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Plant-derived vaccines safeguard against deadly plague

...ving problems with high adverse reaction rates and side effects. The research team included Santi, Hugh Mason and Charles Arntzen, all members of the institute's Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccinology. They worked out a new plant-based system to rapidly and stably produce high levels of proteins,...

Robot assisted surgery more accurate than conventional surgery

...accuracy. The team found there were no additional side effects from using robot assisted surgery, and recovery from surgery was quicker in most cases. Professor Justin Cobb, from Imperial College London, who led the research team, said: "These robots are designed to hold the surgeon's hand in the oper...

Relationship of brain and skull more than just packaging

...ral coronal craniosynostosis, early closure of one side of the suture that runs across the top of the head from ear to ear. Children with craniosynostosis almost universally have surgery to reopen the sutures and allow normal growth of the boney plates of the skull. Premature closure of sutures causes ...

New study reveals promising osteoporosis treatment

...y improves bone strength and thickness without the side effects of many current drug treatments. Dr. Racqu...pment. Many of these treatments also have serious side effects, including increasing the risk of heart disease, strokes, and breast cancer. But the supple...

Retinol for combating leukemia cells

...djacent cells, does not result in swelling and the side effects are minimal. Thus, according to what has been shown, retinamide has great potential to eliminate the lymphoblastic cells without affecting healthy lymphocytes nor the rest of the normal cells. Made-to-measure treatment With the molecular...

The diversity of marine life in the Gulf of Maine region is much greater than previously thought

...cies whose existence has been known on the eastern side of the Atlantic but never before seen in the Gulf of Maine region. "And," he said, "there are likely thousands more species throughout the Gulf of Maine not yet identified. These include small worms and other organisms living in the soft sediments ...

Cyclosporine inhibits hepatitis C virus in vitro

...acrolimus had to reduce or stop the therapy due to side effects. Also of possible significance, more patients taking Cyclosporine died, mostly due to infections and hepatitis complications, though this may be attributable to a longer follow-up period for that group. Still, the indication that Cyclospor...

Tandem transcripts team together

...ng genes called PIP5K1A and PSD4 , which reside side by side on human chromosome 1. These genes produce a fusion product that, during the course of evolution, i...

A Jekyll and Hyde of cytokines: IL-25 both promotes and limits inflammatory diseases

...s that drive asthma could be considered the "evil" side of the cytokine. By examining mice infected with Trichuris, a species of intestinal parasites known as whipworms, the researchers were able to define IL-25's role in promoting type 2 inflammation to fight infection. In mice that lack the ability to...

Chemical signaling helps regulate sensory map formation in the brain

...ing axons off their targets, shifting the map from side to side. This counterbalancing force has two components, Zou's team discovered, with one receptor drawn toward certain concentrations of Wnt3 and the other driven away. "A repulsive Wnt-Ryk pathway competes with an attractive Wnt-Frizzled interacti...

Protein receptor cools passion of 'kiss and run' nerve cells

...ceptor protein on a pre-synaptic nerve cell -- the side that fires the packet of neurotransmitter -- that is affected by 5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT, a body chemical often associated with mood. When 5-HT binds to this cell receptor, it activates something called a G protein that is made of two subunits -...

Loosen leash on cancer protein 'watchdog,' researchers say

...ated that the treated mice did not suffer from the side effect the research team most feared: premature ag...pant through the body without some very unpleasant side effects. But if we can give it just enough slack in its leash, it could help some patients from canc...

New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year

...those who received a placebo. No other significant side effects or complications were reported. Rotateq also proved to be effective, nearly eliminating serious rotavirus-related gastroenteritis. The vaccine reduced rotavirus-related hospital admissions by 96 percent. In addition, RotaTeq reduced rotaviru...

All placebos not created alike

...ded evidence that what doctors tell patients about side effects directly influences their experience of th...rmed consent forms alerting the patients as to the side effects they might experience: temporary soreness for acupuncture and fatigue and dry-mouth for the ...

Free-radical busting antioxidants might not promote healthy hearts

...scribed in the US and Australia because of adverse side effects: a tendency to lower good cholesterol alon...of which is now being tested in humans—are free of side effects, they may provide a more effective alternative to current therapies. ...

Stem cell transplants improve recovery in animal models for stroke, cerebral palsy

...prevent rejection. Such drugs can cause undesired side effects, and may be problematic if administered to patients for long periods of time. These results are consistent with those seen in other models, such as using MultiStem TM to treat damage caused by heart attacks, company officials say. Altho...

Psychotropic drug prescriptions for teens surge 250 percent over 7 year period

...ic drugs, the advent of new medications with fewer side effects, increased screening for mental health disorders, and patient demand for such drugs. Nevertheless, the study noted that overall, pharmaceutical companies increased their spending on television advertising six fold, to $1.5 billion, between 19...

VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers identify a new class of anti-cancer drugs based on platinum

...ctively target cancer cells, reduce resistance and side effects and expand the range of tumors that can be... DNA. Non-covalent interactions minimize potential side reactions and produce changes in the structure of proteins and DNA, which is different from currentl...

p53, tumor suppression and aging

...morigenesis ?as well as the potential for unwanted side effects ?Dr. Perry's team used mdm2-hypomorphic mi... cancer in such people without causing detrimental side effects is bolstered by our demonstration that mice expressing 30-80% the normal level of Mdm2 devel...

Hepatitis C therapy: Inhibiting newly discovered microDNA molecule

...lable are difficult, expensive, laden with serious side effects and effective in only half the cases. Dr. Sarnow discusses the most recent findings in this work on April 5 at Experimental Biology 2006 in San Francisco. His presentation is part of the scientific program of the American Society for Bioc...

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