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When bullying goes high-tech
As many as 25 percent of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying at some point, says a researcher who studies the phenomenon at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Analytical Trick Accelerates Protein Studies
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a new way to accelerate a workhorse instrument that identifies proteins. The high-speed technique could help diagnose cancer sooner and point to new drugs for treating a wide range of conditions. Proteins are essential building blocks of biology, used in muscle, brain, blood and hormones. If the genes are the blueprints, the proteins patterned on them are the hammers and tongs of life... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

Analytical trick accelerates protein studies
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a new way to accelerate a workhorse instrument that identifies proteins. The high-speed technique could help diagnose cancer sooner and point to new drugs for treating a wide range of conditions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 24, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Trolls win: Rude blog comments dim the allure of science online
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) The trolls are winning. Pick a story about some aspect of science, any story, scroll down to the blog comments and let the bashing begin. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

A Multicenter Phase II Open-Label Trial of L-Carnitine and Valproic Acid in Infants with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I (P03.045)
CONCLUSIONS: Recruitment/retention of sufficient numbers of type I infants for a multicenter clinical trial is feasible. A promising endpoint for measuring disease progression is time to death and/or more than 16 hours/day ventilator support per day. This study failed to support efficacy for VPA/L-carnitine in type I infants when compared to cohort of age and gender matched natural history subjects.Supported by: Families of SMA (Elk Grove Village, IL, USA). University of Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences CTSA UL1RR025764 and site CTSAs at University of Utah, Johns Hopkins, Ohio State, University of Wiscon...
Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Swoboda, K., Krosschell, K., Crawford, T., Kissel, J., Scott, C., Schroth, M., Acsadi, G., Kishnani, P., von Kleist-Retzow, J.-C., D'Anjou, G., Smith, E., Elsheikh, B., Simard, L., Prior, T., Tran, A., LaSalle, B., Reyna, S. Tags: P03 Anterior Horn: Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Other Motor Neuropathies Source Type: research

Teaching Biology for a Sustainable Future
This report also states the need to prepare future biologists to work collaboratively "to address complex and increasingly interdisciplinary problems." Many of these problems, such as those caused by climate change, the lack of a sustainable food supply, or reliance on nonrenewable energies, stem from years of shortsighted practices that will negatively affect future generations' quality of life. Sustainable solutions must take into account environmental, economic, and social implications, says David Hassenzahl, founding dean and professor at Chatham University's School of Sustainability and the Environment in Pittsburgh,...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Desferrioxamine in warm reperfusion media decreases liver injury aggravated by cold storage.
CONCLUSION: DFO added during WI and perfusion decreased liver perfusion injury aggravated by extended CS. PMID: 23429835 [PubMed - in process] (Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG)
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - February 7, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Arthur PG, Niu XW, Huang WH, Deboer B, Lai CT, Rossi E, Joseph J, Jeffrey GP Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research

Consistency evaluation between EGSnrc and Geant4 charged particle transport in an equilibrium magnetic field.
Abstract Following the proposal by several groups to integrate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with radiation therapy, much attention has been afforded to examining the impact of strong (on the order of a Tesla) transverse magnetic fields on photon dose distributions. The effect of the magnetic field on dose distributions must be considered in order to take full advantage of the benefits of real-time intra-fraction imaging. In this investigation, we compared the handling of particle transport in magnetic fields between two Monte Carlo codes, EGSnrc and Geant4, to analyze various aspects of their electromagnetic tr...
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology - February 6, 2013 Category: Physics Authors: Yang YM, Bednarz B Tags: Phys Med Biol Source Type: research

Mindfulness meditation shown helpful against chronic inflammation, pain
Mindfulness meditation techniques may help reduce the symptoms of chronic inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Waisman... (Source: NaturalNews.com)
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Hybrid nanostructures detect 1 ppm carbon monoxide
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee team reports sensing behaviour of tin oxide decorated single-walled carbon nanotubes. (Source: Nanotechweb.org journal highlights)
Source: Nanotechweb.org journal highlights - January 31, 2013 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research

New Control On Blood Vessels In Developing Brain Revealed By Chance Finding
Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse. Instead, he wanted to see how changing a particular gene in brain cells called glia would affect the growth of neurons. The result was hemorrhage, caused by deteriorating veins and arteries, and it begged for explanation. "It was a surprising finding," says Huang, an assistant professor of neuroscience and neurology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Donor risk factors, retrieval technique, preservation and ischemia/reperfusion injury in pancreas transplantation.
Abstract PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Pancreas transplantation is still hampered by a high incidence of early graft loss, and organ quality concerns result in high nonrecovery/discard rates. Demographic donor characteristics, surgical retrieval strategy, preservation fluid and ischemia time are crucial factors in the process of organ selection and are discussed in this review. RECENT FINDINGS: The donor shortage is driving an increasing utilization of nonideal organs which would previously have been identified as unsuitable. Recent literature suggests that organs from extended criteria donors - older (>45 years), BMI ...
Source: Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation - January 27, 2013 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Maglione M, Ploeg RJ, Friend PJ Tags: Curr Opin Organ Transplant Source Type: research

