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You can be replaced: Immune cells compensate for defective DNA repair factor
Published September 4, 2008, 9:55 am, PhysOrg
A new mouse model has provided some surprising insight into XLF, a molecule that helps to repair lethal DNA damage. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 5th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, suggests that although XLF shares many properties with well known DNA repair factors, certain cells of the immune system possess an unexpected compensatory mechanism that that can take ...
You can be replaced: Immune cells compensate for defective DNA repair factor
Published September 4, 2008, 9:20 am, EurekAlert!
A new mouse model has provided some surprising insight into XLF, a molecule that helps to repair lethal DNA damage. The research suggests that although XLF shares many properties with well known DNA repair factors, certain cells of the immune system possess an unexpected compensatory mechanism that that can take over for nonfunctional XLF.
Talisay residents gripe on cell site
Published September 3, 2008, 9:12 pm, Cebu Daily News
RESIDENTS of barangay Maghaway, Talisay city who complained about the alleged harmful effects caused by three cell sites in their area were told to document their complaints and present them to the council for review.
Pretty Picture of the Day: M83
Published September 2, 2008, 9:21 am, Universe Today
What a great way to start the day, with a gorgeous image like this one of the galaxy Messier 83, adorned with what looks like rubies on the spiral arms. This shot was captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory, located high in the dry desert mountains of the Chilean [...]
Cardiac ultrasound imaging goes to handheld
Published September 2, 2008, 9:11 am, PhysOrg
Non-invasive imaging has revolutionized the diagnosis of the most common cardiac diseases such as valve problems and coronary heart disease. In addition, imaging techniques are developing rapidly and we anticipate that non-invasive imaging will gain further importance in the treatment of cardiac patients.
Initial Data Presented on World's First Pacemaker Designed for Safe Use in MRI Machines
Published September 2, 2008, 5:54 am, Centre Daily Times
Initial safety and efficacy data, presented today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, on the Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) investigational EnRhythm MRI(TM) SureScan(TM) Pacing System show promise for a potential solution for patients receiving their first pacemaker and needing an MRI scan.
Initial Data Presented On World's First Pacemaker Designed For Safe Use In MRI Machines
Published September 2, 2008, 5:10 am, Medical News Today
Initial safety and efficacy data, presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, on the Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) investigational EnRhythm MRI™ SureScan™ Pacing System show promise for a potential solution for patients receiving their first pacemaker and needing an MRI scan.
Atomic bomb's effect results in adult-onset thyroid cancer
Published September 1, 2008, 5:55 pm, News-Medical-Net
Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers.
Electrons discover their individuality
Published September 1, 2008, 11:25 am, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to a group loses its importance. As a result, the coherent harmony that binds the electrons into a fixed relationship with their environment is lost. This is what scientists at the Fritz-Haber Institute of ...
US salmonella outbreak over
Published August 31, 2008, 6:55 pm, TVNZ
An outbreak of an unusual strain of Salmonella that sickened more than 1,400 people and put 286 in the hospital appears to be over in the United States, federal health officials said.
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