Paper Challenges Controversial Theories About Mode Of Formation Of Spinal Precursors Feb 17, 2007
D., Senior Research Associate in the Pourqui; Lab, is the lead author on a paper challenging controversial theories about the mode of formation of the vertebral column precursor, known as the paraxial mesoderm ... (January 13, 2003) -- Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research are gaining new insight into the molecular players involved in the process of vertebral column formation in the. (Science Daily)
Pourqui Lab clarifies mode of formation of spinal precursors Feb 16, 2007
D., Senior Research Associate in the Pourqui Lab, is the lead author on a paper challenging controversial theories about the mode of formation of the vertebral column precursor, known as the paraxial mesoderm. The paper, "Dual mode of paraxial mesoderm formation during chick gastrulation," which was posted to the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrated that the cellular mode of paraxial mesoderm formation is largely conserved across vertebrates. (EurekAlert!)
Reducing Back Surgery Failure: Experiments Show Surgical Trauma Lowered By Pretreating Spinal Cord With Local Anesthetic Jan 27, 2007
Texas researchers believe that they have discovered how to prevent many cases of the most common problem encountered by patients undergoing spine surgery: failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). FBSS occurs when surgery either fails to cure back pain or leads to additional chronic pain after a spinal operation. (Science Daily)
Key Finding In Rare Muscle Disease Jan 19, 2007
A group of researchers has discovered a number of children suffering from rare muscle diseases whose bodies have "switched on" a gene that is usually turned off at birth. The finding is in the current issue of Annals of Neurology, a leading international neurology journal, in work led by Professor Nigel Laing and Dr Kristen Nowak of the Laboratory for Molecular Genetics at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) and done in collaboration with a number of European... (Science Daily)
Devils Choice Jan 11, 2007
His vertebral column was so heavily injured that he had to carry a corset all the time. In spite of the suffering, he served his congregation in a village, until his death in the late 1950s. (Ocnus.net)
The Internet -- a fragile system ... Jan 1, 2007
Among the weakest points of the Internet are the so-called backbones, the main arteries forming a "vertebral column" for the network interconnecting all the sub-networks and continents. In Asia, a large share of the traffic which could not transit the damaged submarine cables was nevertheless re-routed as an emergency measure to servers in the United States. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
The Internet -- a fragile system threatened by natural disaster Dec 31, 2006
Among the weakest points of the Internet are the so-called backbones, the main arteries forming a "vertebral column" for the network interconnecting all the sub-networks and continents. lect. (Yahoo! Asia News)
News in brief Dec 9, 2006
One in 10 plants cutting slaughtered cattle for food are breaking a rule designed to protect the public from contracting the human form of BSE. The vertebral column of all animals over 24 months is meant to be removed, stained and disposed of because it may carry BSE infection. The European Union requirement was introduced in May, but the Food Standards Agency's meat hygiene service found that 47 out of 465 plants were probably not obeying it. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Spacer Insertion May Offer Less Invasive Option For Lumbar Problems Dec 3, 2006
(April 3, 2005) -- Fixing of the lumbar vertebral column aided by simple radiological techniques facilitates the process and avoids complications ... -- The spinal cord is a part of the vertebrate nervous system that is enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column (it passes through the spinal canal). (Science Daily)
South Korea stopping imports of Nebraska beef Dec 2, 2006
The ministry also said that the bone material was not considered SRM, or specified risk material, which can carry mad cow disease, such as the vertebral column, or backbone, brain, skull, eyes, spinal cord and other nerve tissue. Still, as in the Kansas case, the ministry said the beef would either be returned to the U.S. or discarded. (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
Autopsy finds no evidence Patchin’s throat was cut Oct 31, 2006
However, she said, "most stab wounds are to the back of the neck or side of the neck and do not penetrate into the vertebral column.". Patchin's spine was not intact, Goodin said, when she received the body. (Charles City Press, IO)
Stingrays use barbs to defend, not attack Sep 17, 2006
The vital structures -- the heart, lungs, and great vessels -- are protected by the ribs and sternum, or breastbone, on the front and sides, and by the vertebral column in the back. To penetrate into the chest, the barb would have had to either strike precisely between two ribs -- not an easy thing to do -- or angle from below, under the ribs, through the diaphragm and into the heart. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
R-CALF USA pleased with South Korean decision Sep 13, 2006
