Dermatologists Shed Light on Common Pigmentation Problems and Solutions in Skin of Color
BOSTON, July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As we age, brown spots and splotchy skin are all too often a fact of life. But for people with darker skin, changes in pigmentation can occur without warning at any age and can be very difficult to treat. Fortunately, dermatologists can help people w...Snoozing May Help Women Shed Baby Weight
But avoiding postpartum sleep deprivation can be tough, experts admit FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- New moms who can't zip up their pre-pregnancy jeans might not be catching enough zzzs. Getting a good night's sleep, in fact, may be just as important as diet and exercise for s...Studies shed light on preserving fertility among cancer patients
PITTSBURGH, July 20 Cancer treatment has come a long way, leading to a multitude of therapy options and improved survival rates. These successes, however, have created a challenge for young cancer patients since chemotherapy and radiation treatments that often save lives threaten fertility. Techn...Ancient fossils shed light on anatomical changes accompanying evolution of first land vertebrates
Durham, NC -- Cartoon depictions of the first animals to emerge from the ocean and walk on land often show a simple fish with feet, venturing from water to land. But according to Jennifer Clack, a paleontologist at the University of Cambridge who has studied the fossils of these extinct creatures ...Structures from the human immune system's oldest branch shed light on a range of diseases
PHILADELPHIA How molecules of the oldest branch of the human immune system have interconnected has remained a mystery. Now, two new structures, both involving a central component of an enzyme important to the complement system of the immune response, reveal how this system fights invading microbe...New light shed on the enigma of salt intake and hypertension
A high salt intake has been implicated in cardiovascular disease risk for 5000 years. But salt-sensitive hypertension still remains an enigma. Now, investigators from Germany at the University of Erlangen, the Max Delbrck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Regensburg, collaboratin...Discovery of Marker for Colon Stem Cells Could Shed Light on What Drives Tumor Growth
WILMINGTON, Del., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer researchers led by Bruce Boman, M.D., Ph.D. director of Cancer Genetics and Stem Cell Biology at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center of the Christiana Care Health System, and a faculty member at the University of Delaware , have discovered an enzyme ...Molecular Discoveries Shed Light on Liver Cancer -- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Genomics improves our ability to target experimental cancer treatments A promising new drug is in hand, and more are on the way Improved ability to select patients to test particular drugs MILAN, Italy, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- At today's sessions of this, the final day of the 4...Lilly Studies Try to Shed Light on Impact of Race on Lung Cancer Treatment
Company Launches 1,000-Patient Lung Cancer Diversity Study CHICAGO, June 01, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Statistics show lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in African-Americans, with 21,550 new cases expected to be diagnosed and 16,700 deaths expected this year.(i) Equally devasta...Research: Popular Diabetes Medications Associated with Increase in Bone Fractures
...ciation's 69th Scientific Sessions points to increased risk for people with diabetes associated with two widely used drug classes; while another study shed new light on a different class of drugs that faced increased scrutiny from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Researchers from Medco Heal...Autism Studies Presented at Mid-Atlantic Research Consortium Meeting
...faces. In a third broad area, basic science studies, Mary Blue, Ph.D., of Kennedy Krieger Institute, presented the results of animal studies that shed light on how autism operates in humans. By altering the flow of serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the brain, Blue showed that mice behaved less sociall...Researchers shed light on trading behavior in animals -- and humans
ATLANTA Humans, from ancient exchanges of food to modern day home mortgages, have bartered or traded to receive something that they couldn't achieve on their own. It's the basis of the economy, and it requires a leap of faith to believe that each party will receive a payoff in return for taking a...University of Saskatchewan and Canadian Synchrotron researchers shed light on esophageal disease
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN Canadian Light Source (CLS) staff scientist Luca Quaroni and Dr. Alan Casson, Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) used the synchrotron's infrared microscope to identify tissue afflicted with a condition known as Barrett's Esophagus f...Studies shed light on collapse of coral reefs
CORVALLIS, Ore. An explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing and what it will take for them to survive a gauntlet of climate change and ocean aci...Scientists shed light on inner workings of human embryonic stem cells
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a significant discovery in understanding the way human embryonic stem cells function. They explain nature's way of controlling whether these cells will renew, or will transform to become part of an ear, a liver, or any other part...Tiny differences in our genes help shed light on the big picture of human history
By examining very small differences in people's genes, scientists from Cornell University have developed a new tool for identifying big events in human history and pinpointing the origins of specific gene mutations. This research, published in the May issue of the journal GENETICS ( http://www.g...Singapore scientists synthesize gold to shed light on cells' inner workings
Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging have been synthesized by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), one of the research institutes of Singapore's A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research). Measuring less than 1 nanometer in...CU researchers shed light on light-emitting nanodevice
An interdisciplinary team of Cornell nanotechnology researchers has unraveled some of the fundamental physics of a material that holds promise for light-emitting, flexible semiconductors. The discovery, which involved years of perfecting a technique for building a specific type of light-emitting...The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer Wins 6+ Million Dollar Verdict
...egin with flu-like symptoms followed by a painful red or purplish rash that spreads and blisters, eventually causing the skin and mucosal membranes to shed or slough off. SJS/TEN is almost always caused by severe allergic reaction to certain over-the-counter and prescription drugs. SJS is a painful dise...Material world: Graphene's versatility promises new applications
...ck. "When they found it was a stable material at room temperature," Tao says, "everyone was surprised." As it happens, minute traces of graphene are shed whenever a pencil line is drawn, though producing a 2-D sheet of the material has proven trickier. Graphene is remarkable in terms of thinness and re...Stem cells' 'suspended' state preserved by key step, scientists report
... with the Chd1 gene to direct the process. This would aid efforts to increase the efficiency and safety of reprogramming cells. This research may also shed light on how cells transition from one type to another, a process that happens normally during embryonic development and goes astray in cancer. "We...