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Mayo Clinic Cancer Center: Harnessing the measles virus to attack cancer

...he point of now being able to offer this novel and promising treatment approach to patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme." She also reports that toxicology studies, conducted in conjunction with Federal Drug Administration, showed an excellent safety profile. Mayo Clinic is unique in its pursuit o...

Analysis of breast-cancer gene role offers promising target

...demy of Sciences , the gene, called uPAR, offers a promising target for therapeutic drugs to stop or slow the p...nd urokinase given together." The study opens a promising avenue to increase the effectiveness of the drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) by adding a second drug see...

Scientists use gene signatures to match cancer and other diseases with potentially effective drugs

...thor. The researchers said that in view of these promising results, they are proposing a large-scale effort -- along the lines of the Human Genome Project -- to map connections among genes and diseases to accelerate the development of new and improved therapies for a wide range of disorders. Like the data in...

UWM brain research supports drug development from jellyfish protein

...erative diseases. Testing of aequorin has yielded promising results, said Mark Y. Underwood of Quincy Bioscience located in Madison. Researcher James Moyer, Jr., an assistant professor at UW-Milwaukee, subjected brain cells to the "lab" equivalent of a stroke, and more than half treated with aequorin survived...

Biotech cotton provides same yield with fewer pesticides

...ake-home message is that transgenic crops are very promising for reducing the impact of agriculture, but we need to study how they're integrated into the way we do agriculture. It depends on how the producers react to the technology." He added, "It's a problem that is ecologically complex. We cannot say, 'B...

Study of gene transfer for erectile dysfunction shows promise

... transfer to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) shows promising results and suggests the potential for using the technology to treat overactive bladder, irritable bowel syndrome and asthma, according to the researchers. "In the small pilot study, this new therapy was well tolerated and safe," said George Christ,...

When nerve cells can't make contact

...nths ago," says Brose. The first results look most promising - neuroligin-4 mutant mice obviously have disturbed social and anxiety behaviour. "If we succeed in measuring robust, autism-relevant behavioural changes in our mutant mice, then at least the step to experimental diagnosis and therapy in the animal m...

Pure carbon nanotubes pass first in vivo test

... biomedical researchers. "The early results are promising for anyone interested in using carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications," said co-author Dr. Steven Curley, professor of surgical oncology and chief of gastrointestinal tumor surgery at M. D. Anderson. "We are particularly pleased that the fluores...

Mayo Clinic collaboration mining of ancient herbal text leads to potential new anti-bacterial drug

...information with advanced technologies to identify promising natural products to investigate as drugs for new and better therapies. "Natural products are invaluable sources of healing agents -- consider, for example, that aspirin derived originally from willow bark, and the molecular basis of the anti-cance...

Restoring tamoxifen sensitivity in resistant breast cancer cells

...exciting results in our mouse model and suggests a promising approach that might be tried in human patients," said Farrar. His laboratory is now exploring ways to produce DIBA in a form that is water soluble so it could be administered as a pill, the same as tamoxifen. If successful, this could set the stage f...

Insulin receptor stops progression of Alzheimer's disease

...rly stages of disease," de la Monte says. Another promising result for Alzheimer's patients is that these drugs could be given in the form of a pill, de la Monte says. In the study, the drugs were injected to control the amounts administered. "One of the most exciting findings was that peripheral (intraperit...

Cardiologist's 'living chip' changes science of disease monitoring

...es it can direct other University researchers with promising ideas. "Over the past five years we've amassed a group of Rochester experts in the areas of business-building," Fahner-Vihtelic said. "These are local people who work with High Tech Rochester and other entities to offer their advice in the areas of...

Genomic comparison of lactic acid bacteria published

...flect a limited range of biosynthetic capabilities promising broad industrial applications. Lactic acid-producing bacteria play a key role in the production of fermented foods and beverages, accounting for tens of billions of dollars in sales annually. Products constituting a fine repast, such as wine, sala...

A natural chemical found in strawberries boosts memory in healthy mice

...eurons and boosts memory in healthy mice make it a promising candidate for further studies. Notes Maher, "This is the first time that the function of a defined natural product has been characterized at the molecular level in the central nervous system and also shown to enhance both LTP in vitro and long-term m...

Friendly bacteria in alcoholic milkshake could fight food allergies

...l. Liu believes that the milky drink could be a promising tool in the prevention of allergies. "In the future, maybe we can screen out the certain components (bacterial strains or bioactive peptides) from kefir and utilize them in medicine," he said. Also in this weeks Chemistry & Industry, UK firm R...

Molecular structure reveals how botulinum toxin attaches to nerve cells

... toxins work at the molecular level and provides a promising new target for designing drugs to block the action of botulinum neurotoxins. ...

Vaccine for brain tumors shows promising results

...primarily in the brain, known as glioma, has shown promising results in preliminary data from a clinical trial ...other week until mid-February. So far, results are promising with no sign of tumor regrowth, according to the Parsa. "Every day I feel better," Hekkala said o...

Embryonic stem cells do better on bumpy nanoscale mattress

...ion for HES, say Murphy and McFarlin, and a highly promising one. This is the first demonstration that the physical topography, using controlled feature dimensions, of cell culture surfaces influences HES cell differentiation and self-renewal, according to the researchers. For HES cells to realize...

A fisheye view of the deadliest breast cancer

...CSD), have come up with an unlikely yet extremely promising ally: a transparent fish suitable for xenografts. More properly, it’s a transgenic zebrafish, a tropical minnow native to streams around the Bay of Bengal and common to aquariums around the world, which was chemically treated to be immune suppress...

Silver bullet: UGA researchers use laser, nanotechnology to rapidly detect viruses

...nasal swabs. Tripp said preliminary results are so promising that the researchers are currently working to create an online encyclopedia of Raman shift values. With that information, a technician could readily reference a Raman shift for a particular virus to identify an unknown virus. To make their finding...

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