Biotech Week articles from March 2009

Biotech Week archives from March 2009

New apoptosis data have been reported by researchers at Cleveland Clinic.
March 4, 2009... "Transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) regulates essential cellular functions such as cellular proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Multiple apoptotic mediators and signaling pathways have been implicated in TGF beta-induced...

New atrial fibrillation study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Michigan.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Spectral analysis identifies Localized sites of high-frequency activity during atrial fibrillation (AF). This study sought to determine the effectiveness of using real-time dominant...

University Hospital publishes research in atrial fibrillation.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Geneva, Switzerland, "A 19-year-old girl was referred to our cardiology department for catheter ablation (isolation of the pulmonary veins) of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). The diagnosis was made upon a 12-lead...

Studies from St. Antonius Hospital have provided new information about atrial myxoma.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Netherlands, "Left atrial myxomas are benign, slow-growing primary cardiac tumors. They present with gradual onset of one or more of a triad of obstructive, embolic, or constitutional symptoms." ...

Reports outline atrioventricular septal defects study findings from University of London, Imperial College.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "Atrioventricular septal defect with only a ventricular component of septal deficiency is the least common of the various forms of this malformation. We reviewed its morphology in heart...

University of Zurich details research in atrophy.
March 4, 2009... "Skeletal muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration develop after tendon tearing. The extent of atrophy serves as one prognostic factor for the outcome of surgical repair of rotator cuff tendon tears," scientists in Zurich, Switzerland report (see...

Researchers from New York University publish new studies and findings in the area of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
March 4, 2009... "This randomized. double-blind. placebo-controlled, 6-month trial examined the efficacy and safety of once-daily morning-dosed atomoxetine in adult patients with attention -deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the efficacy of atomoxetine...

Research from University of Virginia broadens understanding of autograft.
March 4, 2009... "Femoral and tibial tunnel widening following ACL reconstruction using hamstring autograft has been described. Greater tunnel widening has been reported with suspensory fixation systems," investigators in the United States report (see also...

Study findings from J.O. Bohm et al provide new insights into autograft.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Stuttgart, Germany, "Although the Ross operation requires double-valve replacement for aortic valve pathology, it is the only autologous, aortic valve replacement available. We report a single-unit's 11-year...

Data from University of Birmingham advance knowledge in autoimmune disease.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Birmingham, the United Kingdom, "The CTLA-4 pathway is recognized as a major immune inhibitory axis and is a key therapeutic target for augmenting antitumor immunity or curbing autoimmunity. CTLA-4-deficient mice...

New autoimmune disease study findings recently were reported by researchers at Washington University, Medical Department.
March 4, 2009... "Alloimmunity to mismatched donor HLA-Ags and autoimmunity to self-Ags have been hypothesized to play an important role in immunopathogenesis of chronic rejection of transplanted organs. However, it is not known what role, if any, alloimmune...

Research on autoimmune disease published by C.H. Cha et al.
March 4, 2009... "We compared the TEST 1 (Alifax, Padova, Italy) and Westergren methods of measuring the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) to assess inflammation. The ESR was measured by both methods in 154 blood samples from patients with malignancy (n 69),...

Scientists at Mayo Clinic report research in autoimmune pancreatitis.
March 4, 2009... "The purpose of this article is to discuss the systemic nature of autoimmune pancreatitis and its various pancreatic and extrapancreatic imaging findings," scientists in the United States report (see also Autoimmune Pancreatitis). ...

New autoimmune thyroiditis research from C.Y. Chen and co-researchers described.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Hashimoto thyroiditis can be partially reproduced in mice by immunization with thyroglobulin or, more recently, thyroperoxidase. This experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) model has been...

Studies from University of South Carolina, Medical Department reveal new findings on back pain.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Prospective, repeated measures obtained under treatment and control conditions. The purposes of this study were to provide preliminary evidence regarding the immediate change in the...

New bacterial infections study results from Charite University described.
March 4, 2009... "Mast cells are known to be important effector cells in innate immune responses to bacterial infections. However, up to now, neither the mechanisms nor the relevance of mast cell degranulation in innate skin immune responses to bacteria have...

