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...becomes active, blood flow increases. The magnetic properties of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to body tissues, vary depending on the level of oxygenation. These differences can be detected by fMRI. Other UCLA researchers on the team were Stephen A. Engel of the Department of Psyc...Arizona pioneer in plastics wins top chemistry award
...g to Pizziconi. The materials must have mechanical properties that allow them to be shaped into the desired devi...scaling up and hope to "get a better feel" for the properties of the materials and how compatible they are with biological tissue. Vandenberg received his undergr...For markets of the future, success depends on advanced materials
...ging and food production, combined with the unique properties of these materials, promise new commercial opportunities. Adds Savitry, "The expanding market for biodegradable polymers - especially in the medical and pharmaceutical industries - is only restrained by relatively high production costs." Research l...UCB's pharma sector announces promising first results of a new antiepileptic drug candidate
...vetiracetam. As such it builds on all the existing properties of levetiracetam whilst potentially providing impr..., in an effort to exploit and enhance the specific properties of this drug. The discovery of ucb 34714 derives from in vitro screening of approximately 12,000 com...Common heart surgery potentially dangerous
... Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse the properties of heparin. "Without protamine to effectively reverse the properties of heparin, bypass surgery would not have reached the successful point where it is today," said Duke...Researchers say deadly twist key to sickle cell disease
...heir model's predictions for two of the mechanical properties of fibres agree with experiments. Turner says that the model suggests a possible treatment for sickle cell disease. Gene therapy could introduce a haemoglobin mutant that formed less-twisty individual strands, and this "good mutant" might turn fibre...Colonoscopy far more cost-effective against colon cancer than promising Cox II drugs, study predicts
...y inhibit both kinds of cyclooxygenase. Those two properties have made the drugs attractive for treating chronic joint disorders, and have raised hope that they could be effective against cancer. Already, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of high doses of celecoxib to prevent polyps in......, texture, antioxidant potential and antimicrobial properties of jerky made with ground beef. They compared these properties of the raisin jerky to typical commercial-type jerky made with sodium nitrite and jerky made without...Studies could lead to next-generation cancer drugs
...ure, by the latter 1990s, the relatively non-toxic properties of Taxol had made it a shining star in the treatment of cancer. By then, too, synthetic organic chemists had teamed up to assist Mother Nature, and the drug was finally made available in sufficient quantity to provide an effective, non-intrusive alte......ing action in a nanotube transistor depends on the properties of the metal contacts rather than on the nanotube ...be contacts, allowing the researchers to study the properties of different length transistors. They found the current in the nanotube was the same regardless of l......drogen in more everyday settings. Discovery of the properties of highly compressed hydrogen has been a major goa...light of the conference will be a symposium on the properties of fluid hydrogen at very high pressures and temperatures. Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundan...Cedars-Sinai researchers detail events that enable brain tumors to weaken immune system
...or cells themselves but at least to some extent by properties of surrounding tissue, and the ratio correlated directly with the involvement of specific protein molecules detected in nearby cells. The suspect proteins, Fas ligand (FasL) and Fas, exist in normal brain and blood vessel lining tissue and play a ro...Household falls may produce more severe brain injuries in infants than previously thought
...p were made of materials closely approximating the properties of a young infant. A sensor on the doll's head measured changes in rotational velocity and acceleration. Such motions are known to cause a diffuse pattern of strains and injuries throughout the brain, but no previous experiment has compared the rot...FDA approves Baxters ADVATE for the treatment of hemophilia A
...nstrate that ADVATE has equivalent pharmacokinetic properties to RECOMBINATE, and is effective in controlling bleeding episodes, which can occur as often as three times per month in patients with severe hemophilia A. "The development of ADVATE is based on our scientific expertise and application of innovative...Eating peanuts helps keep heart healthy without weight gain
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...hose small size-between 1 and 100 nm-confers novel properties that have applications in disease diagnosis, treatment, or prevention; the manufacture of devices to identify nanosize entities of medical importance; and nanoscale biological systems that might have clinical applications. The potential benefits of...UCSD researchers decipher function of blood-brain barrier in bacterial meningitis
...s infections. To understand how specific virulence properties of the GBS pathogen affect the blood-brain barrier immune response, the UCSD team developed mutant strains of GBS. Hypothesizing that the capsule coating the surface of the GBS pathogen decreases the ability of the white blood cells and blood-brain b...Northwestern widens 'treatment window' for brain injury and stroke
... Watterson explained that the compound's molecular properties did not make it an ideal candidate for drug development. However, now that a candidate inhibitor has been identified, the researchers will use the region on the DAPK molecule as a framework and employ fragment-based, structure-assisted drug design te...UCR scientists to study effects of ethanol in automobile exhaust and emissions
...year study to better understand the impact of fuel properties on emissions for gasoline blends containing ethano...s, we will be able to evaluate the effects of fuel properties on toxic emissions as they enter the atmosphere," said Miller, director of the Emissions and Fuels R...Chemical & Engineering News 80th anniversary issue highlights periodic table
... from the elements that have magical and practical properties to cure disease, create high-tech materials and enhance our standard of living, to others that cause disease and pollute our rivers. This is the theme of a special issue of Chemical & Engineering News , due out Sept. 8, which also celebrates the 80t...