Essential oils could help to stamp out MRSA
...t the patient being at risk," added Jacqui. Jacqui works with leukaemia patients at the Christie Hospital using essential oils to help in their treatment. Patients receiving treatment for cancer and leukaemia are often left with weakened immune systems which makes them vulnerable to infection from MRSA.Th...Inexpensive, mass-produced genes at core of synthetic biology advances at UH
... the department of biology and biochemistry at UH, works at the leading edge of this field. Her recent findings on how to mass produce multiple genes on a single chip are described in a paper titled "Accurate multiplex gene synthesis from programmable DNA microchips," appearing in the current issue of Nat...Finding cures for tropical diseases: Is open source an answer?
...e the envy of the world, the commercial model only works if companies can sell enough patented products to cover their R&D costs and produce profits for shareholders. The model thus fails in the developing world, where few patients can afford to pay patented prices for drugs. The solution to this devasta......Taken together, these results suggested that Nedd4 works as an antagonist of Notch signaling at an early stage, prior to the proteolytic cleavage of the receptor's intracellular domain. Further investigation revealed the specific domain by which Nedd4 interacts with Notch and pinpointed the site of origin ...Scientists develop split green for tagging protein
...like current protein detection methods, the method works both in living cells and in the test tube and can be used to quantify proteins down to 0.1 picomole, or one billionth of a gram of a typical protein molecule. Because the method can be used to detect protein aggregation within the living organisms, i...The death of a very special chimpanzee
...er of the University of Washington in Seattle, who works on the chimp genome. Two years ago, he worked with Yerkes to set up a programme to keep close watch on sick primates to ensure rapid tissue collection when an animal dies. "It doesn't cost very much," he says. The Coriell Institute does have two cel...Bone specialists' hi-tech answer to patient care
...Newcastle-upon-Tyne, added: "This is a system that works the way we work. What is interesting is that because of the system, conversations about cases are taking place that otherwise wouldn't. "The information technology is facilitating the diagnosis of patients and, significantly, is bringing together thi...Researchers tease out one critical role of tumor-suppressor gene
... Program at Ohio State University. "Knowing how Rb works in normal cells could help us to someday understand how tumor-suppressor genes function in tumor development and growth." Leone was part of a team of researchers led by Antonio Iavarone, a professor with the Institute for Cancer Genetics at Columbia ...National Academy news: Water quality improvement in southwestern Pennsylvania
...d measure progress -- should be made as the region works to implement solutions, the committee said. As a first step toward improving its waters, southwestern Pennsylvania should improve the use of its existing infrastructure. To this end, the committee strongly recommended that all of the watershed's wa...Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN
...M), To serve national development objectives. ASM works closely with the Science Advisor's Office in providing advice to the Office of the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation and other ministries seek ASM's advice regularly.Nigeria and South Africa have adopted the ASM mo...Cleft palate research receives 200,000 award
...ixon's research aims to reveal how the p63 protein works during normal palatal development and how it is disrupted in cleft palate. "Patients who are affected by cleft palate may experience significant difficulties with eating and speaking," said Dr Dixon. "The condition can be corrected to some degree by ...New lensless imaging technique opens door to nanoscale world
...d clusters. Holography is the key The technique works by shining a coherent beam of X-ray light through two adjacent holes: one containing the sample to be studied, the other a tiny "reference" hole. The scattered light from both holes overlays to form a single, holographic diffraction pattern. Holograp...Weill Cornell team develops fast-acting anthrax vaccine
...nation, indicating that the gene transfer strategy works very quickly. Passive vaccines might never fully replace active varieties. According to the research, the new vaccine will probably work best when used in combination with an active vaccine. While gene transfer has been used to deliver antibodies i...Scientists detect probable genetic cause of some Parkinson's disease cases
...arkinson's disease. Further study of how this gene works also might help scientists identify new treatments." In addition to Dr. Singleton, the collaborative work was spearheaded by William C. Nichols, Ph.D., of Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Tatiana Foroud, Ph.D., of Indiana University Medical Center, In...Big, old fish key to restoring groundfish stocks
... fish are comparatively lean. And fishing pressure works exactly to the opposite of most natural mortality agents. During a period of intense fishing off the Oregon coast from 1996 to 1999, the average age of mature female black rockfish declined from 9.5 to 6.5 years in a fish species that has a maximum ...New cancer gene identified by Memorial Sloan-Kettering scientists
... effective target for new drug therapies." Pokemon works by controlling the pathways that are required to transform normal cells to cancerous ones. The researchers found that when they "knocked out" the Pokemon gene in mice, that transformation was blocked and cells do not become cancerous. (Knocking out a...Researchers find how protein allows insects to detect and respond to pheromones
...and significance was unclear," said Dr. Smith, who works in the Center for Basic Neuroscience. Olfactory binding proteins are produced by non-neuronal cells and are secreted into the fluid bathing the dendrites, or nerve endings, of olfactory neurons. Dr. Smith's research group found that an OBP in fruit...Yellowstone microbes fueled by hydrogen, according to U. of Colorado study
...he history of life on Earth," he said. "And if it works this way on Earth, it's likely to happen elsewhere. When you look up at the stars, there is a lot of hydrogen in the universe."...Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer
...), the researchers demonstrated that the technique works by incorporating it into a specially designed virus. The virus eradicated prostate cancer cells in the lab and in animals while leaving normal cells unscathed. Gene therapy based on the new technique should also be effective for a wide range of tumor......essary for comprehending the way much of the world works and for projecting the effects of changing human land use and climate on vegetation. Thus, understanding direct climate effects on our biosphere is far from enough for projecting intensifying global change impacts into the future....