New Orleans, LA – Research led by Shyamal Desai, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has discovered a key change in the body's defense system that increases the potential for breast cancer to spread to other parts of the body. The results, reported for the first time, are featured in the January 2012 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine. For cancer cells shape matters. All cells contain a protein cytoskeleton that acts as a scaffold determining overall shape and function, the position of the cell ...

Bethesda, MD—A new research study published in the January 2012 edition of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) describes findings that could lead to a non-invasive test that would let expecting mothers know the sex of their baby as early as the first trimester. Specifically, researchers from South Korea discovered that various ratios of two enzymes (DYS14/GAPDH), which can be extracted from a pregnant mother's blood, indicate if the baby will be a boy or a girl. Such a test would be the first of its kind. "Generally, early fetal gender determination has been performed ...

The latest version of Jolly Technologies' software is now available at ID Wholesaler, the largest photo identification products retailer. Jolly's new version 6 is easier to use, offers improved performance and connectivity, and includes enhanced support. In addition to version 6, Jolly has released a new line of tracking products that are tailored to specific applications. Lobby Track is designed for visitor management; Member Track for membership management; Event Track for event badge production and attendee tracking; and Time Track for time and attendance. All of ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Scientists have found at least one instance when the smaller sibling gets to call the shots and cancer patients may one day benefit. The protein Chk1 has long been known to be a checkpoint in cell development: it keeps normal cells and damaged cells from dividing until their DNA has been fully replicated or repaired. Now scientists at Georgia Health Sciences University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered a shorter form they've dubbed Chk1-S ("S" stands for short) that essentially neutralizes its longer sibling so cell division can ...

The Targeted Group has selected non-profit LIFESPAN for its TG Outreach program - a philanthropic program dedicated to supporting the local community through the time and services of The Targeted Group and its employees. The Targeted Group will develop and execute a comprehensive social media plan that supports LIFESPAN's mission to transform the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities by providing education, employment and enrichment opportunities. "We are thrilled to have been selected for the TG Outreach program. The Targeted Group's extensive ...

Pacific Timesheet has announced that on January 1, 2012 new SaaS Cloud Crew Timesheet pricing will be available to allow customers the option of paying for services using a variety of license options, including offline, supervisor, timekeeping licenses, time off request and timesheet signature licenses. With this pricing schedule, only those users with direct access to the system will need to be licensed. However, if customers need field employees or other offline employees to verify and digitally "sign" their timesheets, or make time off requests for time ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study shows that it is possible to selectively target and block a particular microRNA that is important in liver cancer. The findings might offer a new therapy for this malignancy, which kills an estimated 549,000 people worldwide annually. The animal study, by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) and at Mayo Clinic, focused on microRNA-221 (miR-221), a molecule that is consistently present at abnormally high levels in liver ...

To reduce mortality and improve patient care in the nation's ICUs, a task force formed by the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC), in conjunction with the US Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group (USCIITG) has recommended that research in the field become less fragmented and better account for patient heterogeneity and the complexity of critical illness. The CCSC comprises the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). ...

Festival of Films has just announced its latest schedule of free indie films, documentaries and funny videos online for the first week of 2012. Available online at http://www.FestivalofFilms.com, the website serves as a resource for people looking to watch free full movies online and on their phones. Festival of Films will start off the year with "Life in a Day," a 2011 documentary featuring an arrangement of user clips shot on June 24, 2010 and submitted via Youtube. Joining Festival of Films' selection of free documentaries online, "Life in a Day" ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon's groundbreaking Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment program (POLST) is featured in the latest edition of the Journal of The American Medical Association. The program, which was created by health care professionals two decades ago in an effort to ensure the wishes of those with advanced illness are followed, has now spread to 34 states around the country. The program's key component is an order form that provides clear instruction about the patient's health care preferences to health professionals, such as paramedics and emergency room ...

(Boston) – A team of scientists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel compound that inhibits viruses from replicating. The findings, which are published online in the Journal of Virology, could lead to the development of highly targeted compounds to block the replication of poxviruses, such as the emerging infectious disease Monkeypox. The basic research was led by Ken Dower, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John Connor, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology at BUSM who is corresponding author on the paper. They worked ...

One of the largest oilfield services companies, Weatherford International is headquartered in Switzerland, and currently operates in more than 100 countries across the world, employing more than 52,000 people. The company has regional hubs in major energy-producing regions such as Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia, and the United States. Weatherford has a product and service portfolio that spans the life cycle of a well including drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention as well as research and development. Weatherford selected ...

Washington, D.C. – Imagine listening to music while carrying on a conversation with friends. This type of multi-tasking is fairly easy to do, right? That's because our brains efficiently and effectively separate the auditory signals – music to the right side; conversation to the left. But what researchers have not been able to do in humans or animals is to see a parsing of duties at the single neuron level – until now. Publishing in the European Journal of Neuroscience, renowned bat researcher Jagmeet Kanwal, PhD, associate professor in the department of neurology at ...

