http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:35:01 PDT kcowing@reston.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource Singapore scientists have made a novel discovery about how gene, "Fas-apoptosis inhibitory molecule", protects both immune and liver cells from programmed cell death. Their research is published in Cell Death and Differentiation. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66982 A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66961 Veritide will present data at Biodetection Technologies 2009 confirming the exceptional accuracy of its portable detection device in discriminating between anthrax and hoax substances. The company's Ceeker accurately identified 100 percent of anthrax sam http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66909 Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a microscale tool to help them understand the mechanical behavior of biofilms, slimy colonies of bacteria involved in most human infectious diseases. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66846 Engineers used a novel underwater manufacturing technique to successfully build biomimetic cilia. The hairlike appendages mix tiny volumes of liquid to speed up biomedical reactions. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66845 Researchers in the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles, and may ultimately help track the uptake of drugs by the http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66828 Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are the accepted treatment to stem hyperactivity in children with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder and improve their behavior. Now a recent review of research by University at Buffalo pediatric ps http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66781 Some people who take the fast-acting sleep-aid zolpidem (Ambien) have been observed walking, eating, talking on the phone and even driving while not fully awake. Many often don't remember doing any of these activities the next morning. Similarly, this dr http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66782 A new computer model developed at MIT can help solve a problem that has plagued drug companies trying to develop promising new treatments made of antibodies: Such drugs have a relatively short shelf life because they tend to clump together, rendering them http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66770 The decision to use expensive cancer therapies that typically produce only a relatively short extension of survival is a serious ethical dilemma in the US that needs to be addressed by the oncology community, according to a commentary published online Jun http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66764 In an effort to increase understanding of the medical device development process and help companies execute the bench-to-bedside process of product development more effectively, researchers at Stanford University have published the first comprehensive mod http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66748 In a UNC study, to be published July 9 in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, physically active elderly people showed healthier cerebral blood vessels than those who are not active. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66745 A team of researchers, including several from UCSF, has demonstrated that a new method for detecting and quantifying protein biomarkers in body fluids may ultimately make it possible to screen multiple biomarkers in hundreds of patient samples, thus ensur http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66746 A University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineer and colleagues have developed a method that, applied in MRI scans of the breast, could spare some women with increased breast cancer risk the pain and stress of having to endure a biopsy of a questiona http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66747 Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralyzed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny electrodes that poke into the brain. Now, a University of Utah study shows that brain signals http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66704 In Nature Nanotechnology, Singapore scientists report that they have developed novel peptide nanoparticles that effectively seek out and destroy bacteria and fungal cells that could cause fatal infections. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66696 Infected implants now have a foe. Brown University researchers have created a nanoparticle that can penetrate a bacterial-produced film on prosthetics and kill the bacteria. The finding, published in the International Journal of Nanomedicine, is the first http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66663 According to a new study from researchers at Duke University, total knee arthroplasty procedures performed in older patients with osteoarthritis of the knee result in long-term, significant improvement of physical functioning and motor skills when compare http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66648 A revolutionary new protein stabilization technique has been developed by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council which could lead to 30 per cent more proteins being available as potential targets for drug developme http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66604 A report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, highlights a new biomarker that may be useful in identifying patients with recurrent glioblastoma, or brain tumors, who would respond better to anti-vascular endotheli http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66523