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Cancer vaccines -- Taking a jab at cancer by stimulating the immune system

...al of a human papillomavirus vaccine, developed to prevent cervical cancer, shows that the vaccine continues ...ardless of HPV status, the vaccine also appears to prevent most occurrences of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia lesions ?abnormal, precancerous cell growths ...

Scripps research team discovers a chemical pathway that causes mice to overeat and gain weight

...he absence of EP3 receptors has long been known to prevent fever response in mice, and it was this effect tha...etite. However, in this model, lack of EP3 did not prevent leptin increase. "Something is happening there in that circuit," says Sanchez-Alavez. "The PGE2 and ...

Researchers urge monitoring of bone health during chemotherapy

... density scans (DEXA) and prescribe medications to prevent bone loss when needed. And patients should consume...b. "Strengthening the skeleton would not only help prevent osteoporosis and fractures but also might give patients a survival advantage." In the laboratory mi...

Breakthrough in understanding type-2 diabetes as key genes identified

... devise therapies for those affected and to try to prevent future cases," he added. ...

Study identifies risk factors for spread of respiratory infections in hospitals

... in China has lessons to teach hospitals on how to prevent the spread of other respiratory diseases, according to new research appearing in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online. Hospitals were epicenters of SARS transmission in Guangzhou province and Hong Kong in 20...

Cancer tip -- Nanoparticles can damage DNA, increase cancer risk

...eventing their release, there are no known ways to prevent the harmful effects of environmental nanoparticles...s induce their toxicity, we will be better able to prevent or mitigate their harmful effects." In the meantime, the experimental team suggests that great ca...

New research shows that flu is a trigger of heart attacks

...h flu every year, and I have estimated that we can prevent up to 90,000 coronary deaths a year in the USA if every high risk patient received an annual flu vaccination." Prof Madjid, who is assistant professor of medicine at the University of Texas-Houston, and a senior research scientist at the Texas Hea...

Mosquito repellents that emit high-pitched sounds don't prevent bites

...searchers found no direct evidence on whether EMRs prevent malaria, the fact that they failed to reduce bites means that they could not reduce infection rates. ...

Antivirals effectively curb influenza virus

...ls to people who have been exposed to the virus to prevent the onset of symptomatic illness," said lead author M. Elizabeth (Betz) Halloran, M.D., D.Sc., a Hutchinson Center-based biostatistician. "While the efficacy of antivirals to protect against influenza is critical, the effect of these drugs on infec...

Researchers discover new details about HIV-1 entry and infection

...y to guide development of new strategies that will prevent HIV-1 transmission. "The majority of HIV-1 infec...spread in the female lower genital tract is key to prevent infection and ultimately to ease the pandemic." Dr. Florian Hladik and colleagues in the McElrat...

Chemical switch triggers critical cell activities

... with it. To do that, Schulman's team first had to prevent E2 from binding with NEDD8, so it would not fall away from E1. The investigators used a mutated form of E2 that binds to the docking site and gets near NEDD8, but cannot form a thioester bond with it. The team reasoned that if E2 could not bind to NE...

Eating less salt could prevent cardiovascular disease

...ique evidence that lowering salt in the diet might prevent cardiovascular disease. ...

Researchers discover surprising drug that blocks malaria

...essure medication ?propranolol ?jams the signal to prevent the parasite from breaking in. Scientists had long been perplexed by malaria's ability to hijack red blood cells, then wildly multiply and provoke its life-threatening symptoms. "This opens the possibility for important new drugs for malaria...

Nanotechnology shows promise as next wrinkle fighter

...thing starts at a really small scale, so if we can prevent the buckling at the very beginning ?at the nano le...h as an eyelift ?to stabilize the improvements and prevent further wrinkling. He also sees applications in medical procedures ?such as artificial skins for sur...

Cancer researchers add spice to research against rare neuromuscular disease

...rrently there is no way to slow the progression or prevent the disease, which is estimated to affect a few thousand Americans, perhaps 4,000 or so. In the experiments reported in Nature Medicine, mice carrying the human gene that were treated with ASC-J9 experienced a remarkable improvement. They were mor...

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

...rain. In a mouse model of PD, creatine is able to prevent loss of the cells that are typically affected. "Creatine, or any compound that may slow the progression of PD, could have very important long-term benefits for people who are living with this disease," says John R. Marler, M.D., NINDS associate di...

Can engineered immune cells stop AIDS?

...y for HIV-Infected people, as well as find ways to prevent it all together." ...

Tiny clue reveals new path toward heart disease

...new clue could lead to novel ways to treat or even prevent the disease, the researchers said. "The ultima...nary artery disease, so that physicians can try to prevent the disease from progressing." The team, which includes researchers from several universities in ...

Experimental vaccine given during pregnancy reduces stillbirths from common virus

... as a top priority the development of a vaccine to prevent cytomegalovirus during pregnancy. "An effective...ered by removing 40 percent of the virus?genes, to prevent it from reproducing and infecting new hosts. The young female guinea pigs in the study were vacci...

Prehistoric mystery organism verified as giant fungus

... ecosystems certainly seemed to contain nothing to prevent them from growing slowly for a long time. Plant-eating animals had not yet evolved, Boyce said. But even if Prototaxites hadn’t been eaten by the dinosaurs and elephants that came much later, they probably grew too slowly to rebuild from regular dist...

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