Medicine made to match genetic profile
...fects pharmaceutical drugs can have on genetically susceptible people," explains Weber, a U-M professor emeritus of pharmacology. "Genetic diversity is a major contributor to variations in human drug response." A pioneer in the field of pharmacogenetics, Weber devoted his career to studying how small genetic m...Genetic therapies for aging will face many challenges
...t there is a "price to pay," as these men are more susceptible to prostate cancer late in life. Moreover, these prostate cancers tend to be more aggressive. Other men have larger numbers of these triplet repeats within the coding region of the gene. To add to the complexity, different genetic-based problems s...All specialized insect predators not suitable for biological control
...of adult wasps emerging depended on the numbers of susceptible larvae and the number of adult wasps that were pre...e was also dependent on the number of infected and susceptible larvae present three weeks before, but the number of adult hosts did not decrease with the abundance...How to keep invasive plants out of forest fragments
...erable partly because it has more edges, which are susceptible to invasion by non-native species. While the obvious solution of minimizing the amount of edge is not always feasible, there may be another effective approach: intact edges can help keep seeds out of the forest interior, according to new research in ...Why monkeys don't hear as well as humans
... air in the shell makes the sound frequencies more susceptible to temperature. "Air molecules are like people moving around in a crowded room at a cocktail party. The warmer it is, the more molecules - or cocktail guests - run around, and it creates noise. With this random noise, it's harder to hear an indivi...Studies show powerful natural anti-cancer system exists
...ts have tried to learn what makes some people more susceptible to cancer," Kensler adds. "They've looked at genes for single phase II enzymes here and there. But with NRf2, you have the control for all of them. With slight changes in the switch,' you can get a tremendous step up in a body's sensitivity to can...Study points to positive results from vitamin D supplements for MS sufferers
... could completely prevent the development of MS in susceptible animals. After Cantorna joined the faculty at Penn State, she learned of Dr. Cosman's research program which centers on investigating whether a low level vitamin D deficiency in MS patients might account for the incidence of brittle bones. Cantor...Ketek (Telithromycin) highly active in vitro against Streptococcus pneumoniae
...lates and 92.9% of mecA-isolates of S. aureus were susceptible to Ketek. PROTEKT data include isolates from countries spanning North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. PROTEKT involves 72 laboratories in 25 countries. It is an ongoing study, where researchers analyze the susceptibility of sev...Scientists seek genetic clues to emphysema and chronic bronchitis
... smoke-induced damage, or one that makes them more susceptible to damage by smoke," said National Jewish pulmonol... for genetic differences between people who appear susceptible to COPD and those who are not." Dr. Make and his colleagues at National Jewish are joining research...Amphibian mortality linked to global climate change
...ess in moisture-sensitive amphibians, leaving them susceptible to a variety of pathogens. The specific stresses ... the eggs to more ultraviolet light and makes them susceptible to disease outbreaks," says Kiesecker. In early spring every year, the toads lay their eggs in one...Researcher finds that important fungal "scaffolding" genes belong to one of four classes
...th diseases such as AIDS or tuberculosis are often susceptible to diseases caused by fungi. Worse, pathogenic fungi are becoming harder to kill, and the numbers of those with fungal disease in the U.S. have dramatically increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Momanys new research showed that th...A stomach enzyme deficit may place women at more risk from drinking alcohol
Women are more susceptible to the toxic effects of alcohol on the liver, hear...in general, both women and female animals are more susceptible to the negative or toxic effects of alcohol. This is true for the liver, heart muscle, skeletal mus...USGS issues wildlife health alert for foot-and-mouth disease
...o arrive in the country, some wildlife species are susceptible to the disease. Foot-and-mouth disease could affec...A research has revealed that white-tailed deer are susceptible to the same virus strain now affecting domestic animals overseas. The same studies also showed that ...New imaging technique could improve outcome of popular heart procedure
...thought that stents with inadequate deployment are susceptible to restenosis," says Dr. Bouma. In addition, "over deployment, causing trauma to the vessel, is also a potential problem associated with restenosis." Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is currently used in interventional cardiology to monitor stents, ...Scientists: nutritional deficiency can boost influenza virus damage
...long time that if you're malnourished, you're more susceptible to infectious diseases, and so it's not really remarkable that the mice would be sicker when they have a deficiency," Beck said. "We looked at specific elements of the mice's immune systems that were associated with the increase in pathology and fou...UC Davis study finds breastfeeding may protect bones in teen-age mothers
...rosis. Without strong bone density, women are more susceptible to hip fractures, curvature of the spine and back pain. Women who breastfeed are known to be less prone to hip fractures later in life, but it is not clear that this is associated with improved bone mineral density. Chantry's study is the first to su...Pooling worldwide data about childhood tumors helps researchers gauge aggressiveness of treatment
...ays to prevent tumor growth or to make tumors more susceptible to cancer drugs. We may also induce them to differentiate into benign tumors, or to trigger the cell death pathway. Such approaches are likely to be more effective and less toxic than current approaches. In my opinion, these newer approaches represen...AIDS in Africa has potential to affect human evolution, UC Berkeley scientists report
...ore than half. The mutation that makes people more susceptible would decrease from 20 percent of the population t...ce 10-20 percent more children than those with the susceptible allele. That amounts to about one extra child per person, Slatkin said. "The change in gene frequenc......suggest that cells with LTRPC2 ion channels may be susceptible to such damage, and medications designed to block the LTRPC2 channels may help treat these and related conditions. Their second paper describes the regulatory mechanisms for another ion channel, LTRPC7. This ion channel appears to be controlled by ...Heavy consumption of tainted fish curbs adult learning and memory
.... It had been assumed that mature adults are less susceptible than are developing fetuses. This may not be the case."PCBs were widely used until banned in the late 1970s as electrical insulators and lubricants and as extenders in paints and varnishes. The chemicals decompose slowly and are virtuallynon-biod...