Urological in Biological News

Chemical in blood may explain susceptibility to bladder pain

...ans with the painful bladder syndrome, healthy humans and humans with other urological illnesses. He and colleagues used infrared microspectroscopy to tell the... coming from either healthy subjects, IC patients, or patients with another urological disorder, Buffington said. In addition to improving the potential to dia...

New technology shows promise against resistant staph infections

...on of toxicity in any of the numerous animal studies," he says. In another potential use, Einstein scientists at the annual meeting of the American urological Association earlier this week reported that nanoparticles carrying either NO or the drug tadalafil (Cialis) show promise as a topical treatment for er...

Drinking diet soda may reduce the risk of forming kidney stones

...d sodas may be sufficient to inhibit the development of calcium stones. The study was presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American urological Association (AUA). Increased alkalinity is proven to augment citraturia, a known factor for calcium stones. Malate increases the amount of alkali ...

Olympus advances technology for laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery

...system. The platform includes the technology and devices necessary to perform procedures such as gallbladder removal, hernia repair, appendectomy, and urological or gynecological surgery through just one incision in the belly button. In Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site surgery (LESS), the TriPort access system ...

Agent Orange exposure increases veterans' risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer

...more aggressive with Agent Orange exposure. Dr. Sagar R. Shah, MCG urology resident, presented the findings at the 2007 annual meeting of the American urological Association. This new study which includes the VA Medical Center in Augusta, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Veterans Aff...

AIUM presents 2009 Memorial Hall of Fame awards

...g for ultrasound users. Dr Resnick was editor of The Journal of Urology, founding editor of Contemporary Urology, and former president of the American urological Association. He also served as professor of urology and chair of the Department of Urology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. ...

Freezing prostate cancer does a man's body good

..., who works in consultation with urologists. Doctors should discuss cryoablation with patients early on, he advised, noting that recently the American urological Association issued a best practice statement that indicated that cryotherapy is an option for men who have clinically organ-confined prostate cancer o...

Male cyclists risk sexual problems if they don’t choose the right bike

...ent or avoid spiralling motoring costs, could be harming their health if they don't choose the right bicycle. That's the stark warning from consultant urological surgeon Mr Vinod Nargund from St Bartholomew's and Homerton Hospitals, London, in the urology journal BJU International . He says that the problem...

Nanomedicine research for prostate cancer supported by $5 million gift

...accomplished teams in antibody-targeted therapy in urological cancers. "We are very grateful to Michael Milke...ve complex problems," says Dr. Bander, director of urological oncology research and the Bernard and Josephine Chaus Professor of urological Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College and a ur...

Safeway Inc. and PCF to fund landmark prostate cancer research collaboration

...l to the leadership of Safeway and the Prostate Cancer Foundation for this special effort," said Robert Getzenberg, Ph.D., Director of Research, Brady urological Institute, Johns Hopkins. "This unique approach and highly interactive team will develop these new concepts and extend them from the laboratory throug...

UCLA/VA partners with ASU to advance biosensor technology for urinary tract infections

... pediatric urology at the Clark-Morrison Childrens urological Center at UCLA. In current laboratory practic...ait. Urinary tract infection is the most common urological disease in the United States and the most common b... the standards of care for patients suffering from urological conditions. In collaboration with UCLAs eminent re...

3-D ultrasound scanner could guide robotic surgeries

...a view of organs' outer surfaces. "Two-dimensional laparoscopic ultrasound has seen increased use as a surgical aide in general, gynecological and urological procedures," Pua added. "Our results show that the application of real-time 3-D ultrasound to these surgical procedures may increase information avail...

Scientists discover that widely available drug also helps fight kidney disease

... of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio; Ryan Hedgepeth, Andrew C. Novick, and David A. Goldfarb at the Glickman urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Noel S. Murcia and Nicole Brown at the Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Clevel...

Human prostate grown from embryonic stem cells

...hormones and PSA; the substance in the blood used to diagnose prostate disease," she said. Professor Gail Risbridger, Director of MIMR's Centre for urological Research and leader of the research project, said the discovery will have a significant impact on prostate cancer and BPH research. "If we can unde...

Columbia scientists develop cancer terminator viruses

...erapies in cancer patients. Both papers were led by Paul B. Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D., professor of clinical pathology and the Michael and Stella Chernow urological Cancer Research Scientist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In the Cancer Research paper, the researchers discuss the deve...

Test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise

...5, issue of Cancer Research. The lead author is Robert H. Getzenberg, Ph.D., professor of urology and director of research at the James Buchanan Brady urological Institute at Johns Hopkins. The traditional two-step approach of PSA testing and digital rectal examination has helped doctors identify prostate tum...

Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer

... and destroy only cancer cells," said the study's senior author, Paul B. Fisher, Ph.D., professor of clinical pathology and Michael and Stella Chernow urological Cancer Research Scientist at Columbia University Medical Center. "We hope it will be particularly powerful in eradicating metastases that we can't see...