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'Best of both worlds' -- Targeting a single gene could inhibit bone decay and stimulate bone growth

...ting bone formation. This concept may lead to drug treatments for osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Senior author Yongwon Choi, PhD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues report their findings in the December issue of Nature Medicine. Osteoporosis i...

Lab-on-a-chip could speed up treatment of drug-resistant pneumonia

...s often have no other option than to start stopgap treatments with broad-spectrum antibiotics. The Accelr8 technology is a "microfluidic" lab-on-a-chip designed to manipulate and analyze bacteria without growing them first. Samples are first washed out of the patient's lungs with saline solution in a procedu...

Study highlights new and cheaper way to treat heroin addiction

...diabetes or arthritis, there should be a number of treatments available so that doctors and nurses can tailor medication to the needs of each patient. "Methadone should still be used to treat the majority of patients withdrawing from heroin and requiring maintenance treatment, but dihydrocodeine offers an a...

Scientists discover toxin that causes gastro disease

...al structure, which will aid in the development of treatments for toxin-related diseases. "This toxin belongs to the family of toxins that cause whooping cough, a very serious bacterial infection that affects children," Dr Beddoe said. He said the research breakthrough may also provide insights into the ...

An advanced genetic diagnostic method for multiple myeloma

...on of molecular targets for future, more effective treatments of MM. These new techniques for genetic diagnosis of MM are already being applied in 20 hospitals in Spain. And in a not too distant future, these tests will permit us to offer each patient a treatment adapted to the genetic modifications that he or...

T for two: Scientists show how immune system chooses best way to fight infection

... a regulatory cell. The research suggests that new treatments could be developed to deliberately affect the type of T cells produced, allowing scientists to tackle a number of diseases which are influenced by these different types of T cells. "Our team has shown that a process known as 'trans-conditioning', ...

A new target for painkillers

...ht gain, nausea and sexual dysfunction. Topical treatments include capsicum cream derived from chili peppers, but they usually are not very effective. "There really is no highly effective treatment available for this kind of severe pain, so having a new way to treat it is exciting," McIntosh says. If the ...

SARS: No evidence that any of the treatments worked

...2002, but now a review of the effectiveness of the treatments used against it has found no evidence that any of ...lungs. To find out which, if any, of the potential treatments were effective, a number of research studies were carried out, both during and since the outbreak. ...

Novel mechanism of action of new drug for MS identified

... drugs such as FTY720, we can develop more optimal treatments for inflammatory disease such as asthma or MS. This drug may prevent both inflammation and axonal damage, including demyelination, which are characteristic of MS," said Spiegel. ...

Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world

...tive medicine holds the promise of more affordable treatments than corneal grafts and of offsetting shortages of...c ulcers, they noted, adding that repeated insulin treatments are costly and therefore inaccessible to many developing country patients. The 2nd-ranked applica...

U-M researchers use nanoparticles to target brain cancer

...ormal way, which explains in part why some current treatments for brain tumors are generally not effective. Targ...and 12,820 will die from it. For information about treatments that are currently available, call U-M's Cancer AnswerLine at 800-865-1125. ...

Report calls for improved monoclonal antibodies against solid tumors

...as a potentially effective way to improve antibody treatments for solid tumors. Monoclonal antibodies?ability ... antibodies have been approved for use in clinical treatments to trigger immune responses to cancer cells, modulate cancer cell growth, and deliver drugs to cance...

U of S Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization team discovers key step in flu virus replication

...esearch findings may help to develop new influenza treatments and prevent the disease, as well as add to global pandemic preparedness research." To survive, the influenza virus hijacks the host animal or human's cellular machinery and forces it to make more copies of the virus. The researchers believe that t...

Researchers discover mechanism that determines when detailed memories are retained

... memory," Weinberger said. "For example, the major treatments currently available for Alzheimer's disease work by making more acetylcholine available in the brain. Finding ways to control the levels of this key transmitter would be crucial for treating a number of memory-related disorders." Weinberger is a p...

Spelling out cancer on the nanoscale

...ing their treatment, allowing clinicians to tailor treatments to individual patients. Finally, we provide a high throughput method to identify if new cancer drugs are effective at targeting specific oncoproteins." ...

New engineered drug may offer prolonged arthritis relief

... unmodified drug. "With this advance, we believe treatments could go from twice a week to perhaps twice a month, and that would be a huge clinical gain," she said. By remaining at the site of disease, the drug also might cause fewer negative side effects than the unmodified drug, the researchers added. Th...

Vaccine for brain tumors shows promising results

...fects typically associated with traditional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Vitespen has been granted fast track and orphan drug designations from the Food and Drug Administration in both metastatic melanoma (skin cancer) and renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer). The UCSF clini...

Quantum dots reviewed -- Could these nanoparticles hold the cure to cancer?

...operties that make them suitable for breakthrough treatments such as the detection and destruction of cancer cells. Just released on the nanotechnology website AZoNano, is a comprehensive review of the latest literature and studies into Quantum Dots. The review by Sandeep Kumar Vashist, Rupinder Tewari, Ra...

Exposure to dioxins influences male reproductive system, study of Vietnam veterans concludes

...e reproductive system. Moreover, several effective treatments are available for BPH and thus reduction of BPH by a toxic compound is not a desirable effect." The study was based on data from the Air Force Health Study (AFHS). The AFHS is an epidemiologic study of more than 2,000 Air Force veterans who were r...

High HPV concentrations combined with smoking significantly raise risks of cervical cancer

...tes this year, 3,700 will die. Early diagnosis and treatments have helped curb mortality rates, but the disease still remains one of the world's deadliest. In addition, it remains more common among Hispanic and African-American women. ...

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