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New virus-based gene therapy delivery system to help fight cancer

A Mayo Clinic research team has devised a new virus-based gene therapy delivery system to help fight cancer. Researchers say their findings will help overcome hurdles that have hindered gene therapy cancer treatments.

27 Sep 2005

Discovered of gene mutations associated with hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy

In a significant advance toward understanding a perplexing and painful neurological disorder, an international team of researchers has discovered gene mutations associated with an inherited chronic pain and weakness syndrome known as hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (also called HNA).

27 Sep 2005

Seaweed extract, alginate, could be used to increase the fibre content of junk food

The highly-fibrous seaweed extract, alginate, could be used to increase the fibre content of cakes, burgers and other types of food which usually contain large amounts of fat and a low degree of healthy nutrients, say the team.

27 Sep 2005

Still a long way to go in diagnostic evaluation of all patients who suffer ischemic strokes

Women who survive a stroke are less likely than men to get crucial tests of their heart and neck arteries that can help improve their treatment and reduce their risk of a second stroke, a new University of Michigan study finds.

27 Sep 2005

Wound dressing to stop antibiotic-resistant bacteria from spreading

University of Florida researchers have led the development of a new type of wound dressing that could keep dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria from spreading in hospitals, a problem that leads to thousands of deaths in the United States each year.

27 Sep 2005

Experimental radioactive compound can show images of heart damage up to 30 hours after a brief interruption of blood flow and oxygen

The discovery may help physicians in emergency rooms and in their offices determine whether a patient's chest pain, which may have subsided hours earlier, is related to heart disease or something else, such as indigestion.

27 Sep 2005

Water management is the key to regulating cell volume

...says Dutch researcher Bas Tomassen. He investigated the uptake and secretion of water by the plasma membrane of animal and human cells.

27 Sep 2005

Cancer vaccine based on the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, can cure mice with breast tumors

A team from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has shown that by using a cancer vaccine based on the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, they can cure mice with established breast tumors. Cancer vaccines, which are more properly described as immunotherapy, work by boosting an immune response against tumor-associated antigens.

27 Sep 2005

Farnesyl transferase inhibitors may help chidren with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a drug currently being tested against cancers might help children with a rare, fatal condition called Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, which causes rapid, premature aging.

27 Sep 2005

Computer program helps explain how the same proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes

University of California, San Diego biochemists have developed a computer program that helps explain a long-standing mystery: how the same proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes, including those leading to immune responses and cancer.

27 Sep 2005

Stem cells may unlock the secrets to healing the brain

These amazing cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body and have to potential to revolutionise medical science.

27 Sep 2005

Nature may play a larger role than nurture when it comes to family relationships

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and George Washington University in Washington, D.C., used data on 674 families, each with a same-sex adolescent pair, to evaluate the factors that made up the relationships and individual personalities.

26 Sep 2005

Plans to develop a "universal beta-cell line" - treatment for type 1 diabetes

Transplantation of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells shows great promise as a treatment for type 1 diabetes, but development of this therapy has been hampered by a severe shortage of donor beta-cells, which are obtained from decreased human donors.

26 Sep 2005

Findings increase understanding of how an organism's body size is determined and how the speed of its development is controlled

In particular, the work sheds light on the molecular and cellular pathways that act to convey information about a growing organism's size, as well as on pathways that use that information to correctly time critical transitional events during development.

26 Sep 2005

Antibody in humans that quickly fights the smallpox virus

Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) have made a major advancement toward protecting society against a smallpox outbreak by identifying an antibody in humans that quickly fights the smallpox virus.

26 Sep 2005

Loss of body mass over time appears to be strongly linked to older adults' risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

The findings are the first to associate decline in body mass index (BMI) with the eventual onset of AD. The researchers suggest that the loss of body mass reflects disease processes and that change in BMI might be a clinical predictor of the development of AD.

26 Sep 2005

Deep-sea sponges harbor toxins that potentially can act as powerful anti-cancer drugs

Vibrantly colored creatures from the depths of the South Pacific Ocean harbor toxins that potentially can act as powerful anti-cancer drugs, according to research findings from University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists and their Italian colleagues.

26 Sep 2005

$Statin use associated with a 36 percent reduction in risk of fracture$

Research News and Research

New virus-based gene therapy delivery system to help fight cancer

Discovered of gene mutations associated with hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy

Seaweed extract, alginate, could be used to increase the fibre content of junk food

Still a long way to go in diagnostic evaluation of all patients who suffer ischemic strokes

Wound dressing to stop antibiotic-resistant bacteria from spreading

Experimental radioactive compound can show images of heart damage up to 30 hours after a brief interruption of blood flow and oxygen

Water management is the key to regulating cell volume

Cancer vaccine based on the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, can cure mice with breast tumors

Farnesyl transferase inhibitors may help chidren with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Computer program helps explain how the same proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes

Stem cells may unlock the secrets to healing the brain

Nature may play a larger role than nurture when it comes to family relationships

Plans to develop a "universal beta-cell line" - treatment for type 1 diabetes

Findings increase understanding of how an organism's body size is determined and how the speed of its development is controlled

Antibody in humans that quickly fights the smallpox virus

Loss of body mass over time appears to be strongly linked to older adults' risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

Deep-sea sponges harbor toxins that potentially can act as powerful anti-cancer drugs

Statin use associated with a 36 percent reduction in risk of fracture

Tumor formation is generated by a complex interaction of both mechanical as well as chemical signals

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