Genetic test for melanoma developed at UCSF
... now takes a more sophisticated molecular biology lab and weeks to months of work to get an answer for a given case," he said. The experimental version of the test will be replaced by one that uses fluorescent markers to light up the aberrant chromosomal regions in tumor cells. "This type of fluore...Psychologist finds low-cost methods to prevent pharmacy mistakes
...y with what we're getting in a real pharmacy. The lab has been very successful in mimicking what happens in a real pharmacy." Grasha's long-term goal is to develop a pharmacy simulator where working pharmacists could come and work the same way airline pilots use flight simulators....Rush conducts nationwide study to find genetic markers for depression
... a blood sample drawn. Phone interviews and local lab work can be arranged for out-of-town participants. Confidentiality is guaranteed for all those involved, even between family members. Data and blood obtained are identified only by identification number and not by name. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke...University of Rochester awarded patent for class of drugs known as cox-2 inhibitors
... link between cox-2 and cancer, an avenue that his lab and now hundreds of others are actively pursuing. Several studies by researchers across the country have demonstrated that the use of cox-2 inhibitors is able to reduce the incidence of colon cancer - and deaths from the disease - by nearly half. O...Can the body trick the body into an autoimmune response to thwart HIV?
...ear Washington DC. Using this strategy, Schiller's lab has persuaded monkeys to produce antibodies against CCR5, a protein on the surface of human cells that HIV latches on to. Other studies had suggested that blocking CCR5, a co-receptor for CD4, could be an effective strategy against HIV. People with ...Parenting, stress and your child's risk for alcoholism
...nstitute of Child Health and Human Development and lab director of the experiment. "Adults are very good at helping youngsters to understand that 'this is dangerous, this is not dangerous.' In the absence of that kind of adult influence, children don't have any kind of certainty about what to fear or e......n to the National Weather Service. The Earth Scan lab has a Web site with animated imagery and photos at....esl.lsu.edu . The researcher who directs the lab also studies the effects of hurricanes on coastal erosion and coastal build-up. Sometimes land mass...UNC-CH public health specialists confirm Norwalk-like virus caused Seawell illnesses
... collecting specimens from affected children. Both lab staff and students tested them over the holiday weekend and the following week. Preliminary results indicated that a Norwalk-like virus caused the outbreak in most of the specimens. "We have now confirmed those findings, checked whether all the spec...Researchers create a strong new molecule in the fight against AIDS
...h development of resistance. Promising preliminary lab results show that the new integrase inhibitor molecule may possess the ability to withstand the body's attempts to block its actions, said Nair, who was lead author of the study. More than 40 million people worldwide are infected with the human immun......aryland, a former vaccine researcher, has obtained lab records from monkey tests carried out in 1991 at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland. In the study, rhesus monkeys were given a vaccine similar to the one used for the US troops, and then inhaled la...Government needs to support 'e-medicine' to improve medical care
...uns Medicare, will not reimburse doctors who share lab results by means of fax or the Internet nor pay for phone or e-mail consultations between a doctor and patient. Instead, only "face-to-face consultations" are reimbursed, which has the effect of encouraging the most expensive type of e-medicine tech...Molecular architects create new cancer preventives
...the onset and reduce the number of skin cancers in lab mice. Unlike vitamin D, though, the new compound d... applying it as a topical gel. Meanwhile, Posner's lab is already at work on yet another generation of improved deltanoids. "There's a lot of trial and er...OHSU researchers capture cell transmissions on tape for first time
... said Almers. In addition to exocytosis, Almers' lab was able to observe how spent vesicles are replaced when new vesicles attach to the cell membrane. Researchers also tracked the amount of time each vesicle stayed attached before it could release transmitter as part of a communication. To conduct ...Transgenic mice aid research into deadly cancer
...t C. Morse III, M.D., chief of the immunopathology lab at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The results of this work, supported by NIAID and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), are detailed in the current issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. "This new animal m......t methods except by complicated and time consuming lab procedures. Our research shows that the applications for the LifePoint Test System can be extended into emergency situations where timely and accurate information is cost-effective and can significantly impact treatment decisions, stated Dr.Foley. ...Animal study show that heat-sensitive liposome improves chemotherapy delivery to tumors
...uman studies are done, assuming current and future lab work at Duke and elsewhere uphold the potential of the technique. ......hei Foundation provided the infrastructure for the lab and also gave us another great opportunity to work with talented colleagues, including Tom Szyperski at the University at Buffalo."...Area of brain found to play key role in initiating memory storage
...nded the project through a grant to Gabriel, whose lab uses technology that allows for the simultaneous tracking of firing neurons in several places of the brain.In the study, involving 26 male rabbits, researchers temporarily disabled the amygdala. Rabbits with unaltered brains were able to learn the c...Beyond Viagra: other phosphodiesterase inhibitors are candidates for potential therapies
...he past year, the search is just beginning. Beavos lab recently characterized PDE7 and PDE8, which can be induced in certain kinds of immune cells -- particularly T-cells. These two families of PDE do not break down cGMP; instead, they reduce cAMP, a similar signaling molecule, found in those immune cel...... School in Pittsburgh, Pa., spent last summer in a lab at Johns Hopkins, conducting experiments to produc...e of the particles. Forming these particles in the lab was not easy. "It took me most of the summer before I could actually make these cationic microspher...