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Gene therapy regimen can safely restore immune systems to children with Bubble Boy disease

UCLA stem cell researchers have found that a gene therapy regimen can safely restore immune systems to children with so-called "Bubble Boy" disease, a life threatening condition that if left untreated can be fatal within one to two years.

12 Sep 2012

Exercise and health: An interview with Professor Karim Khan

I’ll quote from the ‘7 investments’ document (see below) as I don’t believe we need to reinvent the wheel to argue for the benefits of exercise. I am very keen to move to the issue of ‘how can we help people exercise’. But for the record:

12 Sep 2012

Ethnicity, race affect likelihood of finding suitable unrelated stem cell donors for cancer patients

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have published a study describing the greater difficulty in finding matched, unrelated donors for non-Caucasian patients who are candidates for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

12 Sep 2012

Researchers identify novel genes that make some children cope with malaria

Researchers from Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and University of Montreal have identified several novel genes that make some children more efficient than others in the way their immune system responds to malaria infection.

12 Sep 2012

AIDS activists in China protest for better care for those affected by 1990s blood-selling schemes

The Economist reports on a demonstration by about 300 people living with HIV and activists outside the headquarters of China's Henan provincial government in Zhengzhou on August 27.

12 Sep 2012

Novel method could help advance fight against persistent 'HIV latency'

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gotten us one step closer to understanding and overcoming one of the least-understood mechanisms of HIV infection-by devising a method to precisely track the life cycle of individual cells infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

12 Sep 2012

New model reveals how immune system functions under conditions of neutropenia

Cancer chemotherapy can be a life-saver, but it is fraught with severe side effects, among them an increased risk of infection. Until now, the major criterion for assessing this risk has been the blood cell count: if the number of white blood cells falls below a critical threshold, the risk of infection is thought to be high.

12 Sep 2012

Scripps scientists discover new antibody-discovery technique

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a new technique that should greatly speed the discovery of medically and scientifically useful antibodies, immune system proteins that detect and destroy invaders such as bacteria and viruses. New methods to discover antibodies are important because antibodies make up the fastest growing sector of human therapeutics; it is estimated that by 2014 the top-three selling drugs worldwide will be antibodies.

12 Sep 2012

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may not prevent major cardiovascular adverse outcomes

In a study that included nearly 70,000 patients, supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was not associated with a lower risk of all-cause death, cardiac death, sudden death, heart attack, or stroke, according to an analysis of previous studies published in the September 12 issue of JAMA.

12 Sep 2012

Genes predict the brain's reaction to smoking

Have you ever wondered why some people find it so much easier to stop smoking than others? New research shows that vulnerability to smoking addiction is shaped by our genes. A study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, McGill University shows that people with genetically fast nicotine metabolism have a significantly greater brain response to smoking cues than those with slow nicotine metabolism.

12 Sep 2012

Book provides holistic view of post-traumatic stress disorder

Close to 5.2 million adults experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) every year. And it can affect anyone — from war veterans and abuse victims to persons directly or indirectly traumatized by violence, natural disaster or other catastrophes.

12 Sep 2012

Serum-concentration of antioxidants is significantly lower in patients with mild dementia

Forgetfulness, lack of orientation, cognitive decline… about 700, 000 Germans suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). Now researchers from the University of Ulm, among them the Epidemiologist Professor Gabriele Nagel and the Neurologist Professor Christine von Arnim, have discovered that the serum-concentration of the antioxidants vitamin C and beta-carotene are significantly lower in patients with mild dementia than in control persons.

12 Sep 2012

Aortic stiffness linked to high blood pressure

Higher aortic stiffness is linked with an increased risk for hypertension, a study in JAMA suggests.

11 Sep 2012

Karolinska Institutet professor receives Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize for obesity research

This year's Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize, worth SEK 1 million, goes to Professor Peter Arner from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, who conducts research on fat. His team was the first to show that fat cells are formed throughout one's lifetime, not just in childhood.

11 Sep 2012

First demonstration of newly developed dual humanized FRGTM KO system against malaria

A novel human liver-chimeric mouse model developed at Oregon Health & Science University and Yecuris Corporation has made possible a research breakthrough at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute that will greatly accelerate studies of the most lethal forms of human malaria.

11 Sep 2012

Blood flow simulation tools can test and optimize Berlin Heart design

Structural and mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego, are working together to create blood flow simulations that could lead to improvements in the design of a cardiac pump for children born with heart defects. They hope that the design changes will improve young patients' outcomes.

11 Sep 2012

Polysaccharopeptide improves survival in dogs with hemangiosarcoma

Dogs with hemangiosarcoma that were treated with a compound derived from the Coriolus versicolor mushroom had the longest survival times ever reported for dogs with the disease.

11 Sep 2012

Joslin Diabetes Center, Mass. Eye and Ear partner to form clinical and research alliance

Massachusetts Eye and Ear and the Joslin Diabetes Center announced today that they have reached agreement to form a clinical and research alliance, aimed toward providing coordinated high quality care to eye patients throughout greater Boston, especially those with or at-risk for diabetes-related eye disease.

11 Sep 2012

Cardiac stem cells from newborns show stronger regenerative ability

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who are exploring novel ways to treat serious heart problems in children, have conducted the first direct comparison of the regenerative abilities of neonatal and adult-derived human cardiac stem cells.

11 Sep 2012

William LifeSkills program could reduce anger, blood pressure among school students

A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, researchers report.

11 Sep 2012

Blood News and Research

Gene therapy regimen can safely restore immune systems to children with Bubble Boy disease

Exercise and health: An interview with Professor Karim Khan

Ethnicity, race affect likelihood of finding suitable unrelated stem cell donors for cancer patients

Researchers identify novel genes that make some children cope with malaria

AIDS activists in China protest for better care for those affected by 1990s blood-selling schemes

Novel method could help advance fight against persistent 'HIV latency'

New model reveals how immune system functions under conditions of neutropenia

Scripps scientists discover new antibody-discovery technique

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may not prevent major cardiovascular adverse outcomes

Genes predict the brain's reaction to smoking

Book provides holistic view of post-traumatic stress disorder

Serum-concentration of antioxidants is significantly lower in patients with mild dementia

Aortic stiffness linked to high blood pressure

Karolinska Institutet professor receives Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize for obesity research

First demonstration of newly developed dual humanized FRGTM KO system against malaria

Blood flow simulation tools can test and optimize Berlin Heart design

Polysaccharopeptide improves survival in dogs with hemangiosarcoma

Joslin Diabetes Center, Mass. Eye and Ear partner to form clinical and research alliance

Cardiac stem cells from newborns show stronger regenerative ability

William LifeSkills program could reduce anger, blood pressure among school students

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