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Genetically Altered Cells Prevent Lethal Infections in Substituted Skin

...n cells. HBD4 is one in a class of proteins that exist throughout the body as part of its natural defense system. Researchers have only recently begun targeting these tiny molecules as a way to combat infections. "If we can add these genetically modified cells to bioengineered skin substitutes, it woul...

A New Strategy to Control Breast Cancer

...ast tissue structure. Tumor cells, says Bissell, exist in the same microenvironment as healthy cells and must therefore appropriate normal physiological processes to facilitate their growth and spread. This idea can open up potential new avenues and targets for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. ...

Hip Fractures Not Caused By Benzodiazepine

...alls and resulting hip fractures. However, no data exist to demonstrate this policy effect. Anita Wagner, PharmD, MPH, DrPH, lead author of the study and assistant professor of ambulatory care and prevention in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention (DACP) of Harvard Medical School and Harvard ...

Vitamin A’s Link With Gullet Cance

A latest research finding reveals that there may exist a link between Vitamin A and gullet cancer. This study was conducted by Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald of Medical Research Council Cell Unit and her team. // Gullet or Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma is caused due to the malformation of the oesophageal lining. T...

Starbucks Stops Using Dairy Products Containing RBGH

... cows, not on humans; however, controversies still exist about the effects of rBGH on humans. No statistical data has indicated that rBGH has adversely affected either humans or cows, but critics claim that not enough research has been undertaken to prove how it affects humans. SRI...

Aspirin Saves Life Even in Cancer Patients

...ys. According to Durand, no guidelines currently exist for treatment of heart attacks in patients with cancer. He says that physicians are especially perplexed about what to do for cancer patients with thrombosis (blood clots), a condition that affects about 15 percent of all cancer patients and can be d...

Crackdown on Alternate Health Practitioners

...y//. There are about one lakh therapists said to exist in Britain and there are no measures to keep a tab on these professionals. On the other hand, completely qualified medical practitioners who are registered with the General Medical Council have strict rules and guidelines regarding their relationship...

Umbilical Cord Blood Industry Matures

...t might be helped by cord blood stem cells already exist in the infant's cord blood," the American Academy of Pediatrics said in a statement in early January. The private banks disagree, seeing a need for their services. "We consider this a very important decision to be made by parents," said Fred Fitz...

Human Skin Harbors Many More Types of Bacteria

...in each sample. Many bacteria in the database only exist as sequences and have nether been named or extensively studied. Those are termed SLOTUs, or species-level taxonomic units. Taxonomy and the Study Results To distinguish organisms from one another, biologists group and categorize them. Specie...

Marked Increase of Cancer Cases Among Aging Population

...e-based public health measures, such as screening, exist to reduce deaths from breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, while the incidence of lung cancer, and several other forms of cancer, could be diminished by tobacco control." The 25 EU countries accounted for nearly 2.3 million of the new cases and ...

Man-Made Proteins Could Be More Useful Than Real Ones

... peptide, from a-amino acids, which, although they exist in cells, are never found in ribosomally produced proteins. a-amino acids differ from the alpha-amino acids that compose natural proteins by the addition of a single chemical component—a methylene group—into the peptide backbone. “The fundamental ...

Genetic Testing Sheds Light on Degenerative Eye Disease

...a diagnosis for a given disease. Limitations still exist in technologies for genetic testing, explains Ayyagari. In addition, very slight genetic variations believed to be benign may have either a cumulative effect or may alter the way another gene functions. Finally, while there has been great progress, s...

Giant Healthcare Provider to Set Up Massive Gene Bank

...accessible medical records. Other such biobanks exist and are increasingly being developed in the United States and outside, as scientists attempt to use the information from the recent decoding of the human genome to elicit how genes and the environment contribute to disease. The U.S. National Insti...

Whirling Disease Causes Culling of Thousands of Trout

...site, Myxobolus cerebralis, has long been known to exist in the Potomac River's North Branch, which are several miles from both hatcheries. It is harmless to humans, but can be deadly to trout and especially Rainbow trout. According to Robert Lunsford, director of Freshwater Fisheries, it might have be...

Inflammatory Myopathy may Indicate Intolerance to Gluten

...rare occurrence for various autoimmune diseases to exist in the same patient. Indeed, coeliac disease -- caused by a reaction to gluten found in cereals -- has been reported in patients with inflammatory myopathy, especially those with inclusion-body myositis. Researchers at the Teaching Unit at the UAB'...

Industry-funded Breast Cancer Trials More Likely to Yield Positive Results

...e have found. In addition, significant differences exist in the design and nature of clinical trials supported by the pharmaceutical industry compared to trials without industry involvement. Published online today in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society, the study explores the impact of pha...

Flies too Have Immune Memory!

...icts the long-held dogma that immune memory cannot exist in invertebrates such as insects. Such memory of a specific pathogen, known as adaptation, is supposed to be a hallmark of the higher-level immune system response of humans and other vertebrates. The Stanford work raises the possibility that humans...

Barking Up the Right Tree to Cure Retinoblastoma

...d the study said, 'The great majority of the cases exist in the developing world, where it is a fatal disease.' The prevailing treatment involves a combination of chemotherapy agents or radiation which has a 95% survival rate if the treatment is begun in the initial stages of cancer. But the treatment i...

Incidence of Fatty Liver Disease High Among Obese Children

...ldren and teens are obese. Fatty Liver Disease may exist in 15% or more of obese children. The American Liver Foundation estimates that 10-20% of Americans have Fatty Liver Disease. Source-Eurekalert...

Breast Cancer Patients Unaware of Reconstructive Surgery

...The most significant barrier “to co-management may exist especially in smaller surgeon practices, which may have a more challenging patient mix and limited resources.” Source-Eurekalert RI...

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