News tagged with oral fluids

Hepcidin-25 in human saliva, bile, ascitic and pleural fluid

A research team from United Kingdom described the use of radioimmunoassay to demonstrate and measure hepcidin-25 in various biological fluids. They provided evidence for the first time of the presence of hepcidin in human ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vet scientists' work on diagnostic, intervention tools for H1N1 helps human health lab, too

If some day you are tested for the H1N1 virus without the painful prick of a needle, thank a pig -- and a team of Kansas State University researchers and their collaborators who are connecting animal and human health.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New trial casts doubt on role of zinc supplements in diarrhea treatment

Zinc supplementation can be ineffective in the treatment of diarrhea. A randomised controlled trial published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that supplementation with either zinc or zinc and copper is no ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Team develops new method for filming the release of medicine inside cells

Researchers at the University of Twente (The Netherlands) have developed a method to allow them to watch close-up how medicines are released in cells and to monitor their absorption at the level of individual ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers create living human gut-on-a-chip

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research uncovers genetic marker that could help control, eliminate PRRS virus

A collaborative discovery involving Kansas State University researchers may improve animal health and save the U.S. pork industry millions of dollars each year.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lab study raises questions over nano-particle impact

Tests involving chickens have raised questions about the impact on health from engineered nano-particles, the ultra-fine grains commonly used in drugs and processed foods, scientists said on Sunday.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Injectable gel could spell relief for arthritis sufferers

Some 25 million people in the United States alone suffer from rheumatoid arthritis or its cousin osteoarthritis, diseases characterized by often debilitating pain in the joints. Now researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study vindicates dual treatment regimen

A combination of oral and nasal steroids can significantly improve the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis - a common and often debilitating form of sinusitis - and help avoid surgery, according to new research carried out ...

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created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Artificial intestine helps fight bad gut bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell professor John March is attempting to transform bacteria in our gut into disease-fighting machines. Now, thanks to two members of his research team, he has a powerful new tool to help ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cholera rages in rural Haiti, overwhelming clinics

(AP) -- A gray-haired woman, her eyes sunken and unfocused from dehydration, stumbles up a dirt path slumped on the shoulder of a young man, heading to a rural clinic so overcrowded that plastic tarps have ...

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created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cholera and vaccine experts urge United States to stockpile vaccine

As the cholera epidemic in Haiti continues to rage, public health workers are focusing their efforts on treating the tens of thousands who have already been hospitalized with cholera-like symptoms and providing clean water ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Getting sick from worry

Three years ago, Victor May began to wonder about an obscure protein. From nerve cells he was testing in his laboratory, "it looked as if it could be active in stress/anxiety pathways in the brain," he says, "but we didn't ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1


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