Archive for October 2017

'BioShield' takes some Licks

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'BioShield' takes some Licks - On the defensive. Tommy Thompson said BioShield will encourage companies to produce bio-terrorism defense products. The legislation proposed by the Bush administration to stimulate the production of medicines and vaccines antibioterrorism...

RNAi liver rescue

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RNAi liver rescue - armored. The mouse livers that received siRNA targeting Fas gene were protected against hepatitis (right), unlike those given saline placebo (left). Shooting millions of tiny RNA molecules in the blood of mice can protect the liver against...

RNAi liver rescue

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RNAi liver rescue - armored. The mouse livers that received siRNA targeting Fas gene were protected against hepatitis (right), unlike those given saline placebo (left). Shooting millions of tiny RNA molecules in the blood of mice can protect the liver against...

Blame for more Killer Clumps

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Blame for more Killer Clumps - Lethal legos. SOD1 mutant proteins link together strings constantly increasing. The inherited form of Lou Gehrig disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -familial (FALS) - causes disintegration of the motor neurons of the spinal...

defense mechanism HIV Uncovered

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defense mechanism HIV Uncovered - discriminating. blocks a defensive HIV protein in humans but not mice. The AIDS virus dodges the ammunition dam immune system. researchers have now discovered one of his tricks: HIV disables a host protein that would otherwise...

A Sequel to SARS?

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A Sequel to SARS? - An outbreak of a mild respiratory disease in two nursing homes near Vancouver, in Canada, scientists and experts puzzled and worried public health. Tests suggest that a very similar to the agent that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is involved, but symptoms of...

SARS Labs Not Just Monkeying Around

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SARS Labs Not Just Monkeying Around - WASHINGTON, DC - Scientists reported three new animal models that could provide relatively cheap and convenient means for testing drugs and vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the disease that broke out in southern China last spring ...

Snacks for Fat Cats?

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Snacks for Fat Cats? - No, they are not designed as a tasty alternative low-calorie cat chow diets. But scientists have created a strain of mice that can not produce cholesterol. The animals are viable, the study shows because another fat molecule can pick up most cholesterol functions. Despite...

Former drug could tackle SARS

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Former drug could tackle SARS - Lifesaver? a small test at the Toronto outbreak first suggested that interferon a helped SARS patients. Interferon a , a drug widely used to treat hepatitis C and several cancers, may also work against SARS, according to a...

Lean Hungry, and long-term

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Lean Hungry, and long-term - Tuck in. If you want a healthy heart, this dish can be just what you need. has been shown in mice, fish and yeast; Now the first study of calorie restriction long term in humans suggest that if you really want to live longer, eat...

Dissection Cancer Vaccines

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Dissection Cancer Vaccines - MONTREAL, CANADA - If there is a vaccine against cancer thing developers want to know, is why only a handle patients respond strongly to their inventions. Now, during an Immunology meeting here, a team of scientists reported that a group of metastatic melanoma patients...

Hunting Down Cancer

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Hunting Down Cancer - smart bomb. The hybrid molecule finds its way into this prostate cancer mass and collects on the cancer cell surfaces. cancer researchers have long sought an alternative treatment to chemotherapy that can destroy tumors without damaging...

Marburg Outbreak Puzzles Scientists

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Marburg Outbreak Puzzles Scientists - Casualty. Italian pediatrician Maria Bonino (center), who worked in Uige province, died, probably of an infection with the Marburg virus. as much as 117 people died in Angola during what could become the largest outbreak...

The plan of attack of virus identified

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The plan of attack of virus identified - Invader. in infiltrating and killing cells of the brain, JC virus (shown here in the nucleus of an oligodendrocyte) insulation bands of neurons, causing PML. AIDS patients live longer and better than ever thanks to the...

Homing In tumors

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Homing In tumors - On the target. When the vaccinia virus was delivered in CIK cells, it was evenly distributed throughout the tumor ( left ). For the virus comes alone, however, the distribution was uneven ( right ). Thorne et al., Science Researchers...

electrical hat can fight tumors?