Additionally, although the United States does not require the removal of the skull, brain, eyes, spinal cord, and vertebral column from Canadian cattle, South Korea requires the removal of all of these specified risk materials (SRMs) in cattle that are processed for export to that country. The mismatch between the United States relaxed import requirements and the more restrictive standards placed on U.S. exports continues to harm the U.S. cattle industry, said R-CALF USA President Chuck Kiker. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Snail Toxin May Spur New Drugs For Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Depression Aug 22, 2006
University of Utah researchers isolated an unusual nerve toxin in an ocean-dwelling snail, and say its ability to glom onto the brain's nicotine receptors may be useful for designing new drugs to treat a variety of psychiatric and brain diseases. A shell from the venomous cone snail Conus omaria, which lives in the Pacific and Indian oceans and eats other snails. (Science Daily)
Japan Lifts US Beef Import Ban Imposed Against Mad Cow Disease Jul 29, 2006
The risk materials include the skull, brain, and nervous system tissue, eyes, tonsils, spinal cord and the vertebral column of cattle 20 months of age and older. Formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, the disease spreads from one animal to another by consumption of feed that has been contaminated by prions. (Environment News Service)
Brain-computer Link Lets Paralyzed Patients Convert Thoughts Into Actions Jul 14, 2006
Posted: July 13, 2006. BrainGate technology illustration: chip to computer. (Science Daily)
Power outage: Pujols to DL Jun 5, 2006
One side acting alone can bend the vertebral column sideways and rotate it, bringing the shoulder of that side forward. Diagnosis: A muscle pull, or strain, happens when a muscle is stretched more than normal, tearing some of the muscle fibers or partially detaching the tendon from the bone. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Striking The Right Balance Between Excitation And Inhibition Jun 1, 2006
Posted: May 31, 2006. Neurons in the brain and spinal cord come in two flavors, excitatory neurons that transmit and amplify signals, and inhibitory neurons that inhibit and refine those signals. (Science Daily)
Brain Study Yields Insight Into Machinery Of Prejudice May 23, 2006
Posted: May 22, 2006. By scanning subjects' brains while they were thinking about people either politically like or different from them, researchers have found that different areas of the brain are active in the two cases. (Science Daily)
New Technique Offers Relief For Patients With Spinal Tumors May 6, 2006
A radiologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has developed a new procedure to treat fractured vertebrae caused by spinal tumors, a procedure that may decrease the risk of complications, which are experienced by 5 to 10% of patients with malignant tumors of the spine. Wade Wong, D.O.F.A.C.R, UCSD professor of radiology, and San Diego clinician Bassem Georgy, M.D., partially removed spinal tumors from 28 patients before repairing the spine with vertebroplasty... (Science Daily)
Hips on fossil snake give clue to terrestrial evolution Apr 20, 2006
Crucially, it has a robust vertebral column adapted for burrowing, and hips connected to vestigial back legs. "If you have got legs and want to walk on land that is something you need," he said. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Some Catfish Easily Hunt on Land Apr 14, 2006
The catfish pick up speed in water and flop onto land, where their flexible vertebral column lets them move around like snakes. They also have a special organ for breathing air without using their gills, although scientists don't quite know how this works. (Fox News)
Medical Students Studying Fossils to Learn History of Disease Apr 4, 2006
"For example, chronic lower back pain in humans results from our peculiarly S-shaped vertebral column, which places extraordinary pressures on our lumbar vertebrae.". Help from apes. (Fox News)
Topical Antiseptic Reduces Umbilical Cord Infection And Mortality Risk Mar 23, 2006
Posted: March 22, 2006. A topical antiseptic reduces umbilical cord infections and infant mortality risk, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Science Daily)
Stowers Scientists Demonstrate Mechanism Of Vertebral Formation Mar 11, 2006
The findings, which were published in the March 7 issue of Developmental Cell, indicate that the genes governing many cellular properties are downstream of the segmentation clock, the mechanism that controls the formation of the vertebral column ... (January 13, 2003) -- Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research are gaining new insight into the molecular players involved in the process of vertebral column formation in the. (Science Daily)
EBLEX Hails British Beef Exports Move Mar 11, 2006
The UK will have to adjust its legislation for beef-on-the-bone, and reduce its current age limit of 30 months for the removal of the vertebral column to 24 months. This will bring it in line with the 24 month rule applied by all other Member States (see IP/05/1223), and set the UK on equal footing in terms of trade. (Stackyard)
Protein Fragment May Generate First Simple Test For Multiple Sclerosis Mar 4, 2006
-- The spinal cord is a part of the vertebrate nervous system that is enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column (it passes through the spinal canal). It consists of nerve cells. (Science Daily)
USDA Releases Report on Japan Veal Export Feb 19, 2006
The ineligible product included veal with the vertebral column intact and veal offal. In addition, the report concludes that FSIS inspection program personnel at the establishment were not sufficiently aware of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Export Verification program and should not have certified or approved the shipment of ineligible product to Japan. (AXcess News)