Association Between Blood Calcium And Ovarian Cancer Could Lead To Diagnostic Test
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers. Lead author Gary G. Schwartz, Ph.D., a cancer epidemiologist at Wake Forest Baptist, and colleague, Halcyon G. Skinner, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, examined associations between blood calcium and ovarian cancer in two national population-based groups... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ovarian Cancer Source Type: news

Chance finding reveals new control on blood vessels in developing brain
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Zhen Huang freely admits he was not interested in blood vessels four years ago when he was studying brain development in a fetal mouse. Instead, he wanted to see how changing a particular gene in brain cells called glia would affect the growth of neurons. The result was hemorrhage, caused by deteriorating veins and arteries, and it begged for explanation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Science Advice in the States
In 2006 this column posed the question, "Where are all the state science advisers?" With states challenged to make more decisions about investments in research, science education, and tech-based industry, author Gillian Andres asked, Who is advising the governors? She found that few US states had science advisers within the governor's office. An informal survey conducted by the AIBS Public Policy Office in July 2006 found that just six states (Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Virginia) had identifiable positions. A handful of other states, including Kansas, had had science advisers in the past, and about ha...
Source: Washington Watch - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Julie Palakovich Carr Source Type: news

Teaching Biology for a Sustainable Future
This report also states the need to prepare future biologists to work collaboratively "to address complex and increasingly interdisciplinary problems." Many of these problems, such as those caused by climate change, the lack of a sustainable food supply, or reliance on nonrenewable energies, stem from years of shortsighted practices that will negatively affect future generations' quality of life. Sustainable solutions must take into account environmental, economic, and social implications, says David Hassenzahl, founding dean and professor at Chatham University's School of Sustainability and the Environment in Pittsburgh, ...
Source: Eye on Education - January 22, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Susan Musante Source Type: news

Eating your 5 A DAY 'could make you more optimistic'
Conclusion This is well-conducted research which has used a validated measure to assess the optimism of a sample of middle-aged American citizens and measure their blood antioxidant levels. The researchers found a link between higher carotenoid levels and higher optimism, but as the researchers rightly conclude, their findings do not prove cause and effect and it isn’t possible to say in which direction the relationship is going. It is possible that having higher levels of antioxidants in the body leads to better physical health and this in turn enhances optimism, but then it is equally possible that people who are in be...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Mental health Source Type: news

Chronic Inflammation May Be Relieved By Mindfulness Meditation
People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma - in which psychological stress plays a major role - may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, according to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientists with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center. Mindfulness-based stress reduction, originally designed for patients with chronic pain, consists of continuously focusing attention on the breath, bodily sensations and mental content while seated, walking or practicing yoga... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Mindfulness: Meditation can ease pain from stress-related conditions like IBS and arthritis
People who suffer from painful conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis could ease their symptoms using a form of meditation, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A luminance-based heart chip assay for assessing the efficacy of graft preservation solutions in heart transplantation in rats
Conclusions Our novel assay system is simple and can test multiple solutions. It should therefore be a powerful tool for developing and improving new heart-graft preservation solutions. (Source: Heart Asia)
Source: Heart Asia - January 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Maeda, M., Kasahara, N., Doi, J., Iijima, Y., Kikuchi, T., Teratani, T., Kobayashi, E. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma -- in which psychological stress plays a major role -- may benefit from mindfulness meditation techniques, according to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientists with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

In the Eastern US, spring flowers keep pace with warming climate
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Using the meticulous phenological records of two iconic American naturalists, Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, scientists have demonstrated that native plants in the Eastern United States are flowering as much as a month earlier in response to a warming climate. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 16, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news

An early sign of spring, earlier than ever
(Harvard University) A Harvard Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Davis is co-author, with researchers at Boston University and the University of Wisconsin, of a recent study which reports spring flowering began earlier in the eastern United States in 2010 and 2012 than ever before - in some cases beginning as early as March. Their findings are published in a Jan. 16 paper in PLOS ONE. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 16, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Profile of Susan N. Coppersmith [Profiles]
Physics ranges from the practical to the abstruse. Susan Coppersmith, a theoretical physicist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has applied her talents across this span, from modeling the assembly of mollusk shells to programming quantum computers. Coppersmith was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2009, and in... (Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - January 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Downey, P. Tags: PNAS Profiles Source Type: research

