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Potential Target for Allergy Therapy

...previous research, Dr Nicoletti found that special types of white blood cells called dendritic cells are important in helping the immune system decide on how to respond to foreign molecules. In the latest research, Dr Nicoletti compared the activity of dendritic cells in the gut and in the spleen of allerg...

INVEGA(TM) Gets Marketing Authority from EU to Treat Schizophrenia

...00 develops schizophrenia, one of the most serious types of mental illness. In the United States, there are currently 2,000,000 people with schizophrenia, with men and women affected in nearly equal numbers. The disease is marked by positive symptoms (hallucinations and delusions) and negative symptoms (de...

Malfunction of Gene Causes Schizophrenia, Depression

...by an antidepressant, the researchers said. Both types of DISC1 mutant mice exhibited the same kind of re...people with schizophrenia and depression, and both types showed biochemical abnormalities in the function of the protein produced by the DISC1 gene. The re...

Barbeque Lovers Warned To Load On Fruits And Vegetables

...fat content in the diet of women who consume these types of meat products. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amines are known carcinogens produced by cooking meat at high temperatures, say the researchers. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are found in grilled, barbecued and smoked meat (a...

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...ecord dating back to the 1950s of conducting these types of studies; we can bring together a world-class research department with a unique community-based volunteer structure like Relay For Life; we can reach diverse populations nationwide who have a shared commitment to cancer research and to eliminating ...

Ontario Grants Fast-Track Compensation Rights for Work-Related Illnesses

... The changes of regulations will identify eight types of cancer that will be presumed to have been work-related when contracted by full-time firefighters. Heart attacks suffered by firefighters within 24 hours of battling a blaze will also be presumed to be work-related. There were visible signs of j...

Master Regulatory Gene of Epithelial Stem Cells Identified

...causing the cells to differentiate into particular types of tissue. The study, which was lead by Frank McKeon, PhD, professor of cell biology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), shows that p63s role in not in tissue differentiation but rather to impart "stemness" to the regenerative cells in these tissues. ...

Once-a-year Drug Reduces Fractures from Osteoporosis

...as very effective in reducing the incidence of all types of fractures in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, the researchers said. Impact included a 70 percent reduction in the risk of spinal fractures and a 40 percent reduction in the risk of hip fractures. The effect was sustained over three years. ...

When Smell Cells Fail They Call In Stem Cell Reserves

...se of smell. The discovery of these two distinct types of stem cells in one neural tissue is a first, says Reed, who is interested to see if other types of nerves in the body have similar repair mechanisms in play. The research was funded by the Howar...

Yoghurt To Treat Bowel Infections

... tub of yoghurt could contain the cure for certain types of antibiotic-resistant bowel bacteria, according to recent research . Overuse of antibiotics has led to colonisation of the bowel with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), which are responsible for per...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

... class known as ACE inhibitors specifically those types that reach the brain and may help reduce the inflammation that might contribute to Alzheimer's disease. "For older adults who are going to take an ACE inhibitor drug for blood pressure control, it makes sense for their doctors to prescribe one tha...

New Therapies may Help to Avoid Transplant in Some Heart Failure Patients

...the Texas Heart Institute, Houston. Four different types of LVADs were used in the study. Researchers evaluated the patients every 30 days after pump implant. "There are two contrasting, important findings in our study," Maybaum said. "One, the ability to remove an LVAD from a patient with end-stage hea...

Aging Gracefully, With a Chronic Disease

...inflammation, chronic pain, tight joints and other types of physical strife caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis affects my life in as many ways as you could possibly imagine, and pretty much at all times, says Kossoudji. It is a disease that can be manipulated with medicine, but it doesnt...

Resident Bacteria May Help Clean Phosphorous From Lakes

.... 'We are looking at the relationship between what types of bacteria are present and the availability of phosphorus in the water,' says McMahon. She and her students also will incubate water samples in the laboratory. In one experiment, they will add radioactive phosphorus that will help them track which...

Study Confirms Health Benefits of Whole Grains

...t whole grain" on food labels or look for specific types of whole-grain flour as the main ingredient, such as "whole wheat."...

Study Shows Continued Success for New HPV Vaccine Against Virus

...er is nearly 100 percent effective against the two types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for...reventing cervical cancer. The vaccine targets HPV types 16 and 18, which cause about 70 percent of all cases of cervical cancer. It also targets HPV types 6...

Burnt Brits Don't Feel Hot

...sun and avoid painful and unsightly burning. All types of sunburn, whether serious or mild, can cause permanent and irreversible skin damage and increases the risk of malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. With over 75,000 new cases of skin cancer registered each year and rising, its cruc...

Scientists Equip Bacteria With Custom Chemo-Navigational System

...eve that the riboswitch can be used to equip other types of self-propelled bacteria with 'chemo-navigation' systems to move them toward desired targets. Chemotactic bacteria navigate chemical environments by coupling their information-processing capabilities to powerful, tiny molecular motors that propel...

7 Common Myths About Osteoporosis

...eroids for certain medical conditions, and certain types of cancer can contribute to osteoporosis, she says. 5. MYTH: Broken bones are the only way to tell if you have osteoporosis FACT: Because osteoporosis has no symptoms, most people are not aware that they have it until something happens, like a ...

Inherited Genes Linked to Toxicity of Leukemia Therapy

...g the induction phase, when a variety of different types of chemotherapy drugs are used, polymorphisms in the two genes that were part of a biochemical pathway that breaks down chemotherapy drugs were linked to gastrointestinal toxicity and infection, respectively. In the consolidation phase, when drugs ca...

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