Rituxan cures blistering skin disease

annatto submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.reutershealth.com)

Four weekly injections of the cancer drug Rituxan may be enough to provide a long-term cure for a rare but potentially fatal skin disorder characterized by blistering lesions that do not heal, French researchers reported on Wednesday.

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Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (news.xinhuanet.com)

U.S. researchers reported Tuesday that the properties of green tea might offer a new treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis and dandruff.

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Tai chi may prevent excruciating skin disease

fiona submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.msnbc.msn.com)

"Tai chi is already known as a good low-impact exercise for older people. Now a recent study suggests it offers benefits beyond improving fitness and balance: It may help prevent shingles, a painful skin condition."

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ASK1-dependent recruitment and activation of macrophages induce hair growth in skin wounds

angelfish submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.jcb.org)

"Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) is a member of the mitogen-activated protein 3-kinase family that activates both c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase and p38 pathways in response to inflammatory cytokines and physicochemical stress. We report that ASK1 deficiency in mice results in dramatic retardation of wounding-induced hair regrowth in skin. Oligonucleotide microarray analysis revealed that expression of several chemotactic and activating factors for macrophages, as well as several macrophage-specific marker genes, was reduced in the skin wound area of ASK1-deficient mice

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Cracking genetic code

crackpot submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.newscientist.com)

Laing has brown skin and curly black hair, that she turned out to resemble a more distant ancestor. People like Laing, illustrate the complexity of the genes that determine our skin, hair and eye colour. Like those of twins where one has light skin and the other dark, has attracted much media attention. But they come as no surprise to geneticists.

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A Method for Automatically Interpreting Mass Spectra of 18O-Labeled Isotopic Clusters

annatto submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.mcponline.org)

“one differential proteomics technology among many that promises diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of disease. Although the incorporation of 18O in the C-terminal carboxyl group during endoproteinase digestion in the presence of H218O makes the process of labeling facile, the ease and effectiveness of label incorporation have in some regards been outweighed by the difficulties in interpreting the resulting spectra

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Kidney Patients at Risk From MRI Dye

athena submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (hosted.ap.org)

Federal health officials are warning doctors that certain types of metallic dye injected for MRI scans have been linked to a rare and dangerous skin disease in kidney patients.

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