Risk of aggressive breast cancer subtype 3 times higher for black women
Lifestyle, age and weight have all been considered as risk factors for breast cancer. Now a study published in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research has found that even taking these factors into consideration, black women face three times the risk of developing an aggressive 'triple neg...Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified
Discovery suggests new treatments for aggressive form of childhood disease, study says WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they may have identified a subtype of T-lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) in children that does not respond to standard intensive chemotherapy. ...Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment
Those with rare gene have disease relapse often within 5 years of apparent remission FRIDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have identified a rare subtype of a childhood leukemia that does not respond well to treatment. Those with the subtype of acute lymphoblastic ...Studies suggest HIV subtype more deadly than others
Two studies led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that people infected with HIV in Thailand die from the disease significantly sooner than those with HIV living in other parts of the world. According to the researchers, the shorter survival time measured i...Studies suggest key correlation between lung cancer subtype and treatment outcomes
BARCELONA, SPAIN, September 25, 2007 In clinical research, patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that are classified as having a non-squamous histology achieve statistically significant higher survival when treated in the second-line setting with ALIMTA (pemetrexed for inject...Breast cancer etiology may vary by subtype
Women's reproductive and lifestyle characteristics can be linked to different invasive breast cancer subtypes. Data on 2544 breast cancer cases, presented in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research , suggests that traditional risk factors for development of the condition are associated wit...Scientists reveal structure of new botulism nerve toxin subtype
UPTON, NY Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have determined the atomic-level structure of a third subtype of botulinum neurotoxin a deadly toxin produced by certain bacteria that causes the disease botulism, and is also used in cosmetic and therap...Best treatment for MS may depend on disease subtype
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Animal studies by University of Michigan scientists suggest that people who experience the same clinical signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have different forms of the disease that require different kinds of treatment. The results, if borne out in further studies, point to a...GeoVax Labs, Inc. Announces Six Month 2009 Financial Results and Provides Operational Update
...xchange Commission. HIV/AIDS Background HIV affects the entire globe and comes in a variety of subtypes. Clade B is the predominant subtype in North America where there are roughly 60,000 new infections each year. Globally, there are about 2.5 million AIDS infections per year, most primar...Six Researchers to Receive Prestigious Awards from the American Society of Hematology
...ne expression profiling to delineate clinically distinct lymphoma subtypes and molecular predictors of survival. He further showed that each molecular subtype of cancer has its own "Achilles heel," which can be discovered by loss-of-function RNA interference-based genetic screens. His work established a new ...Studies Suggest Key Correlation Between Lung Cancer Subtype and Treatment Outcomes
Lilly Studies Predictive Factors to Better Target Patients for ALIMTA(R) (pemetrexed for injection) in the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In clinical research, patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that are clas...GeoVax Labs, Inc. Announces Results of 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting
...ite at www.geovax.com . HIV/AIDS Background HIV affects the entire globe and comes in a variety of subtypes. Clade B is the predominant subtype in North America where there are roughly 60,000 new infections each year. Globally, there are about 2.5 million AIDS infections per year, most primar...Mutant Genes in High-Risk Childhood Leukemias Identified
...he finding suggests specific drugs that could treat this high-risk leukemia subtype in children, particularly because such drugs are already in clinical trials...h suggesting that drugs that target JAK proteins might be effective in this subtype of ALL." The researchers discovered, in some high-risk ALL patients, t...Autism Studies Presented at Mid-Atlantic Research Consortium Meeting
...ior, then focus on subgroups of ASDs in animal models. Scientists will then translate those findings into therapies personalized to a child's specific subtype of autistic disorder." Gene studies took the stage in a presentation by Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Applied Genomic...EntreMed Presents Initial Clinical Results for ENMD-2076
...e human breast carcinoma model. Triple-negative breast cancer is a specific subtype of breast cancer that does not express estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, or Her2 genes. This subtype is more aggressive and less responsive to standard treatment and is also as...Cymbalta(R) Significantly Reduced Osteoarthritis Knee Pain in New Study
...mated that 27 million adults in the United States have osteoarthritis and the prevalence increases with age.(2) Osteoarthritis of the knee is a common subtype of this disorder, impacting the lives of approximately 10 million Americans.(2) In addition to pain, other symptoms of osteoarthritis include aching, ...deCODE discovers cause of major subtype of glaucoma
