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Modified Herpes Virus Keeps Arteries Free-flowing Following Procedures

...disruption of the arterys endothelial layer, which forms the inner lining of the artery. Loss of this inner layer predisposes the artery to blood clot formation which has been a recent concern with drug eluting stents. The researchers found that the endothelial layer was partially restored at 14 days and c...

Hyperthermia With Chemotherapy Improves Sarcoma Healing

...eated with a combination of hyperthermia and other forms of therapy. In the course of local, deep hyperthe...e research group to apply their knowledge to other forms of tumour. At the present time, within the framework of a part body hyperthermia project plan, the...

Key Mechanism to Emergence of Strep Bacteria

... is seen in necrotizing fasciitis and other severe forms of strep infection, said Walker. The research team used genetically engineered mice expressing human plasminogen and infected them with M1T1 strep clone, discovering that the bacteria routinely mutated to the invasive form, then spread throughout t...

Curry Ingredient Kills Plaque Leading to Alzheimer's

...e immune system clear amyloid beta, a peptide that forms the plaques found in Alzheimers disease. The study was carried out by Dr. Milan Fiala, a researcher with the David Geffen School of Medicine and the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, and Dr. John Cashman, director of the Human BioMolecular...

Nano Propellers may Be Tomorrows Drug Deliverers

...nd efficiencies in the hydrophilic and hydrophobic forms can differ by an order of magnitude, which was not expected," said Prof. Kral....

Colitis More Common in Hospitalized Patients

...ally lead to death. Treatment for life-threatening forms of the disease usually involves colectomy, or remo...ally lead to death. Treatment for life-threatening forms of the disease usually involves colectomy, or removal of all or part of the colon, which is associat...

Men Could Overcome Erectile Dysfunction Through Group Psychotherapy

...oup the men carefully, and also consider different forms of psychosocial treatment, says Melnik. It, however, still remains to be determined as to which patients can benefit from psychosocial therapy the most. One problem with psychosocial therapy is that we are still uncertain which patients are most...

Spraying Saline Water into Nose may Reduce Nasal Passage Infections

...ronic rhinosinusitis). Many homoeopathic and yogic forms of healthcare recommend spraying saline into the nose to relieve symptoms, and it is now often recommended as part of a programme of treatment in conventional medicine. A team of Cochrane Researchers considered the data presented in eight separate r...

Insecticide and Repellent Combo Effective in Eliminating Malarial Mosquitoes

...ea has the specificity of harbouring two different forms of Anopheles gambiae. The first appears in May and June in the rice-fields. It shows no resistance to pyrethroids. The second emerges in September and October in puddles left by monsoon rains. These do show resistance to these insecticides. As exp...

Simple Chemical Reaction may Help Early Disease Diagnosis

...s with the amino acids and similar metabolites and forms a tag that can be seen through nuclear magnetic resonance. The tag actually is an easily identifiable isotope, in this case a carbon atom that is heavier than the standard carbon atom. Because we can easily detect this isotope, it causes these tagged...

Self-harming Among Teens More Common Than Thought

...ent of the entire sample) endorsed moderate/severe forms of NSSI including cutting skin, burning skin, givi...t to distinguish between minor and moderate/severe forms of self-injury, since severe forms of NSSI may be predictive of more serious outcomes. Minor forms o...

Scientists Identify Previously Undetected Drug-resistant Forms of HIV

...he rare and previously undetectable drug-resistant forms of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Dr. Michael Kozal, Associate Professor at the Yale School of Medicine, says that an innovative genome sequencing technology that quickly detects rare viral mutations was used during the study. We found that...

Boffin Identifies Gene Causing Otosclerosis

...utes to the disease. This may be a lead for better forms of treatment in the future; currently the best option is an operation. However, there is often an additional component of hearing loss which can't be restored by surgery," Thys said. As the gene involved is a growth factor, and the disease manifest...

World Epilepsy Week - 2007

...et - rich in fats and low in carbohydrates. Other forms of treatment include a kind of epilepsy pacemaker implanted in the chest to sends signals to help the brain regulate its electrical signals. For some, though, their seizures are resistant to everything else but brain surgery. Support Groups for E...

Alzheimer's-associated Enzyme Linked to Seizures

... Sodium channels comprise an alpha subunit, which forms the channel's body, and one or two beta subunits that checks the activity of the channel. Voltage-gated sodium channels transmit signalling impulses in nerve cells. As part of the study, to test how the processing of the beta2 subunit modify neuronal...

Rare Womens Lung Disease May Yield Insights Into Common Diseases

...erous sclerosis and LAM are also activated in many forms of cancer, and in diabetes and obesity. What is learned about LAM may help us understand more common diseases in which hormones play an important role, such as breast cancer. The impact of LAM research could spread to other diseases that are not horm...

Scientists Establish Link Between Foie Gras and Disease

... researchers concluded that this and perhaps other forms of amyloidosis might be transmissible, like "mad cow" and other related diseases. They further state that no other infectious sources of food products have been found until now. "It is not known if there is an increase of Alzheimer's disease, diabete...

Bone Health Protection by Dietary Calcium

...s broken down or metabolized in the liver to other forms - some active and some inactive. Urinalysis showed...trogen metabolism that favors production of active forms of estrogen," says Armamento-Villareal. "Although we're not yet certain what underlies this effect, ...

The New Recruitment Process Leaves Thousands of Doctors Jobless

...eed up the selection process, but doctors said the forms were badly worded, did not ask revelent questions or allow them to set out relevant qualifications and experience, and had no facility for attaching a CV. This has resulted in many doctors not being selected for their first-choice NHS trusts, and a...

Abbott's RealTime Hepatitis B Viral Load Test Receives CE Marking in Europe

... test capable of detecting and measuring all known forms of hepatitis B genotypes, providing a valuable tool for physicians in managing patient therapy. Abbott and Celera, an Applera Corporation business, announced today that Abbott has received CE marking for a real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) ...

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