Talk About Curing Autism Launches Seven New Chapters
National organization expands reach to serve more families living with autism COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) is thrilled to announce the launch of seven new chapters, bringing the total of TACA chapters in the United States to 24. ...Columbia University Medical Center/NYPH receive $28 million donation toward curing diabetes
NEW YORK, March 19, 2008 The Russell Berrie Foundation has donated $28 million to Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, as part of a focused effort to provide comprehensive care to diabetes patients while working, through concentrated research initiatives, toward a...Stem cell therapy for curing deafness
Researchers from Sheffield University are in the hope of using stem cell therapy for restoring hearing loss in deaf people by creating embryonic stem cells // from the inner ear and regenerating the cells for treatment. The researchers have tried to regenerate the damaged cell by using sensory ...Diet Effective In Curing Diabetes
Diabetes is a very common disease of the present times; it is often referred to as the disease of the elite. Therapy by way of incorporating specific foods has been found to cure diabetes.// Some foods and beverages could hold clues for future diabetes treatment, following a doctor's advice o...Estrogen therapy not effective in curing Schizophrenia
Researcher Dr. Wan Lian Chua, Psychiatrist, Bradford District Care Trust had said that estrogen therapy to women with Schizophrenia had not given any effective improvement in their condition. //The researchers compiled data from various reviews pertaining the use of estrogen therapy for treatment o...Angelman Syndrome Foundation Takes Major Step Toward Furthering Research Efforts
...s with several other disorders, including autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, Rett Syndrome, and Prader-Willi Syndrome, any progress toward treating and curing symptoms has the potential to positively affect more than 12 million people. Quotes Attributed to Michael D. Ehlers, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Ne...Video: Answer to Curing a Failing Heart May Exist in Body's Own 'Do-It-Yourself' Repair Kit
Arizona Heart Institute Pioneers Research That May Offer New Hope to Heart Failure Patients PHOENIX, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Nationally, over 3,000 people are waiting for a heart transplant - and a new lease on life. Sadly, only half of those will receive a transplant. Now, pioneering researc...Transave Receives $2.2 Million Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Award for Development of ARIKACE(TM)
...ents with CF. About The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the leading organization in the United States devoted to curing and controlling cystic fibrosis, has invested more than $320 million in drug research with biotech companies since 1998 to develop therapies to fight ...Inspiration for 'My Sister's Keeper' Speaks Out
...He would not be used for his blood, marrow or organs after he was born." Today all the Nash children are thriving. Adam's cord blood succeeded in curing Molly's leukemia. While she still lives with health issues like diabetes, and understands the potential for many types of cancers, Molly is in most w...New Legislation Seeks to Boost Participation in Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases
...xpectancy is higher than 37 years. About the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is the leading organization devoted to curing and controlling cystic fibrosis. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., the Foundation funds CF research, has more than 70 chapters and branch offices throug...Stand Up To Cancer Awards $73.6 Million for Novel, Groundbreaking Cancer Research
...0 members is very proud to be a part of this significant and exhilarating undertaking in cancer research, which will help us accelerate our mission of curing cancer at the earliest possible time." Dream Teams Selected Through Rigorous and Transparent Process The Dream Team selection process ...Mutant Genes in High-Risk Childhood Leukemias Identified
...article appears online May 18 in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . "We have made such great progress in curing children with ALL that the main challenge is now the remaining high-risk patients," said St. Jude Scientific Director, James Downing, M.D., a co-senio...Research Finding Could Revolutionize Asthma Treatment
...The AAF sponsors research that investigates new theories about the underlying causes of asthma with the goal of improving treatment and preventing and curing the disease. Dr. Bond's colleagues included researchers at the University of Houston Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine , and ...New Proton Therapy Equipment Enables More Tumors to be Treated
...d research. UF Proton Therapy Institute is dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art cancer treatment and strives to set new standards for treating and curing the disease. The cancer treatment facility houses both conventional radiation and proton therapy, and delivers proton therapy to more than 100 patient...PDS Biotechnology Corporation Progresses Development of Nanotechnology Cancer Therapies
...ies, and will facilitate rapid development of the product." Versamune(TM)-HPV is an immunotherapy drug which has demonstrated significant promise in curing HPV infection and HPV-related cancer in preclinical animal and human model studies. Cancers caused by infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) i...Gene silencing technique offers new strategy for treating, curing disease
