Pulsating ultrasound enhances gene therapy for tumors
High-intensity focused ultrasound emitted in short pulses is a promising, non-invasive procedure for enhancing gene delivery to cancerous cells without destroying healthy tissue, according to a study in the May issue of the journal Radiology. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is more powerful than standard ultrasound. HIFU can destroy tumors through long and continuous exposures tha...Elevated temperature enhances success of viral cancer therapy
A therapeutic approach for battling cancer that is based on infection with a specially designed virus similar to the one that causes the common cold has shown promise in clinical trials. Now, new research suggests that fever might be a useful weapon in the fight as well. The study, published in the July issue of Cancer Cell, demonstrates that tumor cells are even more sensitive to viral therapy a...NYU algorithm enhances ability to detect cancer genes
Researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have developed a new algorithm that enhances the ability to detect a cancer gene, and have applied their algorithm to map the set of tumor-suppressor genes involved in lung cancer. The algorithm uses data from Affymetrix's gene-chips that can scan hundreds of patients' genomes to find gains and losses in gene-copies....Proteasome activator enhances survival of Huntington's disease neuronal model cells
To function, each living cell needs both to build new and to degrade old or damaged proteins. To accomplish that, a number of intracellular systems work in concert to keep the cell healthy and from clogging up with damaged proteins. When proteins or peptides mutate, they can present major problems to the clearing up of the intracellular environment. In Huntington's disease (HD) the disease provok...Cyclodextrin enhances room temperature phosphorescence
Cyclodextrin-enhanced room-temperature phosphorescence (CD-RTP) is an analytical technique that offers well-resolved spectra and subpicogram detection limits. When polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are included in cyclodextrin molecules in the presence of a heavy-atom moiety such as 1,2-dibromoethane, they exhibit intense, well-defined...Medical College of Wisconsin enhances research with IBM Blade server
MILWAUKEE s eServer BladeCenter JS20 as the heart of the new computing infrastructure support system for proteomics research. IBM announced last month the BladeCenter JS20 the industrys first blade system based on Power A...Good sleep enhances task performance
Sleep deprivations has been used to test the importance of sleep for memory and learning. It is difficult to interpret because of side effects, such as fatigue and reduced alertness. A study conducted on sleep-deprived patients by circumventing these complications by allowing recovery sleep by Harvard Medical school researches. Subjects who were sleep deprived on the first day showed no...Animal Fat Enhances Risk Of Stomach
Individuals who enjoy diets rich in meat, cheese and whole milk may be at increased risk of developing cancer of the esophagus and the stomach. The rates of two types of cancer--gastric cardia and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus--have risen rapidly over the past 30 years. To investigate potential links between these and two other types of stomach and esophageal cancers and dietary factors...Vitamins enhances recuperation of organ transplant patients
Including vitamins C and E detains the progress of a catastrophic conditions in organ transplant patients, Doctor's suggest. About 62% of patients who undergo heart transplants develop hardened arteries, a condition// called arteriosclerosis, in the first three years after their surgery. A team from the Maryland's Women's Hospital, USA, found the condition was emanted among patients...Inovio Biomedical's DNA Delivery Technology Significantly Enhances Potency of HIV DNA Vaccine
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 26, 2007 - Inovio Biomedical Corp.(AMEX:INO), which is focused on the development of DNA vaccines anda novel solid tumor ablation therapy, announced today that theJournal of Virology has published a scientific paper prepared byInovio's development partner, Wyeth, regarding results from anon-human primate study of an investigational DNA vaccine againstHIV deli...Studies Show Mild Hyperthermia Enhances Antitumor Effects of Alfacell's Onconase
BLOOMFIELD, N.J., March 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Alfacell Corporation today reported that in vitro studies show mildhyperthermia enhances the therapeutic effects of ONCONASE(ranpirnase), the company's lead investigational drugcandidate. In a paper entitled, "Mild hyperthermia predisposes tumor cellsto undergo apoptosis upon treatment with ONCONASE," published inthe Intern...