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Genetic trigger for disease-fighting antibodies discoverd

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

A research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has identified the specific gene which triggers the body to produce disease-fighting antibodies -- a seminal finding that clarifies the exact molecular ...


Examining TLR4 influences of B cell response

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic inflammation, which is at the root of multiple diseases, links periodontal disease to increased incidence of cardiovascular disease.





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Antibody finds, wipes out prostate cancer: study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (29) | comments 1

US researchers have found an antibody that hunts down prostate cancer cells in mice and can destroy the killer disease even in an advanced stage, a study showed Monday.


New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus

New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new rapid way to test severity of the devastating citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in citrus trees has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Parlier, Calif. The ...


Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture (AP)

Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture

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(AP) -- The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.


How amyloid beta reduces plasticity related to synaptic signaling

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The early stages of Alzheimer's disease are thought to occur at the synapse, since synapse loss is associated with memory dysfunction. Evidence suggests that amyloid beta (Aβ) plays an important role in early synaptic ...


Steroid injections may slow diabetes-related eye disease

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Researchers led by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute have found that injecting a corticosteroid, triamcinolone, directly into the eye may slow the progression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, a complication ...


One step closer to closure: Neuroscientists discovery key to spinal cord defects

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Spinal cord disorders like spina bifida arise during early development when future spinal cord cells growing in a flat layer fail to roll up into a tube. In the Dec. 6 issue of Nature Cell Biology, researchers from the Jo ...


Taiwan's Inventec Corp, a key maker of notebook computers, is set to to build a plant in southwestern China

Taiwan notebook maker Inventec plans China plant

Technology / Business

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan's Inventec Corp, the world's fourth largest contract notebook computer maker, said Monday it will spend 800 million US dollars to build a plant in southwestern China.


Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...


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Citrus surprise: Vitamin C boosts the reprogramming of adult cells into stem cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 5

Famous for its antioxidant properties and role in tissue repair, vitamin C is touted as beneficial for illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer and perhaps even for slowing the aging process. Now, ...


Figitumumab has anti-tumor activity in Ewing's sarcoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A preliminary study of the anticancer drug figitumumab has found that it has antitumour activity in Ewing's sarcoma—a cancer which affects mainly teenage boys. The results have led to the drug's progression to a Phase 2 trial ...



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