Feature: Biomaterials Are Transforming Medicine
...s study,physicians have used the polymer wafers to treat thousands of brain cancervictims, with significant improvements. In tissue engineering, cells from a patient can be cultivated on apolymer mesh or "scaffold", allowing regeneration of the cartilage for an ear,for example. Physicians could al...Discovery Of Plant-Like Metabolic Pathway In Common Parasites Supplies New Targets For Therapy
...ned. "We urgently need new and better medicines to treat these extremely commondiseases caused by parasites...ted to exceed $500 million per year.No medications treat the latent life-cycle stages of the T. gondii parasite. <AHREF="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dise...Fauci To Present New Insights Into HIV Latency At 12th World AIDS Conference
...up and others are pursuing studies to identify and treat people recentlyexposed to HIV, before the burst of...uctsand supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaa...Evidence From Old Tumors Foretells Which New Breast Cancer Patients Will RequireAdditional Treatment
...study provides the best clues to date about how to treat patients withnode-negative breast cancers, the kind we try to find with mammography," saidfirst author Ruth Heimann, M.D., Ph.D., professor of radiation and cellularoncology at the University of Chicago. "We hope to use these data in our effortsto de...Wake Forest Study: Dermatologists Provide Better, Cheaper Care For Fungal Skin Disease
...said, "is there's aninfection, and the best way to treat the infection is to treat the infection,rather than the inflamation that results from the infection." The study has im...Scientists Make Progress Toward Gene Therapy For HIV Infection
...uctsand supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaand allergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices....Treating Anemia Reduces Risk Of Death For People With HIV
...e need torecognize thesymptoms of anemia early and treat it." Anemia, marked by a depleted number of red blood cells that carry oxygen tothe body'stissues, is a major cause of debilitating fatigue in people with HIV. Thecondition is oftenconsidered an inevitable complication of living with HIV and aff......uctsand supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaand allergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices. Press releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials ar...Northwestern Hosts Public Forum On Future Of Biotechnology
Will genetic screening be used by doctors to treat disease -- or by insurers tolimit coverage? Can cancer be cured in the next decade? Is geneticallyengineered food safe? Will government regulation strangle the biotechnologyindustry? These questions concern not just business people and scientists, bu......nother host. Medical researchers have foundways to treat the effects of such viruses by eliminating symptoms or hurryingthem on their way. Other viruses are killers. Especially difficult has been a class called retroviruses, whichincludes HIV, the cause of AIDS. These viruses are the quick-change ...Syphilis Genome Sequence Offers Clues To Better Diagnosis, Prevention And Treatment
...ctive vaccine." Syphilis is difficult to diagnose, treat and prevent: DIAGNOSIS Symptoms can be mild or a...uctsand supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaa......rom complete destruction. Yet if the scientists treat the ground sloth dung with N -phenacylthiazolium bromide, the crosslinks break open again and the DNA can be analyzed. Not only its DNA can be found in ground sloth dung but also genetic material from plants the animal fed on. "Th...Pool Of Latently Infected, "Resting" Cells Established Early In HIV Infection
...s to identify peoplerecently exposed to HIV and to treat them before the viral burst, which probablydissemi...uctsand supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaa...Groundwater Injection Process Filters Out Contaminants
...emediation techniques. In thewidely used pump and treat method, contaminated water is withdrawn throughwel...is removedover a one-week period. Unlike pump and treat methods of remediation, thebarrier remains effective for up to 30 years. "Monitoring of test...Cultured Neural Stem Cells Reduce Symptoms In Model Of Parkinsons Disease
...embryonic dopamine-producing cells can effectively treat Parkinson'sdisease. More than 200 patients have received transplants of these cells. However, the potential for this type of therapy to become widely available hasalways been limited by difficulty in obtaining embryonic tissue. The new studyshows t...Shellfish Toxin Study Provides Possible Clue To Cystic Fibrosis Therapy
...hat they have discovered a mechanism that may help treat cysticfibrosis. A consortium of seven scientists from the National Institute ofEnvironmental Health Sciences and the Universities of Chicago, Cincinnati andManchester (UK) described their findings in the Aug. 1 issue of the Journal ofPhysio...New Alzheimer's-Associated Mutation May Provide Key To Disease Process
...w target for the developmentof drugs to prevent or treat this disease." Tanzi and his colleagues stressthat the new mutation is not appropriate for use in diagnosing or predictingAlzheimer's disease. The data also are being presented July 22 in Amsterdam atthe Sixth International Conference on Alzheimer's...Australian Scientists In World-First Cell Discovery
...lp us to manipulate their effects and, hopefully, treat diseases like diabetes and cancer more effectively," said Dr Ward....Marine Snail Toxin Targeted At African Toad Eggs Reveals Novel Impact On The Regulation Of Serotonin
...eting the receptor couldpotentially be designed to treat pain and anxiety, said Julius. Serotonin and the hundreds of other neurotransmitters zipping through the brainact as chemical messengers between nerve cells. They are released from oneneuron and move at the rate of milliseconds to another, where they...CU Team Develops New Techniques For Repair Of Bone And Cartilage
... using laser beams. "A common procedure to treat severe fractures is the use of screws andplates," ...thod is." The creation of new polymers to treat cartilage damage in joints is amore difficult problem because cartilage does not have the capacity t...