Supporting spinal cord injury patients: Health Care Guide-Spotlight
Dr. Merle Orr was alarmed by a trend he saw among spinal cord injury patients while he worked at a Virginia hospital. “There were far too many men of color in wheelchairs,” he said. “With the exception of one individual, everybody else was in chairs because of some intentional act of violence perpetrated by a person who looked just like them.” Orr, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was completing a fellowship and residency program at the Virginia… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - January 14, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: Kathy Bergstrom Source Type: research

Disease outcomes and nodal recurrence in patients with papillary thyroid cancer and lateral neck nodal metastases
ConclusionWith total thyroidectomy, formal compartmental neck dissection and radioactive iodine treatment, disease‐free survival can be achieved in the majority of patients with PTC and synchronous lateral neck nodal metastases. A persistently elevated Tg post‐operatively and a high ratio of metastatic nodes identify patients at increased risk of locoregional recurrence. (Source: ANZ Journal of Surgery)
Source: ANZ Journal of Surgery - January 14, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Christine J. O'Neill, Nicholas Coorough, James C. Lee, Joshua Clements, Leigh W. Delbridge, Rebecca Sippel, Mark S. Sywak, Herb Chen, Stan B. Sidhu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Health Care and Profits, a Poor Mix
Thirty years ago, Bonnie Svarstad and Chester Bond of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered an interesting pattern in the use of sedatives at nursing homes in the south of the state. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - January 8, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

Proteasome inhibitors protect the steatotic and non-steatotic liver graft against cold ischemia reperfusion injury.
CONCLUSION: MG132 and BRZ, administrated at low and non toxic doses, are very efficient to protect fatty liver grafts against cold IRI. The benefits of BRZ are more effective than those of MG132. This evidenced for the first time the potential use of UPS inhibitors for the preservation of marginal liver grafts and for future applications in the prevention of IRI. PMID: 23305864 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Experimental and Molecular Pathology)
Source: Experimental and Molecular Pathology - January 7, 2013 Category: Pathology Authors: Zaouali MA, Bardag-Gorce F, Carbonell T, Oliva J, Pantazi E, Bejaoui M, Abdennebi HB, Rimola A, Roselló-Catafau J Tags: Exp Mol Pathol Source Type: research

Researchers: Online science news needs careful study
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) A science-inclined audience and wide array of communications tools make the Internet an excellent opportunity for scientists hoping to share their research with the world. But that opportunity is fraught with unintended consequences, according to a pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison life sciences communication professors. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

First Clinical Experience With Polysol Solution: Pilot Study in Living Kidney Transplantation
In this study, we assessed the safety of the new organ preservation solution polysol solution in the clinical setting of living kidney transplantation. We conducted a prospective pilot study in nine adult donor-recipient couples using polysol solution for washout and cold storage of kidney grafts. Adverse reactions possibly related to the use of polysol solution as well as renal function at 1, 6, and 12 months after transplantation were monitored. All living kidney transplantation performed in adults in our center within 2002 to 2008 using the University of Winconsin solution served as controls (n = 190). The use of polyso...
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - January 1, 2013 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: M.-C.J.M. Schreinemachers, F.J. Bemelman, M.M. Idu, K.A.M.I. van Donselaar-van der Pant, P.J.E.J. van de Berg, J.B. Reitsma, D.A. Legemate, S. Florquin, I.J.M. ten Berge, B.M. Doorschodt, T.M. van Gulik Tags: Organ Donation, recovery and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Source Type: research

Stop-smoking program extended at Milwaukee Heart Institute
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's stop-smoking initiative will extend its offer of free testing, coaching and medications at Aurora Sinai Medical Center’s Milwaukee Heart Institute on Jan. 2. UW was awarded a $10 million grant in 2011 for the university’s second Wisconsin Smokers Health Study. The grant was from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md. The program provides free artery scans that can signal impending risk of a stroke or heart attack. Participants also get… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 31, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Rich Kirchen Source Type: research

Hand-drawn Holiday Cards by Boy with Autism Funds Research
Giizhik Klawiter has never been so much as a visitor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center, but the 10-year-old boy with autism from Hayward, Wis., is one of the most faithful supporters of the center's developmental disabilities research. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - December 31, 2012 Category: Disability Tags: Blogs and Writings Source Type: news

