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New brain scan technology could save babies' lives

...he data produced by the new scanner can be used to diagnose and assess conditions such as brain haemorrhages and brain damage, and to inform decisions on effective treatment options. A prototype of the scanner, called MONSTIR, has been developed by researchers at UCL (University College London) with funding...

Nanoparticles, nanoshells, nanotubes: How tiny specks may provide powerful tools against cancer

... cells, offering a potential cost-effective way to diagnose whether cells are cancerous or not in a matter of ...delphia. "This could be cost-effective and could diagnose whether cells are cancerous or not in a matter of minutes versus hours or days with current methods ...

Biologists Crack Genetic Code for Specialized Spider Silk

...riable immunodeficiency (CVID). Currently, doctors diagnose the conditions by measuring immunoglobulin levels ...nt. Not only will this finding enable us to better diagnose these patients, it provides clues to key biochemical pathways that can lead to immunodeficiencies.?/...

Agreement will speed research on microbicides for women

...riable immunodeficiency (CVID). Currently, doctors diagnose the conditions by measuring immunoglobulin levels ...nt. Not only will this finding enable us to better diagnose these patients, it provides clues to key biochemical pathways that can lead to immunodeficiencies.?/...

Defective Gene Linked to Two Inherited Immune Deficiencies

...riable immunodeficiency (CVID). Currently, doctors diagnose the conditions by measuring immunoglobulin levels ...nt. Not only will this finding enable us to better diagnose these patients, it provides clues to key biochemical pathways that can lead to immunodeficiencies.?/...

Researchers develop new testing methods for potential monkeypox or smallpox outbreak

...ccuracy allowed Slifka and colleagues to correctly diagnose previously confirmed cases as well as confirm several probable,suspect cases of monkeypox that had remained unconfirmed for the last two years. Most importantly, Slifka's lab identified and confirmed three new cases of monkeypox that had previously g...

Neurotransmitters signal aggressive cancer, offer potential for early diagnosis

...ated pattern that we hope will provide new ways to diagnose these poor prognosis cancers earlier and to implement more effective treatments" Gordon says. The researchers believe that metastatic neuroendocrine tumor cells use GABA signaling processes to communicate with each other and with their environment. ...

Infectious disease expert warns of spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

...ish from many other illnesses, it is often hard to diagnose unless you are looking out for it," he adds. The first signs of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the scientist says, are body-wide aches and pains accompanied by headache and a sudden high fever, sometimes as high as 105 degrees Fahrenheit (or 40.5 deg...

Forsyth scientists find three bacteria associated with oral cancer

... saliva test would be an easy, non-invasive way to diagnose or monitor patients." Until such a test exists, Mager added, "I cannot overemphasize how important it is for every adult to be examined by a dental or medical health professional for signs of oral cancer at least once a year." Although oral cancer i...

New technique helps identify multiple DNA regulatory sites

...ation is the DNA microarray, a nano-device used to diagnose and understand genetic illnesses such as Alzheimer's, viral illnesses such as AIDS, and certain types of cancer. The ability to mass produce these complex devices would make DNA analysis as common and inexpensive as blood testing, and thus greatly a...

New technique may speed DNA analysis

...ation is the DNA microarray, a nano-device used to diagnose and understand genetic illnesses such as Alzheimer's, viral illnesses such as AIDS, and certain types of cancer. The ability to mass produce these complex devices would make DNA analysis as common and inexpensive as blood testing, and thus greatly a...

Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections

... as linker molecules. Such a test would be able to diagnose more than 90 percent of all the cases of viral respiratory infection, he says. The existence of such a test could encourage the development of improved therapies for respiratory viruses, Crowe says. Without a good diagnostic for a specific viral inf...

New Discovery May Help Doctors Treat Infertility

... evaluations conducted by the physician, will help diagnose infertility and better determine treatment options. “Dealing with infertility can be emotionally, financially, and physically draining?said Dr. David Schwartz, Director of the NIEHS, a part of the National Institutes of Health, which funded the rese...

Unexpected lock and key mechanism found for the assembly of tumor blood vessels

...od vessels. The work also could yield new ways to diagnose and combat cancer. In fact, together with Barbara ...e receptor, or "lock," called integrin, could help diagnose the cancer earlier. They are also currently planning cancer clinical trials with an FDA approved dru...

Cancer drug slows poxvirus in mice

...ID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and illness from potential agents of bioterrorism. NIAID also supports research on transplantation and immune-related illnesses...

Research into how prions act in the brain could hold the key to defeating diseases

.... There is currently no simple and accurate way to diagnose types of prion disease such as vCJD, no effective way of managing or treating patients and no cure is yet in sight. Estimates of the numbers of people at risk from primary exposure to meat infected products and possible risk from secondary exposure,...

Confocal imaging promises early detection of skin cancer

...some 40 different imaging techniques to detect and diagnose skin cancer, the simplest being a magnifying glass. Most techniques evaluate external skin features, such as colour or morphology. “But doctors need to look deeper into the basal layers, at least one millimetre down, to be sure of their diagnosis,?sa...

Grasping metaphors: UC San Diego research ties brain area to figures of speech

...rsation and even retained the ability to correctly diagnose descriptions of symptoms, got all 20 of the 20 proverbs he was tested on wrong. Prodded on "all that glitters is not gold," he finally said that it meant you had to be very careful when buying jewelry because you might get robbed. The patients were ...

PET/CT can identify new cancer lesions at early stage, allowing for prompt treatment

...in this country to prove that PET could accurately diagnose breast cancer, melanoma and ovarian cancer and that it was superior to CT in staging lung cancer. Wahl explained that in patients with known cancer, work-ups focus on a patient's primary disease and incidental coexistence of another primary malignan...

Study reveals new technique for fingerprinting environmental samples

... in terrestrial and aquatic samples can accurately diagnose the health of the sampled environments. This study, published in the April 22nd edition of the journal Science positions large-scale genome sequencing to accelerate advances in environmental sciences akin to the contributions DNA sequencing has made ...

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