Cancer Test May Offer High-Risk Groups Quick, Affordable Screening For Tumors
...ay allowdoctors to regularly and quickly check for early cancers in patients at risk fordeveloping cancer d...nd other diseases. "We're still relatively early in the development, but I'm confident thatthe test can be implemented in a cost-effective manner," s...Social Disruption Leads To Shorter Survival In Monkeys With AIDS
...g change, the shorter the survival. "Since early in the AIDS epidemic, psychologists have believed that social disruption in HIV-infected people could hasten the progression of the disease. These data provide strong support for that notion," said Capitanio. The scientists collected data on...Toxic Protein That Interferes With Brain Signals May Trigger Onset Of Alzheimer's Disease
...t for the loss of synaptic memory formation at the early stages ofAlzheimer's disease and for the nerve cel...that, if Alzheimer'sdisease symptoms are caught at early stages, they potentially could bereversed." Grant A. Krafft is director of research developm...Evidence For Genetic Effects On The Behavior Of Normal Two-Week Old Babies
...might be possible in the future, by combining very early in life geneticand behavioral tests, to detect antecedents of adult personality traitsallowing clinicians and parents to more intelligently guide the newborn'spsychological development. For information on this Molecular Psychiatry article, please con...Researchers Identify Function Of Brain Receptor Subunit Linked To Memory, Stroke, Dementia
...um entering the nerve cell. NR3A is expressed very early in lifewhen brain cells are extremely sensitive to glutamate toxicity. The subunit alsoappears to be involved in synaptic plasticity by regulating the development ofdendritic spines. "Our findings point to a paradigm shift in how NMDA recepto...Increasing Frequency Of El Nino Takes Toll On Northern Hemisphere's Only Penguins
...ly, she returned to the Galapagos for two weeks in early May toexamine the impact of the current El Nino, t...tudied their population and nestingpatterns in the early 1970s. Recent population counts have been conducted by theEcuadorian National Park and the Charles D...In an important early step toward understanding the chemistry of human thought, Stanford chemists have managed for the first time to read the individual chemical messages that cells exchange. These messages account for nearly all of the communication that takes place in t......e objective of initiating a humanclinical trial as early as the end of calendar 1998 which, if successful, willrepresent a major advance in the treatment of hemophilia B." "Our work extends previous results obtained in mice to a well-defined, naturallyoccurring, large animal model of hemophilia B that is v...Duration Of Pre-Clinical Prostate Cancer Based On Serial PSA Data From The VA Normative Aging Study
...stantial portion of prostate cancer develops inthe early 50's for patients, with the disease being diagnosed some 6.6 to 10years later. They feel this information is important to developing optimalapproaches to PSA screening for prostate cancer as men age....Colorado State Research Indicates Two TB Vaccines Show Promise
.... medical authorities expected TB to be eradicated early in the next century. Instead, the disease has become the leading bacterial killer in the world, causing 10 million new cases and 3 million deaths each year. Since 1992 Orme and his colleagues have not only pursued their own basic research interests...Mouse Model Of Down Syndrome Offers Glimpse Into Role Of Specific Genes In TheDisorder
...the previous models. The researchers say it is too early to draw strict parallels between thecognitive deficits in humans with Down syndrome and the learning, behavioral andstructural abnormalities observed in the genetically engineered mice. However,they said, their new mouse model should yield insights ......ientists an unprecedented opportunity to study the early changes associated with this fairly common disorde... diagnosed with advanced disease, knowledge of the early stages of cardiomyopathy is particularly limited. "Without sufficient understanding," said Leiden, ...Ulcer-Causing Bacteria Found In Central Pa. Surface Water
...arrisburg. H. pylori was first described in the early 1980s by Australian researchers. The organism is found in the stomachs of the majority of people in the world. In most people, it does not cause any disease. In a small percentage of individuals, the organism causes serious consequences. It is now...HIV Infected Adults In UCSF Study Show Evidence Of Thymus Activity
...ll but one of thepatients under 40 who were in the early stages of HIV disease progression hadabundant thymic tissue, indicating that the thymus might be triggered intoaction by the first losses of T cells. The research findings are reported in the June 1 issue of the Journal ofClinical Investigation, with...New Medication Means New Choices For Families Dealing With Alzheimers Disease
... to all patients, familymembers of patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's are the most likely toaccept...sease had progressed. For patients who were in the early stages of the diseaseand often were cared for at home, families overwhelmingly chose to treat thepat...Ground-Breaking DNA Research Leads SFU Grad To The Top
...h wife Hongjun and daughter Lily, leftChina in the early '90s. Since October, Li has been doing postdoctoral work at Yale University,funded by a three-year fellowship from the Medical Research Council of Canada.There, he's been "challenging" DNA to do more difficult jobs in terms ofenzymatic cataly......ul uses. Even botulism, which wasdiscovered in the early 1980s to be effective in treating an eye-muscle di...esn't have a legitimate use," saysZelicoff. In the early 1990s a multinational BWC Verification Experts Group (VEREX forshort) considered a set of 21 confide...Molecular "Fossils" Of Early Life
...e evolved that had a very rich chemical capability early on." Tailoring Nucleic Enzymes To Fight Disease Besides elucidating how life might have evolved, DNA and RNA enzymesshow great promise as powerful medications. In fact, some RNA enzymes alreadyhave been developed to function as precision s...FDA Approves Hopkins-Designed Implants To Restore Lost Voices
...pproved by the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration in early spring. The implants, shaped like the heads of tiny hammers, are made ofhydroxylapatite, a chalk-like substance that melds into the body's tissue overtime. Available in five sizes, the devices add volume to a weakened vocal cord,pushing it......o have thepotential to use these markers to detect early disease, when it is most easilytreated." To measure tissue levels of TGF-" and EGFR, the UPCI research team tooka widelyavailable and highly sensitive technology, tissue immunohistochemistry, andcombined it with computerized image analysis. ...