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| GENOME - Comparing two primitive
organisms in the same evolutionary pathway leading to plants and animals has lent strong
support to assumptions that the genes of "model organisms" (in this case yeast
and nematode worms) will reliably predict the function of newly discovered human genes,
according to David Botstein, professor of genetics, and colleagues, at Stanford and Boston
University. The research was presented in the Dec. 11 issue of the journal, Science.
HIV - A critical cellular protein called NFAT allows HIV to multiply in the T cells, thus making the proteins that carry out NFAT's instructions the perfect targets for anti-HIV drugs, according to a paper in the Nov. 25 issue of Cell. Garry Nolan, assistant professor of molecular pharmacology, and colleagues, said the cellular proteins may become a desirable drug target because in contrast to HIV proteins, they are unlikely to mutate to escape the effects of drugs. COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE - Many allopathic physicians in the western world are referring their patients for acupuncture and chiropractic care, according to research reported in the Nov. 23 issue ofThe Archives of Internal Medicine. But just how widespread these referrals to complementary medicine practitioners have become in the United States won't be known until someone undertakes a comprehensive national survey, said author John A. Astin, a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention (SCRDP). HYPOTHERMIA - Stanford researchers have developed a high-tech warming device that dramatically reduces the recovery time for the mild hypothermia that often accompanies major surgery. John G. Brock-Utne, professor of anesthesia, and colleagues in the Department of Biology at Stanford and researchers at the University of North Texas, reported on the successful clinical trial of the technology in the November issue of the Journal of Applied Physiology. |
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