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Chemotherapy temporarily affects the structures of the human brain

...ociety, the study reveals that within 12 months of receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, significant regions of the ...the immediate risks of the treatment. Patients receiving chemotherapy have also long complained of problems with memory, problem-solving and other cognitive ...

Other patients bear the real cost of Herceptin

... fund Herceptin if they did not treat 355 patients receiving adjuvant treatment (16 of whom would be cured) or 208 patients receiving palliative chemotherapy, and if they found £500,000 from another source. “These untreated patient...

St. Jude finds clues to hearing loss from chemotherapy

... are similar to the damage that occurs in children receiving chemotherapy," Zuo said. The mouse models of hearing loss were produced by the Tennessee Mouse Genome Consortium, a group of institutions across Tennessee that includes universities, several medical research centers and a national laboratory. The c...

Bird flu vaccine additive may stretch supply

...96 young adults who were divided into eight groups receiving different dosage levels, half of the groups with and half without the MF59 adjuvant. The volunteers were tested for antibodies at 28 days and 56 days. "Antibody in the blood to the influenza virus that you're trying to protect against is what prot...

When nerve cells can't make contact

...eurotransmitters. These signal molecules reach the receiving cell and affect its activity status - provided the receiving cell has "aerials" on its synapses - receptors that bind the chemical signals. The scientists specul...

High dopamine transporter levels not correlated with ADHD

... some 3 million children younger than 18 currently receiving treatment in the U.S. Yet the mechanism underlying this disorder and its treatment are still poorly understood. One prominent theory of ADHD is that there is a dysfunction in brain circuits that depend on the neurotransmitter dopamine to modulate att...

AIDS study challenges conventional treatment guidelines for HIV patients

...arge cohorts of HIV-infected patients who were not receiving treatment for HIV, totaling more than 2,800 individuals. The first cohort consisted of patients included in three data sources: a) four sites of the Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS), a database of real-time cli...

Solved: The mystery of flesh-eating bacteria's relentless attack

...nd give it to mice infected with M14." The mice receiving this peptide survived at a much higher rate than m...ny white blood cells at the infection site in mice receiving the peptide. Next, the team turned its attention to an important human immune system signaling mo...

Striking the right balance between excitation and inhibition

... analyzed by the Goulding lab form a relay station receiving and interpreting sensory signals from the environment and then sending them to the brain. In doing so these neurons evaluate the strength of sensations. "An example of how the system works is illustrated by what happens when you cut your finger," Go...

Targeted virus compels cancer cells to eat themselves

...ERT-Ad group was 39 cubic millimeters, while those receiving the other virus had an average tumor volume of 200...ctions of hTERT-Ad on average lived 53 days. Those receiving the control adenoviruses lived on average 29 days. Two of the hTERT-Ad mice survived 60 days and had...

Amgen introduces comprehensive financial assistance programs for cancer patients

..." on out-of-pocket co-payments for cancer patients receiving Vectibix TM (panitumumab). Through AOA, patients who are uninsured, underinsured, or unable to afford their insurance co-payments will receive help obtaining financial support for Amgen's cancer medicines. "We recognize that treating cancer is exp...

Clot-busting drug helps revive cardiac arrest patients

...tients who were treated with tenecteplase had been receiving ACLS measures for a mean of 30 minutes and received a mean of eight doses of standard medications. "The study supports the use of fibrinolytic drugs in select cases of cardiac arrest where patients don't respond to standard therapy, and it reinforc...

Increased sensitivity to nerve signals keeps diabetes at bay

...e authors report. M3 receptors are normally on the receiving end of messages relayed by involuntary nerves that indicate the presence of food. In contrast, mice genetically altered to harbor an excess number of beta cell M3 receptors show the opposite: a profound increase in glucose tolerance and insulin rele...

'LEGO-Like' building blocks to halt cell growth wins Hebrew University prize

...m Jerusalemite Nir Qvit, 34, will be one of those receiving the Kaye Innovation Award on June 13, during the 69th meeting of the Hebrew university Board of Governors. Qvit has shown through his research that it is possible to greatly increase drug delivery efficiency by designing specific molecular structu...

Dopamine drug leads to new neurons and recovery of function in rat model of Parkinson's

.... The animals were tested before and 3 days after receiving the treatment to see how well they could walk and reach to retrieve food pellets with their paws. A subset of the rats was tested again 2 and 4 months following the treatment. Rats treated with 7-OH-DPAT had more than twice as many proliferating c...

Biofuels researcher searches for new sources

...U. The institute has funded Chen's research after receiving a line-item appropriation through Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont. "One of our goals is to make the new ethanol production methods from biomass competitive," Peck said. ...

One therapeutic dose of radiation causes 30 percent spongy bone loss in mice

Mice receiving just one therapeutic dose of radiation lost up to ... Applied Physiology, has implications for patients receiving radiation therapy and astronauts traveling on long space flights. "We were really surprised at the...

New compound reduces stroke damage

...mus or Prograf®) is often administered to patients receiving transplants to prevent organ rejection. Dervatives of the drug are also commonly used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. FK506 inhibits T-cell activation by binding to members of the FK506-binding protein (FKBP) family. Interestingly, FK506, an...

Fatty spheres loaded with siRNA shrink ovarian cancer tumors in preclinical trial

... liposomes plus the chemotherapy docetaxel. Mice receiving the FAK-silencing liposome had reductions in mean tumor weight ranging from 44 to 72 percent compared with mice in the control groups. Combining the FAK-silencing liposome with docetaxel boosted tumor weight reduction to the 94-98 percent range. ...

Can you hear me now? Scientists find previously unknown receptors on adult stem cells

...ia patients that are vulnerable toinfections after receiving bone marrow or cord blood transplants or inautoimmune diseases like lupus, where immunosuppressive treatments oftenleave the body subject to long-term infection. Scientists need tostudy stem cells and leukemia cells in these diseases to determine if...

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