From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2006-05-13 22:19:37 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] some new press releases
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Some or all of these may wind up eventually being useful for ferrets:
A new NIH press release that at least sometimes the tightest fit does not make for the most effective medication:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2006/niddk-12.htm
An advance in relation to mycobacteria:
>The team developed a new system for identifying different genetic strains of the >TB-causing bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosum.
but hopefully it could be extended to other Mycobacterium species which our pets (ferrets, dogs, cats) can get:
http://www4.nau.edu/insidenau/bumps/2006/5_10_06/patent.htm
Future "lab on a chip" (May 12):
http://www.eurekalert.org/bysubject/biology.php
Open the article with the link reading:
>Low-cost microfluidics can be a sticky problem
A deceptively simple approach to bonding thermoplastic
>microchannel plates together with solvent could be used
>for low-cost, high-volume production of disposable
>"lab-on-a-chip" devices, according to researchers from the
>National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
>and George Mason University (GMU).
also at the Eurekalert! address notice an advance in understanding how insulin works by opening (May 12th):
>Joslin-led study reveals new findings on insulin signaling in the liver
>Joslin Diabetes Center-led study shows different insulin signaling
>components control glucose and lipid metabolism in the liver. New
>findings may one day advance treatments to prevent type 2 diabetes
>and metabolic syndrome.
Some other current press releases at Eurekalert! in biology and also the ones in medicine also deal with topics that may be of interest such as some more work on mechanisms that allow exercise to decrease the development of some malignancies.
-- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my private posts)
Recommended health resources to help ferrets and the people who love them:
Ferret Health List
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AFIP Ferret Pathology
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http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
International Ferret Congress Critical References
http://www.ferretcongress.org
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