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New Study Finds On/Off Switch for Septic Shock

...n tempering the production of these proteins. Auf1 acts like a cytokine on/off switch. The future possibilities Dr. Schneider believes auf1 makes an excellent target for the development of therapeutics. For example, a drug could turn on auf1 or stabilize its activity as a way to specifically tone down...

Drug Boosts Platelet Production, Reversing Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

...G 531 work? According to the researchers, the drug acts much like natural thrombopoietin, stimulating the production of platelets from their earliest stages of development within the marrow, straight through to their appearance in the bloodstream. Based on the findings, Dr. Bussel is optimistic that ITP...

Diabetes Linked to High Stress Levels

... delayed wound healing etc. Homeopathic medication acts as an immuno-booster controlling early complications of diabetes such as nerve and eye problems and chronic skin problems, as well as prevents gangrene and infections arising from the disease. Dr Batra's clinic has played an important role in...

Garlic compound may help treat cancer

...locks the growth or spread of cancer cells. DATS acts synergistically with taxol-most commonly used anti-cancer agent to treat ovarian, breast and non-small cell lung cancers. The treatment option given is a combination of taxol and DATS, Karunagaran told IANS in an Internet interview. Although this...

Effect Of Growth Factor Signals On Cancer Development

...s a cell to stop growing or to self-destruct, also acts on genes in the growth hormone/IGF axis to turn down IGF signaling,' said pediatric endocrinologist and lead author Adda Grimberg, M.D., of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 'In this paper we showed that p53 increases production of insulin-lik...

Steroid Use Linked to Crimes

...found to have a strong connection to some criminal acts but not others. The steroid users were roughly twice as likely to have been found guilty of a weapons crime and 1-1/2 times as likely to have been found guilty of fraud. Anabolic steroids are drugs that are related to male sex hormones which ca...

Wants To Live Longer? Stay Cool!

...cusing on the hypothalamus, a brain structure that acts as the body's thermostat. The median life span in females was extended by about 20 percent and in males by about 12 percent. The researchers say the male mice weighed roughly 10 percent more than the females, which could have been down to the dimi...

Impatient hospital? Violent patients will pay heavily, rules hospital

...his move is after much deliberation following many acts of violence in hospitals where security staff have had to pull away people from the casualty department after they indulged in distasteful behavior. Richard Parris, consultant in accident and emergency medicine, said: 'Staff don't always report inc...

Antacids also control oral bacteria

...ecreting irritating chemicals itself, F. nucleatum acts as a binding site for other dangerous oral bacteri...causes periodontal disease and tooth decay. . "It acts as a transitional organism, welcoming the bacteria which couldn't survive there on their own, and mo...

Turmeric to prevent arthritis and osteoporosis

... The results of the study show that cucurminoids acts effectively in blocking the action of a protein that triggers of genes responsible for production of inflammatory proteins that cause degeneration of joints. It also showed effectiveness in blocking the pathway that affects bone loss associated with ...

Male Contraceptive Drug - Non Hormonal Alternative

...rm by special tissue called Sertoli cells. Adherin acts by breaking the bond between the immature sperm and the Sertoli cells. Therefore the male hormones are not affected at all. Adherin is toxic on its own in high doses. By binding it with a synthetic follicle stimulating hormone( FSH), which attaches ...

Scientists Developing New Drug To Treat Bowel Cancer

...ears in the UK. AZD2171 developed by Astra Zeneca acts by cutting off the blood supply to the polyps ,thereby restricting their growth. The drug interferes with the vascular endothilial growth factor (VEGF) which spurs on the growth of new blood vessels. A similar drug Avastin has already been launched. ...

Alzheimer's Vaccine- A Realistic Prospect

...consists of a synthetic beta amyloid protein which acts by stimulation of the immune response. It had successfully cleared the protein from the brain during the first trial. <br?Now the research team fom the university will be checking to see if the typical symptoms of the disease such as memory loss ...

Is the urge to binge as strong a craving as sex and recreational drugs to addicts?

...oduced in the stomach to stimulate eating actually acts on a part of the brain, called the ventral tegmental area (VTA), that has proven to be the seat of all the pleasurable stimulations like drugs and sexual activity. Dr Howarth opines that this strong urge to eat would have got conditioned over the yea...

Partial-match cell transplants for kids with resistant leukemia

...ells, a critical first-response army of cells that acts as a quick-strike force against a wide variety of targets. "The overall success of this procedure suggests it holds promise for children who are likely to fail standard treatment for leukemia because they have treatment-resistant disease and no mat...

FDA Approval for Lung Cancer Treatment -Avastin Along with Chemotherapy

...ns that it does not attack non-cancerous cells. It acts by stopping development of new blood vessels, whic...s bleeding from the primary tumour, since the drug acts on the blood vessels; this has to be addressed. Dr. Sandler is hopeful that the drug will prove pa...

Enbrelr Enters Safer Zone After Recent Research

...iples of biotechnology. This biologic medicine acts by inhibiting one of the main mediators which triggers off inflammatory processes. Enbrel happens to be topmost biologic therapeutic clinically approved worldwide, It is also less cumbersome for patients as it is marketed in convenient 25mg and 50...

New Tool for Understanding Estrogen-Fueled Breast Cancer

...de the gene (while "trans" refers to a factor that acts on DNA); and "ome" -- from the Greek word for manager -- refers to the full set of such segments, as "genome" refers to all the genes within human cells. The map contains many surprises, the study authors say. For one, the majority of binding sites...

Detention, Uncertainty take their Toll on the Mental Health of Refugees

... receiving adequate medical treatment, exposure to acts of violence and brutality and seeing people attempt suicide. Significant numbers said stress was also caused by alleged assaults by officers, being handcuffed during transport, being woken during the night for head counts, being forced to use unhyg...

Men Continue To Pay For Sex Despite Having Partners

...it it. "In Asian countries the purchasing of sex acts is higher and is frequently considered to be normal male behaviour, with 73 per cent of Thai men buying sex," Dr Groom said. The details can be found in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. RAS...

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