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Chancroid Vaccine shows Promise for Control of AIDS

...munity. Although the vaccinated pigs developed the characteristic chancroid lesions, it was found that these lesions were smaller 7 days later and less inflamed compared with the lesions in pigs, vaccinated with a placebo. In addition it was found that lesions of the vaccinated pigs were sterile while biopsies of...

Tomatoes Have Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Properties

Lycopene, a pigment that imparts tomatoes its characteristic red color has been discovered to possess anti-clotting properties, making it ideal for prevention of strokes and heart attacks.// Previous studies have already established cancer protection properties of the chemical. According to scientists, the s...

Efforts To Replace Reading Glasses Are In View

...s. ‘Part of the sound is reflected, and from the characteristic of the reflection, you know where the bubble is,’ O'Donnell said. ‘It uses exactly the same technology as ultrasound imaging.’ In this way, researchers measure how far the bubbles have moved based on the force applied, and thus measure the pliabili...

Quality Of Dietary Carbohydrates May Determine Quality Of Eye Sight

...in Boston. "The likelihood of having abnormalities characteristic of AMD on eye exam more than doubled for women who consumed diets with the highest glycemic index, regardless of other factors already known or suspected to increase the risk of AMD, such as age, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and obesity." ...

Global Threat of Measles Outbreak

...easles outbreak loomed before them. On May 5 the characteristic symptoms of measles such as rash, fever, cough began to appear. Following this measles struck another half-dozen workers at Investors Bank & Trust, five on the same floor and four other additional cases as well whose link to the programmer has not ye...

Restriction of Carbohydrates to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

...s that cause plaque buildup in the brain (the main characteristic of AD). Beta-amyloid peptides activate SIRT1, a member of a broad family of proteins known as sirtuins which influence a variety of functions including metabolism and aging. Dr. Pasinetti and colleagues used an experimental mouse model to demonstrat...

Does Weight of the Mother Determine the Sex of the Baby?

...not as crucial. Therefore, any particular maternal characteristic that results in a larger offspring is likely to produce more males. "If anything reduces the size of the offspring at birth, it is a disadvantage to the individual to be born male - therefore, there is a greater probability of it being female." R...

Aspirin and other NSAIDS Proved Less Effective in Long-Term Smokers

...ay microsatellite instability, an acquired genetic characteristic that indicates defects in DNA-repair machinery. Microsatellite instability, or MSI, occurs in approximately 15 percent to 20 percent of colon cancers. The researchers found a two-fold increased risk of microsatellite-unstable colorectal tumors amon...

Discovery of Elevated Amyloid Peptide levels could lead to Alzheimer’s Preventio

...s that cause plaque buildup in the brain (the main characteristic of AD). In the earliest stages of Alzheimer's, beta-amyloid peptides are on the rise, especially in the two connected brain regions critical for memory functions-- the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. In this study, Dr. Pasinetti and colleagues a...

Two Distinct Types of Vocal Cord Dysfunction Identified

...n allergy-immunology and primary care to learn the characteristic presentations of this disorder so that the diagnosis can be made without delay." (Source: Newswise)...

Mutation in Breast Stem Cells Lead to Breast Cancer

...he female hormones oestrogen or progesterone. This characteristic is very similar to those seen in the aggressive basal subtype of breast cancer. It is now a known fact that breast cancer is a heterogenous disease and the speculation is supported by study that breast tumor cells are derived from different cell type...

Alcohol Drinkers Prone to Physical Injuries

...ession and risk of injury, it's more a personality characteristic that is attracted to a certain type of alcohol," Dr Watt said. "We have anecdotally seen that some beverages, for instance spirits, result in increased risk of injury. "But we haven't known whether it's because people who drink spirits drink mo...

Stem cells help in the understanding of drug-resistant, recurrent tumors

...ultimately fatal drug-resistant recurrence that is characteristic of ovarian cancer," says Paul Szotek, MD, of the MGH Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, first author of the PNAS report. "We believe this likely is the first time stem-like cells have been found in models of ovarian cancer and in cells associa...

Different Disease Response In Identical Twins Linked To Genes

...is over-expressed in patients may explain a common characteristic of RA patients."It has been known for a long time that there is a deficiency of cortisol in RA patients," says Holoshitz.The third gene U-M scientists discovered codes for Cyr61, which plays a role in angiogenesis, a process that recruits new blood v...

Bacteria Killed By Radiation Serves As an Effective Source of Vaccine

...NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D said that this characteristic is of great importance in creating vaccines that are safe, effective, simple to produce and transport. These bacteria are able to trigger a strong immune response as they retain their toll-like-receptors. The experiments were mainly carried out on mi...

Protein Involved In Embryo Formation Found In Malignant Cells

... to that of embryonic stem cells, expressing genes characteristic of multiple cell types, including endothelial, neural and stem cells. The Hendrix lab has long hypothesized that the plastic nature of malignant melanoma cells serves as an advantage by enhancing the cells' ability to migrate, invade and metastasiz...

The Dengue Virus Unplugged

...d at one tip of the genome, that sequence adopts a characteristic stem-loop structure that the scientists suspected might be important to its function. To test whether RdRp was relying on that stem-loop shape to recognize the viral RNA, the scientists created copies of the dengue genome with minor changes that w...

Current Cooling Devices Ineffective in Preventing Brain Injury

...brain via the blood system. "In adult humans, the characteristic length that this kind of cold assault appears to p... could reach into the brain, which they called the characteristic length, dropped off as the amount of blood flowing in the brain increased. "Mathematically speaking...

Existing Brain Cooling Not Beneficial To Trauma Patients

...rain via the blood system. "In adult humans, the characteristic length that this kind of cold assault appears to p... could reach into the brain, which they called the characteristic length, dropped off as the amount of blood flowing in the brain increased. "Mathematically speakin...

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever hits Turkey

...platelets, which functions in blood clotting, is a characteristic of this disease.. Without immediate treatment by antivirus drugs and platelet replacement, victims can bleed to death. No vaccine against the disease has been found so far.It causes dizziness, high fever, muscle pain and vomiting. In severe cases, ...

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