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Salicylate an active metabolite of aspirin - weakens lipid membranes

It's well known that high doses of aspirin can cause ulcers and temporary deafness, but the biochemical mechanism responsible for these phenomena has never been deciphered.

19 Sep 2005

Enhanced imaging techniques could improve medical diagnosis

Chris Wyatt is a Virginia Tech electrical engineer who is attempting to provide the medical community with better, quicker, and more relevant images of the human body. The side effects are not bad either - lower medical costs, new treatments, and earlier disease detection.

19 Sep 2005

First large-scale whole genome map of genetic variability associated with Parkinson's disease

Mayo Clinic researchers in collaboration with scientists at Perlegen Sciences, Inc. and funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research have produced the first large-scale whole genome map of genetic variability associated with Parkinson's disease.

19 Sep 2005

First-of-its-kind test on a microchip array will help diagnose retinitis pigmentosa

Rapid genetic testing for eye disease is becoming a reality, thanks to a technology developed at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.

19 Sep 2005

Concerns over the privacy of patients could be hampering efforts to spot disease clusters

...and monitor the health effects of environmental pollution, according to researchers in the latest edition of the Journal of Biomedical Informatics.

12 Sep 2005

Vical and NIH to evaluate enhanced-delivery HIV vaccine

Vical Incorporated today announced plans to develop and evaluate electroporation-enhanced delivery of therapeutic and preventive DNA vaccines against HIV

12 Sep 2005

Safe, non-surgical method of identifying brain infections such as brain abscess

Researchers at Westmead Millennium Institute have discovered a safe, non-surgical method of identifying brain infections such as brain abscess, and an accurate and rapid way of diagnosing meningitis.

10 Sep 2005

New device for removing liver tumours with virtually no blood loss

The revolutionary new device uses radiofrequency energy to 'seal' tissue around a tumour site, allowing the tumour to be removed while preventing blood loss and other complications. The device has enabled surgeons to operate where previously it would have been too risky.

10 Sep 2005

Smart solution to one of the biggest challenges facing the optics and electromagnetics sector

Researchers have devised a strikingly simple method of producing materials which bend light the 'wrong' way - a significant development as lenses with minimal distortion can be made from flat slabs of these negatively-refracting materials.

7 Sep 2005

Adlyfe receives award from the development of blood test for animal prion diseases

Adlyfe, Inc., a privately held biotech company headquartered in Rockville, MD, focused on early diagnostics for animal and human brain diseases announced the award today of a $650,000 two year grant from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK for continued development of a sensitive early blood test for animal prion diseases.

7 Sep 2005

Researchers to study information technology impact on children

Michigan State University researchers will use a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to better understand the nature and extent of children's information technology (IT) use and how using IT is affecting them.

6 Sep 2005

Fine-tuning fertility testing with take-home technology

A take-home fertility-testing kit under development in a Massey University laboratory will give women and couples further control over pregnancy planning.

6 Sep 2005

Human embryonic stem cell lines accumulate changes in their genetic material over time

The findings do not limit the utility of the cells for some types of research or for some future clinical applications, the researchers say, but draw attention to the need to closely monitor stem cell lines for genetic changes and to study how these alterations affect the cells' behavior.

6 Sep 2005

Significant new breakthroughs in understanding how the genes in mammals are controlled

An international consortium of genome research institutes and investigators, including Jackson Laboratory Staff Scientists Carol J. Bult, Ph.D., and Martin Ringwald, Ph.D., has reported significant new breakthroughs in understanding how the genes in mammals are controlled.

6 Sep 2005

When it comes to controlling pain, positive thinking can be as powerful as a shot of morphine

...according to new brain imaging research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Lowering participants' expectations about pain levels reduced both pain-related brain activity and how much pain they felt.

6 Sep 2005

Patent for determining gene function quickly with Hellsgate

A CSIRO innovation for determining gene function quickly and with virtually 100 per cent efficiency has been granted a US patent clarifying its leadership position in the international gene silencing arena.

6 Sep 2005

Human tissue grown from stem cells, available for transplant in the next four years

A team of researchers from the University of Liverpool in the UK have embarked on an ambitious project which could see human tissue grown from stem cells, available for transplant in the next four years.

5 Sep 2005

Human embryonic stem cell lines accumulate changes in their genetic material over time

5 Sep 2005

Researchers discover one of the reasons why melanoma is so ruthless

About 60,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma this year, says the American Cancer Society, and 10,000 of those cases will be fatal. If not caught in the early stages, melanoma can be a particularly virulent form of cancer, spreading through the body with an efficiency that few tumors possess.

5 Sep 2005

Significant advance in the study of small ribonucleic acids

Scientists from the University of Delaware have made a significant advance in the study of small ribonucleic acids (RNAs), discovering 10 times more small RNAs in the plant Arabidopsis than previously had been identified. The advance is reported in the Sept. 2 issue of Science magazine.

5 Sep 2005

Technology News and Research

Salicylate an active metabolite of aspirin - weakens lipid membranes

Enhanced imaging techniques could improve medical diagnosis

First large-scale whole genome map of genetic variability associated with Parkinson's disease

First-of-its-kind test on a microchip array will help diagnose retinitis pigmentosa

Concerns over the privacy of patients could be hampering efforts to spot disease clusters

Vical and NIH to evaluate enhanced-delivery HIV vaccine

Safe, non-surgical method of identifying brain infections such as brain abscess

New device for removing liver tumours with virtually no blood loss

Smart solution to one of the biggest challenges facing the optics and electromagnetics sector

Adlyfe receives award from the development of blood test for animal prion diseases

Researchers to study information technology impact on children

Fine-tuning fertility testing with take-home technology

Human embryonic stem cell lines accumulate changes in their genetic material over time

Significant new breakthroughs in understanding how the genes in mammals are controlled

When it comes to controlling pain, positive thinking can be as powerful as a shot of morphine

Patent for determining gene function quickly with Hellsgate

Human tissue grown from stem cells, available for transplant in the next four years

Human embryonic stem cell lines accumulate changes in their genetic material over time

Researchers discover one of the reasons why melanoma is so ruthless

Significant advance in the study of small ribonucleic acids

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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