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Dealing deadly cancers a knockout punch

...continues to fight off cancer long after the virus clears from the body. Future directions On April 11, 2007, Oncolytics announced it had initiated a Phase II trial to evaluate intravenous administration of Reolysin in patients with sarcomas that have metastasized to the lung. For patients with dea...

Temple University Hospital investigates treatment for cervical dysplasia

...f subjects were infected with HPV. While the virus clears itself from the body in most women within two years, about a dozen high-risk strains can lead to more serious problems and are the main culprit for cervical cancer. ...

Trials for new drug to overcome HIV

...gust, showed that when given on its own it rapidly clears most HIV from the blood, driving down the levels tenfold in a matter of hours. The trial planned for this month is intended to discover how the drug performs as part of a combination treatment with other anti-HIV drugs, which is a more realistic sit...

Production of key Alzheimer's protein monitored for first time in humans

...et a measurement of how quickly the nervous system clears out the labeled Abeta. In the first test subjects, the test procedure lasted for 36 hours. Other research groups have expressed an interest in applying the new test to Alzheimer's research and to other neurological disorders such as Huntington's di...

Healing honey: The sweet evidence revealed

...: Honey's antibacterial quality not only rapidly clears existing infection, it protects wounds from additional infection Honey debrides wounds and removes malodor Honey's anti-inflammatory activity reduces edema and minimizes scarring Honey stimulates growth of granulation and epithelial tissues to speed ...

Biotechnology's newest chemical tool

... it could be five to eight years before the device clears all the tests necessary to prove its safety, usability, and robustness. ...

New antibody shows promise as cure for anthrax

..., theorizing that since the high-affinity antibody clears the body of the deadly toxin, it allows the body's initial immune response to successfully kill the anthrax bacteria on its own. ...

PET/MRI scans may help unravel mechanisms of prenatal drug damage

...c byproducts that retain the carbon-11) enters and clears the various organs. The radiotracer decays and completely clears from the animal's body in about two hours. After the procedure, the animals were returned to their s...

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