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Simple Test Detects Genetic Signs of Lung Cancer in a Patient’s Sputu

...id Feng Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “We need to validate our findings, of course, but we have shown that the genetic aberrations seen in sputum reflect the same genetic aberrations found in lung tumors, and that these molecular changes ...

Transdermal Vaccine Effective in Treating Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

...a amyloid protein (Ab) can reduce Alzheimer’s-like pathology including certain cognitive deficits, this study is the first to demonstrate that immunization using the skin may be an effective way to reduce Ab pathology,” said senior study author Jun Tan, PhD, MD, director of the Neuroimmunology Laboratory at th...

A Patented Device for Rapid Diagnosis of Diseases

...etic sequences of the microbian agents causing the pathology or of the cancer patient. Future applications that this microchip could be used for are of great importance, as they can provide genetic diagnosis tools for doctors to carry out early diagnoses of diseases associated with our genetic inheritance or ...

Learning Slows Physical Progression of Alzheimer's Disease: Study

...d such big effects at reducing Alzheimer's disease pathology and cognitive decline, but the effects were not strong enough to overcome later and more severe pathology," Green said. "We are now investigating if more frequent and vigorous learning will have bigger and longer benefits to Alzheimer's disease." L...

Researchers On The Path To Building Bone

... die,” said Thomas L. Clemens, Ph.D., professor of pathology and director of the UAB Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology. “We devised a way to remove the Pten break in bone cells, allowing the cells to stay alive and active for a longer period of time.” Clemens, a scientist in the UAB Center for Met...

Effects of Multiple Copies of Genes on Disease Risk

...ays Timothy Graubert, M.D., assistant professor of pathology and immunology and of medicine. "That's a huge number. As a percentage of the genome, variations in gene copy number could explain more person-to-person variability than the single-letter changes in the genetic code known as SNPs [single nucleotide p...

Natural Brain Substance Linked to Parkinson's Symptoms

...ingly slow in cracking the mystery of the peculiar pathology of Parkinson's." One thing the findings in Nature don't suggest is that smoking marijuana might help alleviate Parkinson's. Any useful therapy would have to avoid overwhelming the delicate balance of the brain's movement-control apparatus, Malen...

Cleft Palate in Fetal Mice Prevented by Treating

...defects." Gerald Crabtree, MD, PhD, professor of pathology and developmental biology, collaborated with Longaker and Liu on the study. Liu is supported by an NIH training program in regenerative medicine that fosters the interdisciplinary collaboration that led to the breakthrough research. "We're putting pe...

Inflammation can Lead to Cancer

... to attack," said Coussens, associate professor of pathology in the UCSF Cancer Research Institute. "But in precancerous tissue in mice, we have found that leukocytes apparently receive signals to switch programs, stimulating cell growth and increasing blood supply -- processes that would normally help heal...

Medical Personnel Can Save More Lives by Screening for Oral Signs of Disease

... gives her audiences examples from her former oral pathology practice on how to approach patients in a way that..., whose advanced studies in oral and maxillofacial pathology led her from dental practice into teaching, works with the AIDS Institute, the New York State Depart...

Researchers Discover Proteins That Protect Against Skin Cancer

... begun,' said Dr. William Kaufmann, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility. 'We’ve known for 25 years that a cell can stop DNA replication from even starting when it detects damage ...

Net Laid Out for Money Hungry Doctors

... accepting gifts and the inappropriate ordering of pathology tests. The changes will also apply to diagnostic imaging. There are speculations of other motives, other than monetary, as to why the number of tests being ordered on patients is soaring. Some attribute this to fear of litigation, by doctors in ca...

Gender Linked to Development of Skin Cancer

... Dr. Tatiana Oberyszyn, an assistant professor of pathology and of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics at Ohio State University Medical Center, has been studying non-melanoma skin cancers for years. She had a hunch there might be gender-related variables that accounted for the difference betwe...

Gender Linked to Development of Skin Cancer

... Dr. Tatiana Oberyszyn, an assistant professor of pathology and of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics at Ohio State University Medical Center, has been studying non-melanoma skin cancers for years. She had a hunch there might be gender-related variables that accounted for the difference betwe...

Satellites Set to Play Good Samaritans in India

... some of the diagnostic equipment like ECG, X-Ray, pathology microscope and camera provided at the patient end," he explained. "Patients and specialist doctors were connected through a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) system controlled by the network hub station of ISRO. "As a result of ISRO's telemedic...

Johns Hopkins Begins Aggressive Screening for 'superbugs' in Children

... According to Perl, a professor of medicine and pathology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, patients found to be infected or to be a carrier before infection has set in are placed in isolation for the remainder of their stay. Wound care is done only in designated, confined treatment spaces...

Marijuana Beneficial in Fighting Lung Tumors, Study

...nt. Paul B. Fisher, PhD, a professor of clinical pathology at Columbia University, commented that the research is certainly interesting but is still at a very early stage. He questions, “The issue with using a drug of this type becomes the window of concentration that will be effective. Can you physiological...

Head and Neck Cancer Vaccine Targets Proteins to Create Immune Response

...ed the study. Both investigators are professors of pathology and immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Through animal models and human cells in culture, we have found that this strategy is very effective at stimulating T cells into action," said Dr. Whiteside, who also directs UPCI's ...

Long-term Oral Steroid Therapy Decreases Lymphoma Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ected. The lymphoma tissues were obtained from the pathology laboratories and were reclassified according to the most recent lymphoma classification, the World Health Organization classification. Interestingly, researchers also compiled information on the duration of RA at initiation of steroid treatment. I...

Cytokine Resistance Contributes to Pathology of Type 2 Diabetes

...red anti-inflammatory response plays a role in the pathology of type 2 diabetes . Published in the Journal of...se of non-diabese mice. In the new study, led by pathology professor and department head Gregory Freund, the researchers demonstrated that human monocytes cult...

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