Reykjavik, Iceland, August 9, 2007 In a paper published today in the journal Science, scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) and academic colleagues from the National University Hospital in Reykjavik and Uppsala University in Sweden report the discovery of two common single letter variatio...HPV subtype associated with squamous cell skin cancers
Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) types called beta HPVs may be associated with an increased risk of developing a major type of skin cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), according to a new study in the March 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In addition...22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey
...tance, the signalling of serotonin is mediated by 14 receptor subtypes. As one of the main mediators of the neurotransmitter action the serotonin (1A) subtype is of particular interest, since evidence indicates that it is a target for novel therapeutic advances in several neuropsychiatric disorders (gren et ...Gene expression findings a step toward better classification and treatment of juvenile arthritis
...s that not only is there immune activation, but it differs depending on the subtype of JIA that is present." In the second study, led by Thomas Griffin, M.D...ientists looked more closely at patients from the study with one particular subtype of the disease polyarticular JIA to determine if that form was more compl...Rutgers research tackles childhood epilepsy
... researchers treated the mice with rapamycin. It had already shown promise in a different mouse model for treating tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a subtype of cortical dysplasia. "We demonstrated that rapamycin is a novel and effective anti-epileptic agent that suppresses seizures in our mice, as well ...Lombardi scientist brings 'dream team' breast cancer research effort to GUMC
...ms' goals include: expanding the underlying molecular understanding of each subtype of breast cancer in order to better understand the efficacy of a given ther... known to be the biological foundation of human breast cancer, play in each subtype of breast cancer; developing cell line and laboratory models of each breast...HudsonAlpha investigator develops rapid response swine flu test
... pathogens, both viral and bacterial. This technology can test for multiple genetic targets at one time and is the only rapid molecular test that can subtype multiple viral and bacterial strains in a single test. According to Dennis Grimaud, chief executive officer for Diatherix Laboratories, the viral ...FluChip technology licensed to combat deadly flu virus
...e, the FluChip will be a much needed and powerful new tool for surveillance since all of the current influenza diagnostics on the market are unable to subtype this virus." The most popular diagnostic tests for influenza include rapid immunoassays, which are only able to identify the type (A or B) of inf...Scientists identify human monoclonal antibodies effective against bird and seasonal flu viruses
...ntibodies can do this. What surprised us is that the same antibody protected mice from a lethal infection with a very different virus such as the H1N1 subtype that causes seasonal human infections; this is really remarkable," said Dr. Ruben Donis, chief of the Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch at CDC. ...Scientists identify human monoclonal antibodies effective against bird, seasonal flu viruses
...ntibodies can do this. What surprised us is that the same antibody protected mice from a lethal infection with a very different virus such as the H1N1 subtype that causes seasonal human infections; this is really remarkable," said Ruben Donis, PhD, chief of the Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch at CDC....Next Safety Releases Advanced Respirator for Infectious Diseases
...work in a pandemic environment. Next Safety is releasing for sale to the public respirator products the company developed for the bird flu influenza A subtype H5N1. The respirators were originally developed for the bird flu (H5N1), which never became contagious. The Next Safety respirators are now bei...GeoVax Signs HIV/AIDS Vaccine Proposal With Health and Hospital System of Cook County, Illinois
...l result from the proposal. HIV/AIDS Background HIV affects the entire globe and comes in a variety of subtypes. Clade B is the predominant subtype in North America where there are roughly 60,000 new infections each year. Globally, there are about 2.5 million AIDS infections per year, most involvi...Tigris Pharmaceuticals Presents Results of Breast Cancer Research at AACR Annual Meeting
... and HER-2 negative) breast cancer cell lines with the basal A gene profile subtype were very sensitive to AFP-464, while the triple negative cell lines with the basal B subtype were not. However, when the latter was pre-treated with a histone deacetyl...CV Therapeutics and Astellas Announce FDA Approval for Lexiscan(TM) (regadenoson) Injection
...red as a rapid bolus (approximately 10 seconds) with no dose adjustment required for body weight. The A2A adenosine receptor is the adenosine receptor subtype responsible for coronary vasodilation. MPI tests, commonly called cardiac stress tests, identify areas of poor blood flow in the heart to help detec...Rabbit Anti-Glutamate receptor 1, phospho (Ser845) Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from GeneTex
Description:...nd mGluR3. Immunogen: Synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to amino acid residues surrounding the phosphoSer845 of the GluR1 subunit of the AMPA subtype of glutamate receptor. Specificity: Is specific for 100 kDa GluR1 phosphorylated at Ser845. Immunolabeling is blocked by the phosphopeptide but no...Prostaglandin E2-d4 from Cayman Chemical
Description:...inct receptors designated EP1, EP2, EP3, and EP4. The affinity constants (Kd) of PGE2 for these receptors range from 1-10 nM depending on the receptor subtype and tissue....Prostaglandin E2-d4 from Cayman Chemical
Description:...inct receptors designated EP1, EP2, EP3, and EP4. The affinity constants (Kd) of PGE2 for these receptors range from 1-10 nM depending on the receptor subtype and tissue....