Call for systems to evaluate diagnostic tests From Medical Laboratory World Leading pathologists, clinicians and medical bodies have called on the government to take the lead in developing a national system to evaluate diagnostic tests. Making Sense of Testing, by Sense About Science with the Association of Clinical Biochemistry, the Royal College of Pathologists and the PHG Foundation warns of the potential damage that can be caused by the diagnostic tests and scans that are being marketed to well people. PHG Foundation report is calling for a body to be...

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Exploring the Biochemistry of Progeria From www.longevitymeme.org Treating fibroblasts with farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTI) restored nuclear stiffness in HGPS cells and accelerated the wound healing response in HGPS and healthy control cells (but) did not improve cellular sensitivity to mechanical strain. These data suggest that increased mechanical sensitivity in HGPS cells is unrelated to changes in nuclear stiffness and that increased biomechanical sensitivity could provide a potential mechanism for the progressive loss of vascular smooth muscle...

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Rowan prof earns $100000 grant From Today's Sunbeam NJ.com Yang, Ph.D, chair and professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Rowan University, has been awarded a $100,000 grant. Dr. Yang, who during her Rowan tenure has concentrated a considerable part of her research efforts on prostate cancer, plans to use the hefty grant from Combi-Stocks Inc. to find unique ways to create pyridine-containing drug chemical compounds for pharmaceutical application. Some of Dr.Yang's other awards and grants have come from Cottrell Corporation, National Institutes of...

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Research show to feature SUCO faculty From Oneonta Daily Star ONEONTA _ The eighth annual Faculty Research Show at the State University College at Oneonta will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Before the show, seven alumni of SUCO science programs will participate in a panel discussion from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Little Theater in Alumni Hall to describe how academic experiences have impacted their professional lives. The Faculty Research Show will feature multi-disciplinary presentations from the natural and applied sciences to the humanities...

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Biochemist gets her own (flawed) stamp From St. Louis PostDispatch The stamp honoring biochemist Cori is part of the U.S. Postal Service's second line of American Scientists stamps. Cori and her husband, Carl Cori, won the Nobel Prize in 1947 for their work at Washington University, which included the discovery of an enzyme that helped explain how sugar gets metabolized in the body. "I considered her a mentor really," said Mildred Cohn, 94, who worked with Cori at Washington University and is now an emeritus professor of biochemistry at the University of...

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