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Obama administration drafts Alzheimer's plan; Caregivers urge help to stay afloat

Caregivers Urge Action As Obama Administration Drafts National Alzheimer's Plan

14 Sep 2011

Candidates in Monday's GOP debate clash on health reform, Medicare, vaccines

One of the questions emerging in this primary contest is whether entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security will continue to be a political "third rail," or if public concerns about government spending have overcome this conventional wisdom.

14 Sep 2011

Researchers combine 3-D printing technology and multiphoton polymerization to develop artificial blood vessels

Researchers have been working at growing tissue and organs in the laboratory for a long time. These days, tissue engineering enables us to build up artificial tissue, although science still hasn't been successful with larger organs. Now, researchers at Fraunhofer are applying new techniques and materials to come up with artificial blood vessels in their BioRap project that will be able to supply artificial tissue and maybe even complex organs in future.

14 Sep 2011

Ariz. abortion curbs go into effect; Miss. voters consider plan to limit abortions

Planned Parenthood of Arizona will not appeal a state-court ruling that allows this 2009 measure to take effect.

14 Sep 2011

Reminder packaging improves adherence to long-term hypertension medications

People with chronic illnesses are more likely to take long-term medications according to doctors' instructions if the packaging includes a reminder system, according to a new review of evidence.

14 Sep 2011

U.S. support to Haiti in wake of ongoing cholera epidemic 'remains unfailing'

A VOA News editorial says U.S. support to Haiti since the early days of an outbreak of cholera, which has affected more than 439,600 people since it was first detected almost a year ago, "remains unfailing."

14 Sep 2011

Researchers evaluate effect of Terahertz radiation on gene expression in stem cells

Terahertz technologies show promise for myriad medical, military, security, and research applications ranging from the detection of cancer to airport security systems to shipment inspection to spectroscopy. Relatively little is known, however, about the effect of THz radiation on biological systems.

14 Sep 2011

STED microscope reveals that F-actin pervades immunological synapse

Making use of a new "super resolution" microscope that provides sharp images at extremely small scales, scientists have achieved unprecedented views of the immune system in action.

14 Sep 2011

NIH awards Rutgers and UMDNJ $23.2M grant to develop drugs against mustard gas

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year $23.2 million grant to a group of investigators at Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to continue their research aimed at developing drug products that could be used against chemical warfare agents from a terrorist attack.

14 Sep 2011

'Achilles' heels' within HCV virus

Hopes for an effective vaccine and treatment against the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus (HCV) have received a major boost following the discovery of two 'Achilles' heels' within the virus.

14 Sep 2011

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation for Accentia's Revimmune to prevent GVHD

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiary, Biovest International, Inc., today jointly announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Revimmune, the Company's proprietary system-of-care based on high-dose administration of Cytoxan, for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following bone marrow transplant.

14 Sep 2011

USC scientists explore motor memory to foster better rehabilitation for stroke patients

For the first time, scientists at USC have unlocked a mechanism behind the way short- and long-term motor memory work together and compete against one another.

14 Sep 2011

Eli Lilly announces $30M commitment to fight NCDs in developing nations

Eli Lilly and Company announced today a $30 million commitment over five years to fight the rising burden of non-communicable diseases in developing nations.

14 Sep 2011

Study determines incidence of aortic complications in BAV and general population

While the incidence of the life-threatening condition of aortic dissection is significantly higher than in the general population, it remains low among patients with the congenital heart defect, bicuspid aortic valve; however, the incidence of aortic aneurysms is significantly high, according to a study in the September 14 issue of JAMA.

14 Sep 2011

ASM to honor LA BioMed investigator for A. baumannii infection study

Ashraf Ibrahim, Ph.D., principal investigator at LA BioMed who specializes in infectious diseases, was recently honored by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the ICAAC Program Committee in the area of Therapy and Prevention of Microbial Disease.

14 Sep 2011

Neuroscientists use fMRI to identify how brain figures out scene recognition

Research conducted by Boston College neuroscientist Sean MacEvoy and colleague Russell Epstein of the University of Pennsylvania finds evidence of a new way of considering how the brain processes and recognizes a person's surroundings, according to a paper published in the latest issue of Nature Neuroscience.

14 Sep 2011

Number of global malaria deaths fell by one-fifth over past decade, RBM report says

Worldwide, the number of malaria deaths has "fallen by a fifth over the past decade, reflecting an influx of funds to fight the disease with better drugs and mosquito nets, Roll Back Malaria (RBM) said" in a report released on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports.

14 Sep 2011

Older women uncomfortable about seeking sexual health information

Many women over 50 years old date and are sexually active and thereby face many possible health risks. Yet, most educational campaigns designed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases target younger generations. Older women also need and want more information about sexual health and wellness.

14 Sep 2011

BVES protein may play a role in colon cancer progression

A protein critical in heart development may also play a part in colon cancer progression. Research led by investigators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Vanderbilt Eye Institute suggests that the protein BVES (blood vessel endocardial substance) - which also is key in regulating corneal cells - may be a therapeutic target for halting colon cancer metastasis.

14 Sep 2011

Scientists decode new mechanism that regulates cell polarity in epithelial tissues, neurons

In the course of examining the Drosophila tumor suppressor gene (Dlg), scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have succeeded in decoding a new mechanism that regulates cell polarity in epithelial tissues or in neurons in the brain.

14 Sep 2011

Research News and Research

Obama administration drafts Alzheimer's plan; Caregivers urge help to stay afloat

Candidates in Monday's GOP debate clash on health reform, Medicare, vaccines

Researchers combine 3-D printing technology and multiphoton polymerization to develop artificial blood vessels

Ariz. abortion curbs go into effect; Miss. voters consider plan to limit abortions

Reminder packaging improves adherence to long-term hypertension medications

U.S. support to Haiti in wake of ongoing cholera epidemic 'remains unfailing'

Researchers evaluate effect of Terahertz radiation on gene expression in stem cells

STED microscope reveals that F-actin pervades immunological synapse

NIH awards Rutgers and UMDNJ $23.2M grant to develop drugs against mustard gas

'Achilles' heels' within HCV virus

FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation for Accentia's Revimmune to prevent GVHD

USC scientists explore motor memory to foster better rehabilitation for stroke patients

Eli Lilly announces $30M commitment to fight NCDs in developing nations

Study determines incidence of aortic complications in BAV and general population

ASM to honor LA BioMed investigator for A. baumannii infection study

Neuroscientists use fMRI to identify how brain figures out scene recognition

Number of global malaria deaths fell by one-fifth over past decade, RBM report says

Older women uncomfortable about seeking sexual health information

BVES protein may play a role in colon cancer progression

Scientists decode new mechanism that regulates cell polarity in epithelial tissues, neurons

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