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Identification of role for proteins in children's muscle disease could open up new treatment options
3.7.2006 | Press monitoring
A study presented by Mrs. Elisabeth Elst today shows for the first time that a protein - heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) – that is present in chronic inflammations, triggers a response by T-cells (a type of white blood cells that plays a part in the body's own immune response) in children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).
Snapping a Toxin's Back
1.7.2006 | Press monitoring
New inhibitor prevents botulinum poison from carrying out its dirty work
Mature sperm and eggs grown from same stem cells
30.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Technological advance could help infertile people to have children.
Scientists engineer human tissue with electricity
30.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new technique which uses electricity to engineer human tissue.
Researchers To Develop Ultra-miniature Implantable Sensors To Measure Blood Flow
30.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Physicians and surgeons will someday monitor a patient's blood flow, blood pressure and temperature with tiny, implanted devices, thanks to research being conducted by a Cornell University professor and an Ithaca-area high-tech firm.
Can Biotech and Organic Crops Coexist?
28.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Don Cameron paints a rainbow of agricultural diversity on his Terranova Ranch in Helm, Calif. He plants his 5,500 acres with biotech, organic and conventional crops — yet goes to great lengths to keep them separate. "We have to isolate crops because of possible pollen drifts, regardless of being biotech, organic or conventional," Cameron says....
Scientists aim to thwart use of flu as bioweapon
28.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Flu is already a big killer, responsible for more than 35,000 deaths in the United States alone each year. And wild birds infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu are gradually broadening the scope of that disease. This week in Rochester, scientists are discussing ways to better understand the flu and also how to prevent the possibility...
Cure Found For Huntington Disease In Mice Offers Hope For Treatment In Humans
28.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) have provided ground-breaking evidence for a cure for Huntington disease in a mouse offering hope that this disease can be relieved in humans.
Pandemic prevention schemes threaten diversity, experts warn
28.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Fear of a bird flu pandemic is threatening the survival of many rare avian species—and could ultimately put people in developing countries at greater risk of disease, experts say.
New research highlights dangers of bronchodilators
28.6.2006 | Press monitoring
An analysis of 19 studies of asthma drugs like Advair and Serevent demonstrate that users run a substantially increased risk of hospitalization and death.
