Chemoradioimmunotherapy for advanced breast cancer: hope for the future?
...targeted anti-cancer treatment, the treatment will reduce systemic toxicity whilst enhancing the therapeutic index." "Introducing the radiation by linking the radioisotopes to the anti-HER-2 antibody is more efficient than conventional external beam radiotherapy because the radiation is targeted specificall...Articles on forest fire risks published in BioScience
...S forest fire dangers and propose improved ways to reduce the risk of spread. "The Interaction of Fire, Fuels, and Climate across Rocky Mountain Forests," by Tania Schoennagel and Thomas T. Veblen of the University of Colorado and William H. Romme of Colorado State University, criticizes the view that decad...As humans alter land, infectious diseases follow
...infectious disease, the development of policies to reduce "pathogen pollution," and the establishment of centers for research and training in ecology and health research. "While there are many health crises around the world today, there are ongoing human activities that threaten natural resources key to sus...Vacuum assisted deliveries are safe alternative to forceps
...raging instrumental vaginal deliveries may help to reduce the rates ofcaesarean section. Although delivery by vacuum extraction does have risks,it remains a safe alternative to forceps delivery. These results also underscore the need for obstetric standards inperforming instrumental deliveries, they conclud...Gene alteration points to longevity, thinness
...synthesis which should help people lose weight and reduce their cholesterol," Dr. Ganapathy says. Drs. Fei and Ganapathy also are working to identify compounds that can control gene activity. They may have to look no further than store shelves to find a good starting point: hydroxycitrate, an analogue of ci...Endurance exercise found to be equally effective as diuretics in improving cardiac health
...Reduction of blood pressure during contraction can reduce the risk of stroke and heart failure in hypertensi...duals. Furthermore, regression of LVH is likely to reduce cardiovascular risks in hypertension. Endurance exercise training, which can include sustained walki...Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technology
...ulture, cleaning and soil remediation. Surfactants reduce the surface tension of water and are found in many consumer and industrial products, including soaps, laundry and hard surface cleaners. Most surfactants are petroleum-based and some are harmful to the environment. Rhamnolipid biosurfactants are read...RSV can increase the risk of asthma, UT Southwestern researchers find
...body that is commercially available could possibly reduce the long-term complications of serious RSV infecti...ill be to study whether treatments against RSV can reduce RSV-associated asthma in children. Researchers believe these findings could also lead to the develop...$6 million appropriation to focus Sandia research on drinking water desalination, removal of arsenic
...ill evaluate a variety of innovative approaches to reduce the cost of arsenic treatment for small communities, and will specifically address the needs of Native American communities. One of the best treatment methods is the use of adsorbents, natural or man-made materials that have been designed for the pur...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...ut $20 million, but NHGRI's aim is to dramatically reduce that cost to $1,000 over the next 10 years. "In order to reach that ambitious goal, we will need to develop a completely integrated system that requires very small volumes and utilizes very inexpensive instruments. Ideally, the system would cost no m...Clemson researcher places hope on pushy photons
CLEMSON -- Using a laser to push cells around may reduce heart problems and detect cancer at the cellular level. "Light exerts a force," said Bruce Gao, assistant professor of bioengineering at Clemson University. "It's too weak to be noticed by us, but it can move atoms and cells." The Clemson bioengin...Finding the hole in the defenses of cavity-creating microbes
...FabM, it may be possible to kill the bacteria and reduce cavities. "We've identified a potentially useful and novel pathway, but we have a very long road to go to identifying and isolating a compound that stops the process in bacteria," says Quivey. "I'm cautiously optimistic." The research, which was fu...Underground carbon dioxide storage reduces emissions
... warming, and there has been a worldwide effort to reduce those emissions and their effects on the planet--the Kyoto Protocol, for example, has mandated these changes. Carbon dioxide sequestration is being evaluated internationally as a viable means of long-term carbon dioxide storage. Rostron is part of t...NIH awards grant for cancer research to the University of Wisconsin
...s the advancement of cancer research to ultimately reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality. The grant is awarded under NCRR's Research Facilities Improvement Program, which provides funding to public and nonprofit private institutions to expand, remodel, and renovate existing research facilities o...Evidence for fat hormone target in brain
...he body's fat tissues and to signal brain cells to reduce appetite and food intake and increase energy expen...in signaling triggers compensatory mechanisms that reduce the impact on the animals' weight and energy metabolism. The researchers theorized that leptin might...NASA scientists get global fix on food, wood & fiber use
...ation density is generally lower. Technology helps reduce waste. For example, due to better technology, one ton of milled lumber requires 1.3 tons of trees in industrialized countries but more than 2 tons of trees in developing countries. As a technologically advanced country, U.S. use of NPP is close to th...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...pression of the genes required for invasion and to reduce the numbers of bacteria in vivo," say the researchers. "Thus, MCFA are potentially useful products for reducing the level of colonization of chicks and could ultimately aid in the reduction of the number of contaminated eggs in the food supply." ...Next best thing: wood chip bedding for cattle
...e as ammonia. Volatile losses of nitrogen not only reduce the nutrient value of the final compost but also h...ere it is economically advantageous. Producers can reduce their costs, while helping improve quality of the environment," concludes Xiying Hao. Mo...Targeted therapy for lung cancer patients shows promise in extending lives
...h minimal effects on noncancerous cells. The drugs reduce the cancer by blocking the process by which cancer cells divide, grow and spread. Bonomi says that Tarceva "aims to slow cancer growth by blocking the action of a molecule called the epidermal growth factor receptor, or EGFR, a protein found in the c......at just focuses on the directperpetrators will not reduce or eliminate torture," she says. Another researcher, Allen S. Keller, M.D., program director,Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, has evaluatedtorture survivors since 1990 and has written extensively onhealth and human rights issues, includ...