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Airway Bypass Treatment for Emphysema - Study

...and irreversible lung disease characterized by the destruction of lung tissue. The loss of the lungs' natural elasticity and the collapse of airways in the lung combine to make exhalation ineffective, leaving the emphysema sufferer with hyperinflation because they cant get air out of their lungs. With hyperinfla...

New Insights into Antimalarial Drug Resistance

... is painting a picture of how the parasite escapes destruction by most of the agents now used against it, he said. When a malaria parasite is transmitted through a mosquito bite, the mosquito injects the parasite into skin or blood, which then travels to the liver within minutes, grows and divides there, and t...

Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia

...nst the dengue is prevention, and this encompasses destruction of all possible breeding sites of mosquitoes. Says Lo Wing-lok, an expert in infectious diseases: The threat of dengue is increasing because of global warming, mosquitoes are becoming more active year by year and their geographical reach is expand...

Single Cancer Stem Cell may Be Sufficient to Initiate and Maintain a Malignant Tumour

... able to specifically target cancer stem cells for destruction while leaving the normal stem cells in the body intact, hopes Zucchi. The researchers say that it is well known that tumour cells and stem cells share many properties, which is characterised by their abilities to divide and generate both new stem c...

Hillary Clinton Speaks Up Strongly for Stem Cell Research

... would compel taxpayers to support "the deliberate destruction of human embryos." Lawmakers lack the votes to overturn a veto. But Clinton emphasized that the bill would permit funding only for research on embryonic stem cells donated from in-vitro fertilization clinics with the donor's approval that otherwi...

Stem Cells- a Miraculous Boon

...medicine because it requires the creation and then destruction of a human embryo. Scientists say these early, all-purpose cells can be induced to form nerves and specialised tissues to repair this host of life-threatening afflictions because stem cells have the ability to develop into all sorts of specialised bo...

New Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis Looks Promising.

...ar more serious inflammatory disease that leads to destruction of cartilage and bone, and can lead to disability. The new treatment option Actemra in combination with traditional drugs achieved a significant improvement in disease signs and symptoms after 24 weeks, compared to those treated with the tradition...

Recent Research Holds Wealth of Promise to Bone Marrow Patients

...octors when dendritic cells just about begin their destruction activity. This will allow for treatment to commence much earlier, than later, giving a chance for better treatment outcomes. MMRI director Professor Derek Hart said,"Think of it as a big fire inside the patient - it's much easier to put out a small...

Green Tea Compound may Be a Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ing step in the search for therapies for the joint destruction experienced by people who have rheumatoid arthriti...m known to play an important role in causing joint destruction in people with rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers looked at whether the green tea compound has...

Exhaustive Study to Expand the Efficacy of Drug L-dopa for Parkinson's

...e drug. Parkinson's disease is a slow process of destruction of brain cells which produce dopamine. As dopamine levels fall, the symptoms of Parkinson’s shows up as tremors in the arms, legs and face. The patients visibly portray slow movement, lack of proper balance and coordination. A new clinical trial i...

New Light on Working of Brain Networks

...roperly regulated with advancing age, resulting in destruction of cAMP. The dysregulation of the pathway may contribute to increased forgetfulness and susceptibility to distraction as we grow older. The research is also relevant to common disorders such as ADHD, which is associated with weaker regulation of at...

Brain Networks Strengthened by Closing Ion Channels

...roperly regulated with advancing age, resulting in destruction of cAMP. The dysregulation of the pathway may contribute to increased forgetfulness and susceptibility to distraction as we grow older. The research is also relevant to common disorders such as ADHD, which is associated with weaker regulation of at...

Climate Change Threatens Sundarbans and World Heritage Sites

... 45 cm rise in global sea levels would lead to the destruction of 75 percent of the Sundarbans mangroves," the report warned. The report, "Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage", features 26 examples - including Sundarbans (in India and Bangladesh), Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal), the Tower of Lo...

US Senate Passes Stem Cell Research Bill

...ies of stem cells isolated from embryos slated for destruction at fertility clinics, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. The vote capped 20 hours of often passionate debate, with proponents focusing on the cells' potential to help treat a wide range of diseases and opponents decrying the fact that human em...

Glucose Causes Death of Brain Cells in Rodents Following Hypoglycemic Coma

...ycemia – and cause hypoglycemic coma, resulting in destruction of neurons in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, which are essential to memory and cognition. 'This study tells us for the first time that, in rats, the brain damage occurs not during the coma, but after it, when we give them glucose and their bl...

Novel Airway Bypass Treatment Assists Emphysema Sufferers

...and irreversible lung disease characterized by the destruction of lung tissue. The loss of the lungs' natural ela...ch a devastating disease associated with permanent destruction of the small air sacs (alveoli) which allow the lungs to function -- any new potential intervention ...

Inhibiting Blood to Save the Brain

...t coats nerve fibers. Past studies showed that the destruction of the myelin sheath is associated with the accumulation of fibrinogen deposits in the brain of human MS patients. In this study, Akassoglou and colleagues showed that fibrinogen is not merely associated with the damage in MS, but an active participa...

Improved Platelet Life Span Increases Better Patient Care

...." This term refers to the normal and healthy self destruction of old, damaged and surplus cells. One protein (known as Bcl-xL) acts to preserve the life of the platelet, while the other protein (Bak) prepares the cell to self-destruct after its usual life span within the body - about a week. WEHI's Dr David H...

FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Drug to Treat Rare Blood Disorder

...lock the complement system activity, including the destruction of PNH red blood cells. FDA based its approval on the company's randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study of 87 patients with PNH and a series of other clinical studies. The controlled study showed that over a 26-week period half...

New Study Suggests Special Cocoa may Lead to Sustained Improvement in Blood Vessel Function

...abundant in freshly harvested cocoa prior to their destruction during the typical processing and manufacture of c...e naturally abundant in fresh cocoa prior to their destruction during typical handling and processing practices. For more than 15 years, Mars' commitment to breakt...

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