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First International Gene Screen for Typical ALS Is on Track

...for the “spontaneous” illness which, like all ALS, destroys the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that enable movement, including breathing. Packard Center grantee Bryan Traynor and John Hardy, both with the NIH, are leading an American and Italian team of researchers in the million-dollar project. “If al...

Germ - Chemo Combo Fights Cancer

...Ph.D., in the Vogelstein lab dubbed liposomase. It destroys fatty membranes and may disrupt the outer layer of liposomes releasing their drug contents. “Drugs contained in these ‘Trojan horse’ compartments are specifically released at the tumor site by the C-novyi-NT bacteria which may improve the effectiv...

"Trojan Horse" Agent Halts Bone Metastasis in Mice

...ceptors and, once inside, the "Trojan Horse" toxin destroys the cell, disrupting the ability of tumors to form blood vessels to supply the nutrients they need to grow. Animal studies previously conducted by the researchers have shown that the protein can selectively destroy blood vessels feeding human solid t...

Drug Boosts Platelet Production, Reversing Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

...y. "Experts have long realized that ITP not only destroys platelets, it also inhibits platelet production in the marrow," explains Dr. Bussel. In fact, prior work in the 1990s had focused on a type of recombinant thrombopoietin, called PEG-MGDF, that researchers hoped would stimulate platelet production. ...

A 100 years after the first diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

...cans are currently affected by AD, which gradually destroys memory and the ability to learn, reason, make judgments and communicate. "The Yerkes Research Center has developed four major areas of Alzheimer's research critical to identifying preventions and treatments to slow the progression or stop the onset...

Antacids also control oral bacteria

...sease – an oral inflammation so persistent that it destroys the bone where the teeth anchor, causing them to fall out – researchers at the University of Rochester and G?teborg University in Sweden decided to focus on Fusobacterium nucleatum, an especially hardy bacterial troublemaker that plays a crucial role...

People with early AMD not benefited by Laser Treatment

... is a disease associated with aging that gradually destroys sharp, central vision. Central vision is needed for seeing objects clearly and for common daily tasks such as reading and driving. People with early AMD have drusen - yellow deposits under the retina. The presence of drusen is the first sign of early...

Piercing breast led to mastectomy in teenager

...ops as a result of rapid bacterial infection which destroys tissues in the body. Apparently the piercing on her breasts created an entry point for the bacteria explained doctors who attended to her. Stephanie was later also noted to be diabetic which left her more prone to infection. It is only the third reco...

HIV Takes Advantage of Rivalry among T cells

...system recognizes the threat, mounts a defense and destroys most of the invading viruses. The second phase is a long period of clinical latency that can last up to 10 years. In this phase, a small amount of virus mutates fast enough to escape initial detection and continues to mutate over time. The third phas...

Chemotherapy increases the demand for blood components

...sfusion service revealed that chemotherapy usually destroys the patients’ bone marrow cells where platelets are produced and make the patients susceptible to spontaneous bleeding. 4-10 platelet transfusions per week may be needed for a leukemia patient undergoing chemotherapy. Almost 60 units of platelets w...

Results for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Show Significant Vision Improvements

...nd blood under the macula causing scar tissue that destroys the central retina. Source-Newswise SRM...

Molecular Medicine And Diabetes

... the insulin-making beta cells in the pancreas and destroys them. Patients lose the ability to make their own insulin. They have to restrict their diets, check their blood-glucose levels up to a dozen times a day, and give themselves frequent insulin shots. Some, like Lilly, wear external insulin pumps. Th...

Scientists Say Mineral Water Kills Cancer

...Balmoral Castle in Scotland kills cancer cells and destroys diseased ones.// Researchers from the department of biochemistry at the University of Maribor in Slovenia said that they placed diseased cells in this water for 10 days and compared them to those placed in normal lab water. They found that the miner...

Scientists Claim Encouraging Progress On Hereditary Diseases

... mode of treatment. Because Huntington's disease destroys so many different capabilities - intellectual, physical and emotional - the insights gained from research on this illness are relevant to the understanding of many other diseases, including schizophrenia, manic depression, Alzheimer's disease, Lou Ge...

Nicotine - New Role in Prevention of Parkinson’s Diseas

...ental animals with MPTP, an agent that selectively destroys the dopamine-producing brain cells. Half of the animals also received a low-dose administration of nicotine over a six-month period. During this time, the nicotine dose was gradually increased to a level typically found in cigarette smoke. The test...

Different Disease Response In Identical Twins Linked To Genes

... a protein called laeverin. This is an enzyme that destroys certain types of proteins. Scientists hypothesize that laeverin promotes the tissue damage of the joint found in RA by degrading cartilage and bone. Another previously unidentified gene codes for a protein called 11a-HSD2 that helps deactivate the h...

A New Approach towards Anti-Cancer Drugs

...destroying p53 molecule. //MDM2 is a protein which destroys p53 due to a biochemical imbalance inside the cell. p53 is the guardian protein and is the tumor suppressor protein. Hence the lead researcher Dr. Kathryn Ball said that anti cancer drugs should be targeted against the MDM2 protein. The study has ...

Scientists Coax Nerve Fibers to Regrow After Spinal Cord Injury

... have established that the enzyme sialidase, which destroys one of the molecules that inhibits nerve regeneration, is sufficient to robustly improve nerve fiber outgrowth from the spinal cord,” says Schnaar. Surgical transplantation of a peripheral nerve to help nerve fiber growth from the spinal cord has s...

US Senate Approves Embryo-research Plan Despite President's Refusal

...ed in August 2001 on the grounds that the research destroys human embryos. Scientists, eager to explore the potential for treating brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and diabetes, have pressed the government to ease the restrictions. So has Senate Republican majority leader Bill Frist, a key White House a...

Syphilis on the Rise

...hs or years later tertiary syphilis develops which destroys part of the nervous system, including the brain or the cardiovascular system, especially the aorta. The disease has been documented in diseased bones found in Europe and North Africa. It has been in existence in Europe for the past 2,000 years. The...

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