A new technique aimed at directly controlling the expression of genes by turning them on or off at the DNA level could lead to drugs for the treatment or cure of many diseases, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. "Virtually every disease starts at the level of malfunctioning gene e...Gene therapy could expand stem cells' promise
... Stem cells have the capacity to differentiate into any of the different tissues making up the human body, thus holding the promise of treating or curing diseases such as multiple sclerosis or spinal-cord injury by replacing diseased cells with healthy cells. But unlike other therapies such as chemo...Breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial meningitis
...ular and willing volunteers in the research programme. Professor Ala'Aldeen said: "The ultimate aim is to save lives by protecting the healthy and curing the sick. We are one step closer to new breakthroughs that would prevent disease or its complications. There still is a long way to go before we have ...Fluorescent proteins illuminating biomedical research
..., which cannot image details of objects smaller than 200 nanometers or so. However, many cellular structures, which could hold the key to managing or curing disease, are a small fraction of that size ─ just a few nanometers or more. Using a sophisticated combination of lasers, computers, and highl...Researchers genetically link Lou Gehrig's disease in humans to dog disease
...s of the National Academy of Sciences this week, researchers can now use dogs with DM as animal models to help identify therapeutic interventions for curing the human disease, ALS. "We uncovered the genetic mutation of degenerative myelopathy, which has been unknown for 30 years, and linked it to ALS...Case Western Reserve finds mechanism underlying alt. splicing of premessenger RNA into messenger RNA
...different proteins in different situations. The new mechanism suggests that curing the more than half of genetic diseases that are caused by mutations in the ...umption predicts, we will be able to control alternative splicing and start curing the genetic diseases it causes. In Nilsen's view, the contextthe chang...Intraspinal implant of mesenchymal stem cells may not heal the demyelinated spinal cord
...08) Multiple sclerosis is a disease caused by the loss of the myelinated sheath surrounding the nerve fibers of the spinal cord. Therapeutic hope for curing multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases has included the possibility that stem cell transplants could help remyelinate the spinal cord. Ac...Making flies sick reveals new role for growth factors in immunity
...cinology at the Biodesign Institute at ASU, and his technician Bronwyn Gunn, Frandsen and Newfeld developed a novel experimental approach. Rather than curing their fly patients, they sought instead to make the Dpp mutants sick, hoping the infection with Salmonella would provide a new avenue to study their i...Human embryonic stem cell secretions minimized tissue injury after heart attack
... when doctors and scientists work closely together. By sharing their specialist skills and knowledge, they can discover and refine new approaches to curing sick people. This targeting of research to find ways of combating illness and benefiting people faster is at the heart of what we aim to do at IMB."...NIH EUREKA award funds research at WPI aimed at turning adult skin cells into stem-like cells
...f successful, the research could result in a relatively simple and straightforward method for replacing tissue lost to injury, growing new organs, and curing degenerative diseases like diabetes and Parkinson's. The grant is one of only 38 awarded by the NIH through a new program called EUREKA (Exceptiona...Transplanted cells may hold the key to curing hemophilia A, Einstein scientists report
Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown for the first time that transplanted cells can cure hemophilia A (the most common form of the disease) in an animal model. Their study appears online February 14 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Hemo...EPA Awards Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute $500,000 for Air Quality Research
... dedicated to improving public health through research on the prevention, treatment and cure of respiratory disease. Since 1947, LRRI is committed to curing respiratory diseases through research aimed at understanding their causes and biological mechanisms; assessing and eliminating exposures to respirator...Novel Diabetes Drug Discovery Has Potential to Reverse Disease
...tify a highly conserved bioactive gene product that triggers islet neogenesis. Restoring functional islets as a therapeutic approach is fundamental to curing the underlying disease," said Claresa S. Levetan, MD, FACE, Chief Medical Officer and Founder of CureDM, Inc. CureDM has produced, stabilized and...Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Response to FDA Clearance of Geron's Clinical Trial
...th therapies for people living with spinal cord injuries." About the Reeve Foundation The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and ...PAREXEL Receives Best CRO Award from Scrip
...s possible through the continued support of our employees, clients, and partners. We look forward to continuing to help the industry in preventing and curing disease." For over 25 years, PAREXEL has been a proven and committed partner to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies lo...Anti-Stem-Cell-Research Ad Ignores Facts
...e information to make responsible decisions," said Dr. Daley. "Voting in favor of Proposal 2 is to vote for reasonable, regulated research in hopes of curing illness and alleviating human suffering." The ISSCR believes that research must continue with all types of stem cells. The International Society for...