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A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...esult -- too many sticky brain proteins that might begin to gum up memory and thought in 10 to 15 years -- ...lle. And, by all accounts, that focus will likely begin to pay off in this second century of Alzheimer’s research. Until 1986, some 80 years after German ph...

White Blood Cell Booster May Help Cancer Patients Avoid Deadly Complications

...d using these types of drugs when at-risk patients begin chemotherapy, rather than waiting for complications to develop," said Jeffrey Crawford, M.D., chief of the division of medical oncology at Duke and one of the study's investigators. "The new recommendations also suggest that we need better methods to...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...nt under the name Save Our Selves (SOS). It will begin at 1.10am British Summer Time in Sydney, Australia, then roll around the globe with concerts in Tokyo, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Hamburg, London's Wembley stadium, New York and finally, at 8pm, Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach. A special performance a...

Maxygen Initiates Phase IIa Clinical Trial of MAXY-G34 in Breast Cancer Patients

...patients. During this first Phase II trial we will begin to learn more about how our drug might play a role in the large, undifferentiated GCSF market." The Phase IIa trial, which will be conducted at multiple centers in Eastern Europe, is the first trial of MAXY-G34 in patients. Approximately 30 patient...

Smashing Times for Stressed Spaniards

...he unemployed 26-year-old was a little reserved to begin with, letting on only that he felt "very stressed" amid issues such as "hair loss and stomach upsets," as well as a so far fruitless job search. But once he got hold of the hammer there was no stopping him and soon he had virtually destroyed the ro...

The Hospital Superbugs

...s and other factors that cause the disease and can begin the search for new therapies to prevent or cure it. Professor Minton said: Although we have the entire genetic blueprint of C.diff, and have an inkling as to what bacterial factors might be important in disease, we have been unable to test these i...

Scientists Destroy Cancer Cells Using Electric Pulses

...nvasive method of treating cancer and they hope to begin clinical trials on individuals with prostate cancer soon . The development of the process called irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a result of the efforts of Virginia Techbiomedical engineer Rafael V. Davalos and University of California bioeng...

NanoSensors Provides Update on Its Biosensor to Detect E.coli and Salmonella

...il we can commercialize our proposed biosensor and begin to generate revenues from our biosensor product. This will also allow us to conserve our resources and minimize our overhead expenses," continued Dr. Ted Wong. "We continue to feel that the need for a product to detect for e.coli and salmonella in ...

Designer Bag Launch Causes Shopping Chaos in Hong Kong

... Some arrived as early as 3:00 pm on Thursday to begin queueing for the trendy accessory, which was originally conceived as an eco-friendly replacement for the plastic shopping bag. By late morning Hong Kong police were asking people to disperse, but many refused to leave, shouting, "open the store." ...

Drug Firm on the Threshold of Developing Dengue Vaccine

...riday. Clinical tests on up to 3,000 people will begin by early next year in Thailand, said Jean Stephenne, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals president. "We've been working on the dengue vaccine with the US Army for 10 years, more or less," The Straits Times quoted Stephenne as saying. The Thai trials will...

Prions Capacity can Be Aggrevated by Solid Particles

...nown, says Pedersen, but the new findings may help begin to answer some key questions about how prions survive in the soil and retain their infectious nature, sometimes for years. In the case of scrapie, the prion disease of sheep, observations of sheep pastures in the United Kingdom and Iceland have sho...

Neurotransmitter That can Yield New Insights in the Fight Against Diabetes Identified

...on't know how an automobile's fuel system works to begin with, then how can we expect to fix one when it is not burning fuel appropriately," he added. During the study, a group of animals were injected with insulin to drop their blood sugar levels, while another group was injected with norepinephrine di...

First Brain Cancer Vaccine Approved in Switzerland

...The company, which is listed in London, intends to begin making DCVax-Brain available to patients before th...apeutics. "Switzerland is an attractive place to begin commercialisation, due to its highly respected regulatory oversight, and its growing experience with...

First Genetically Engineered Maize Resistant to Maize Streak Virus Produced in S. Africa

...ies, they opined. Field trials are scheduled to begin soon, not only to test the effectiveness of the technology in the field, but also to ensure that the GE maize variety has no unintended effects on beneficial organisms that may feed on it. The resistant maize will also be tested to ensure that the...

Pharmacogenomic Market Gaining Greater Acceptance Across Europe

...iabetes or cancer is to predict susceptibility and begin preventive treatment before the onset of the disease. Designing preventive screening programmes with the doctor will allow people to be in charge of their own health. Therefore, pharmacogenomics testing is seen to have tremendous market value. Notw...

BioCryst Receives Special Protocol Assessment for Fodosine

...is SPA process. BioCryst is now well positioned to begin patient enrollment during the third quarter."...

A Break Through Energy Bill by the US Government

...so known as "peak oil," global oil production will begin an irreversible decline and less oil will be available with every passing year, scientists say. Energy experts no longer debate about whether Hubbert's peak will occur, but when. So now the focus is shifting from reliance on fossil fuels...

FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients

...t switches. By practicing such tasks, patients may begin to relearn how to extend and flex the arm, rebuild...are able to use the arm, the more improvement they begin to see, McBean continued. So its a virtuous cycle. This is an area thats exploding, said Hermano ...

Parkinson's Targets Two Distinct Brain Networks, Finds Study

...ng on in this newly-identified network, but we can begin to ask questions and figure it out. We don't even know whether this network can be fixed," said Dr. Eidelberg. In 1999, the researchers recruited 15 patients with early stage Parkinson's and signed them on to get brain scans at different points all...

Roches Arthritis Drug Successful in III Stage Trail

...sponse. Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, begin to experience progressive joint damage early in the disease. The disease differs from what is popularly known as arthritis, typically associated with age-related joint pain; RA is a far more serious inflammatory disease that leads to destruction of c...

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