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Researchers test new therapy for advanced melanoma

...lanoma and other cancers would be open to many new treatment possibilities." Six years of laboratory studies b...d. "We're hoping this translates into a beneficial treatment for patients." The Phase 1 clinical trial by Moffitt and Genetronics Biomedical Corp is evaluating ...

Virologists make major step towards understanding the process of HIV infection

...to new approaches in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The Center is financed to 90 percent by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and to 10 percent by the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft D...

New Species of Coral Discovered Off Southern California

...to new approaches in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The Center is financed to 90 percent by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and to 10 percent by the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft D...

Newly discovered protein an important tool for sleeping sickness research

...immune system and resisting treatment, the current treatment for this disease is melarsopal, an antiquated drug... variation, has severely limited sleeping sickness treatment options and essentially ruled out the possibility of a vaccine. MBL trypanosome experts in Robert S...

U. Iowa researchers improve Huntington's disease symptoms in mice

...edicine have taken another step toward a potential treatment for Huntington's disease (HD). Using an approach called RNA interference (RNAi), the scientists reduced levels of the disease-causing HD protein in mice and significantly improved the movement and neurological abnormalities normally associated with t...

Breakthrough System for Understanding Ocean Plant Life Announced

...immune system and resisting treatment, the current treatment for this disease is melarsopal, an antiquated drug... variation, has severely limited sleeping sickness treatment options and essentially ruled out the possibility of a vaccine. MBL trypanosome experts in Robert S...

Asymptomatic HIV babies could use earlier treatment

... than were infants who were 3 or 4 months old when treatment was initiated. Infants who received a combination ... American Medical Association, suggests that early treatment might be appropriate for at least some apparently healthy infected infants. “There is a significant...

Function of new cancer genes discovered

...cer. The results of his research have led to a new treatment for patients with an inherited form of cancer, cyl... into the effectiveness of aspirin ointment in the treatment of cylindromatosis is currently being carried out at the Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van L...

Second messenger NAADP shows fast, dose-related impact on satiety cycle

...utic?' Several earlier drugs designed for obesity treatment were chosen because they released a chemical ?the ... Indeed, it also could be a potential drug for the treatment of obesity, Yamasaki noted. "We have shown that cholecystokinin activates NAADP production through ...

Research Reveals Functions Of Harmful Shellfish Pathogens

...rch may provide better diagnostic capabilities and treatment strategies to further reduce shellfish-related illnesses. ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency. ...

Tsunami-damaged coral reefs should be left to recover naturally, say scientists

...ction funds to make sure there is effective sewage treatment available. And if builders are moving lots of earth around, they should do this in the dry season rather than the wet season to avoid sediment being washed into the sea." USEFUL WEB LINKS: The Coral Reef Targeted Research & Capacity Building for...

$5.1 billion would save 6 million children

...r cost analysis, the researchers also ensured that treatment for the major causes of child death were available...erventions would reduce the current annual cost of treatment by over 60 percent, due to the projected reduction in child illnesses. Furthermore, the delivery of ...

Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950s pandemic, study suggests

... picked up in public places which are resistant to treatment by powerful meticillin antibiotics - may have evol...e could also be other factors which complicate the treatment of the disease it causes." ...

Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies

...nly 15 percent receiving any. And, Zenilman notes, treatment for HIV is a lifelong need for infected people. "...uberculosis and Malaria, which calls for providing treatment to 3 million people by 2005, these efforts would only reach half of those in need," says Zenilman, s...

Antiretroviral Therapy May Prevent HIV Transmission From Breastfeeding Mothers To Infants

...igators hypothesized, may be the short duration of treatment in the study (a median of 98 days). Combination an...wly than HIV RNA, thus raising the risk that, when treatment duration is short, HIV DNA-associated transmission may occur despite the use of therapy. Dr. Shapir...

Gene silencing technique offers new strategy for treating, curing disease

...r off at the DNA level could lead to drugs for the treatment or cure of many diseases, say researchers at UT So...ch that could theoretically produce a drug for the treatment or cure of almost any disease." In two papers appearing in the online edition of the journal Nature...

Discovery of New Dopamine Action May Yield Alternative Psychiatric Drugs

...l another mechanism that could be targeted for the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, the researchers said. Further work is required to identify which dopamine-dependent behaviors rely on each pathway. If the two mechanisms control separate functions, particular drugs might target som...

UCLA cancer researchers shake loose hidden biomarker

...overing the mechanism of moving the PSMA to a more treatment accessible location on the cell could have ramifications for treating the sickest patients, those in whom the cancer has spread. "The ability to reverse the polarity of PSMA from apical to the basolateral could have significant implications for the ...

Does vitamin C help prevent or treat the common cold? Maybe not, after all.

...athon runners. What about vitamin C as a possible treatment for an established cold? The authors found seven trials (all in adults) evaluating whether vitamin C taken when their symptoms started would shorten the cold. When they looked at all seven studies together, they found no benefit from taking the vitam...

FDA Approves New Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B

...lude (entecavir) tablets and oral solution for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adults. Chronic hepatitis B is a serious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that attacks the liver. The virus can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death...

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