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Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain in animals

...ansfer technology, using a herpes viral vector, to treat peripheral neuropathic pain in animals. Based on their success in related studies with research animals, the scientists hope to conduct the first clinical study in human patients soon. “We use the vector to provide targeted gene delivery to the nerv...

Nanotubes inspire new technique for healing broken bones

...ue. The new technique could change the way doctors treat broken bones, allowing them to simply inject a solution of nanotubes into a fracture to promote healing. The report appears in the June 14 issue of the American Chemical Society's journal Chemistry of Materials. ACS is the world's largest scientific...

Cells direct membrane traffic by channel width

...maceutical targets to control the channels to help treat disease. Study co-authors were group director Klaus Schulten and Yi Wang, a doctoral student in molecular and cell biology. ...

LIAI scientists make major finding on potential smallpox treatment

...his findings appear to offer a way to successfully treat the virus," Kronenberg said. "This could be very important should people become infected before they have a chance to be vaccinated." ...

Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain

...ansfer technology, using a herpes viral vector, to treat peripheral neuropathic pain in animals. Based on their success in related studies with research animals, the scientists hope to conduct the first clinical study in human patients soon. "We use the vector to provide targeted gene delivery to the nerv...

Plants discriminate between self and non self

...en two parts of the same plant, once separated may treat the former conjoined twin as an alien "enemy," according to a Penn State researcher. "We were looking at how plants determine who is a competitor when competing with other roots for limited resources," says Dr. Omer Falik, postdoctoral researcher in...

Prozac for future Plants on Mars

...en two parts of the same plant, once separated may treat the former conjoined twin as an alien "enemy," according to a Penn State researcher. "We were looking at how plants determine who is a competitor when competing with other roots for limited resources," says Dr. Omer Falik, postdoctoral researcher in...

Fish and chips: A fast track to understanding blood development

...lready perform umbilical cord blood transplants to treat disease. But there are often not enough blood stem... collection of umbilical cord blood to effectively treat adults and older children. This research provides insight into understanding how to stimulate blood ...

Optimizing cell therapy against tumors is a balancing ACT

Adoptive cell transfer (ACT) therapy is used to treat patients with metastatic solid tumors. ACT involves the removal of some of the patient's cancer cells, and some of their immune T cells. When the cells are mixed together, specific parts of the cancer cells that stimulate the T cells to cause an immu...

Neurotransmitters signal aggressive cancer, offer potential for early diagnosis

...eady available drugs that affect GABA signaling to treat these aggressive types of cancers," says Ippolito. The association of GABA with aggressive tumors was uncovered by a novel combination of techniques that can now be employed for further identification of substances linked to tumors and other disease...

UW-Madison scientists zero in on drugs' sweet spots

...properties of a digitalis, a drug commonly used to treat heart disease. Reporting the work in the Aug. 8 e...ted to have anti-cancer properties, but its use to treat cancer has been little explored. The new work is important because it provides scientists and drug ...

Firefly protein lets researchers monitor molecule linked to cancer

...ecule that is an important target for new drugs to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases and several other disorders. The target molecule, known as IKK (for IKappa kinase), regulates processes that can trigger dramatic changes in cellular physiology. Scientists have linked these changes to many different diso...

Discarded placentas deliver researchers promising cells similar to embryonic stem cells

...bundant source of cells with the same potential to treat diseases and regenerate tissues as their more controversial counterparts, embryonic stem cells, suggests a University of Pittsburgh study to be published in the journal Stem Cells and available now as an early online publication in Stem Cells Express...

NIEHS launches website with information for assessing environmental hazards from Hurricane Katrina

...before Katrina will be helpful as health officials treat displaced citizens who may have been previously exposed to toxicants. Subsequent phases will provide more in-depth information to fully assess exposures and make informed decisions about risk of disease. "This GIS has the capability of being a power...

FDA approves child-friendly AIDS medicine

...before Katrina will be helpful as health officials treat displaced citizens who may have been previously exposed to toxicants. Subsequent phases will provide more in-depth information to fully assess exposures and make informed decisions about risk of disease. "This GIS has the capability of being a power...

Prescription pain patch abuse blamed for increase in deaths

...say. The adhesive patch is typically prescribed to treat postoperative pain or chronic pain conditions, but in some cases is being misused, often with deadly consequences. "Because the patch is a sustained release form of the drug, if one withdraws the 72 hours' worth of drug and uses it in a form that it...

Human brain is still evolving

...pact of such variants," he said. "We still have to treat each individual as an individual. Just because you have one gene that makes you more likely to be a little taller, doesn't mean you will be tall, given the complex effect of all your other genes and of environment." Lahn also said that a multitude of...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...ovides molecular clues to help develop new ways to treat or prevent East Coast fever. The disease, which kills a million cattle a year in East and Central Africa, has had a devastating impact on rural areas ?such as Maasai tribal communities in Kenya ?where cattle play a crucial role in the local society ...

UF scientist finds unexpected link between cat and human AIDS viruses

...m is working to develop novel immune strategies to treat HIV infection. "We need to explore all the potential options available to us for developing an HIV vaccine." ...

Bacteria in Household Dust May Trigger Asthma Symptoms

...thing else, may help a physician better prevent or treat symptoms. “This study implies that it is not just... will lead to new insights into how to prevent and treat this important disease.?NIEHS is implementing new studies to better understand the role that the ind...

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