Hospitals, health insurers and patients often rely on patient death rates in hospitals to compare hospital quality. Now a new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine questions the accuracy of that widely used approach and supports measuring patient deaths over a period of 30 days from admission even after they have left the hospital. Published in the Jan. 3 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, the study has wide implications as quality measures take on more importance in the healthcare system, notes Elizabeth Drye, M.D., a research scientist at Yale School of ...

In a perfect world, businesses would never have to deal with uncertainty. Fleet managers, who have to face everything from monetary losses due to vehicles involved in crashes to the loss of life itself, realize this isn't a perfect world. Since it is neither possible nor practical to insure against every situation, it is up to the fleet manager to make sure their vehicles are safe, drivers are trained, and crashes are prevented. To help fleet managers learn more about risk management, NAFA Fleet Management Association is running a Risk Management 101 webinar series February ...

Heart failure affects 5.8 million people in the U.S. alone and is responsible for nearly 1 million hospitalizations each year, most resulting from a build-up of body fluid in the lungs and other organs due to the heart's inability to pump effectively. The disease needs to be closely tracked in order to avoid such hospitalizations, and home-monitoring interventions may be especially useful, UCLA researchers say. In their new paper, the UCLA authors discuss the importance of heart failure disease-management and early identification, as well as the treatment of body-fluid ...

Tampa, FL (Jan 3, 2012) – Immune system abnormalities that mimic those seen with autism spectrum disorders have been linked to the amyloid precursor protein (APP), reports a research team from the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry and the Silver Child Development Center. The study, conducted with mouse models of autism, suggests that elevated levels of an APP fragment circulating in the blood could explain the aberrations in immune cell populations and function – both observed in some autism patients. The findings were recently published online in ...

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Partner Scott Keller has been elected president of the Community Circle Theatre board of directors. Keller, who concentrates his law practice on intellectual property, has served as vice president of the organization for the past three years and has been a board member for more than six years. Circle Theatre produces five main stage and one children's Magic Circle productions from May through September, as well as provides curriculum-supporting productions to local schools through its Circle Presents program and hosts cabarets and special ...

Powertec Inc., the World's Best Selling Plate Loaded Home Gym Brand, has launched its newly designed online magazine site, the Powertec Online Magazine. Uniquely engineered for the serious lifter, the Powertec brand maximizes weight capacities using Olympic plates vs. the rest of the competitors utilizing on limited resistance pin-stack weights. And with the launch of the Powertec Online Magazine, fitness enthusiasts and loyal Powertec customers will get the chance to know more about Team Powertec athletes such as Rob Riches and Ian Lauer, get helpful tips on diet and ...

COLLEGE STATION, Jan. 3, 2011 – By manipulating the way bacteria "talk" to each other, researchers at Texas A&M University have achieved an unprecedented degree of control over the formation and dispersal of biofilms – a finding with potentially significant health and industrial applications, particularly to bioreactor technology. Working with E. coli bacteria, Professor Thomas K. Wood and Associate Professor Arul Jayaraman of the university's Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering have employed specific signals sent and received between bacteria to trigger ...

Children with a rare, life-threatening disease that is the most common cause of neonatal liver failure – biliary atresia – better tolerate liver transplants from their mothers than from their fathers, according to a UCSF-led study. In the study, researchers reviewed all pediatric liver transplants nationwide from 1996 to 2010, and compared the outcomes for patients who received liver grafts from their mothers with those for patients who received livers from their fathers. Researchers believe the improved outcomes for children receiving a maternal liver graft may be ...

Accell, a provider of premium audio/video and computer accessories, today announced the company will be exhibiting its new MHL cable at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show from Jan. 10-13, 2012, in booth #21848. Accell's MHL cable provides a direct connection from MHL-enabled mobile devices to MHL-enabled HDTVs, so consumers can view and share high-definition (HD) content. MHL technology is a rapidly growing HD audio/video connectivity standard that enables a mobile device with MHL technology to deliver 1080p uncompressed video with up to eight channels ...

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder could be a wake-up call for parents of toddlers: Daytime naps for your kids may be more important than you think. The study shows toddlers between 2 and a half and 3 years old who miss only a single daily nap show more anxiety, less joy and interest and a poorer understanding of how to solve problems, said CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Monique LeBourgeois, who led the study. The results indicate insufficient sleep alters the facial expressions of toddlers -- exciting events are responded to less positively and frustrating ...

Deacom, Inc., producer of the DEACOM Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system for mid-to-large sized batch process manufacturing companies, offers an integrated warehouse management system (WMS) with real-time capabilities. DEACOM's WMS takes inventory management to the next level by using handheld computers to record real-time purchase order receipts, inventory moves, production job finishes, raw material usage and sales order picking. The unique real-time capability means that any warehouse question can be answered instantly by the system. "Real-time ...

Franklin Foodservice Solutions, a group of redistribution consultants based in Sanibel, FL, announce the debut of their latest eBook, "Advanced Issues in Redistribution". In keeping with the company's goal of providing a place for food service sales, marketing and supply chain professionals to go when they have issues or opportunities to improve their business, this eBook is a wonderful resource for those looking to understand redistribution and the impact it can have on your business. With easy to understand explanations of redistribution programs and links ...