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First frozen egg baby born in Canada

...y for two years. Initially, she planned to undergo treatment with ovarian stimulation and intra-uterine insemin...he produced too many follicles in her ovaries, the treatment cycle had to be cancelled because of a high risk of multiple-fetal pregnancy. As an alternative trea...

Scientists identify genetic pathways essential to RNA interference

...titis C or cancer-causing oncogenes. An RNAi-based treatment for age-related macular degeneration is already in clinical trials." Ruvkun is a professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. RNAi was originally identified in the C. elegans roundworm and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana, both of which ...

Researchers report new pro-inflammatory role for anti-inflammatory enzyme

...n this area and thereby identify novel targets for treatment of inflammatory diseases." ...

Two are better than one

Cancer patients may one day benefit from treatment with mixtures of customized antibodies. In a study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), a team of Weizmann Institute scientists have demonstrated how the right combination might form a web that destroys the...

Infants With Rare Genetic Disease Saved by Cord Blood Stem Cells

...he study is the first to demonstrate a life-saving treatment for newborns with Krabbe Disease, in which childre...lly, according to Kurtzberg. Kurtzberg said their treatment successes provide a strong argument for mandatory, universal screening of all newborns for the genet...

White Blood Cell 'Waste Disposal' System Plays Critical Regulatory Role

...utrophil production with possible relevance to the treatment of inflammatory diseases and the mitigation of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia," says Dr. Ley. ### Matthew A. Stark, Yuqing Huo, Tracy L. Burcin, Margaret A. Morris, Timothy S. Olson, and Klaus Ley: "Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Neutrophils Regulates...

Genetically Modified Natural Killer Immune Cells Attack, Kill Leukemia Cells

...way to improve the outcome of children who receive treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or other bl...Blood report. Progress in adapting NK cells to the treatment of ALL had been significantly hampered because researchers were not able to grow large numbers of th...

Emergence of cancer as major cause of childhood death in developing countries is not being adequately addressed

...on the geographical inequality of pediatric cancer treatment that appears in the May 26 issue of the New Englan...m that concentrates on education, training and the treatment of the most responsive cancers could be effective. For example, in parts of Africa it might be possi...

Potential Drug Target For Treating Cocaine Abuse Found

A substance similar to a drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease blocks the stimulating effe...es of those around them," says Katz. "An effective treatment for cocaine addiction would be of immeasurable help to these individuals and their families." ...

Technique may allow cancer patients to freeze eggs, preserving fertility before starting treatment

...may regain their reproductive function after their treatment ends and may be able to conceive on their own, while others will become infertile. Egg cryopreservation could be insurance for those women at highest risk of fertility problems after cancer treatment. When a woman wishes to become pregnant, the vitr...

Youth With HIV Take More Risks After New Meds Introduced

...because they fear the youth will not adhere to the treatment regimen." According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-quarter of the 40,000 new HIV infections in the United States each year occur in people under age 21. ...

Test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise

...l use, it will have an impact on the detection and treatment of prostate cancer,?said Getzenberg. For the current study, Getzenberg and colleagues developed a simple test that would detect EPCA in the blood and then measured the EPCA levels in 46 patients, including those with prostate cancer (12 patients), b...

Medical whistleblowers speak out

...d, were responsible for writing guidelines for the treatment of patients in the state system and were receiving money from companies with a stake in these guidelines. The marketing tactics used by drug companies came under scrutiny at the roundtable. Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, a former drug representative wh...

Canada approves marijuana-based pain spray

...iva L. extract) a new drug developed as adjunctive treatment for the symptomatic relief of neuropathic pain in ... in Canada reflects the urgent need for additional treatment options in the field of neuropathic pain in MS.?/p> Neuropathic pain Pain is a common symptom of...

UNC launches study of liver injury caused by drugs

...who are at risk and, therefore, should not receive treatment with certain drugs. Patients diagnosed with potentially severe liver injury due to any medication are eligible if enrolled within six months of the event. These people will be followed over time to find out what happens as a result of their injury. ...

Bioelectronic ‘signatures?hold key to DNA mutations

...tential for applications such as the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases, detection of infectious agents and reliable forensic analysis. Wang, who recently was recruited to the Biodesign Institute and serves a joint appointment as professor in the chemical and materials department at the Ira A. Fulton...

Nanoparticle Breast Cancer Drug Approved by FDA

...cles for injectable suspension), indicated for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. "The approval means t...and experienced less-severe side effects that made treatment more tolerable," Gradishar said. Abraxane is engineered using a proprietary process (protein-bound ...

New understanding of DNA repair may pave way to cancer treatments

...ition of Molecular Cell, points to new targets for treatment of cancer. Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D., Director of the Institute's Signal Transduction Program, and his colleagues found that the protein ATF2 ("Activating Transcription Factor-2") is activated by a protein kinase called ATM ("Ataxia-Telangiectasia Mutated)...

Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe

...the heart, but also for use in guiding therapeutic treatment devices, the researchers said. The new Duke probe ...akes it impractical for use in guiding therapeutic treatment devices such as ablation probes that burn off damaged cells that cause an irregular heart beat. Clin...

New tumor-suppressor gene discovered

...e important implications for the understanding and treatment of human cancers," says research leader Zhi-Chun Lai, associate professor of biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology. Lai has named the new gene "mats," an abbreviation for "Mob As Tumor Suppressor." As part of the research, Lai's lab added a h...

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