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Dartmouth study finds that arsenic inhibits DNA repair

...search assistant professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. "This is evidence that it's more important than ever to keep arsenic out of drinking water." The study, which was published online on May 10, 2006, in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, examined the drinking ...

Flick of a protein switches immune response

...une system, the Cell paper may advance biology and medicine toward a much larger goal: how to turn single genes on or off. "This [result] has far-reaching implications for understanding the principles of signal transduction and transcriptional networks of living cells," Chen said. The Cell paper, which Ch...

Chocolate, wine, spicy foods may be OK for heartburn, Stanford study finds

... recent research by Gerson, assistant professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, ind...hincter muscle is relaxing too much and taking the medicine will decrease the amount of acid that's going into their esophagus," she said. "Since I don't have ...

Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space

...ughes-Fulford, who is also an adjunct professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. "This experiment will tell us for the first time exactly which genes involved in the normal immune response aren't activated in space." T-cells are white blood cells that play a central role in the bo...

Traditional Chinese medicine for diabetes has scientific backing

Reports of a traditional Chinese medicine having beneficial effects for people suffering fro...however, despite its widespread use in traditional medicine practices, it will still have to be evaluated properly following the defined clinical trials process...

USC researchers investigate protein that protects tumors

...survive," says Parkash S. Gill, MD, a professor of medicine in the Keck School and the study's senior author. The scientists used a fluorescent dye attached to the protein's antibody to reveal the protein's location on the tumor cells. "The first step was to identify whether it's there [on cancer cells] ...

Value of services performed by insects tops $57 billion in US

...y, shellac, dyes and other products; being used in medicine or as a source of food for animals other than those used in hunting, fishing and birding; and providing a direct source of food for humans. Based on their analysis, Losey and Vaughan call for greater investment in research on the ecological function...

Proteins spur diabetic mice models to grow blood vessels, nerves

...a cardiologist and associate professor of internal medicine at the University's School of Medicine, is the study's corresponding author. "We now have a (growth) factor that attracts both blood vessels and nerves--that's why it's unique for diabetes," Li said. "This demonstrates that netrins are critical for ...

Thinner and younger

...Luigi Fontana, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at Washington University and an investigator at th...rs, including John O. Holloszy, M.D., professor of medicine at Washington University, demonstrated that stringent and consistent caloric restriction increased t...

Nanopore method could revolutionize genome sequencing

...es. The advance brings personalized, genome-based medicine closer to reality. The paper, published in the Ap...our approach could make the dream of personalizing medicine according to a person's unique genetic makeup a reality." The physicists used mathematical calculat...

Mutation in blood stem cells provides clues to cancer development

...H.M. Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and Director for Stem Cell Research at UCSD's Moor...r Jason Gotlib, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine said, "We now appreciate that the challenge in fightin...

Teens unaware of sexually transmitted diseases until they catch one, Carnegie Mellon study finds

...llon, and Pamela J. Murray, director of adolescent medicine at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. ...

Man's best friend: Study shows lonely seniors prefer playtime with pooch over human interaction

...fessor of geriatrics in the department of internal medicine and professor of pharmacological and physiological sciences at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Nursing home residents felt much less lonely after spending time alone with a dog than they did when they visited with a dog and other people. ...

Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections

...s the senior author of the study, and professor of medicine and program director of the Division of Infectious...s well as Dr. Susan Ray, an associate professor of medicine in the Emory Division of Infectious Diseases and Dr. Wayne Wang, a member of the Emory Department of...

All placebos not created alike

...search," said Ted Kaptchuk, assistant professor of medicine and associate director of the Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies and the Osher Institute at Harvard Medical School. "We investigated whether a sham acupuncture device has a greater placebo effect th...

Efficiency, not more doctors, is the prescription for aging population

...," said Goodman, professor of community and family medicine and of pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School. Instead of expanding the number of physicians being trained, Goodman and his team write, efforts should be aimed at increasing the efficiency of medical practice and directing resources to care that has...

Dogs keep dying: Many owners unaware of toxic dog food

...ed," says Sharon Center, a professor of veterinary medicine who specializes in liver function and disease at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, which is emerging as a central clearinghouse for information about the dog food poisoning. The Cornell Vet College is continually updating its Web site ...

Nearly half of people who need cholesterol treatment don't get it

...a professor of public health sciences and internal medicine at Wake Forest's School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "Our research illustrates the importance of improving the treatment and control of cholesterol disorders and eliminating treatment disparities." The data cam...

New antimicrobial compound adheres to skin to promote healing

...search scientist in the department of small animal medicine and surgery at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine, said the compound, known as Tricide, was initially developed by now retired UGA professor Dr. Richard Wooley to treat burns. It was later applied to skin lesions on fish and other aquatic animals...

Viral 'fitness' explains different resistance patterns to aids drugs

..., said Bangsberg, who is an associate professor of medicine at UCSF and director of the UCSF Epidemiology and ...nce" said Steven Deeks, MD, associate professor of medicine at UCSF's Positive Health Program at SFGHMC and senior author on the study. Both NNRTIs and non-boo...

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