Scripps Research awarded $17 million for adult stem cell use to treat eye diseases
... gliosis (proliferation of glial cells) and we can exploit this affinity by targeting the injected cells to these sites. Glioblastoma multiforme, a highly malignant brain tumor, is another CNS disease to which we can target these cells. In collaboration with neurosurgeon Faith Barnett, we have shown that it ...Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation
...g myelin genes," said Dr. Svaren. "Our hope is to exploit this knowledge so that we can adjust the levels of myelin genes such as PMP22 and MPZ, and thereby create an effective treatment for myelin diseases." Understanding the process by which nerve cells are myelinated also could be applied to other diso...MIT brace aids stroke recovery
...as the MIT-developed robotic brace can help people exploit their neural plasticity--the increasingly recognized ability of the brain to rewire itself in response to experience and training. The robotic therapy device, which is awaiting FDA approval, was tested on stroke patients at MIT's Clinical Research...'Erectile dysfunction' drugs heighten natural anti-cancer activity
.... Borrello and his colleagues found that tumors exploit nitric oxide-producing immune cells to create a sort of "fog" that keeps them hidden from white blood cells (T-cells) that mount attacks on tumors. These NO-producing cells, a.k.a. myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), normally use nitric oxide...Cell wall of pneumonia bacteria can cause brain and heart damage
...tch onto PAFr. "S. pneumoniae have learned how to exploit PAFr and use it as a ferry to cross the endothelium of the blood vessels and escape from the bloodstream," Tuomanen said. "From there they enter the cardiomyocytes or neurons in the brain by binding to PAFr on those cells as well." The investigators...NJIT offers new certificate to fight digital and physical terrorism
... as how criminals, hackers or cyber-terrorists can exploit them. The certificate will explore cutting-edge techniques that cyber-security professionals may employ to understand what must be accomplished to protect systems and networks. Techniques to stop a cyber-terrorist from gaining access to critical n...Scientists develop new, molecular approach to early cancer detection
...ands of chemically synthesized DNA. These aptamers exploit the differences on the surface of cells to discern cancerous ones. Key to the approach is it does not require prior knowledge of cancer indicators, Tan said. "Using the cell-based aptamer selection strategy, we can generate aptamers which can speci...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2006
... the University of Tennessee have devised a way to exploit a characteristic that has previously been viewed as a liability to use obsidian as a measure of prehistoric climate change. For their study, Anovitz, Dave Cole, Mostafa Fayek, Mike Elam and Lee Riciputi looked at obsidian samples dated from the 6th t...Obesity is associated with less favorable outcome after radiation therapy for prostate cancer
...the influence of obesity on treatment and possibly exploit that understanding to improve treatment outcome, "future studies should evaluate the relationship of obesity with dietary factors, genetic modifiers of steroid androgen metabolism, insulin, and a detailed investigation of the insulin growth factor pa...Early results find activity in drug that turns on tumor 'death' receptors
...rbst says. Herbst and his team have been trying to exploit a different and natural way to induce cell suicide, through so-called death receptors that are located on the outside of all cells. These receptors, which are believed to be especially numerous on cancer cells, work in tandem with the tumor-necrosis ...How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
... identify energy efficiencies across the board and exploit large-scale energy use reduction opportunities, and enlightened banks to finance them." Such retrofits involve installing, for example, high efficiency lighting, air conditioners, boilers and waste heat recovery systems for commercial and public bu...12-Qubits reached in quantum information quest
... a new algorithmic benchmark in a global effort to exploit quantum properties in order to support entirely new modes of information processing such as quantum computers with an ability to solve certain types of incredibly complex problems that no modern day computer can approach. The basic principles behind...H5N1 threat puts human flu back in spotlight
... key challenge to immunologists is learning how to exploit the exquisite sensitivity of CD8+ cells to different targets on H5N1 and other flu viruses," said Richard Webby, Ph.D., an assistant member of the St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases and co-author of the paper. "We could use that knowledge to ...New family of biodegradable polymers shows promise for intracellular drug delivery
...rsity. "Researchers have been 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, po...Researchers reveal possibility of separating anticancer properties of vitamin D
...ctal cancer. However, large quantities designed to exploit the vitamin's anticancer properties can lead to a toxic overdose of calcium in the blood. Now, research done at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center indicates that it may be possible to separate the anticancer properties of v...Chance, music, and the ear of the beholder
...t this partial predictability as "natural," and to exploit it to become particularly efficient at processing sensory inputs that exhibit "just the right amount of randomness."...Researchers break chain of biochemical events that brain cancer cells use to evade therapy
In their quest to find and exploit vulnerabilities in the natural armor that protects malignant brain tumors from destruction, researchers have found a way to decrease the cells resistance to therapies that are designed to trigger cell death. The findings resulted from laboratory expe...Flow technique could simplify targeting cancer therapy
... beam. "Targeted cancer therapies, therapies that exploit the particular weaknesses of different types of cancer, show enormous promise for the next generation of cancer treatment," said Dr. Rafael Nunez, UIC assistant professor in medicine and principle investigator in the study. "It's not practical to wai...Sydney researchers explain how stress can make you sick
... immuno-compromised individuals. The second is to exploit this Th1 inhibitory mechanism to prevent immune responses getting out of control as in various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, type I diabetes and lupus....... and presents interesting opportunities to further exploit the P2X5 gene-product as a source for mHAgs to be used for immunotherapy." This result represents another example of an mHAg-mediated GVL response, thereby expanding the number of patients eligible for mHAg-based immunotherapy following hematopoietic...