Bypassing eggs, flu vaccine grown in insect cells shows promise
...rus to grow as you want in eggs. The use of cell culture systems to grow vaccines using viruses as tiny factories to churn out mass amounts of vaccines is a growing business. A similar technology using human cell lines is used to produce the hepatitis B vaccine, while one form of a vaccine against human ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 4, 2007
...le and a 3-year-old vehicle and tested extracts on culture of human and other cells commonly used to assay toxicity. Air from the new vehicle, but not the older model, had an aggravating effect in an immune response model that could be a concern for individuals with allergy, the researchers found. Otherwise ...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
...ties and communities are very varied in resources, culture and behaviour. Stronger linkages between natural and social sciences are now essential if we are to develop realistic integrated models that connect projected climatic change, social change and human vulnerability." Steve Running, IPCC WG2 Lead Aut......nt for bioterrorism its wide distribution, simple culture techniques, the high mortality rate of the associated pulmonary disease, availability of expert advice from former weapons scientists, or perhaps only the knowledge that many countries have investigated its use as a weapon. Untreated bubonic plague...Healthy schools project gets an 'A'
...Anything we can do to fight childhood obesity in a culture where it is being fostered in so many ways is critical," says Kim Eagle, M.D., professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. In 2004, Eagle and local organizations in Ann Arbor, Mich., founded Project Healthy Schools (w...A remedy for what ails medicine
...ientists believe that the current organization and culture of academic medicine disadvantages them, preventing them from reaching key decision-making positions, Pololi explained. "We are looking at these concerns in a comprehensive way, using both in-depth qualitative and quantitative research methods." I...Transplanting organs from animals to humans -- what are the barriers?
...lantation. And while the idea of growing organsin culture dishes has fascinated scientists for years, he says, there have been no major success stories yet. In contrast, Dr Mohiuddin believes that there have been some promising reports that suggest that xenotransplantation may eventually benefit humans. ...Traditional Chinese medical beliefs still relevant in Beijing
...h culture. Understandings the existing oral health culture in Beijing, such as shang huo, can aid in the development of future oral health programs and assist oral health-care practitioners in serving their patients better....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 28, 2007
..., due to mandatory military service, and work in a culture of usually-small research groups and modest budgets. ARTICLE # 5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, March 5, 2007 Chemistry in the Holy Land: Political turmoil not research topics distinguishes Israel from the West This story will be avail...Two-thirds of nursing students believe it's wrong to lie to patients, twice as many as in 1983
..., nurses were much more accepting of a health care culture where protecting patients from bad news about a serious illness was the default position. "And the reduced willingness to working last-minute shift changes found in the 2005 study is probably due to the fact that older nurses are less likely to liv...JRRD releases single-topic issue focused on vision rehabilitation
...lity of young versus old RPE cells to grow in cell culture on surfaces that contain proteins believed to fost...at old as well as young RPE cells can grow in cell culture on surfaces that contain appropriate extracellular matrix ligands. These results will guide us in de...Bullying can be reduced but many common approaches ineffective
...s, administrators, and social workers committed to culture change are the most effective and are especially effective at the junior and senior high school level," says the paper's first author, Rachel Vreeman, M.D. She and co-author Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S. are with the Indiana Children's Health Services R...Clinical guidelines help identify which children at risk of bacterial meningitis
... receive broad-spectrum antibiotics while awaiting culture test results. A highly accurate decision support ...ve parenteral antibiotics while awaiting bacterial culture test results. Using the Bacterial Meningitis Score prediction rule to assist with clinical decision ...New treatments prevent brain injury hours after stroke in rats
...ainst post-ischemic brain damage. In previous cell culture studies by Ying and other researchers, GT had been shown to inhibit the action of PARG, an enzyme closely related to PARP-1, and in doing so decrease cell death under ischemia-like conditions. Ying's study indicates that it does the same in rats, red...Stem cell activity deciphered in the aging brain
...chers also are grafting neural stem cells grown in culture dishes into the hippocampus, to stimulate those already present. Additional approaches include using behavioral modification techniques, such as physical exercise and exposure to an enriching environment, that are known to stimulate proliferation of ...Study explains how NSAIDs halt cancer growth
...ing a number of different types of cancer cells in culture with a whole set of NSAIDs, we can point to this single gene which, when upregulated, kills cancer cells while sparing normal, healthy cells." In recent years, a great deal of attention has focused on the link between inflammation and cancer. As th...Binghamton University researcher to study declining US fertility rates
...en are key causes. Social historians point more to culture and women's status and role in the household. Hacker's study is designed to address both of those viewpoints. Hacker has pioneered the creation of cultural variables in the census to correlate with the fertility decline. He tracks child-naming pract...Structure essential for brain remodeling identified
...searchers transplanted neurons from rats into cell culture dishes. They then stimulated the neurons with chemicals and examined the cultures using a technique called live-cell imaging, in which a camera attached to a powerful microscope recorded the dendritic spines as they grew. This technique, Ehlers said,...'GreeneChip' -- New diagnostic tool that rapidly and accurately identifies multiple pathogens
...ed by more traditional and slower methods, such as culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In addition, the GreeneChip was used in the analysis of an unknown sample from a patient with a viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF)-like syndrome. Within six to eight days of infection, Marburg virus causes an acute f...U of MN study shows Twin Cities residents get exercise through personal lifestyle activities
...s active adults," said Steffen. "Reengineering our culture and environment to include more physical activity opportunities in routine leisure, job, and transportation would facilitate healthy lifestyles."...