Urine helps infectious yeast stick
... helps a particular yeast stick to cells along the urinary tract. The finding might offer a new way to preven...ke the proteins that help it stick to cells in the urinary tract, the researchers discovered. C. glabrata and its cousin C. albicans cause infections in blood...Cranberry juice modulates atherosclerotic vascular dysfunction
...ve been identified with preventing or ameliorating urinary tract infections and playing a positive role gum disease, ulcers and even cancer. Recent work shows that cranberries contain naturally derived compounds (antioxidants, flavonoids, and polyphenols) that may help protect against heart disease. Research...Molecule on immune cells linked to sexual transmission of HIV
...the mucosal linings of the mouth, gut, genital and urinary tracts -- sites where sexually transmitted HIV often enters the body. By examining biopsies of human rectal tissues, the UCLA team was the first to study DC-SIGN on dendritic cells in their natural setting instead of a test tube. Using a sugar-like c...By creating molecular 'bridge,' scientists change function of a protein
...ceptor mostly expressed in the prostate, ovary and urinary tract. What they did was modify the estrogen receptor in a step-wise fashion, Zhao said. They used testosterone and progesterone to build the bridge. The receptor was gradually altered to accept one steroid, then another, until accepting the desired ...Scripps scientists describe protein used by bacteria and cancer cells to resist drugs
...teins are often found in the human gut, colon, and urinary tract. They are also found in mammary tissue, where they are involved in transporting lipids into milk ducts during lactation. Unfortunately, this protective role can reduce the efficacy of certain cancer treatments, says Chang, since the drugs are...Innovative coating could give medical implants a longer life
...for use on a variety of medical implants including urinary catheters, cardiac stents, biosensors and dental implants and devices. The coating also could be used to prevent the biofouling of water processing equipment, ship hulls and other manmade structures in the marine environment. Looking for a solution ...Cranberry juice inactivates intestinal viruses
...Cranberry juice, long considered a home remedy for urinary tract infections, may also be effective against a ... effective commercial product for the reduction of urinary tract infections in women," says Cohen. a finding that led the research team to test the effectivene...Phthalates found in infants treated in NICUs that use devices containing phthalates
... Moreover, there was a direct relationship between urinary MEHP levels and the intensiveness of medical produ...as levels among infants with low DEHP product use; urinary MEHP levels among infants with medium DEHP product use were twice as great. Dr. Howard Hu, principal...Arsenic - not the same for everyone
...n between the particular form of CYT19 and altered urinary arsenic metabolites could only be found in children. Adults carrying the same variant of CYT19 do not metabolize arsenic differently. "Apparently the genetic variation affects arsenic metabolism only during childhood," said Klimecki. This result coul...Choline during pregnancy may avoid, reverse some Fetal Alcohol Syndrome nervous disorders
... vasopressin. Tripler is currently measuring rats' urinary vasopressin from these experiments to see if it is decreased . If so, testing for such DI symptoms could become FAS screens in humans....Stem cells bring fast direct improvement, without differentiation, in acute renal failure
...ls are primarily destroyed from both the blood and urinary aspects of the cells that must be protected and repaired!" Westenfelder reported. With their rapid mode of action within only two hours in the kidney, the researchers deduced that the mechanism mediating the protective effects of MSC (mesenchymal st...One bacteria stops another on contact
...ations for management of chronic diseases, such as urinary tract infections. The discovery by a team of scie...ngs indicate that Escherichia coli, one culprit in urinary tract infections, contains genes that when turned on block the growth of other E. coli bacteria that...Human muscle-derived stem cells effective in animal models of incontinence
...lls found in muscle, have been used to cure stress urinary incontinence in animal models, a finding which sig...scle of a well-established animal model for stress urinary incontinence. After four weeks, the models' leak-point pressure, the pressure at which urine would l...Geologists use biotools to understand geosystems
...ccus faecalis bacteria, which causes opportunistic urinary tract infections and wound infections, and is becoming antibiotic resistant. "We also picked it for this research because it is spherical," Hochella said. Bank attached a single bacterial cell as the tip of a cantilever in an atomic force microscope,...Give thanks for the cranberry, say dental researchers
...that one of the main ways that cranberries prevent urinary tract infections is by inhibiting the adherence of...ffects. The other projects focus on topics such as urinary tract infections and how the body processes cranberry juice. "There is a massive number of publicati...JCI table of contents: November 23 2005
... stone formation. TITLE: Identification of human urinary trefoil factor 1 as a novel calcium oxalate crystal growth factor AUTHOR CONTACT: Visith Thongboonkerd Mahidol University, Bankok, Thailand. Phone: 66-2-4184793 Fax: 66-2-4184793 E-mail: thongboonkerd@dr.com View the PDF of this article at: ht...Avian influenza virus in mammals spreads beyond the site of infection to other organ systems
... respiratory tract but also from the digestive and urinary tracts, greatly increasing the possible routes of mammalian transmission. Systemic disease has long been known to occur in birds, with the fecal-oral route of transmission being most important. However, this is the first demonstration of systemic r...Study demonstrates rapid diagnosis of urinary tract infections with biosensor technology
For the millions of people who suffer from urinary tract infections each year and the doctors who tre...teria species in 98 percent of the tested clinical urinary tract infection urine samples. These results represent the first ever species-specific detection of ...Novel diagnosis of preeclampsia with proteomic analysis
...plied proteomics to define the best combination of urinary biomarkers that set PE apart from other proteinuric hypertensive conditions during pregnancy. "The presence of a combination of specific fragments of albumin and serpina-1 are highly characteristic for preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertensi......'s Hospital Boston) Temporal Analysis of the Rat urinary Proteome as a Reflection of Postnatal Kidney Maturation 12.00 Lunch (Karp Building, 10th floor Atrium) 1.00 Roman Zubarev (Uppsala University, Sweden) Novel Mass Spectrometry Tools in Proteomics 2.00 Judith Steen (Children's Hospital Bost...