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New biologic treatment for tennis elbow may replace surgery for chronic sufferers

...s courts, but is a common problem for people whose activities require strong gripping or repetitive wrist motion...ll of the PRP-treated patients had returned to the activities of daily living and over 90 percent had returned to work or sporting activities. Platelet-rich pla...

Computer-based 'games' enhance mental function in patients with Alzheimer's

...rchers found that the internet-accessible computer activities were even more successful than classic exercises o...lived at home and did not participate in the daily activities at the daycare center. The second group participated in an Integrated Psychostimulation Program (IPP...

New biochip helps study living cells, may speed drug development

...e developed a biochip that measures the electrical activities of cells and is capable of obtaining 60 times more...t of the drugs currently in development affect the activities of ion channels, he said, and their development is limited by the slower pace of current technology....

Study offers innovative profile of enzyme that aids tumor growth

...pathology has remained problematic. Typically, the activities of enzymes have been studied in vitro using purifi...hypothesis was that the determination of catalytic activities for enzymes like KIAA1363 could be done directly in living systems through the integrated applicatio...

Walking not enough for significant exercise benefits

...al fitness program which incorporated cardio-based activities on equipment such as treadmills and stationary bicycles. The traditional group was asked to complete exercise at a moderate intensity, a level allowing for one or two sentences of conversation with ease. Intensity was not set for the walking group; t...

Researchers find docking sites for glucocorticoid receptor and Hsp90

...Darimont said. "They have a bunch of physiological activities and functions, and responses are very different depending on the cells involved. The treatments are extremely effective, and glucocorticoids have been used in huge amounts in the last 40 years. Unfortunately, they are associated with very severe side...

A natural chemical found in strawberries boosts memory in healthy mice

...ection of flavonoids, substances with anti-oxidant activities found in many plants, for their neuroprotective abilities in tissue culture models of neurodegenerative disease. Maher found that some of those compounds, including fisetin, induced differentiation or maturation of neural cells. Maher explains, "T...

Brain regions do not communicate efficiently in adults with autism

...ose afflicted typically have a restricted range of activities and interests ...

'Best of both worlds' -- Targeting a single gene could inhibit bone decay and stimulate bone growth

...ne." Bone health is maintained by the balanced activities of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. The study shows th...y international standards while encouraging future activities of even higher levels and who also present exemplary models for the academic community. Choi, who is...

First major study of mammalian 'disorderly' proteins

...up of molecules that play vital roles in the daily activities of cells. The new technique for collecting and i...g signals and coordinating biochemical and genetic activities that keep the cell alive and functioning. Kriwacki is senior author of a report on this work that ap...

Who gives stem cells their marching orders?

...ent is responsible for two seemingly contradictory activities -- maintaining stem cells after the embryo has implanted in the mother's uterus, and later providing cues to direct their differentiation in a coordinated fashion when the time is ripe. The development of an embryo from a few seemingly identical st...

Peering into the shadow world of RNA

...iscovering other links between RNA editing and the activities of different forms of non-coding RNA. “We used to believe there were only a limited number of RNA editing sites,?she says, “but now we think there may be as many as 20,000 sites involving perhaps 3,000 genes. Interestingly, most of the editing sit...

Chronic pain up almost 40 percent among US workers in past decade

...ng more patients talk about how their pain affects activities of daily living," said Charles Argoff, M.D., director and assistant professor of neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York. "They’re looking for ways to manage their pain, and there are treatments that can help such as di...

Research project tackles 'regeneration' gap

... to Arlene Y. Chiu, Ph.D., director for scientific activities at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. "We are all excited by the great potential of stem cells to repair damage and return function," Chiu said. "It remains a great mystery, however, why some organisms are able to renew tissues, o...

New science of metagenomics 'will transform modern microbiology'

...nder a microscope, but most of the life-supporting activities of microbes are carried out by complex communities of microorganisms, and many cannot be grown in laboratory culture. Metagenomics will transform modern microbiology by giving scientists the tools to study entire communities of microbes -- the vast ...

Creating new life forms that may help eradicate cancer affecting women

...t has a powerful, direct stimulatory effect on the activities of tumor-killing T cells. "Essentially the modified Listeria vaccines harness the power of the immune system against this infectious agent," explains Dr. Shabahi, "and then directs it to successfully attack cancer cells. The bacterium in effect then...

Protein may hold key to decreasing organ dysfunction rates in heart transplants

...ic response to IR. "The major goal of our research activities is therefore to understand the exact mechanisms of this injury concomitant to organ transplantation," notes Aigner, stressing the value of this research to the development of new treatment options in organ transplantation. ...

Moonlighting enzyme linked to neurodegenerative disease

... the ability to increase the spectrum of metabolic activities without increasing the number of protein-coding genes, and the ability to coordinate different metabolic pathways. Mutations in DLD have been linked to severe metabolic disorders in humans, but it wasn't known that DLD was a moonlighting enzyme wi...

Bacteria research offers hope for new vaccine against meningococci

...ight, the scientists used cameras to monitor their activities in the living mice during the course of the disease. “The bacteria are almost knocked out by the immune defense system, but then they resurge, this time with alterations in the surface protein. What’s more, we discovered that the bacteria aggrega...

NIH announces phase III clinical trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease

...itive function, and the ability to carry out other activities of daily living. ...

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