cmed_Feb_02

reviews, Cochrane, meeting, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, evidence, interventions, Editor, Endocrine, Cochrane Collaboration, disorders, Metabolism, evidence-based medicine, Clinics.

Through the efforts of our reviewers we have been able to publish a substantial number of new Cochrane protocols -- usually three in each new issue of the Cochrane Library -- and we have started publishing our first full reviews.
In line with its mission, the WG is to integrate the principles of evidence-based medicine and evidence derived from observational studies (such as the benchmarking activities carried out within the SVD movement) with the particular needs and interests of the various partners cooperating within the SVD initiative.
Two of these were workshops run in collaboration with the German Cochrane Centre.

2330fact

IBA, pesticide, EPA, reregistration, registrants, environment, risks, toxicity, crops, eye, growth, exposure, plant growth, eligibility.

All pesticides sold or used in the United States must be registered by EPA, based on scientific studies showing that they can be used without posing unreasonable risks to people or the environment.
Because of advances in scientific knowledge, the law requires that pesticides which were first registered years ago be reregistered to ensure that they meet today's more stringent standards.
In evaluating pesticides for reregistration, EPA obtains and reviews a complete set of studies from pesticide producers, describing the human health and environmental effects of each pesticide.
These studies are due within eight months after registrants receive the RED.

A2-OCR-2805-01

growth, reproduction, plant, hormones, Sci, Biol, biology, control, fertilisation, pregnancy, seeds, tissue, cell, placenta.

3. Describe some of the methods for the measurement of growth in the following: microorganisms (including a protoctist), a plant, and an animal.
16. Describe the structural changes that occur after fertilisation leading to the development of the embryo within the seed and the ovary into the fruit.
Explain the events in gametogenesis in males and females, and describe the role of hormones in the process.
24. Describe the structure and function of the placenta, and the role of the amnion in pregnancy.
26. Understand that genetic and environmental factors are involved in the control of growth and reproduction.
Seed dispersal often involves the explosion of the seeds from the fruit.

HA&ST_flyer_20011

signal transduction, hormone, receptor, cell, Biol, hormone action, biology, activin/inhibin, regulation, endocrinology, protein, neural crest, IBiS, expressing.

Research activities range from exploring basic questions in biochemistry/biophysics and structural biology, cell and molecular biology, developmental biology and genetics, and neurobiology to basic/applied problems in bioengineering/biotechnology and medicine/clinical science.
This flyer describes just one of the fields of research in IBiS -- hormone action and signal transduction.
Work in the field of hormone action and signal transduction at Northwestern is supported by four NIH-funded training grants in cell and molecular biology, endocrinology, reproductive biology, and signal transduction.
PNAS 97: 11905-11909 Bass et al. (1998) Folding of insulin receptor monomers is facilitated by the molecular chaperones calnexin and calreticulin and impaired by rapid dimerization.
Xu et al. (2000) Regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor gene expression during the estrous cycle: role of progesterone receptors.

InfoUpdate0603

consultation, appeals, health, NHS, guidance, guidelines, Committee, clinicians, bulletin, review, management, cancer, patient, therapy.

2 May 2003 Following a planned review, NICE has agreed with the Department of Health and the National Assembly for Wales that its guidance on hearing aids will be withdrawn with effect from 2 May 2003.
Glitazones in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (notice of appeals) 1 May 2003 Two appeals have been received against the Final Appraisal Determination for this appraisal.
Final Appraisal Determination: Human growth hormone (somatropin) in adults with growth hormone deficiency 2 May 2003 After considering the feedback from consultation, the Appraisal Committee has prepared a Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) on Human growth hormone (somatropin) in adults with growth hormone deficiency and submitted it to the Institute.

GE_foodFAQ

genetic engineering, foods, genes, consumers, crops, herbicide, publisher, allergies, environment, CRG, chemicals, seeds, nature, animals.

Q. How many genetically engineered foods are on the market?
While farmers have used cross-breeding techniques to cultivate crop and animal species with desired characteristics, genetic engineering represents a radical departure from this practice.
For example, fish genes have been placed in tomatoes, human genes in tobacco, bacteria in corn, and viruses in squash and fruit.
world s poor such as cassava and potato do not have much potential for profit, the majority of genetically engineered crops are aimed at helping large-scale farmers in industrialized nations boost their yields and profits.
If genetically engineered foods are not labeled with the source of the foreign genes, consumers will not be able to identify these potential allergens.

Gallego-2001

mice, epithelium, EGF, control, wild-type, transplants, pregnancy, mammary tissue, PrlR-null, Prl, Stat5, Stat5a, alveoli, PrlR.

We investigated the roles of these hormones in mammary development using mice in which the respective receptors had been inactivated.
To assess the relevance of the GH receptor (GHR) in the mammary gland, we transplanted GHR-null epithelium into cleared fat pads of wild-type mice.
Recombinant EGF, rat GH, or recombinant mouse Prl was injected into these mice at the age of 7 weeks, and Stat5a phosphorylation was assessed 15 min after the injection.
Despite the fact that a large number of embryos were lost from midgestation, Stat5a phosphorylation was detected in mammary tissue from PrlR-null mice as early as day 13 of pregnancy (Fig. 2A, lanes a-- d).

hw_bende

Slide, biologics, FDA, comparability, drug, manufacturers, regulatory, safety, therapy, pharmacovigilance, science, guidance, biotechnology, approval pathway.