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electrical hat can fight tumors? - safety cap. A patient glioblastoma door NovoTTF-100A. www.novocuretrial.com For years, the electric fields have been rumored to cause cancer. Now, there is reason to believe they could fight - and in some cases even destroy...

Cancer Survivor Long Goes to the Dogs

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Cancer Survivor Long Goes to the Dogs - [things Ruff. Canine transmissible venereal tumors, such as the one shown here, affect dogs of all breeds. Claudio Murgia Scientists have identified a common sexually transmitted canine tumor that can spread from dog...

Muscle stem cells Overpower Disease

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Muscle stem cells Overpower Disease - Muscle bound. Muscles mouse treated with modified human stem cells exhibit muscle fibers of producing human dystrophin (yellow), integrated from mouse muscle fibers (red). Mirella Meregalli / University of Milan recent...

Stem cells can Rescue Failing hearts

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Stem cells can Rescue Failing hearts - BETHESDA, MARYLAND - It has been over 6 years since the first person was injected with stem cells to save a heart failure. Hundreds of patients have since followed the example of the 46-year-old German man. But experts are still divided on how the strategy...

Make Tumors Spread mitochondrial mutations

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Make Tumors Spread mitochondrial mutations - Cancer often strikes its final, fatal blow when a tumor spreads to other organs. A new study published online today in Science highlights this poorly understood process called metastasis. The researchers report that mutations in mitochondrial DNA may...

The Couch is not fattening

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The Couch is not fattening - Moccasins rejoice! One study puts the blame for obesity to overeating, rather than inactivity. Digital Vision couch potato lifestyle today has been blamed for the skyrocketing rates of obesity, but the cause of this trend may...

Unconscious Brain Saves yet the pain

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Unconscious Brain Saves yet the pain - altered perceptions? minimally conscious patients may have a greater capacity to feel pain than do those in a vegetative state (as Terri Schiavo, above). Reuters Most of the time, doctors have a simple way to determine...

Relief From Rehab?

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Relief From Rehab? - The drug used to wean heroin kills leukemia cells, a new study shows. The researchers found that methadone treatment used in drug rehabilitation, knocks out cancer cells that previously resisted chemotherapy and done without affecting healthy cells. But critics question whether...

Weed on the UK Government Ignores Scientific Council

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Weed on the UK Government Ignores Scientific Council - Today, the House of Lords of the British Parliament approved the Government's proposal to reclassify cannabis as a dangerous drug Class B as well as amphetamines and speed, against the recommendations of its own Advisory Council on drug abuse...

The impact of the Madoff case on Science

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The impact of the Madoff case on Science - The Science Careers Blog has a good summary of what we know to date about the impact Bernard Madoff scandal on scientific institutions and philanthropies that give scientific research. Many organizations have invested in the Madoff hedge fund, which prosecutors...

Billions in Biomed Strengthens?

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Billions in Biomed Strengthens? - Biomedical research may be headed for a big boost of 2 years in the bill, even more than some expected stimulus lobbyists. During the debate last night, the Senate accepted by voice vote of an amendment by Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania that would...

You want to stop malaria? Target the Geezers

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You want to stop malaria? Target the Geezers - kill them slowly. A pesticide that acts later in life mosquitos could fight against the resistance. Jim Gathany / CDC Kill 'em fast, kill' em young. This was the unofficial motto of struggle against insects for...

AIDS czar named

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AIDS czar named - President Barack Obama tapped Jeffrey Crowley today to fill the top slot of the Office of National AIDS Policy (NAPO). The move comes amid growing concern that the United States does not have a national plan against HIV / AIDS. Crowley, a public health specialist at Georgetown...

Reporters ask direct access to federal scientists

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Reporters ask direct access to federal scientists - Journalists like to go directly to the source, and a group of journalists covering health care say a change in federal policy the help make their jobs better. Scientists working for the US government in general can not speak with reporters until...
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