U.S. lawmakers, industry leaders urge Japan to resume beef imports Feb 18, 2006
A vertebral column was found last month by Japanese customs officers at Narita airport in a U.S. veal shipment despite being among the specified risk materials banned under the bilateral agreement for U.S. beef exports to Japan. The discovery led Japan to reinstate its total import ban on U.S. beef on Jan. 20, only a month after the initial two-year restriction was lifted on condition that imports are limited to meat from cattle aged up to 20 months and that brains, spinal cords and other risk... (Kyodo, Japan)
USDA officials give beef industry a refresher on Japanese rules Jan 26, 2006
At issue in the export rules for Japan are materials that can carry mad cow disease, such as the vertebral column, or backbone, brain, skull, eyes, spinal cord and other nerve tissue. In the United States, these so-called "specified risk materials" must be removed from beef from cows older than 30 months; infection levels are believed to rise with age. (FindLaw News)
U.S. official tries to play down risky beef shipmentBy Kanako Takahara Jan 25, 2006
Penn said the firm's inspectors were not fully aware of the export requirements, leading to the shipment with vertebral column, which was supposed to be removed for the Japanese market. Earlier in the day, Penn and a U.S. agricultural delegation met with Japanese officials to apologize for the incident and to assure them that an investigation is under way to find out how and why banned spinal cord materials were not removed before it was shipped to Japan. (Japan Times Online, Japan)
Security Alliance, Beef Trade Top Issues in U.S.-Japan Relations Jan 24, 2006
According to the October 2004 agreement governing U.S. beef exports to Japan, such products may not contain any "specified risk materials ... including bovine heads (except for tongues and cheek meat, but including tonsils), spinal cords, distal ileum (two meters from connection to caecum), vertebral column (excluding the transverse processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, the wings of the sacrum and the vertebrae of the tail) of all ages." (See. . (U.S. Department of State -- News)
Japanese stores pull US beef off shelves Jan 22, 2006
US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns was cited as announcing he was sending a team of experts to Japan, hours after the Japanese government announced that banned spinal material had been found in a consignment of US beef at Tokyo airport, and that under US regulations, the backbone, or vertebral column, that was exported to Japan is "not a specified risk material because it was in beef under 30 months," adding, "However, our agreement with Japan is to export beef with no vertebral column and we... (Food Consumer)
NE - Japan bans U.S. beef, mad cow worries cloud hopes for U.S. sales in Asia Jan 21, 2006
The inspector should have noticed on plant documents that the vertebral column, or backbone, needed to be removed, Johanns said. Japanese inspectors found material from cattle backbone in three of 41 boxes in a 858-pound shipment of beef from Atlantic Veal & Lamb. (Lincoln Journal Star, NE)
Mad Cow Worries Dim Hopes for Asian Sales Jan 21, 2006
The inspector should have noticed on plant documents that the vertebral column, or backbone, needed to be removed, Johanns said. Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, said the situation was ``a pity given that imports had just resumed. (Netscape News)
U.S. beef industry says mad cow mishap a "technical" error Jan 21, 2006
A vertebral column was found in a shipment of U.S. beef that arrived at Narita International Airport on Friday, which led Japan to reimpose its ban on American beef ... The vertebral column that was exported to Japan is not considered a specified risk material under U.S. standards because it was in beef under 30 months, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. (Kyodo, Japan)
LEAD: Yoshinoya puts off 'gyudon' restart as U.S. beef banned again Jan 21, 2006
On Friday, the Japanese government reinstated a total ban on U.S. beef imports after a vertebral column was found in a shipment of U.S. beef that arrived at Narita International Airport that day. The material is not allowed under an agreement Japan and the United States reached for restarting the imports last month. (Kyodo, Japan)
Japan Halts U.S. Beef Imports After Banned `Spinal Column' Meat Discovered Jan 21, 2006
Our agreement with Japan is to export beef with no vertebral column, and we have failed to meet the terms of that agreement,'' Johanns said in a statement. The product involved in Japan's decision was not supplied by Tyson Foods,'' Mickelson said ``We have procedures and protocol in place at our plants to ensure Japan's beef import restrictions are properly followed. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Cattle futures: Japan-ban reaction Jan 21, 2006
"Our agreement with Japan is to export beef with no vertebral column and we have failed to meet the terms of that agreement," Johanns said in a statement Friday. He said the backbone sent to Japan wasn't a risk since it was in beef under 30 months old. (CBS MarketWatch - Front Page)
It came from N.J.: A prehistoric croc Jan 14, 2006
All told, the team recovered most of the vertebral column, parts of the skull, 30 teeth and 30 scutes - the armorlike plates that are embedded in a crocodile's skin. The specimen was prepared with the help of staff at the Academy of Natural Sciences, where the Drexel students used dental picks and miniature jackhammers to remove sediment. (Philly.com -- News)
