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...hat L. casei could be used as a functional starter culture in the food industry," says Granito....Heart attack patients do better at hospitals following guidelines
...n guidelines may serve as a marker for the overall culture of the hospital and its commitment to providing th...atest is another indicator of a hospital's overall culture of providing the best possible care." CRUSADE maintains a national registry of data collected from p...Bullying keeps overweight kids off the field
..., he said. Schools should create a zero-tolerance culture for bullying and perhaps provide gym teachers with training on how to recognize bullying and intervene, the researchers say. Doctors should keep peer problems in mind when assessing overweight children and take not only a medical history of the chi...Survey: Perceptions of male culture may deter women from a career in surgery
... our results also suggest that there exists a male culture in surgery that needs to be confronted because it is a significant factor deterring women from a career in surgery Surgery remains a 'macho field'," they conclude. "Surgeons need to critically assess the nature of their interactions with students a...Understanding cell death may bring new life to kidney treatment
...uring ischemic renal failure. In both cell culture and animal models of ischemic renal injury, Dr. Dong and his colleagues have found Bid is cleaved or cut, releasing active fragments. Although he still doesn't know what cuts Bid, that act enables the protein to move from its usual place in the outer...Researchers identify potential targets for new pain therapies
...e scientists also looked at dorsal horn neurons in culture from both wild-type and knockout mice and found that the neurons from the knockout mice fired more readily than neurons from wild-type mice. "That's because the inhibitory Kv4.2 channel was gone in the knockout mice," Gereau says. "It's hard to say t...Lack of response to herceptin may be reversed with addition of a PI3K inhibitor
...tion for Cancer Research (AACR), were made in cell culture and mice studies, but are so promising that a Phase I/II clinical trial will start at M. D. Anderson in HER2-positive breast cancer patients whose disease has progressed despite Herceptin treatment. "More than half of patients with HER2-positive tumo...Wake Forest physician reports first human recipients of laboratory-grown organs
...ine the bladder walls. These cells were grown in a culture in the laboratory until there were enough cells to place onto a specially constructed biodegradable mold, or scaffold, shaped like a bladder. The cells continued to grow. Then, seven or eight weeks after the biopsy, the engineered bladders were sutu...BMJ Editor calls for independence for the NHS
...ers who have failed to balance their books - and a culture of overspending. The managers interviewed on the programme cried foul. They said they had done what the government asked. "If this crisis tells us anything it is that health care is too important to be left to politicians," she writes. "If the NHS i...New hope for tissue regeneration and joint repair
...m 24 to 83 years. Following enzymatic release and culture expansion, cell populations were tested for telltale markers of MSCs, as well as for their growth and differentiation potential. To assess their multipotency beyond the laboratory, the periosteal cells were then injected into one of three animal mod...Prostate treatment decisions based on perception more than fact
...cision. Physicians and family, as well as race and culture may affect patients' decisions, but the degree of their respective influence varies in the literature and is often poorly measured, according to the review. Notably, physicians tended to present therapies in ways that were both confusing and dismissi...New family of biodegradable polymers shows promise for intracellular drug delivery
... able to successfully exploit this process in cell culture and in animal models, but have done so using materials that generated acid degradation products and that hydrolyzed too slowly for chronic use. Thus, there has been very little clinical activity in this area." However, polyketal nanoparticles use the......ttack, according to genome analysis and laboratory culture experiments but validation in in vivo infection models is largely lacking. Infection biologists and proteomics researchers have now identified all the proteins involved in Salmonella metabolic paths during an infection. Dirk Bumann of Hannover Medi...Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers find ginseng may improve breast cancer outcomes
...insenosides, which have anti-tumor effects in cell culture and animal studies, suggesting that the herbs may provide specific benefits to cancer patients. In fact, ginseng use has been increasing among cancer patients in recent years, particularly in women diagnosed with breast cancer. However, despite the e...Measuring artery repair cells could become new heart disease test
... the immune system cells from a blood sample, then culture the remaining cells and then count individual of EPC colonies that grow. The new system permits researchers to gauge the number of EPCs based by identifying those cells with a high amount of ALDH activity. The Duke researchers based their studies on ...Brandeis study to probe under-representation of women in top positions in academic medicine
...hat there may be something in the organization and culture of academic medicine that disadvantages women and keeps them from reaching key, decision-making positions," Pololi said. "Everyone knows there is a problem, but we do not as yet have full and reliable answers. This large project has brought together ...Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections
...he diagnosis by obtaining appropriate material for culture in order to achieve a definitive diagnosis and ensure appropriate treatment is given. At Grady Memorial Hospital, where the study took place, Dr. Blumberg reports that his team has already started following up on the findings: "We have worked hard o...Gladstone Institutes ranks #1 in The Scientist survey of Best Places for Postdocs to Work
...Association. "The result has been an institutional culture of open exchange of ideas built on trust and real listening, reflecting our core values of excellence, integrity and teamwork." The Gladstone Institutes currently employs 85 postdoctoral fellows from around the world. More than 2,900 postdoctoral fe...Policy changes in poultry industry could reduce worker injuries, report suggests
...uld work with poultry processing plants to build a culture of safety in the plants. Companies should create "safety committees" that include workers from across the company to give workers more control over their work environment. Companies should implement a job-rotation program, such as described by the ...Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel to discuss the 'New Science of the Mind'
...ominate modern thought--not only in science but in culture at large. Neuroscientist Thomas Jessell and Nobel Laureate Torsten N. Wiesel will introduce the author. DATE: March 2, 2006 TIME: 6 to 7 p.m. PLACE: New York Academy of Science headquarters, 2 East 63rd St., New York, NY...