Liver Cancer Marker Could Yield Blood Test For Early Detection
9/20/07
In the face of an emerging liver cancer crisis in Asia, researchers have developed a test that could help millions. Due to widespread hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, nearly 10 percent of China's population is at high risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a liver cancer with low survival rates if not detected and treated early. Researchers report on a new blood screening technique that could make it possible to detect early-stage liver cancer and predict how well a patient will do following treatment.
le Vaccine Is Both More Effective And Less Expensive
Good news for public health: Bioengineering researchers have developed and patented a nanoparticle that can deliver vaccines more effectively, with fewer side effects, and at a fraction of the cost of current vaccine technologies.
A Step Toward Tissue-engineered Heart Structures For Children
Infants and children receiving artificial heart-valve replacements face several repeat operations as they grow, since the since the replacements become too small and must be traded for bigger ones. Researchers have now developed a solution: living, growing valves created in the lab from a patient's own cells. They can now make pulmonary valves through tissue engineering.
Targeting Nerve Growth Factor May Lead To Cure For Liver Cancer, Study Suggests
Nerve growth factor (NGF), as the name says, is an essential peptide factor for the growth and differentiation of neuronal cells. Therefore we can imagine that this growth factor is important for the nervous system including brain. But a recent article tells us another surprising and exciting discovery about this growth factor: NGF is positively related to liver cancer, the No.2 killer among all kinds of cancers in the world.
Gene Mutation Thought To Control Energy Levels Discovered
Scientists have discovered a mutation in a gene that is widely considered to be the major controller of energy levels in our bodies. The discovery has significant implications for people suffering from diabetes and for endurance athletes. This study focused on the gene for AMPK (adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase), which controls the amount of energy in our cells by becoming active when fuel stores start to deplete, such as during exercise.
MIT IDs Binocular Vision Gene
In work that could lead to new treatments for sensory disorders in which people experience the strange phenomena of seeing better with one eye covered, researchers report that they have identified the gene responsible for binocular vision.
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le Vaccine Is Both More Effective And Less Expensive
Good news for public health: Bioengineering researchers have developed and patented a nanoparticle that can deliver vaccines more effectively, with fewer side effects, and at a fraction of the cost of current vaccine technologies.
A Step Toward Tissue-engineered Heart Structures For Children
Infants and children receiving artificial heart-valve replacements face several repeat operations as they grow, since the since the replacements become too small and must be traded for bigger ones. Researchers have now developed a solution: living, growing valves created in the lab from a patient's own cells. They can now make pulmonary valves through tissue engineering.
Targeting Nerve Growth Factor May Lead To Cure For Liver Cancer, Study Suggests
Nerve growth factor (NGF), as the name says, is an essential peptide factor for the growth and differentiation of neuronal cells. Therefore we can imagine that this growth factor is important for the nervous system including brain. But a recent article tells us another surprising and exciting discovery about this growth factor: NGF is positively related to liver cancer, the No.2 killer among all kinds of cancers in the world.
Gene Mutation Thought To Control Energy Levels Discovered
Scientists have discovered a mutation in a gene that is widely considered to be the major controller of energy levels in our bodies. The discovery has significant implications for people suffering from diabetes and for endurance athletes. This study focused on the gene for AMPK (adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase), which controls the amount of energy in our cells by becoming active when fuel stores start to deplete, such as during exercise.
MIT IDs Binocular Vision Gene
In work that could lead to new treatments for sensory disorders in which people experience the strange phenomena of seeing better with one eye covered, researchers report that they have identified the gene responsible for binocular vision.
(http://blood-pressure-standard.blogspot.com)
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