Research reports from R. Singh and co-authors provide new insights into barrett esophagus.
March 4, 2009... In this recently published article, scientists in Australia conducted a study "To evaluate whether there is any appreciable difference in imaging characteristics between high-resolution magnification white-light endoscopy (WLE-Z) and...

Recent findings from Taichung Veterans General Hospital highlight research in Bartter syndrome.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Taichung, Taiwan, "Acquired Bartter-like syndrome, albeit rare, has not been reported to be associated with sarcoidosis. We describe the case of a 32-year-old male patient who presented with progressive...

Data from Tufts University provide new insights into behavior.
March 4, 2009... "Polistes wasps engage in many behavioral interactions. Although there has been debate over the meaning of these interactions, these stereotypical behaviors can be used to determine a colony's linear dominance hierarchy," researchers in the...

Data on behavior detailed by A.B. Deguzman and co-authors.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Manila, Philippines, "Caring, as a universal human phenomenon, should permeate elementary, secondary and tertiary level instruction. The practice of leaching, especially at the tertiary level, is not only...

Findings from Middle East Technical University broaden understanding of behavior.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Ankara, Turkey, "The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 12-wk. physical activity intervention, based on conceptual discussions and practices of a social cognitive theory on health-promoting behaviors...

Findings in behavior reported from Hiroshima University.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Japan, "To represent heterogeneous group decision-making mechanisms in choice behavior, this paper attempts to develop a new household discrete choice model by integrating different types of household choice...

Investigators at University of Nevada target behavior.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Analogical reasoning is an important component of intelligent behavior, and it key test of any approach to human language and cognition. Only a limited amount of empirical work has been conducted...

New behavior data have been reported by researchers at University of Idaho.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "This study used constructs from the theory of planned behavior and protection motivation theory, along with past experience, to predict wildland-interface homeowners' willingness to implement...

New behavior findings from C. Figuieres and co-authors described.
March 4, 2009... "This paper contributes to the understanding of economic strategic behaviors in inter-temporal settings," investigators in Montpellier, France report (see also Behavior). "Comparing the MPE and the OLNE of a widely used class of...

New behavior research from Drexel University described.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "AC electrokinetics is rapidly becoming a foundational tool for lab-on-a-chip systems due to its versatility and the simplicity of the components capable of generating them. Predicting the...

New behavior research from E. Archtirado and co-researchers described.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research published in the Journal of Voice, "Paralysis of the left vocal chord is frequent in human clinical practice; because of its anatomic similarity with human. the guinea pig might be a suitable biological model to...

New findings from Curtin University of Technology in the area of behavior described.
March 4, 2009... "We monitored changes in self-reported knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding fruit and vegetable consumption in Western Australia prior to and after a healthful-eating campaign. We obtained telephone survey data from 2854 adults in...

Report summarizes behavior study findings from National Institutes of Health.
March 4, 2009... "Hormones are often responsible for synchronizing somatic physiological changes with changes in behavior. Ecdysis (i.e., the shedding of the exoskeleton) in insects has served as a useful model for elucidating the molecular and cellular...

Reports summarize behavior study results from University of Oregon.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "This study evaluates the effectiveness of a function-based intervention to improve behavior and reading outcomes for Latino English language learners (ELLs). The participants, four Latino ELLs in an elementary school general education setting,...

Research from C.W. Park and co-researchers yields new findings on behavior.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, "An individual's reluctance to report the actual status of a troubled project has recently received research attention as all important...

Research from Columbia University provides new data on behavior.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, "The prion protein PrPC is infamous for its role in disease, but its normal physiological function remains unknown. Here we found a previously unknown behavioral...

Research from University of Pittsburgh yields new findings on behavior.
March 4, 2009... "Forty-six patients (36 male, mean age 11.9 +/- A 2.6) with a variety of diagnoses and with significant aggressive behavior were treated in an open, non-randomized fashion with Aripiprazole or Ziprasidone. Patients were diagnosed with the Mini...

Research on behavior reported by D.K. Malone et al.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "Homeless adults with serious mental illnesses and chronic substance abuse problems have few housing options, a problem compounded when a criminal background is present. This study compared the criminal backgrounds and other characteristics of...

