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Gene Therapy To Treat Deafness

...st sensory hair cells in the inner ear may restore partial hearing ability of the deaf mammals, say a recent study// published in Nature Medicine. Scientists are of the opinion that viral vector found in a developmental regulatory gene called Atoh1 can be used to encourage new hairs to grow in the cochlea...

Alcohol more harmful to women

...er the brain damage is faster than men. There was partial reversal of brain volume loss in over the 6 weeks, the levels were lower as compared to the control group. The conclusion reached according to Dr. Diehl, "Because of the telescoping effect, early diagnosis and early prevention are even more importa...

Proteinomics Research holds Key to Stomach Cancer

...gastrectomy. The surgeon removes part (subtotal or partial gastrectomy) or all (total gastrectomy) of the stomach, as well as some of the tissue around the stomach. After a subtotal gastrectomy, the doctor connects the remaining part of the stomach to the esophagus or the small intestine. After a total gastr...

Dissecting Diabetes - Is protein AKT2 the cause of type 2 diabetes?

...out mice". In the knockout mice, they discovered a partial defect in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in the animals' muscle tissue. Further studies showed that the liver of the Akt2 knockout mice did not respond to insulin by lowering glucose production, and their tissues were consuming less glucose in res...

Breakthrough in Type II Diabetes

...out mice". In the knockout mice, they discovered a partial defect in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in the animals' muscle tissue. Further studies showed that the liver of the Akt2 knockout mice did not respond to insulin by lowering glucose production, and their tissues were consuming less glucose in res...

New Treatment Option For Kidney Cancer

...y cancer has been removal of the kidney. Recently, partial removal has also been used successfully in some patients. But surgery is not ideal for all patients. Researchers evaluated 22 patients who had this treatment. They report complete tumor ablation was achieved in 83 percent of the patients with just on...

Marijuana-Derived Drug Promises Hope In Treating Bladder Infection

...s. The therapy usually employed frequently affords partial relief, but it may be completely ineffective. "Interstitial cystitis is a difficult disease to treat, and not all treatments work well on all patients," said Michael Chancellor, M.D., professor of urology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Me...

Children With Epilepsy Can Be Treated With Nerve Stimulation

...leads to seizures. It was approved for intractable partial epilepsy (epilepsy that does not improve with medication) of adults (children greater than 12 years) in 1997. Columbus Children's Hospital was one of the first institutions to begin using VNS in children. Source: Newswise ...

Amnioinfusion does not reduce risk of meconium aspiration syndrome

...the infant takes its first breaths. It can cause a partial or complete blockage of the baby's airways when exhaling, making it difficult to breathe. Meconium alters the amniotic fluid, reducing antibacterial activity and subsequently increasing the risk of perinatal bacterial infection. Meconium-stained a...

Tarceva Found To Benefit Older Lung Cancer Patients

...st 60 percent of the patients experienced either a partial response or had stable disease, though none of the... survival was 46 weeks, and the median duration of partial response and stable disease was 65 weeks and 24 weeks, respectively. In addition, all patients wer...

Dr Reddy’s Strikes Deal With Rheoscience For Type 2 Diabetes Dru

...III clinical trials of balaglitazone (DRF 2593), a partial PPAR-gamma agonist, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Dr Reddy's will pay Rheoscience a pre-determined amount towards its share of development costs. According to a statement from Dr Reddy's, Rheoscience will retain marketing rights for the Euro...

Novartis MS Drug Shows Promising Results

...ess and blurred vision to poor muscle control with partial or complete paralysis, speech or mental impairment. About 50% of patients advance to the secondary progressive (SPMS) course within 10 years. Source: Eureka...

The Science of Solar Eclipse

...sula and stretches across the African continent. A partial eclipse will be seen in area including Europe, wes...rica. Partial eclipses, annular eclipses, and the partial phases of total eclipses are never safe to watch without taking special precautions. Do not attempt ...

Protective regimen for acute Graft-versus-host disease

...d malignant diseases were shown by the change from partial to complete remission. In the transplant recipients who underwent conditioning with total lymphoid irradiation and antithymocyte globulin, the fraction of donor CD4+ T cells that produced interleukin-4 after in vitro stimulation increased by a factor...

Stenting: A Possible Remedy For Brain Artery Blockage

...en.Stenting is commonly used for strokes caused by partial blockage of a carotid artery, which carries blood to the brain. But there had not been much research on whether it would work for complete artery blockage. A recent study, published in the October issue of the journal Stroke reviewed cases of ICA o...

Panic disorder may coexist with epilepsy

... and so must be considered and diagnosed as simple partial seizures (SPSs) with a psychic content. In the pap...he epileptic consciousness, should be diagnosed as partial seizures with a psychic content. After setting out the four clinical signs defining it (suddenness...

Influence Of Heart Rate On Myocardial Oxygen Tension

...duction of flexible pO2 micro catheters to measure partial oxygen tension in a working muscle, it is possible... also. However, up to now, it remained unclear how partial myocardial oxygen pressure relates to a change in heart rate. In this study, in young healthy pigs ...

Bortezomib for salvage therapy against progressive myeloma

...iteria, 2 complete (negative immunofixation) and 7 partial remissions were achieved. Duration of response lasted from 2 to 14+ months. Grades 3?4 toxicities (thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, peripheral neuropathy and vasculitis) were observed in 7 patients, but no patient interrupted the treatment due to side e...

High Hopes Pinned At Hungarian Bird Flu Vaccine

...wever, it is supposed that a vaccine would provide partial only protection against a pandemic strain of flu and would have to be reformulated to match whatever mutation eventually emerges - a process that would take months Avian flu has affected the Southeast Asian nations although it is largely limited to ...

Canadians Oblivious About COPD, A Debilitating Lung Disease

...a, is characterized by breathing difficulty due to partial blockage of the bronchial tubes. More on Medindia: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/respiratorydiseases_Emphysema.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/ view_news_main.asp?t=gn&x=1837 http://www.medindia.net/news/ view_news_main...

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