New analytical techniques developed to quantify composition of fake anti-malarials
..., ranging from drug quality control, screening and discovery to biological applications, such as metabonomics and/or proteomics."...Indiana seed fund invests in breast cancer detection startup company
...und was created to help narrow the gap between the discovery of an idea and actual venture capital funding. "Our mission is to invest in truly novel life sciences businesses, through vehicles like the Indiana Seed Fund," said David Johnson, BioCrossroads president and CEO. "The other part of our mission is to ...Monkeys vaccinated against SIV survive longer after infection
...ry J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D. "The significance of this discovery is clearly worth evaluating in humans and may considerably accelerate future efficacy trials." The SIV vaccine regimen used in the two studies was a simplified version of a preventive human HIV vaccine strategy developed by VRC scientists and current...Free radical cell death switch identified
...enes that commit neurons to programmed death. The discovery of the MST-FOXO biochemical switch mechanism fills a gap in our understanding of how oxidative stress elicits biological responses in neurons, and may include besides cell death, neuronal dysfunction and neuronal recovery. Since oxidative stress in ...Penn researchers start new clinical trial to examine ways to improve treatment of uterine fibroids
...ferent agents used to destroy uterine fibroids - a discovery that could lead to more answers about the durability of a procedure called Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE). It's already been established throughout the medical community that, after a decade, UFE works to relieve the symptoms of fibroids. Now, in...Canadian Blood Services scientist invents potential alternative for high-demand blood product
...rful therapeutics in the future. In addition, this discovery should allow for a more consistent product with less side-effects than the IVIg currently in use."ITP is an autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to send signals to the spleen to remove platelets from the body. Many patients with ITP rely...Researchers link two more genes to sudden infant death syndrome
...igators chose to examine CAV3 following our recent discovery of CAV3 as a novel LQTS-causing gene. RyR2 was targeted because of its involvement in a distinct genetic heart rhythm disease known as catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). "For a parent whose infant died suddenly and mysterio...Study suggests new human genotype may be prone to vCJD
...s in interpreting these results. Since the initial discovery of vCJD in the United Kingdom a decade ago, there has been concern about the ultimate extent of the epidemic. Fortunately the magnitude of the epidemic at present seems to match the lower limit of the early estimates, with 161 definite or probable ca...New Queen's study of hand-brain function offers insight into recovery for stroke survivors
...of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This new discovery paves the way for more effective treatment for stroke survivors based on timing the treatment to the individual's recovery process. "It is surprising how little is known about the process of physical recovery after stroke," says Brenda Brouwer, the l...Genetic insights may explain retinal growth, eye cancer
... Rb and p107, or both Rb and p130," said Dyer. The discovery by the St. Jude team that p107 is not expressed during development of the retina in humans suggests that it might be possible in the future to prevent retinoblastoma by "turning on" that gene, Dyer noted. "Because the eye is visible to researchers s...Diabetes research at UH 'crystalizes' with major finding
...ouston professor and his student have made a major discovery in the field of diabetes research and diagnosis, f...etric mechanism that has no balance." While this discovery will play a significant role in gaining a better understanding of diabetes, it also is an historic f...UCSD researchers link novel mutated gene to meal retardation and imbalance
...rgans including the retina, kidneys and liver. The discovery of the new gene linked to JSRD was found in collaboration with scientists at the Mendel Institute in Rome, under the direction of Enza Maria Valente. The researchers studied a large family from Sardinia, Italy, with several members exhibiting the di......f an influenza pandemic. The challenge of the drug discovery application is to identify those molecules which c...iseases will take place in autumn 2006. This drug discovery application against the avian flu virus was jointly deployed by the Genomics Research Center, Academ...NIH wrongly blamed for reduced success rate of grant applications
...for Physiology or Medicine in 1989, for their 1976 discovery of proto-oncogenes, normal genes that they showed ...have the potential to convert to cancer genes. The discovery transformed the way that scientists look at cancer and has led to new strategies for detection and t...Mount Sinai and YAI/NIPD Network join forces to further quality of care for people with autism
...n institution committed to accelerating scientific discovery and translating those discoveries into better diagnostic tools and treatment -- is excited to partner with the YAI/NIPD Network, comprised of seven not-for-profit agencies serving individuals with developmental and learning disabilities for nearly 50...Hormone found to decrease appetite and increase activity
...l College London, who led the research, said: "The discovery that this hormone has a double effect, increasing ...erage of 0.5 percent. Professor Bloom added: "This discovery could provide doctors with a whole new way to treat the current obesity epidemic. We need to get awa...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cleveland Clinic establish biomedical research collaboration
...s and engineers, will foster new opportunities for discovery and innovation at the intersection of the life sciences and engineering to address critical health and medical challenges."...Doctors learn more about diagnosing rare form of cancer
...orest University Baptist Medical Center make a new discovery that may change the way it is diagnosed. The results are reported in the May issue of the American Journal of Surgical Pathology. "Our study suggests that tumors of the appendix that have spread through the abdominal cavity all qualify as cancer," sa...New hybrid virus provides targeted molecular imaging of cancer
...by Pasqualini and Arap that are built around their discovery that the human vasculature system contains unique molecular addresses. Organs and specialized tissues also have specific "zip codes" on their blood vessels, as do tumor blood vessels. Knowing this, Pasqualini and Arap designed, constructed, evaluated...