Research results from University of Amsterdam update knowledge of behavior.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Recent functional neuroimaging evidence suggests a bottleneck between learning new information and remembering old information. In two behavioral experiments and one functional MRI (fMRI)...

Research results from University of Tokyo, Medical Department update understanding of behavior.
March 4, 2009... "Our voluntary behaviors are thought to be controlled by top-down signals from the prefrontal cortex that modulate neural processing in the posterior cortices according to the behavioral goal. However, we have insufficient evidence for the...

Researchers from William Paterson University report details of new studies and findings in the area of behavior.
March 4, 2009... "Evolutionary co-option of existing structures for new functions is a powerful yet understudied mechanism for generating novelty. Trap-jaw ants of the predatory genus Odontomachus are capable of some of the fastest self-propelled appendage...

Studies from University of Bonn reveal new findings on behavior.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Bonn, Germany, "Luft S, Keilig L, JAger A, Bourauel C The number of bracket systems for orthodontic therapy increases significantly. One major concern of newly developed orthodontic devices is aspects of corrosion and...

Study data from Hiroshima University update knowledge of behavior.
March 4, 2009... "Even though the importance of representing group decision-making mechanisms of household behavior has been recognized since the 1980s in the context of the activity-based approach, studies about group behavior in transportation are relatively...

Study findings from W.C. Tsai et al broaden understanding of behavior.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "Past leadership research has demonstrated that transformational leadership has a positive effect on employee task performance and helping coworker behavior. However, among the research on the mediating mechanisms linking transformational...

Data on biochemistry published by M. Erthal and colleagues.
March 4, 2009... "The production of enzymes and the colonization of leaves by Leucoagaricus gongylophorus were investigated to further understand the digestive interactions of leaf-cutting ant colonies. The enzymes detected were indicative of a saprophytic...

Data on biochemistry published by researchers at McMaster University.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Hamilton, Canada, "Dietary fatty acid composition, particularly polyunsaturated fatty acids, can affect both genetic and non-genetic regulatory mechanisms of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) I, the main regulatory...

New biochemistry study findings reported from McNeese State University.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "This study was conducted to characterize the production of superoxide ions by leukocytes in whole blood of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). We used WST-1, a tetrazolium...

New findings from University of Bari describe advances in biochemistry.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Bari, Italy, "Various enzymes are known to be involved in melanin biosynthesis, but the key role appertains to tyrosinase. In amphibians this enzyme displays peculiar characteristics: i) it requires an activation...

Reports by O. Saele and co-researchers describe recent advances in biochemistry.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Bergen, Norway, "To obtain reliable relative qPCR data in developing fish larvae. stable reference genes have to be found. This study is focused on finding good candidates for normalization of qPCR data for...

Research from K.Y. Kim and co-authors provides new data about biochemistry.
March 4, 2009... "We isolated and characterized the full-length cDNA sequences of nine apolipoproteins (apoA-I-1, apoA-I-2, apoA-IV, apoE-1, apoE-2, apoC-I, apoC-II, apo-14 kDa, and apoM) in the Korean spotted barbel Hemibarbus mylodon (Teleostei:...

Research from McGill University broadens understanding of biochemistry.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "Bai X, Dinghong Q, Miao D, Goltzman D, Karaplis AC. Klotho ablation converts the biochemical and skeletal alterations in FGF23 (R176Q) transgenic mice to a Klotho-deficient phenotype," scientists in Montreal, Canada report (see also...

Research from V. Prabhakar and co-researchers in the area of biochemistry published.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "Chondroitin lyases (or chondroitinases) are a family of enzymes that depolymerize chondroitin sulfate (CS) and dermatan sulfate (DS) galactosaminoglycans, which have gained prominence as important players in central nervous system biology. Two...

Scientists at University of Bayreuth release new data on biochemistry.
March 4, 2009... "Phenotypic plasticity may allow an organism to adjust its phenotype to environmental needs. However, little is known about environmental effects on offspring biochemical composition and turnover rates, including energy budgets and...

Findings from D.R. Nielsen and co-authors broaden understanding of bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Polymeric resins with high n-butanol adsorption affinities were identified from a candidate pool of commercially available materials representing a wide array of physical and chemical properties....