As climate warms, bark beetles march on high-elevation forests
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) In a report published Dec. 31, 2012, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports a rising threat to the whitebark pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains as native mountain pine beetles climb ever higher, attacking trees that have not evolved strong defenses to stop them. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 31, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Extended cold storage of cultured hepatocytes impairs endocytic uptake during normothermic rewarming.
Abstract During hypothermic preservation of cells (0-4°C), metabolism is diminished and energy-dependent transport processes are arrested. The effect of hypothermic preservation of hepatocytes in endocytic transport following rewarming has not been previously reported. We evaluated the uptake of EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor) ligand conjugated to fluorescent Quantum Dots (QDs) probes in rat hepatocytes after 24 and 72 h cold storage in University of Wisconsin (UW) solution at 4°C. QDs uptake was visualized during rewarming to 37°C under air or, in a second approach, at the end of rewarming under 5% CO(2). After 2...
Source: Cryobiology - December 24, 2012 Category: Biology Authors: Hovanyecz P, Guibert EE, Pellegrino JM, Rodriguez JV, Sigot V Tags: Cryobiology Source Type: research

New Form Of Cell Division Found In Human Cells
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center have discovered a new form of cell division in human cells. They believe it serves as a natural back-up mechanism during faulty cell division, preventing some cells from going down a path that can lead to cancer. "If we could promote this new form of cell division, which we call klerokinesis, we may be able to prevent some cancers from developing," says lead researcher Dr. Mark Burkard, an assistant professor of hematology-oncology in the Department of Medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 23, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news

Health Care Guide: People - Sharron Coffie
Sharron Coffie has been promoted to a newly created role of manager of nursing practice-specialty clinics at Froedtert Hospital. Prior to her new role, she was a clinical nurse specialist in inpatient cardiology nursing at Froedtert. NEW POSITION: Manager of nursing practice-specialty clinics, Froedtert Hospital, Wauwatosa HOMETOWN: Oxford, Miss. EDUCATION: BSN, St. Louis University; MSN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO YOUR NEW OPPORTUNITY: “My most recent experience… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - December 19, 2012 Category: American Health Authors: Barb Zaferos Source Type: research

Taking aspirin for 10 years could double the risk of eye disorder that causes blindness
Taking aspirin could increase the chance of developing the eye disorder 'wet AMD' that can lead to blindness, say researchers from the University of Wisconsin. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 18, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New form of cell division found
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center have discovered a new form of cell division in human cells. They believe it serves as a natural back-up mechanism during faulty cell division, preventing some cells from going down a path that can lead to cancer. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 17, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

New form of cell division found
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center have discovered a new form of cell division in human cells. They believe it serves as a natural back-up mechanism during faulty cell division, preventing some cells from going down a path that can lead to cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 17, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Screening Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the breast in women at increased lifetime risk for breast cancer: A retrospective single institution study.
Conclusion: Breast MRI has a high positive predictive value and cancer yield with an acceptable biopsy rate in a diverse group of high risk women undergoing breast MRI at an academic center outside of a clinical trial.Citation Information: Cancer Res 2012;72(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-02-11. (Source: Cancer Research)
Source: Cancer Research - December 17, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ehsani, S., Strigel, R., Pettke, E., Wilke, L., Szalkucki, L., Tevaarwerk, A., Wisinski, K. Tags: Poster Session 3 - Detection/Diagnosis: Screening Source Type: research

Use of cytochrome P450 interacting medications in the setting of adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.
Conclusions: A significant proportion of patients were on one or more CYP450 interacting medications in the setting of adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. Given the number of new oral cancer agents that are also CYP450 interacting, the potential for drug interactions should be recognized and appropriate management strategies implemented.Citation Information: Cancer Res 2012;72(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-12-02. (Source: Cancer Research)
Source: Cancer Research - December 17, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Njiaju, U., Kolesar, J., Johnston, S., Eickhoff, J., Osterby, K., Poggi, L., Tevaarwerk, A., Millholland, R., Oliver, K., Heideman, J., Wisinski, K. Tags: Poster Session 6 - Treatment: Adjuvant Therapy - Other Source Type: research

A Career in Eye Pathology
Dr. Albert is the Chair Emeritus of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School and Founding Director of the University of Wisconsin Eye Research Institute. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Archives of Ophthalmology and co-author of the prize-winning Albert & Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. He has been a prolific writer in ophthalmic pathology and clinical ophthalmology, as well as the history of ophthalmology. (Source: Survey of Ophthalmology)
Source: Survey of Ophthalmology - December 7, 2012 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Daniel M. Albert Tags: Remembrances of Things Past Source Type: research

