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Detection of Malignant Breast Tumors Made Simpler and More Effective

...psies are needed. “Because this agent is highly selective in targeting the product of malignant tumors, this approach may prove most useful for monitoring women who have dense breast tissue, or those who are at a higher-than-average risk for developing a malignant breast tumor,” Frangioni says. For screen...

Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...rld is in a hurry to forget. The olden method of selective breeding to produce better beings has given way to modern techniques like Preimplantation genetic Diagnosis (PGD) done on an embryo, prenatal testing done on a fetus and the genetic testing done on adults. All these tests, considered as e...

Researchers Identify Gene That Plays Key Role in Size of Dogs -- and Probably in Humans

...eared early in the history of dogs. As a result of selective breeding of dogs by humans over many generations, dogs today exhibit the greatest diversity in body size of any mammal. The study's lead author was Nathan Sutter and senior author Elaine A. Ostrander, both of the National Human Genome Research Inst...

New Therapy for Lipid Disorder Demonstrates Varied Results

...ces cholesterol in the liver. New, more potent and selective medications are being developed to treat lipid disorders within the class of drugs known as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-alpha agonists - drugs that turn on one of several cellular switches, according to background information in...

Chances of Developing Parkinson’s High Among Depressed Patient

...pressants, tricyclic antidepressants and SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The American Academy of Neurology, an association of over 20,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with speci...

Neural Basis of Anxiety: Newer Insights

...g a new technique to switch off neural activity in selective brain cells in living mice, Gross and his colleagues discovered that a specific part of the hippocampus is required for correct processing of ambiguous stimuli. "Shutting down a specific circuit in the hippocampus abolished fear reactions only to a...

Astrazeneca's Investigational Cancer Therapies Revealed at ASCO

...d.Preclinical studies have identified AZD0530 as a selective inhibitor of Src activity. In the study data presented today, biomarkers confirmed inhibition of Src in human cancers for the first time.Principal Investigator for the study(1) presented today at ASCO, Jose Baselga MD, Chairman and Professor of Medic...

FASgen Announces New Diagnostic Research Test for Steatohepatitis

...oping therapeutic products to treat obesity by the selective inhibition of FAS and related targets. Identifying...rs to create new therapeutic products based on the selective inhibition of fatty acid biosynthesis. The Company has the exclusive license from Johns Hopkins to m...

Antidepressant Use May Boost Fracture Risk, From Harvard Women's Health Watch

...and over who regularly took antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) had double the rate of fractures as people not using such medications. Other research points to depression itself as a source of endocrine changes that can damage bone. Whether the danger comes from depression,...

Genes may Have a Role in Learning "tonal Languages"

...dy has been able to explain how they might offer a selective advantage. Dediu and Ladd do not believe that th...r intricacy of non-tonal languages could present a selective advantage. "Adoption of a simpler language might be 'easier', allowing for faster acquisition of l...

Aspirin may Help to Prevent Colon Cancer in High-risk Individuals

...high-risk subjects who were given aspirin or COX-2 selective NSAID inhibitors and observational trials have associated a decreased risk of colon cancer with aspirin use," Markowitz added. br> "The researchers' findings provide powerful support for the role of COX-2 as a key mediator in the development of ...

Combining NSAIDs With Chemotherapy May Improve Cancer Therapy

...ation therapy are in the S phase. Thus celecoxib's selective killing of cells in S phase suggests this class of drug may target the radio-resistant cells, and use of the drug together with radiation might provide better tumor control than radiation alone. Because inflammation is thought to play a role in the...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

...ial anxiety disorder, and eating disorders. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) block the ability of the nerve endings to bind and break down serotonin so that more serotonin is available to help the brain process nerves messages more efficiently and correctly. But unlike drugs, ecotherap...

Diet for Autism

... other of their life, with the fervent hope that selective abstinence will do them good. There are validations from various quarters that a diet free of gluten (plant protein found mostly in wheat, rye and barley) and casein (protein found in dairy products), induced symptomatic improvements. B...

Depression Therapy Reduces Suicide Attempts

...tment with newer antidepressant medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It was spurred by randomized placebo-controlled trials showing that starting to take an SSRI can make thoughts of suicide more common among some teens and young adults. Dr. Simons study is the first published ...

Depression Drugs Could Make Bones Fragile

...n prescribe a class of antidepressant drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Two new studies, which have appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a publication of the American Medical Association, have now found that older men and women taking SSRIs had more bone loss than those ...

New Methods to Quit Smoking

...nortriptyline aid long-term smoking cessation, but selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (e.g. fluoxetine) do not. Yet another revealed that varenicline (recently approved in the UK by NICE), increased the odds of successful long-term smoking cessation more than threefold compared with pharmacologically ...

Underage Youth Get Alcohol from Social Sources

...e is probably higher because youth are most likely selective in who they approach and where. Furthermore, added Toomey, one in five young men entering alcohol establishments in this area would have been breaking the law if our requesters had actually been under age 21. There are serious implications for soci...

Antidepressents may Lower Bone Density in Older People

The class of antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with an increased rate of bone loss in older men and women. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) treat depression by inhibiting the protein that transports serotonin, a neurotransmitter invo...

Obesity is Related to Lower Tuberculosis Risk

...uthors conclude. The presence of such a strong but selective association across the whole spectrum of BMI could have major biological, clinical and/or epidemiological implications. Further studies are indicated to explore the underlying mechanisms, potential clinical utilities and possible epidemiological cons...

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