UT Southwestern receives $2 million grant to purchase 30-ton superconducting magnet
...the new 800 MHz magnet will offer researchers more options in their experiments than the current 600 MHz unit. "We won't have as much limitation in the molecular weight of the systems that can be studied. The higher the magnetic field, the better," he said. "Having the new system will enhance our understandi...New study expands look at high-dose vitamin D with docetaxel for advanced prostate cancer patients
... from surgical or pharmacological means. Treatment options at late stage of illness are extremely limited and include palliative radiotherapy and, in some patients, palliative chemotherapy. Overall, roughly one in six American men will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime. If detected early, however, ...New possibilities for deadly childhood brain cancer
...ot, the finding still may lead to better treatment options for those patients whose tumors do have elevated levels of Hedgehog signaling." Beachy says other Hedgehog blockers will likely be found to kill medulloblastomas, too, and may have better characteristics than the plant compound cyclopamine, initial...Future advances of 20,000-year-old coatings technology detailed in upcoming Science magazine
... 1923, DuPont provided consumers their first color options beyond black for mass-produced vehicles when it pioneered the first fast-drying lacquer paint. Today, DuPont continues to be the world's leading supplier of automotive coatings. In North America, DuPont coatings were used on nine of the 10 top sell......between regional treatment plans. Three treatment options were modeled with the system: drug cycling with no regional coordination, coordinating the drug cycling but utilizing different treatments between regions, or treating all regions with the same cycle and drugs. Their findings have implications for ...New clinical trials explore treatment to restore sexual desire
...portant step in the development of new therapeutic options to help many women and their partners regain a satisfactory sex life." Lack of sexual desire is described as the absence of sexual fantasies or thoughts, or a lack of interest in sexual activity. Approximately 43 percent of women have experienced so...Telemedicine link with South Pole allows remote knee surgery
...el of physicians in the U.S. explored a variety of options for treating the injury using digital x-rays sent via the telemedicine link and a live video transmission of Gibson's knee examination. After consulting with Drs. Zarins and Modest as well as other nationally recognized medical experts from the Univ...Applied Biosystems launches Assays-on-Demand SNP genotyping and gene expression products
...s web interface offers a choice of powerful search options that enable researchers to quickly identify the assays relevant to their research. Search options include key words, chromosomal location, molecular function, and batch ID searches that allow one to...Gene profiles predict survival
...r standard therapy and which should consider other options for treatment. Discovery relied on microarrays The discovery of the predictive genes relied on DNA microarray technology, which allows researchers to determine which genes are active within cells. Microarrays, also known as gene chips, are glass s...Researchers arming farms to halt increases in greenhouse gases
...l is one of the most beneficial and cost effective options available for reducing greenhouse gases," he said. "This is particularly true over the next 30 years until we are able to develop alternative energy sources with less use of fossil fuels." Turco says adding carbon to the soil will do more than help t...Acorda Therapeutics begins Phase 3 trials of Fampridine-SR for chronic spinal cord injury
...DT) "There is significant demand for new treatment options in chronic spinal cord injury, especially spasticity. Spasticity is a serious complication of SCI that frequently interferes with movement and daily activities, and can cause severe pain or injury," said Ron Cohen, MD, Acorda's President and Chief E...Hopkins researchers to lead independent study of 'next generation' ethics issues
...provides the infrastructure for considering policy options and issues related to research with and potential medical use of reprogrammed human cells. "The idea is to anticipate the issues that will arise as research with embryonic and adult stem cells advances so we can avoid having to take a reactionary s...Preserving options: Short-term action required to avoid long-term climate damage
...mit, drop off the table. It's really about keeping options on the table even in the face of uncertainty. How do we keep ourselves in a position where, as uncertainty is resolved, we can still avoid dangerous levels of warming?"...Treating bacterial infections can help asthmatics
...ay become an important addition to the therapeutic options for some patients with asthma," said Richard Martin, M.D., Professor of Medicine at National Jewish and co-author of the paper. "However, diagnosis of chlamydia or mycoplasma infection requires an invasive procedure. At the present time only select c...Genetic engineering could salvage once-promising anti-cancer agents
...The work has provided researchers with a number of options other than simplydeciphering the biosynthesis of pre-existing compounds, Yu said.Manipulating the structure, he said, ultimately could lead to development ofmore effective cancer drugs....Hebrew University student develops method to check if AIDS patients developed resistance to drugs
...on to patent the test and are exploring commercial options to further develop and produce it....Muscle derived cell transplants offer alternative incontinence therapy says Pitt study
...treatments for incontinence, we currently have the options of treating them through surgery or through the injection of bulking agents like collagen. Although collagen injections give good short-term results and are less invasive than surgery, there is a possibility of the collagen being reabsorbed or causin...Protein causes muscle wasting syndrome in mice
... relieving it could improve outcomes and treatment options for patients." When animals don't eat, fat is lost at a predictable rate depending on the body's burning of calories. However, in cachexia, muscle and fat are both lost at an inexplicably fast rate even when food intake is normal. For people, the con...Brain cancer vaccine shows promising findings in early research at UCLAs Jonsson Cancer Center
...of life in patients. We desperately need treatment options for inoperable brain tumors and for the cancer cells that get left behind when we cant surgically remove an entire tumor, she said. I suspect that the bodys immune system is more intelligent than anything we could configure to recognize foreign cells...Conference focuses on practical strategies for preventing and treating obesity
...ill discuss pharmacological and non-pharmcological options for weight management, the pathophysiology of body composition and energy balance, advances in obesity clinical research, the role that ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic factors play in obesity, and developing a weight control program for your pra...