Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...cation from the research maybe a new way to disarm invasive bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics-- a major problem in the treatment of infections, especially in hospitalsettings. Other contributors to the work include Alfred Hausladen, a Duke biochemist,and Christopher Privalle and Ter...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...cation from the research maybe a new way to disarm invasive bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics-- a major problem in the treatment of infections, especially in hospitalsettings. Other contributors to the work include Alfred Hausladen, a Duke biochemist,and Christopher Privalle and Ter...Robots, Virtual Reality & Other "Smart" Tools Soon Will Help Physicians Heal Patients
...ations and making procedures more precise and less invasive should result in faster recoveries and less need for repeat surgery," he says. Support for the June workshop was provided by NSF, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and various commercial partners, and hosted by the United...Discovery Of Genetic Pathways May Provide New Ways To Combat Candida Infections
...enormous, given that current treatment options for invasive fungal infections are seriously limited. "If we could design drugs that inactivate or block Candida's filamentation pathways, we might be able to fight the organism's insidious and devastating effects on patients with weak immune systems," says Dr. F...Whitaker Awards $6.8 Million For Biomedical Engineering Education
...mulate new research, with an emphasis in minimally invasive medical technologies. The educational emphasis wil...ineering design. Research will emphasize minimally invasive medical technologies. The grants were made under the foundation's program of Special Opportunit...Plasminogen-related Growth Factors
...ey players in aunique multistep program leading to invasive growth Discussion General discussion III Heparan sulfate as a co-receptor in the HGF/SF-Metsystem A. C. E. Streit and C. D. Stern Competence for neural induction: HGF/SF,HGFl/MSP and the c-Met receptor Discussion C. Birchmeier, F. Bladt and T...Microsurgery Made More Accurate With Virtual Measuring Tool
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... for thesedisorders in humans and has allowed more invasive studies of the pathophysiologyof these disorders. The mouse as a species is highly resistant toatherosclerosis. However, several of the dislipidemias produced in the mousehave resulted in a pattern of atherosclerosis resembling what occurs in humans....Age-Based Screening Is Cost-Effective Method To Control Chlamydial Infection
...id, inexpensive, easy-to-use and do not require an invasive sample. If such tests were available andacceptable to the patient, screening for "silent" STDs would be even more cost-effective. Authors, in addition to Dr. Quinn, are M. Rene Howell, M.A., and Charlotte A.Gaydos, Dr.P.H., both of the Division of I......ction Program. In Atlanta, 225 cases of invasive meningococcal disease occurred duringthe eight-year period. Although the number of cases per year remained fairlyconstant, the incidence of disease in adults over the age of 17 increased from29% of cases in 1989 to 54% of cases in 1996. In contrast...Non-Surgical Treatment Ends Pelvic Pain In Women
...efore or duringmenstruation. A minimally invasive treatment that shuts down veins and eliminatesblood pooling, the technique relieved pain in 9 of 11 women treated at Hopkinsand Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. Venbrux reported results of this study at the 23rd Annual Meeting of theSo...Renowned Breast Cancer Experts Present Latest Findings At UCSF Cancer Center Symposium
...gery orchemotherapy. With more women choosing less invasive surgery or using chemotherapy to shrinktumors prior to surgery, it becomes increasingly important to define theboundaries of tumor tissue adequately, so that the tumor can be removed whilehealthy breast tissue is preserved. Esserman and colleagues ha...Invasive Weeds Pose Major Threat To American Landscape
... natural enemies. A multi-agency committee on invasive weeds found that the march of non-nativeplants acr... decade, the report says, devastating impacts from invasive specieshave been reported on every continent except Antarctica. In the United States,introduced inv......y have broader application and be a safer and less invasive treatment thanliver transplantation for some patients with disorders of the liver. The liver cell infusion took place in April 1997 at the University ofNebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha and was performed on a 10-year-old girlsuffering f...Relatives Of People with Colorectal Polyps Face Increased Risk For Colorectal Cancer
...for screeningthe general population, with the more invasive colonoscopy reserved for peoplewith a family history of colorectal cancer, who undergo it every three to fiveyears. According to current guidelines, relatives of people with adenomas shouldhave a yearly fecal occult blood test, with follow-up colonos...Feature: Biomaterials Are Transforming Medicine
... How can doctors deliver drugs in ways less invasive and more controlledthan an injection? Robert S. Langer views the question as an engineering designproblem. Langer, Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineeringat MIT, described how researchers are using biomaterials to create engin...Destructive Algae Overtaking Mediterranean Waters
... species. Members of a United Nations workshop on invasive Mediterranean Caulerpas made much the same recomm... trade or anyone else from selling or housing the invasive algae....USGS To Present Diverse Research At ESA Annual Meeting
...asive Species Workshop It is said that non-native invasive species are the single greatest threat toAmerican ...crease plant species diversityfor either native or invasive exotic species, according to a recent study. Thestudy was conducted on randomly selected sample sit...USGS Finds Fungus To Be A Cause Of Fish Lesions In Chesapeake
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