Going To Extremes To Improve Human Health
A new research tool will allow University of Oregon scientists to replicate an extreme range of environmental conditions in their quest to test and understand the human body's response to everyday stresses. The instrument, called an environmental chamber, is a 12-foot-square room capable of simulating altitude up to 18,000 feet, holding temperature constant at a set point between 14 and 12...Cyberkinetics, Case to develop system to help restore extremity function
Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc., Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland FES Center today announced that they have been awarded a five-year, $4.4 million contract from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), a component of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). According to the contract, Cyberkinetics will receive up t...Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy
In his recent State of the Union speech President Bush said technology is the best way to break the nation's addiction to oil. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) is directing the technology of DNA sequencing to scan the environment for processes that will lead to cheaper and easier to produce biofuels. "Through DNA sequencing and the tools of molecular biolog...African amphibians make extreme parental sacrifice: The skin off their backs
Just as baby mammals depend on their mothers' milk, the young of the African amphibian Boulengerula taitanus nourish themselves by stripping off and eating the fat-rich outer layer of their mothers' skin, according to an international team of researchers that includes University of Michigan biologist Ronald Nussbaum. The findings are reported in today's issue (April 13) of the journal Natu...Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds
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Extremely preterm infants born before 25 weeks' gestation often have severe neurologic and developmental disabilities, researchers report in the August 10th issue of The New EnglandJournal of Medicine.The EPICure Study Group identified 308 children born at the gestational age of 25 weeks or earlier in the UK and Ireland. Of these, 283 were assessed for neurologic function Based on their l...Tremors connected to Body Mass Index
According to a new study from Columbia University researchers, people who suffer from the most common movement disorder, essential tremor (ET),// are more prone to have a lower body mass index than their healthy counterparts. Essential tremor is a disorder of unknown origins, but doctors believe it may be neurodegenerative in nature. The condition causes increasingly severe tremors ov...Essential tremor can lead to dementia
In a study done by Spanish researchers of Mostoles General Hospital Madrid, had pointed out that the condition of// essential tremor can be responsible for increased risk of dementia. Essential tremor is a neurological condition that leads to a kind of movement disorder. Involuntary movements of the muscle produce the tremor of the hands, head, neck, face etc. It affects few people aft...Common drugs to treat essential tremor
Drugs, which are used for treatment of high blood pressure and seizures, can now be used to // treat essential tremors. Essential tremor is a neurological condition that leads to a kind of movement disorder. Involuntary movements of the muscle produce the tremor of the hands, head, neck, face etc. It affects few people after age of 40 and most people after the age of 60. Acc...Athletes Warned Of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia
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Safety, Efficacy and Markers Demonstrated in Combination Trial ROCKVILLE, Md., June 06, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --EntreMed, Inc. , a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developingtherapeutics primarily for the treatment of cancer and inflammatorydiseases, announced the presentation of interim data from the Phase1b study with Panzem(R) NCD (2ME2 or 2-methoxyestradiol) incombination w...Phase 2 Results for EntreMed's Panzem NCD Brain Cancer Study Presented at ASCO
Safety and Single-Agent Activity Support Development of Panzem(R)NCD as a Combination Therapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme ROCKVILLE, Md., June 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --EntreMed, Inc. , a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developingtherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases,announces the presentation of results of a single-agent Phase 2study for Panzem(...EntreMed's Aurora Kinase Inhibitor Induces Tumor Regression in Preclinical Models
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 01, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --EntreMed, Inc. , a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developingtherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases,announced the presentation of preclinical results for its Aurorakinase - angiogenesis inhibitor, ENMD-981693. The data werepresented during oral and poster presentations by EntreMedscientists at the 2n...EntreMed Presents Preclinical Data for MKC-1 in Hematological Cancers
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 19, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/--EntreMed, Inc. , a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developingtherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases,today announced the presentation of preclinical results for MKC-1,its novel cell cycle inhibitor. The data were presented by EntreMedscientists at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)Ann...