Scientists Create Road Map to Metabolic Reprogramming for Aging
November 29, 2012 (University of Wisconsin-Madison) — In efforts to understand what influences life span, cancer and aging, scientists are building road maps to navigate and learn about cells at the molecular level. read more (Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com)
Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 29, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news

GE Healthcare, UW cooperate on reducing CT doses
GE Healthcare said Wednesday it reached an agreement with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to provide physicians with more tools to optimize radiation dosages and potentially reduce the frequency of repeat CT, or computed tomography, scans. Clinical professionals at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health will develop a suite of protocols that will be regularly updated and improved. GE Healthcare and the University of Wisconsin also plan to make the protocols… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - November 28, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Rich Kirchen Source Type: research

Greater prairie chickens have a compact MHC-B with a single class IA locus
Abstract The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a central role in innate and adaptive immunity, but relatively little is known about the evolution of the number and arrangement of MHC genes in birds. Insights into the evolution of the MHC in birds can be gained by comparing the genetic architecture of the MHC between closely related species. We used a fosmid DNA library to sequence a 60.9-kb region of the MHC of the greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), one of five species of Galliformes with a physically mapped MHC. Greater prairie chickens have the smallest core MHC yet observed in any bi...
Source: Immunogenetics - November 25, 2012 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Immunogenetics Source Type: research

Empirical relationship between particulate matter and aerosol optical depth over Northern Tien-Shan, Central Asia
Abstract Measurements were obtained at two sites in northern Tien-Shan in Central Asia during a 1-year period beginning July 2008 to examine the statistical relationship between aerosol optical depth (AOD) and of fine [PM2.5, particles less than 2.5 μm aerodynamic diameter (AD)] and coarse (PMCoarse, particles between 2.5 and 10 μm AD) mass concentrations and composition. The measurements represent the first extended particulate matter measurements in the northern Tien-Shan region of Central Asia. A sun photometer (Microtops II) was used to measure AOD from the surface, which is a widely used a...
Source: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health - November 25, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Tags: Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health Source Type: research

Complete nucleotide sequence of rose yellow vein virus, a member of the family Caulimoviridae having a novel genome organization
This report describes the complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of rose yellow vein virus (RYVV), a proposed new member of the family Caulimoviridae. The RYVV genome is 9314 bp in size and contains eight open reading frames (ORFs). ORFs 1, 2, and 3 have 22–38 % amino acid sequence similarity to known members of the family Caulimoviridae. The remaining ORFs have no significant amino acid sequence similarity to known viruses. Based on differences in its genome organization, its low sequence similarity to known members of the family Caulimoviridae, and the results of phylogenetic analysis, RYVV a...
Source: Archives of Virology - November 25, 2012 Category: Virology Tags: Archives of Virology Source Type: research

“You Learn to Go Last”: Perceptions of Prenatal Care Experiences among African-American Women with Limited Incomes
Abstract African American infants die at higher rates and are at greater risk of adverse birth outcomes than White infants in Milwaukee. Though self-reported experiences of racism have been linked to adverse health outcomes, limited research exists on the impact of racism on women’s prenatal care experiences. The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of racial discrimination during prenatal care from the perspectives of African American women in a low income Milwaukee neighborhood. Transcripts from six focus groups with twenty-nine women and two individual interviews were analyzed to identif...
Source: Maternal and Child Health Journal - November 25, 2012 Category: Health Management Tags: Maternal and Child Health Journal Source Type: research

A Multisite Study of Long-term Remission and Relapse of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following Gastric Bypass
Conclusions Gastric bypass surgery is associated with durable remission of type 2 diabetes in many but not all severely obese diabetic adults, and about one third experience a relapse within 5 years of initial remission. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms of diabetes relapse, the optimal timing of surgery in effecting a durable remission, and the relationship between remission duration and incident microvascular and macrovascular events. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Clinical ResearchPages 1-10DOI 10.1007/s11695-012-0802-1Authors David E. Arterburn, Group Health Resear...
Source: Obesity Surgery - November 19, 2012 Category: Surgery Tags: Obesity Surgery Source Type: research

Supplemental hydrogen sulphide protects transplant kidney function and prolongs recipient survival after prolonged cold ischaemia–reperfusion injury by mitigating renal graft apoptosis and inflammation
CONCLUSION • Our results provide the first evidence that supplemental H2S can mitigate renal graft IRI incurred during transplantation and prolonged cold storage, improving early graft function and recipient survival in a clinically applicable model of RTx. (Source: BJU International)
Source: BJU International - November 16, 2012 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ian Lobb, Amy Mok, Zhu Lan, Weihua Liu, Bertha Garcia, Alp Sener Source Type: research