New bioengineering study findings have been published by B. Brehmer and colleagues.
March 4, 2009... "The biofuel ethanol is currently being produced in large quantities from corn in the US and from wheat in the EU and further capacity expansion is expected. Relying on the so-called 1 st generation technology, only the starch contained in the...

New bioengineering study results reported from G.E. Nilsson et al.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Sweden, "Tissue Viability Imaging (TiVi) is a new bioengineering technology intended for remote two-dimensional mapping of skin red blood cell concentration (RBCconc). Before use in the laboratory, work-site and...

Recent findings from Catholic University highlight research in bioengineering.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "Caspase-3, a key molecule in apoptosis, has been extensively studied in cell culture system; however, it has been less well characterized in vivo because certain mediators are required for the proteolytic activation of effector caspases,...

Reports outline bioengineering study results from University of California.
March 4, 2009... "The sensitivity of a conceptual model of a foam emulsion bioreactor (FEBR) used for the control of toluene vapors in air was examined," investigators in the United States report (see also Bioengineering). "Model parametric sensitivity...

Reports summarize bioengineering study results from Department of Agriculture.
March 4, 2009... "Pichia stipitis NRRL Y-7124 is one of the natural yeasts best able to utilize biomass because it is able to ferment hexoses and the pentose, xylose, to economically recoverable concentrations of ethanol. To test the impact of Culture...

Research from Arizona State University has provided new information about bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... "We first constructed full stoichiometry, including cell synthesis, for glucose mixed-acid fermentation at different initial substrate concentrations (0.8-6 g-glucose/L) and pH conditions (final pH 4.0-8.6), based on experimentally determined...

Research results from RIKEN update understanding of bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... "The photo-immobilization technique is useful for immobilization of various biomolecules on assorted material surfaces, independent of the organic functional groups that may be present. Here, we report a convenient new photo-immobilization...

Research results from University of California update understanding of bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering, "Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer, or agroinfiltration, can be a highly efficient method for transforming and inducing transient transgene expression In...

Studies from Army provide new data on bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... "Complex duodenal injury remains it challenging problem for the trauma surgeon. Although primary repair of small injuries is often possible, extensive damage requires complex enteric reconstruction and drainage procedures," investigators in the...

Studies from G.J. Dumsday and co-authors have provided new information about bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering, "Arising from the requirement for discovery of novel biocatalysts with unusual properties, a process was developed which uniquely combines aspects of...

Studies in the area of bioengineering reported from Sahlgrenska University.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Gothenburg, Sweden, "The 20-year data from the ongoing long-term study of the St Jude Medical Biocor (St Jude Medical, St Paul, Minn) porcine bioprosthesis are reported. Earlier follow-ups have shown that the...

Study data from Ohio State University update knowledge of bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Highly efficient antibody immobilization is extremely crucial for the development of high-performance polymeric microdevices for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In this article, a...

Study results from University of California broaden understanding of bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "A high-throughput on-chip imaging platform that can rapidly monitor and characterize various cell types within a heterogeneous solution over a depth-of-field of similar to 4 mm and a...

University of Pittsburgh reports research in bioengineering.
March 4, 2009... "Addition of hydroxylamine (NH2OH) to autotrophic biomass in nitrifying bioreactors affected the activity, physical structure, and microbial ecology of nitrifying aggregates. When NH2OH is added to nitrifying cultures in 6-h batch experiments,...

Studies from Ohio University, Medical Department further understanding of biomechanics.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "The goal of this study is to clarify the functional and biomechanical relationship between jaw morphology and in vivo masticatory loading in selenodont artiodactyls. We compare in vivo strains from the mandibular corpus of goats and alpacas to...

Studies from University of London, Imperial College provide new data on biomechanics.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "The menisci of the knee act primarily to redistribute contact force across the tibio-femoral articulation. This meniscal function is achieved through a combination of the material,...

Data from University of Wyoming advance knowledge in biopolymers.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research published in the journal Biopolymers, "The nearest-neighbor (mu = 1) variant of the Zimm and Bragg (ZB) model has been extensively used to describe the helix-coil transition in biopolymers. In this work, we...

