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Cervical Cancer Can Now Be Better Handled With Gene Silencing Therapy

..., tumor-promoting genes help in the initiation and progression of tumor. A logical way to combat tumor is to either turn on the tumor suppressor genes or turn off the tumor promoting genes. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women aged 25-50 worldwide. Infection with the human papilloma vi...

Killing two birds (cholesterol and Alzheimers disease) with the same stone

Treating cholesterol can also help in slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s’ disease. The study was published i...at cholesterol lowering drugs may effectively slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease, but suggest that a large trial will be needed to confirm their findings. An...

Combination Therapy With ENBREL And Methotrexate Found Effective In RA Treatment

...atment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.// Furthermore, the progression of joint damage has been considerably slowed down ...sponse, improve physical function, and inhibit the progression of structural damage in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ENBRE...

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) Has An Answer Now!

...hibits cell growth of CML, but also found that the progression of CML is due to the increased activity of Bcr-Abl...i. "We have uncovered a key process that underlies progression in CML and identified an agent that can block it. We also have shown that forskolin can reinstate no...

Zyflamend inhibits 78 percent of prostate cancer cells

... as to Zyflamend's potential to prevent or slow... progression to prostate cancer," Dr. Bemis concluded. The COX inhibitors are known to have some effect on prostate cancer cells, but are contraindicated in heart disease since they have adverse impact on the heart. Zyflamend was seen to have the similar chemic...

Meningitis is rocking the capital again

...ile illness with an increased heart rate and rapid progression to multiple organ failure. Meningococcal septicaemia is less common than meningococcal meningitis but is more serious. The commonest signs include fever, rashes appearing as small areas of bleeding in the skin and low blood pressure,'' said Dr. Aggar...

New Treatment Found For Pancreatic Cancer

...re studied, later underwent an operation. No local progression or recurrence were reported among the patients who were treated. (ANI)...

Leukemia Can Be Cured By Garden Plant's Root

A new pathway with regard to the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) has reportedly been identified by US based scientists. They have also found out that an extract from the plant coleus forskohlii's root,// which is called forskolin can be used for suppressing the process. As man...

Proper Diet Can Counter Macular Degeneration

... This condition has no known cure, even though its progression can be checked. The US alone accounts for 15 million such cases. This figure is expected to rise due to the longer life span of the people in the country. About 11.5% of the population in the US who are over 80 years are afflicted by this condition...

Gene Can Keep Brain Cells Alive

...e DJ-1 gene, we may be able to stop the relentless progression of Parkinson’s disease even in patients who don’t have mutations in the gene. Stopping a disease in its earliest stages would be a tremendous breakthrough,' he said. Edited ANI)...

Little Known DNA Repair Enzyme May Be A Tumor Suppressor Gene

...DNA polymerase zeta influences the development and progression of spontaneous cancers," the researchers explained. This work was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health to Dr. Wood. In addition to Drs. Wittschieben and Wood, others involved in this study include Sh...

Multiple Sclerosis Can Be Treated By Blocking Fat Hormone

...he effects of leptin blockade on the induction and progression of EAE in mice. They found that leptin blockade in mice, by the use of either anti-leptin antibodies or a form of the leptin receptor unable to bind leptin, either before or after disease onset improved clinical symptoms of disease, slowed disease...

Breaks In The HIV Treatment Resulted In Devastating Results.

... a break faced increased risk of death or suffer a progression of the disease, compared with those who took the drugs consistently. This study had more than 5000 people participating from different countries. About 200 patients from Australia and New Zealand participated in the study. It is widely accepted...

Inflammation and WBC count has a link to deaths by cancer

...hat inflammation is related to the development and progression of cancer, but few researchers have examined wheth... have long been known to be associated with tumour progression may be reflected in the systemic inflammatory marker of higher WBC count.” ...

Alzheimer's Disease Progresses Rapidly In Highly Educated

...in the study. The researchers analyzed the disease progression in nearly 312 people for 5 years, diagnosed with Alzheimer's. All the study participants ranged from being highly educated to illiterate and were required to take up brain function tests. Surprisingly, every additional year of education was found t...

Colon cancer patients benefit from Hepatic Arterial Infusion Therapy

...r response rates (47 %) and longer time to disease progression in the liver (9.8 months). On the other hand patients receiving systemic chemotherapy experienced various side effects such as diarrhea, decreased white blood cell counts, and hair loss. However, patients on the HAI regimen experienced mild toxici...

Fetal Neural Grafts Improves Motor and Cognitive Function in Huntington Patients

... neuropathology but they do not affect the disease progression in the native cells carrying the mutant huntingtin gene. In this pilot study the five participants were followed for up to six years after neural graft surgery. The patients were assessed annually with the unified Huntington's disease rating scale...

Best out of supposed modern life waste: rice bran is a mine of good health

...ress plays an important role in the initiation and progression of cardiovascular diseases. I think enzymatic treatment will be more suitable for applications if we’d like to use [rice bran as] functional food,” explained lead author Ardiansyah, a Ph.D. candidate at the university’s School of Agricultral Science...

Protein Responsible for Memory Loss in Alzheimer's disease

...ive illness but drug treatments may slow the early progression of the disorder. In this disease the protein deposits called amyloid plaques deposits between nerve cells in the brain and tangles of a protein called tau inside nerve cells. The researchers reported the findings in the journal Nature. The scien...

Protective Protein Could Hold The Key In Fight Against Tuberculosis

...ve transmissible TB and TB bacteria accelerate the progression of AIDS in the patient. Therefore, everyone diagnosed with TB should be tested for HIV and vice-versa. Although tuberculosis can affect any region of the body, the lungs are most commonly affected, leading to painful coughing and other respiratory ...

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