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Alzheimer's Disease: Newly Found Peptide Offers Hope of Early Test and Better Treatment
19.6.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers in Japan have detected a peptide in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can show whether a person is developing Alzheimer's disease. Measuring the level of this peptide could show that the disease process has started, long before any serious damage is done to the brain. This research, published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine,...
New antibiotics could come from a DNA binding compound
18.6.2009 | Press monitoring
A synthetic DNA binding compound has proved surprisingly effective at binding to the DNA of bacteria and killing all the bacteria it touched within two minutes.
New Way The Body Fights Fungal Infection Discovered
17.6.2009 | Press monitoring
A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the first to discover how the body fights off oral yeast infections caused by the most common human fungal pathogen, Candida.
Microbes Found That Eat Hydrocarbons, And Leave Behind Non-toxic Residue
16.6.2009 | Press monitoring
Bioremediation of industrial sites and petrochemical spillages often involves finding microbes that can gorge themselves on the toxic chemicals. This leaves behind a non-toxic residue or mineralized material. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution, researchers in China describe studies of a new microbe that can digest...
World First: Chinese Scientists Create Pluripotent Stem Cells From Pigs
15.6.2009 | Press monitoring
Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells – cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any type of cell in the body. It is the first time in the world that this has been achieved using somatic cells (cells that are not sperm or egg cells) from any animal with hooves (known...
Bacteria from the deep can clean up heavy metals
14.6.2009 | Press monitoring
A species of bacteria, isolated from sediments deep under the Pacific Ocean, could provide a powerful clean-up tool for heavy metal pollution.
Molecular Complex Essential For Vision Identified In Fungi
13.6.2009 | Press monitoring
An international team of researchers has identified one of the protein components of a molecular complex that allows light reception in a laboratory fungus.
Stem Cells Cultured On Contact Lens Restore Sight In Patients With Blinding Corneal Disease
12.6.2009 | Press monitoring
In a world-first breakthrough, University of New South Wales (UNSW) medical researchers have used stem cells cultured on a simple contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
How Invading Bacteria Can Integrate Captured DNA Into Own Genetic Makeup
11.6.2009 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Texas A&M University's Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering have discovered how certain types of bacteria integrate the DNA that they have captured from invading enemies into their own genetic makeup to increase their chances of survival. To be more accurate, the genetic material isn't really captured as much as it...
Promising Antimicrobial Attacks Virus, Stimulates Immune System
10.6.2009 | Press monitoring
A promising antimicrobial agent already known to kill bacteria can also kill viruses and stimulate the innate immune system, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. In a paper appearing online June 4 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Michael Howell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, and his colleagues demonstrated that...
