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Tumour risk increased by tissue protective protein

...ss Bcl protein, developed less number of tumors in contrast to mice that produced more of Bcl. Moreover, mice with more Bcl protein production on an average had larger tumours than it’s counterpart. The human Bcl-xL protein is functionally identical to the mouse protein, so the same effects are expected in ...

Immune Boost With LHRH To Help Cancer And Transplant Patients

... who were given this treatment had new T- cells in contrast to the controls, who failed to develop any, which adds proof to the treatment. It has also been planned to conduct additional trials by random selection of patients to receive the new treatment in comparison to those taking a placebo. Source: Google...

CT Scans Said to Accurately Detect Small Cancers

...e body from different angles. Patients are given a contrast dye that allows the scanner to make detailed images of the entire urinary system in slices smaller than a millimeter thick. Computers then combine these slices to create images that can be viewed. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied ...

Discovery of World’s smallest laser

...however, the light quickly diverges or spreads, in contrast to the highly collimated beam of a typical laser, which spreads little over distances as great as hundreds of miles. This is not necessarily a disadvantage, Yang said. If a strong, collimated beam is needed, the light from many nanowires could be c...

Habit Memory May Enhance Learning In People

...ions in the hippocampus, it had been shown that in contrast to humans with similar hippocampal lesions due to injury or disease who have difficulty learning certain tasks over a certain time period, the monkeys can learn the tasks at a normal rate, apparently as habits. Researchers had speculated that humans...

MRI screenings may be better to identify breast cancer

...n lead to breast cancer. These women had undergone contrast enhanced MRI screenings and mammography for 2 to 7...s. Results of such intense screenings showed that contrast enhanced MRI screenings are more sensitive for cancer detection. However, the research had also show...

New Technology In MRI Scan Help Test Brain Cancer Therapy

...ed by the presence and size of the brain tumor. In contrast to the MRI scans that can be used six weeks after the treatment, the newest scans may be used three weeks into the treatment of the brain affected by tumor growths. The new scan is called diffusion MRI scan and can be done using any closed MRI scanne...

Crooked teeth may be due to evolution and overcooked meals

...s. We have developed our cooking process in direct contrast to what our first ancestors had eaten. It is this fact that had lead to people having so much of gum and periodontal problems, as food particles remain inside our mouth because of their texture. Peter Lucas where he had explored in detail the relat...

New Hair in 15 Days Could Now Be A Possibility Say Researchers

...hat comprise the mature, growing hair follicle. In contrast to the effects of transient and regulated beta-catenin activation, prolonged activation of ?-catenin leads to uncontrolled growth and gross distortion of the hair follicle structure, underscoring the importance of precisely controlled signaling activ...

Scanning Combo Helps Detect Lung Cancer

...ople, 95 of whom were recalled for high-resolution contrast CT scans. PET scans were positive in 18 of 20 identified cancer cases, and removal of malignant tissue was successful in 95 percent of the lung cancers, according to results, which are published in the Aug. 23 issue of The Lancet. "We have shown th...

Adding contrast improves ultrasound's ability to detect prostate cancer

...rs in France, compared the diagnostic abilities of contrast enhanced and unenhanced endo-rectal ultrasound in 85 men suspected of having prostate cancer. In all subjects, the imaging findings were compared with biopsy results. //Fifty-eight biopsy sites in 54 patients showed cancer on histologic analysis, the...

Hormone Therapy Linked to Dementia

...say the results are unexpected and are in striking contrast to most of the earlier research on the effects of hormone therapy on Alzheimer’s and dementia. Researchers say the combined hormone therapy should not be prescribed to women with the intent of enhancing cognitive performance because it has the opposi...

New lung cancer vaccine on the anvil

... specific vaccine produced very minor reactions in contrast to conventional treatments for cancer. There was also the suggestion of some encouraging clinical findings in a minority of patients. For two patients, after successful surgical removal of the lung tumors, after three and half years of vaccine treatm...

Offspring's birth weight affected by father's diabetes

...athers, to the birth weight of their offspring. In contrast to overweight children given birth by women with diabetes, children born to men with// diabetes are likely to weigh less than other children. Children born to men with diabetes weigh on an average 186 grams less than other children and this signifi...

Need for Blood Transfusions reduced

...of patients taking the placebo had transfusions in contrast to 50.6 percent of patients taking rHuEPO. Around 18 percent reduction in total blood units transfused and a greater increase in haemoglobin was found in the rHuEPO administered group. Study also indicated that rHuEPO did not improve survival or clin...

Grape seed extract helps wound healing

...ought to speed up wound healing. This is in marked contrast to the effect of grapeseed extract taken by mouth, where it has an antioxidant effect....

Specialist surgeon not imperative in melanoma

...ogy, cosmetic work, or general surgery. This is in contrast to breast cancer surgery, where specialist breast surgeons generally get better results than general surgeons. This study tells us that a patient with melanoma should see the surgeon with the shortest waiting list. Speed of treatment is more import...

Allergies: A major health problem

...her people. In other words allergies are in sharp contrast with the killer disease AIDS, Allergy symptoms appear on account of too much immunity while in AIDS there will be too little immunity to prevent the disease. The substance that triggers this syndrome is known as allergens. Allergens are classified as...

Medications for depression

... new antidepressants with fewer side effects. By contrast the number of patients receiving psychotherapy for depression declined from 60 per cent to 50 per cent. Physicians now seem to be more involved in depression treatment .This may be the reason why medication is being preferred over psychotherapy - phy...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

... high accuracy via intravascular administration of contrast (dye) material.// It is the gold standard with a v...m.It does not require the injection of an external contrast because MRA uses the natural magnetic properties of the hydrogen atoms present in our bodies to crea...

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