Researchers identify compounds that might help in spinal cord repair
...ure for paralysis, there are a number of treatment options for nervous system disease and injury, including drugs, cell transplants, artificial nerves and rehabilitation therapy. The National Institutes of Health, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Stollof Family Fund provided funding for this ...New evidence on revolutionary brain pacemaker for Parkinson's Disease patients
...cuss with their patients all appropriate treatment options for Parkinsons disease. In addition patients need to initiate conversation on therapy with their general practitioner/family physician. Referrals should then be made to a specialist neurologist or neurosurgeon where appropriate for deep brain stimu...Intracoronary gene therapy trial shows promise for treatment of angina
...diagnosed each year. Currently available treatment options for coronary artery disease include drug therapy, angioplasty and bypass surgery. A non-surgical treatment, therapeutic angiogenesis is performed via catheterization the insertion of a tiny tube into the blood vessels surrounding the heart. For this...Hopkins Bioethics Institute receives $9.9 million from Pew Trusts
... Human Reproduction Initiative will explore policy options and guidelines for using reproductive genetic tech...erns about the field, and creating a set of policy options for guiding the use of advances over the long-term, Hudson said. The Center will not advocate for an...Tent caterpillars and their parasites
...da's aspen boreal forest, and provides various new options for forest managers who would like to minimize the effects of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks. The impact of forest tent caterpillars should not be underestimated. For comparison purposes, at the peak of a caterpillar outbreak, the biomass of cate...2.6 billion years of primate and carnivore evolutionary history at risk
...r scientific field research and offer new economic options to protect biodiversity....Stanford researchers develop system for field testing mechanisms of evolution
...tify to, a modular body plan greatly increases the options for tweaking designs over time. "The goal of this project was to develop a system that makes it possible to bring what we know in the laboratory about molecular genetics and begin applying it in the field to evolutionary theory and ecology," s...Israeli scientists block the progression of Type I diabetes
...the discovery that the immune system has different options to choose from in responding to an antigen. It can act to destroy the antigen or alternatively protect it from destruction. In this case it indirectly prevents the pancreatic cells from being destroyed. The scientists participating in this study are...Alternative to hormone replacement therapy shows promising results
... osteoporosis and menopausal symptoms have several options and must work with their doctors to weigh the benefits versus the risks of each," said Clarkson. "Our study is significant because it adds to the current knowledge about these choices." Tibolone, which is considered an alternative to hormone replacem...Nitrogen: Too much of a good thing?
...will give conference participants a host of policy options to ponder as the conference moves towards its goal of optimizing nitrogen management on local, regional, and global scales. Stay tuned for an upcoming release that will highlight the last two days of the conference.......] methods. Bradley will also cover various policy options which could be implemented on regional, national and international levels to improve and reduce NOx emissions....Genetic secrets of metal-eating plants uncovered
...e a site contaminated with cadmium. Right now your options are to put a fence around it and put a sign up telling people to stay out, build a parking lot over it, or dig up all of the soil and truck it to a landfill, which is very expensive," Salt says. "The idea would be that you could take plants that accu...Study detailing safety and efficacy of exisulind in treating recurrent prostate cancer
...impact the patients quality of life. New treatment options that might delay the need for such side effect prone therapies could provide great benefit in the management of prostate cancer. The primary efficacy measurement for the one-year, single-agent study was the difference in the change in PSA levels from......hio. It's important to have a number of treatment options to select from, however, health care providers nee...thromycin, are recommended as first-line treatment options for outpatients with CAP....Press invitation: Launch of climate strategies
...has been conducting the first major studies of the options for responding to the international situation. The launch meeting, held a week before the global negotiations reopen in Bonn (16-27 July), will present findings from the first two major collaborative Climate Strategies studies: Keeping Kyoto: A...Blood vessels found to signal chain of destruction in bone diseases
...ccording to Osdoby, the discovery opens up several options to eliminate or minimize bone loss in inflammatory-related diseases. "Because we know that blood vessels overgrow and are activated to cause osteoclast formation in inflammatory disorders, researchers can begin to think of ways to dampen the form...UF researchers reverse metabolic disorder in mice
...treatment." The researchers are exploring several options for adjusting the treatment for females. "There may be reasons specifically related to how testosterone influences enzyme activity in mice that would explain why there was a difference in response to the treatment," Laipis said. "We don't know if thi......urvey demonstrates need for new birth control pill options Montville, NJ, May 14, 2001 -- Berlex Laboratories, Inc., a U.S. affiliate of Schering AG, Germany (NYSE:SHR), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved YASMIN (R) (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol). YASMIN is a n......ry patients who have no other approved therapeutic options available, said Kanti Rai, M.D., chief of the division of hematology and oncology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and a principal investigator in the Campath clinical trials. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most prevalent form of adult leu...Scientists invite others to join them online to discuss exotic species threat
...e a fresh look at the problem and begin to develop options for dealing with it on a global scale. The online meeting will feature presentations from more than 60 authors on issues involving the hazards and economic impacts of some of the more newly introduced pests, the impact of exotic pests on internation...