Our study showed no correlation between cellular activity and in vivo efficacy," Janda said, "which is highly unusual. Clearly, cell-based assays do not provide all the necess...UK-India success for University of Nottingham
...f 500,000, allocated over four years. A further 23 standard awards were also made, worth up to 150,000 each. In all, the UKIERI awarded 5m to institutions in the UK and India. Making the awards, Chancellor Gordon Brown said: "Each of the winners and the many other excellent candidates is evidence of the s...Study finds flaws in cancer clinical trials
...trial. "When a novel agent is added to an existing standard in the hope of increasing response rates over and above those expected from the standard treatment alone, historical data on the response rates to the standard treatment are required," Vick...Scientists identify pancreatic cancer stem cells
...we think that, based on some preliminary research, standard treatments like chemotherapy and radiation may not be touching these cells," said Simeone. "If that is why pancreatic cancer is so hard to treat, a new approach might be to design a drug that specifically targets pancreatic cancer stem cells without ...Chromium picolinate shows greater benefits in diabetes care than other forms of chromium
...romium picolinate produced benefits in one or more standard measures of diabetes management, with no adverse events reported. The studies examined people with type 2, type 1, gestational and corticosteroid-induced diabetes. Although glycemic control varied by trial, all 15 trials showed improvements in one o...Researchers probe health and safety impacts of nanotechnology
...particles made of these metals are more toxic than standard soluble forms of the metals. As part of his research, he has exposed zebra fish, a species commonly used in laboratory tests, to various concentrations of copper nanoparticles and compared the results with those induced by copper sulfate. His resu...Scientists to assess effects of multiple copies of genes on disease risk
...mouse genome is the one we understand best and the standard against which other mouse genomes can be compared." Nimblegen's technique for rapid analysis is known as oligonucleotide array comparative genomic hybridization. "The copy number variants we describe in this paper are numerous and fairly largethey v...Cholera pathogen reveals how bacteria generate energy to live
... The problem is that the enzyme is not amenable to standard methods of determining structure. Since an ion pump needs to carry ions from one side of the bacterial membrane to the other, the enzyme has to reach all the way from the water-like medium inside the cell, through the oily membrane interior, to the w...NIH study finds MRI more sensitive than CT in diagnosing most common form of acute stroke
...acranial hemorrhage. Non-contrast CT has been the standard in emergency stroke treatment, primarily to exclud...o stroke neurologists. Results of the study show standard MRI is superior to standard CT in detecting acute stroke and particularly acute ischemic stroke. Th...West Australian women: Drinking before, and during, pregnancy
... frequency, timing during pregnancy, and volume in standard drinks are rare." Colleen O'Leary, a research ass....2 percent of women surveyed consumed five or more standard drinks per occasion during the three months prior to pregnancy, and that almost half of the pregnanc...Chemicals in brown algae may protect against skin cancer
... groups were additional controls: Two were fed the standard diet with and without UV exposure, and two had the BAP solvent applied to the skin with and without UV exposure. The mice received the BAPs for two weeks before UVB exposure began, followed by 24 weeks of increasing UVB exposure according to a sta...Microwave oven can sterilize sponges, scrub pads
... gets tossed in the household trash, winding up in standard rather than hazardous waste landfills. The researchers also found that microwaves were effective in decontaminating syringes, but that it generally took far longer, up to 12 minutes for Bacillus cereus spores. The researchers also discovered they c...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2007
...ion functions, can use 50 percent less energy than standard heat pumps and water heaters. The unit's energy savings come primarily from hot water provided at heat pump efficiencies, said Richard Murphy, a researcher in ORNL's Building Technologies Program. The unit also benefits from the use of variable speed...... robot has been recovered. ROVs have become the standard non-invasive imaging tool for biologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute. For the current expedition, devoted to the study of continental shelf seafloor communities, which were once under the recently collapsed Larsen B ice-shelf, the ROV model Che...