Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...s in the use of non-invasive imaging technology to diagnose brain tumors is just one of the dozens of different clinical areas that have been funded as a result of the fund. Veterinary Memorial Fund research projects have funded projects across the spectrum of modern clinical veterinary medicine, from ophthal......to design nano-sized bioresponsive systems able to diagnose and then deliver drugs (so-called theranostics), and to design systems able to promote tissue regeneration and repair (in disease, trauma, and during ageing) without the need for chemotherapy. These ideas may today seem science fiction, but to dismis...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...ur Fellow for her work in developing techniques to diagnose and treat disease in Central and South America. DeRisi is the second member of the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics to be named a MacArthur fellow. In 1987, the late Ira Herskowitz, PhD, a UCSF geneticist, received the honor. H...A liking for sweets, combined with novelty seeking, may predict alcoholism
...t, this method is not being proposed as a means to diagnose alcoholism. Rather, I would view the significance of the findings as contributing to our ability to understand subtypes of alcoholics and that, in turn, could have implications for treatment although any treatment implications will require further ...Peering inside the body, with a new spinliterally
...entor. "We think this new technique can be used to diagnose diseases and assess the body's response to drugs and even to observe the working physiology of living cells." Today, at an international nuclear NMR conference ( http://www.models.kvl.dk/NMRinFood/ ), Wind described the technique and experiments th...Analysis of gene expression in lymphoid cells can determine lymphoma cancer
...3, Issue 4). Lymphomas are generally difficult to diagnose since no single test currently exists to sufficiently establish their presence. Clinical practice often revolves around a pathologist looking for changes in normal lymph node architecture and cell characteristics through a series of tests, such as bl...Gene associatied with lupus identified
...es predispose a person to lupus, we may be able to diagnose and treat the disease earlier," he said. "In addition to discovering which combination of genes lead to lupus and other immune diseases, we also hope this information will help us identify new drugs and therapies."...Hopkins scientists use blood proteins to detect ovarian cancer
...going to be possible for a blood test to correctly diagnose 100 percent of cancerous tumors 100 percent of the time. "The goal is to come as close as possible to that by using this test in combination with other available diagnostic tools." They believe, however, that with some refinements it may already ha...Jefferson scientists find gene expression pattern may predict behavior of leukemia
...ttern of certain genes may someday help doctors to diagnose and predict whether or not an individual has an aggressive form of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Jefferson cancer researchers have found. Scientists, led by Carlo Croce, M.D., director of Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center and professor a...... the causative agent is unknown, physicians should diagnose idiopathic [of unknown cause] necrotic ulcer, which accurately describes the clinical presentation of the lesion. Some medical conditions confused with necrotic spider envenomation can result in far worse outcome than most spider bites. The worldwide...Gene profiles could improve acute leukemia diagnosis and lead to better treatments
...diatric leukemias could also be used to accurately diagnose the identical form of leukemia when it occurs in adults. Thus, insights gained from pediatric AML, which is a relatively rare disease, should rapidly lead to improved understanding of adult AML, which occurs at a much higher incidence. The identific...New research suggests previously unrecognized mechanism by which blood vessels are patterned
...l - may lay the groundwork for discovering ways to diagnose and prevent CHD. In an accompanying article in Developmental Cell, Epstein and collaborators at the National Institutes of Health demonstrated the pathways that they have discovered are functional in diverse organisms, including fish. In the larger...Wistar-discovered antibody will help diagnose appendicitis
...nic an important advance in physicians' ability to diagnose hidden infections." The Wistar antibody, labeled w...ll count. NeutroSpec enables physicians to rapidly diagnose appendicitis in cases without straightforward symptoms, eliminating the delays and risks, including ...Measuring artificial viruses to improve disease detection
... viruses in a solution may ultimately help doctors diagnose diseases like HIV and hepatitis C earlier. These artificial viruses are commercial standards made from the same basic chemical components in RNA (the single stranded version of DNA needed for protein synthesis.) They are constructed to be nearly ide...North Shore-LIJ research collaboration with Correlogic Systems to advance ovarian cancer blood test
...ter final validation, these new technologies could diagnose ovarian cancer in its early stages, when survival rates are dramatically higher than in later stages. It is only fitting that this research is conducted on Long Island, where we have extremely talented researchers and state-of-the-art facilities. I a...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
... develops and implements technology to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. The NHGRI Division of Extramural Research supports grants for research and for training and career development at sites nationwide. Additional information about NHGRI can be found at its Web site, http://www.g...Albany high school student adds to understanding of breast cancer gene
...mogram that detected her grandmother's tumor could diagnose cancer at an earlier stage. Her curiosity led her to the literature biomedical research where she learned about BRCA-1, which under normal circumstances, acts to suppress tumors. "I was curious about BRCA-1 gene," Figge recalled. "On my own tim...JCI table of contents, 1 June 2004
...ological markers or diagnostic tests to adequately diagnose this common skin disorder, and it is often misdiagnosed as signs of abuse in young children and as lichen planus in adults. Previous work on lichen sclerosus has shown the presence of specific autoantigens to extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1), im...The skinny on diagnosing skin disease
...ological markers or diagnostic tests to adequately diagnose this common skin disorder, and it is often misdiagnosed as signs of abuse in young children and as lichen planus in adults. Previous work on lichen sclerosus has shown the presence of specific autoantigens to extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1), im...... deep in living plant and in animals, where it can diagnose many disease states."...