works 1 1

Tag: "works" at medical news

A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...the microtubules. Amazingly, a cancer drug, Taxol, works to do just that, Dr. Hutton says, because stable microtubules cannot divide -- which a cancer needs to do. He is working with a pharmaceutical company to see if such a cancer treatment might work for Alzheimer’s disease. All in the genes Many di...

Robbie Donates 1.5 Million Pounds to Help His Native People Beat Addiction

.... The singer has been involved in other charity works as well, for he organised a charity football match in May 2006, to raise funds in Africa, with the help of pal actor/musician Jonathan Wilkes....

Bio-defense Lab Ordered Shut Down as Researchers Get Infected

...id the Jun 30 order applies to every agent the lab works with. The list of affected agents is not public information because of security concerns, Roebuck said. In the Jun 30 letter, the CDC outlined the concerns it has about the lab, which include the adequacy of biosafety plans, security of the facilit...

Translating Structure into Function

...function from its structure. If their new strategy works with other enzymes, it should become a potent tool...rategy used to search for potential drugs. Docking works by allowing researchers to first determine the atom-by-atom structure of an enzyme and then screen m...

Chemical Injections for Fat Removal

...id, explaining, the novel finding here is that NPY works on fat tissue, not in the brain. This finding makes sense if evolutionary advantage is considered, Zukowska said. If you can store fat for times of hardship, you have a fat reserve that can be turned into energy for the next fight. The same mecha...

Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Trials

...ia in Solid Tumors (RECIST) experimental standards works well in evaluating therapies that are toxic to tumors, such as radiation or chemotherapy, they are less capable of measuring the more subtle systemic effects of immune response, Schlom said. While there is no conclusive evidence to explain why a va...

India's Share in Global Diabetes Research is One Percent

...ts have published only one percent of the research works published globally. The editorial in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, in an assessment of the work done on the subject in India, says: Scientists from India published a total of 3068 papers during the 30 year period (1976-2006), or about 1.0...

New Diagnostic Test for Mad Cow Disease Developed

...isfolding Cyclic Amplification', the new technique works by boosting the replication of prions, so that they can be easily detected in test samples of the brain tissues. For the diagnosis, a test sample is exposed to repeated rounds of ultrasound, as a result of which the prions break up into more numer...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...t the dirtiest equipment from being used on public works projects bankrolled with state bond money approved by voters last year. In interviews with The Times, Catherine Witherspoon, executive director of the California Air Resources Board, mentioned earlier, said there had been a pattern of interference ...

Australian Research Reveals AIDS, Cancer Link

... that it is more like 20," he said. Grulich, who works at the university's National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, said the findings could overturn the previously held view that some of these cancers were linked to lifestyle risks such as smoking and sexual practices rather than infect...

New Strategy to Counter Problem Drinking

... approach. The drug is an opioid antagonist that works to block the effects of endorphins. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved nalmefene for use in alcohol treatment; the drug is primarily available in investigational studies. Karhuvaara said his study also suggests that practically ...

Gadrasil Could Prove Effective in Men too

...d to the disease, it is pointed out. The vaccine works by boosting the immune system so that it effectively fights off two of the most common strains of human papilloma virus, the most prevalent STD in modern society. In North America, HPV is said to infect half of all sexually active women between 18 an...

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

... "If we don'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 norepine...

Significant Advances in VCJD Prion Detection

...hich has so far been used mainly in animal models, works by mimicking and accelerating the replication of prions - abnormal proteins that progressively kill off brain tissue and are thought to cause the disease. The method, known as known as Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification (PMCA), enables the lev...

Sugary Diet can Be Helpful in Shedding Off Pounds

...at a high carbohydrate, low fat slimming plan only works if theres little or no sugar involved. The exclusion of sugar (sucrose) is normally advocated in a weight loss diet but now researchers have found that it is not necessary to achieve weight reduction. A team of scientists at Queen Margaret Univer...

A Spoonful of Sugar can Melt Away the Pounds

...at a high carbohydrate, low fat slimming plan only works if there's little or no sugar involved . The exclusion of sugar (sucrose) is normally advocated in a weight loss diet but now researchers have found that it is not necessary to achieve weight reduction. A team of scientists at Queen Margaret Univ...

FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients

...market shortly. Worn as an arm brace, the device works by sensing weak electrical activity in patients arm muscles and providing just enough assistance that they can complete simple exercises, like lifting boxes or flipping on light switches. By practicing such tasks, patients may begin to relearn how to...

Scientists Identify New Genetic Mutation Behind Common Dementia

...n) will help us better understand how this disease works and eventually help us develop new therapies for the disease," said study author Dr. Amalia Bruni of the Regional Neurogenetic Centre in Lamezia Terme, Italy. The researchers discovered the new mutation in the gene named progranulin in an extended...

Roches Arthritis Drug Successful in III Stage Trail

...mra (tocilizumab), a humanized monoclonal antibody works by a different mechanism than today's rheumatoid arthritis treatments. Actema is the first biologic to inhibit the interleukin-6, or Il-6, receptor. IL-6 is considered an important mediator of the acute inflammatory response. Sufferers of rheumatoid...

Switzerland Approves Brain Cancer Vaccine

...cs Inc. has released the worlds first vaccine that works by empowering the immune system to fight off brain cancer. While the company works to gain access to American and European markets, the vaccine will of now be administered in various ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10