-- "...when a biologics manufacturer institutes a change in its manufacturing process, before FDA approval of its product but after completion of a pivotal clinical study, it may not be necessary for the manufacturer to perform additional clinical studies to demonstrate that the resulting product is still safe, pure, and potent...."
-- "The kind of trials, the duration and type of endpoint depend on experience, type of product, therapeutic area and the availability of accepted surrogate endpoints."
· "Perhaps the trials don't need to be as large as the pioneers..."

p33-36

PCR, cells, amplification, detection, reverse transcriptase, tissues, mRNA, situ PCR, GHR mRNA, buffer, DNA polymerase, pituitaries, reaction, anterior.

RT in situ PCR is a newly available tool for detecting low levels of mRNA expression in cells using a nonradioactive marker.
Results for the anterior pituitary have been divergent: in an early study (6), protein and GHR mRNA were revealed in all the cell populations, whereas more recent studies (5,7) found them in only three out of five.
1. Nuovo, G. J. et al. (1993) In situ detection of PCR-amplified HIV-1 nucleic acids and tumor necrosis factor cDNA in cervical tissues.
9. Nuovo, G. J. et al. (1991) An improved technique for in situ detection of DNA after polymerase chain reaction amplification.

635

growth hormone, bone mineralization, HIV, controls, baseline, growth hormone therapy, patients, lipodystrophy, significant difference, compare, York, body weight, recombinant, treatment.

· There is concern that loss of bone mineralization may increase the long-term morbidity in HIV disease.
· Bone density is reduced in patients with growth hormone deficiency1.
· Growth hormone secretion is depressed in patients with the HIV lipodystrophy syndrome2.
Baseline bone mineral content(Kg) in HIV(+) subjects and controls.
Bone mineral content(Kg) after 24 weeks of recombinant growth hormone therapy in HIV(+) subjects.
There was no significant difference in total bone mineral content in HIV- infected subjects, after 24 weeks of treatment with growth hormone.
24 weeks of growth hormone therapy does not appear to improve bone mineral content in HIV-infected subjects with excess visceral adipose tissue (lipodystrophy).

backgrounder

adults, wellness, music making, lessons, keyboard, life, music products, health, learning, music therapy, support, market, decrease, students.

That statement, made by Dr. Frederick Tims, Principal Investigator for the Music Making and Wellness Research Project, is good news for older adults - and for music educators and the music products industry.
The specific aims for the older students learning to make music were as follows: to improve quality of life and well-being to help participants become more relaxed, feel better, and respond in positive ways to stress to enhance immune system function or resistance to disease To accomplish these aims the lessons were enhanced with teaching methods designed to encourage more participation and active music making by all students.

CafeteriaReleaseFinalSept8

exercise, findings, physiology, scientists, growth hormone, exercise capacity, blood pressure responses, physical activity, cancer, members, blood pressure, meeting, athletes, Olympics.

The US Open, World Cup and 2000 Olympics are proof positive that exercise, physical precision and the internal mechanisms of the human body are inextricably linked.
This month -- the most intensive month of sports activities this year -- a timely fall conference brings researchers and scientists from around the globe to examine the relationship between exercise and the building blocks of the human machine.
The conference will feature research presentations and discussions on the latest interdisciplinary findings on physiology and exercise.
To date, little is known about the short-term effects of growth hormone, but a research study on the effects of growth hormone on exercise capacity with 30 young volunteers in a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study has been conducted.

Bowers%20TM-270

growth hormone, peptides, food intake, ghrelin, administration, growth hormone releasing, synthetic growth hormone, Tulane University, license, patent, protection, weight, variety, depot.

In mammals, a new hormone designated ghrelin regulates the release of growth hormone and probably food intake.
Ghrelin is a 28 amino acid octanoylated peptide that is produced by the stomach and through its regulation of the release of growth hormone plays important roles in bone growth, muscle growth, food intake and possibly increased recovery from injury to name a few.
We and others have successfully developed peptides that mimic the actions of Ghrelin to stimulate the release of growth hormone and increase food intake.
These are small highly active peptides ranging in size from 3-5 amino acids or partial peptides that can easily be synthesized.

PNAS_MUIR

extinction, fish, transgene, mating, males, viability, mating advantage, offspring, genotype, wild-type, transgenic organisms, age, species, medaka.

An ecological risk associated with the introduction of a transgenic organism is that the transgene, though rare, can spread in a natural population.
Reduced viability is assumed to be common because transgenic individuals are best viewed as macromutants that lack any history of selection that could reduce negative fitness effects.
Local extinction of a wild-type population from a release of transgenic individuals could also have cascading negative effects on the community.
In contrast, if transgenic males were created intentionally to drive to extinction a wild-type population of, for example, a species of pests, it could serve as a mechanism for biological control.

NCR487

DNA, organism, genes, Genetics, cells, recipe, biotechnology, animals, plants, Extension, bacteria, DNA molecules, letters, living organisms.

A narrower and more specific definition of biotechnology is "the commercial application of living organisms or their products, which involves the deliberate manipulation of their DNA molecules" (see glossary for definitions of bold-print words).
The structure of DNA molecules contains information that is used by cells as a "recipe" for the organism; that is, the characteristics of any living thing essentially are determined by the information in DNA.
The "words" for the DNA recipe, called genes, are derived from a 4-letter alphabet (A, C, G, T) and usually contain between 1,000 and 100,000 letters.
What's new since 1972 is that scientists have been able to identify the specific DNA genes for many desirable traits and transfer only those genes, usually carried on a plasmid or virus, into another organism.

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