OHSU researchers reveal how bacteria crawl on surfaces
...University. Researchers say information about this transport mechanism could ultimately be used to design drugs that interrupt bacterial movement. They believe that disabling the pili could halt infection by preventing the organisms from congregating and invading cells. "Our findings concluded that pili, tiny ......ad into the water. The third factor is the limited transport of contaminated sediments from the bay into the open ocean. "The bay just doesn't clean itself efficiently," Steding said. "The only outflow is through the Golden Gate, so sediment flow out of the bay is limited." Furthermore, that flow has been dra...Recommendations for the establishment of primary stroke centers
...n EMS personnel and the stroke center during rapid transport of a patient experiencing a stroke. Emergency Department -- The emergency department staff should have training in diagnosing and treating stroke and have good lines of communication with both EMS and the acute stroke team. Stroke Unit -- A Primary...Artificial liver moves toward commercialization
...iver. Such devices are subject to clogging and transport difficulties, resulting in poor transport of nutrients and removal of wastes. Researchers have developed a pulsating, pinch-flow hollow-fi......ice uses pressurized helium instead of a needle to transport medicine. Researchers say it offers great potential benefits for the delivery of small molecules, vaccines and potent biotechnology drugs, and may also serve as a diagnostic tool. (Terry L. Burkoth, Ph.D., PowderJect Pharmaceuticals, Fremont, Calif. ...Nanostructures for drug delivery
...sible," said Cypes. "We have demonstrated that the transport of small molecules can be controlled and changed," said Giannelis. "The next step is to incorporate active agents and watch how they are being released." ...Properly securing trunk crucial in ambulance transport
... injuries arise or are aggravated during emergency transport and that 40 per cent of those injuries result in neurological damage. Perry and his research team evaluated three different head immobilization techniques using a moving platform designed to simulate the swaying and jarring that can occur during amb...Gene variant increases heart disease risk, even when cholesterol is normal
... Apolipoprotein E is a key protein involved in the transport and disposal of cholesterol in the body. Sitting on the surface of circulating blood-fat particles, apo E normally binds to liver cells, to help rid the body of cholesterol. There are three variants of apo E. Lead investigator of the study, Angelo ...AAPS announces 1999 award winners
... lipids on the absorption, distribution, lymphatic transport andbioavailability of water-soluble drugs after oral administration. He islecturer in Pharmaceutics at Monash University's Victorian College of Pharmacy,Victoria, Australia. This grant is sponsored by Gattefoss, s.a. Outstanding Manuscript Award ...Mini-motor models nature, advances miniaturization technology
...hat range from musclecontraction and intracellular transport to oviduct functioning and spermswimming. The prototype molecular motor was designed and constructed by Dr. T. Ross Kellyand coworkers at Boston College. A report describing the motor appears in theSeptember 9 issue of Nature. "This is significant...UCSF professor receives Pharmaceutical Scientist of the Year Award
...rstanding the molecular mechanisms of this kind of transport in the human body. Recently, Giacomini has begun ... already identified variants in genes that control transport across cell membranes. This effort -- part of the emerging fields of pharmacogenetics and pharmacoge...NOVANTRONE application for multiple sclerosis granted priority review by FDA
...osis," which interfere with the nerve's ability to transport messages fromthe brain to body parts. This can result in a variety of symptoms that rangefrom numbness in the limbs to complete paralysis. Approximately 120,000 MS patients in the U.S. have a form of the diseaseclassified as secondary p...Medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
... Medicine may lead to a re-examination ofparamedic transport policies, says Prediman K. Shah, M.D., Director of theDivision of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.Researchers studying statistics of elderly heart attack patients found thatthose treated at "high-volume" hospitals had better ......studies, may lead to a re-examination of paramedic transport policies.Presently, because emergency intervention needs to be started quickly during aheart attack, nearly all jurisdictions require ambulances to take heart attackpatients to the nearest hospital. "The implications of this study are very interesti......vier than regularcurtains. Yet they remain easy to transport by folding up accordion style.Maintenance is also hassle-free,said Ahuja: "Just remove the noise shielding panels and you can toss thecurtains in the washing machine." Quiet Curtains can also be equipped with a viewing window, allowing patientsto w......y tract anastomosis(reconnecting parts of the bile transport system, or radicalpancreaticoduodenectomy (removal of the pancreas head along with an encirclingloop of the duodenum), also known as the Whipple procedure. To assess the role of patient volume and surgical experience onoutcomes, the resea...Immunex Files Supplemental NDA for NOVANTRONE
...osis," which interferes with the body's ability to transport messages fromthe brain to body parts, thereby inhibiting body functions and movement. Thiscan result in a variety of symptoms that range from numbness in the limbs tocomplete paralysis. Approximately 120,000 MS patients in the U.S. have a fo...Heart Attack Victims More Likely To Survive When Taken To High-Volume Hospitals
... takenby ambulance to the nearest hospital because transport time is important. Ourstudy suggests that in urba...reas, the hospital-volume effect mayoutweigh minor transport delays. Heart attack patients may benefit from a fieldtriage system like that used for patients wit...Kidney Transplant Recipients Require Less Long-Term Care If They Receive Well-Matched Donor Organs
...ier. The problem is that kidneys deteriorateduring transport from a distant location. "You could match kidneys better locally, and you could match even betternationally, but not better enough to compensate for organ deterioration,"Schnitzler says. However, kidney recipients have the benefit of ...New Three Year Follow-up Data Of Novantrone In Multiple Sclerosis
...rosis," which interferes with the body'sability to transport messages from the brain to body parts, thereby inhibitingbody functions and movement. This can result in a variety of symptoms thatrange from numbness in the limbs to complete paralysis. Approximately 120,000 MS patients have a form of the d...