Studies by P. Soyer and co-authors describe new findings in biopsy.
March 4, 2009... "We retrospectively evaluated the value of the combination of ultrasonographic guidance for jugular vein puncture and an automated biopsy device for transjugular liver biopsy. Transjugular liver biopsy was performed with ultrasonographic...

Research on biotechnology discussed by I. Karube and co-researchers.(Reprint)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Yokohama, Japan, "Two different types of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) sensors using microbial electrodes were prepared. First, a microbial electrode using the bacteria-collagen membrane and oxygen electrode...

Researchers from University of Frankfurt report recent findings in biotechnology business.
March 4, 2009... "We present machine learning approaches for turn prediction from the amino acid sequence. Different turn classes and types were considered based on a novel turn classification scheme," scientists writing in the journal Proteins - Structure...

Study findings on biotechnology business are outlined in reports from Genentech, Inc.
March 4, 2009... "Dynamic binding capacity (DBC) decreases with increasing conductivity in the equilibrium regime for ion exchange chromatography. An exclusion regime has been demonstrated in ion exchange resins where DBC increases with increasing conductivity...

New data from J.H. Tamashiro et al illuminate research in bipolar disorder.(Clinical report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Sao Paulo, Brazil, "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have reported an increased frequency of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in association with late-onset (LO) depression, and this has supported...

New findings from M. Adida and co-researchers in the area of bipolar disorder described.(Report)
March 4, 2009... "The tendency to engage in risky behaviours is a core feature of the manic episodes of bipolar disorder. The aim of this study was to establish whether this characteristic can be quantified with a laboratory measure of decision making [the Iowa...

New findings from RIKEN describe advances in bipolar disorder.
March 4, 2009... "Impaired endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response has been suggested as a possible pathophysiological mechanism of bipolar disorder (BD). The expression of ER stress-related genes, spliced form or unspliced form of XBP1, GRP78 (HSPA5), GRP94...

Research from D.E. Kemp and co-authors in the area of bipolar disorder published.
March 4, 2009... In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To assess whether combination treatment with lithium and divalproex is more effective than lithium monotherapy in prolonging the time to mood episode recurrence in...

Research from University of Cincinnati broadens understanding of bipolar disorder.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Despite the high prevalence of smoking among individuals with bipolar disorder, few studies have attempted to identify correlates of smoking status in this group. We examined illness characteristics...

Research on bipolar disorder detailed by scientists at National Institutes of Health.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Postmortem human brain is a valuable resource for studying the neuropathology, neurochemistry, and molecular pathways of genes associated with bipolar disorder (BPD), yet available,...

Researchers at National Institutes of Health have published new data on bipolar disorder.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Neuropsychological studies of bipolar disorder reveal deficits in a variety of domains, including affective processing, memory, and sustained attention. These. findings are difficult to...

Studies from Indiana University further understanding of bipolar disorder.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "The present study investigated event-related brain potential (ERP) indices of auditory processing and sensory gating in bipolar disorder and subgroups of bipolar patients with or without a...

Study data from University of London, Imperial College update understanding of birth weight.
March 4, 2009... "Eighty-eight multiparous sows were used to evaluate whether type and timing of oil supplementation during gestation influences the incidence of low birth weight (LBW). Sows were allocated (eight per treatment) commercial sow pellets (3 kg/d;...

Data on bone research discussed by researchers at Aristotle University.(Report)
March 4, 2009... According to a study from Thessaloniki, Greece, "Statement of problem. Increased technical failure has been reported For cross-arch fixed partial dentures (FPDs), particularly for cantilever units with minimum osseous support." "The...

Findings from Aachen University in bone research reported.(Clinical report)
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Aachen, Germany, "Among the different graft materials being applied in sinus elevation surgery autogenous bone, especially from the iliac crest, is considered to be the graft of choice. The goal of this...

Findings from J.D. Kaunitz et al in bone research reported.
March 4, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Bone remodeling is a process of continuous resorption and formation/mineralization carried out by osteoclasts and osteoblasts, which, along with osteocytes, comprise the bone multicellular unit...

Investigators at University Hospital release new data on bone research.
March 4, 2009... According to recent research from Uppsala, Sweden, "The principal causal components of an osteoporotic fracture are a fall and weakened bone strength. While bone quality measures have been frequently studied, the ability of simple measures of...