Researchers Document Transmission Of Protease-Resistant HIV
...rs. Hecht said that interruptions in the partner's treatment may have contributed tothe development of resistan...s well as for other patients, Hecht said, butother treatment options still exist. "This case doesn't mean that combination therapy is not a good thing," saidThom...Wake Forest Study: Dermatologists Provide Better, Cheaper Care For Fungal Skin Disease
...ust 4.8percent of the dermatologists. This treatment is less effective than the single agents, such asL...and efficiently. "It might be assumed that treatment of skin disease is verystraightforward, and that there are only two creams and you use Cream A or Cr...Scientists Make Progress Toward Gene Therapy For HIV Infection
...g thePhase I/II clinical trial of the experimental treatment at the NIH ClinicalCenter in Bethesda, Md. Cell G...ting of autologous infusions in patientsundergoing treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy. The patientsare being treated with their own cells, whic...Novel Liver Steroid Slows Brain Tumor Growth
...hat squalamine may be well suited for humans inthe treatment of brain tumors and other diseases characterized by and dependenton new blood vessel growth," says Henry Brem, M.D., director of neurosurgicaloncology at Hopkins and senior author of the study. "It dramatically slowedblood vessel formation without d...Scientists ID A Protein With Punch As Infection-Inflammation Fighter
...e years before PR-39 could be developedinto a drug treatment for human diseases. "It is always a long time from drug discovery and the first understanding of abasic biochemical activity of a substance to the day when human patients benefitfrom such research," they say. That said, the K-State researchers acknow...Banking On Safer Drinking Water
...ullingwater directly from the river for subsequent treatment anddistribution, utilities drill wells nearby. Riv...organicmatter that reacts during disinfection in a treatment plant toform potentially harmful by-products. "You can surmise that going through the ground should...News Backgrounder: Duke Primate Center Successfully Fosters Mysterious Aye-Ayes
...erstand when they're having problems." To aid this treatment and studiesof the center's animals, Williams is seeking donation of a medical X-ray unitand an ultrasound unit for the Primate Center. "Now, we have to transport them to an animal hospital in a van, but inan emergency situation like Goblin's ...Ecological Consequences Of Jasmonate-Induced Responses For Plants In Native Populations
...benefit model for inducible defenses. Jasmonate treatment significantly increased nicotine concentrations... other populations, but the effect of jasmonate treatment was retained; clearly, the jasmonate treatment had not saturated the plants' nicotine response...Depression A Risk Factor For Coronary Artery Disease In Men
...CAD. A minority (23 percent) reported no treatment for clinical depression,with 33 percent reporting use of antidepressant medications and 44 percentreporting psychotherapy with or without use of benzodiazepines or othersedatives. Treatment for depression did not necessarily lower the men's risk ofd...CSIRO Reduces 'Cellulite' In Oranges
... the company Phosyn PLC, have produced a spray-on treatment which will reduce the number of oranges developing costly and unsightly puffiness, not unlike cellulite. "Albedo breakdown - or 'creasing' in the white layer under an orange's peel - can affect up to 90 per cent of the fruit grown by some growe...Molecular Marker May Identify Bladder Cancer Patients Most Likely To Recur
...h patients will most likelybenefit from continuing treatment after surgery, and which patients could bespared i...ge patients with a clearer idea of the benefits of treatment in thatindividual. This represents a great advantage to physicians and patients," Steinsays. To help...Syphilis Genome Sequence Offers Clues To Better Diagnosis, Prevention And Treatment
...cientists to fillsome remaining gaps in detection, treatment and prevention. A major problem forresearchers has been the inability to grow the organism in the laboratory. Thegenetic map identifies genes that are present or absent in the bacterium'smetabolic pathways. "This critical information will allow us...Combining Angiostatin With Radiation Enhances Anti-Cancer Effects Of Each
...herapy dramaticallyimproves the response to cancer treatment in animal models without increasingtoxicity, repor...rovidinglocal control of cancer, a crucial part of treatment for many tumors, includingprostate, brain, head and neck and other cancers. It could even expand th...Siblings Of People With Heart Disease Are Less Likely To Get Treatment
...he general public to be aware oftheir risk or seek treatment for high blood pressure, says Lisa Yanek, M.P.H.,l... group who remain in need ofimproved screening and treatment to lower rates of high blood pressure."Co-authors are Taryn Moy; Roger Blumenthal, Judith Raqueno, R...Pool Of Latently Infected, "Resting" Cells Established Early In HIV Infection
... stopstherapy or is unable to adhere to the proper treatment regimen. We now knowthat these reservoirs are established very early in the course of infection." Dr. Fauci notes that "the establishment of the pool of latently infected,resting CD4+ T cells appears to occur around the time of the initial burst ofv...Groundwater Injection Process Filters Out Contaminants
... water is withdrawn throughwells, treated at water treatment plants then injected back into the ground. But it is costly to drill wells, build a special treatment facility and performlong-term operation and maintenance. And, in many cases, pump and treatremediat...Cultured Neural Stem Cells Reduce Symptoms In Model Of Parkinsons Disease
... the new procedure has great promise for improving treatment ofneurological disorders, it also will be important in helping researchersunderstand how the brain develops. The neural stem cells in this experimentwent through all the basic steps of brain development outside of the body --they multiplied, differe...Shellfish Toxin Study Provides Possible Clue To Cystic Fibrosis Therapy
...onmental toxin may reap unexpectedbenefits for the treatment of a common and debilitating genetic disease." The other researchers on the cooperative study are Weiwen Xie, B.S., ofthe Department of Neurology at the University of Chicago; Kevin R.H. Solomons,Ph.D., and Sally Freeman, Ph.D., of the Schoo...NASA Research Helps Map Protein Structures -- Key In The Development Of New Disease-Fighting Drugs
...sts havemade an important step toward developing a treatment for Respiratory SyncytialVirus -- a life-threateni... Neuraminidase is a target for the treatment and prevention ofthe flu. Influenza protein crystals from several Space Shuttle flights had asignif...Stargazer Gene Provides New Clues To Calcium Channel Defects In Absence Epilepsy
...ammalian brain and how they may be targeted in the treatment ofneuroexcitability disorders, including epilepsy, in humans." Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that affects approximately onepercent of the U.S. population and has two major forms: absence (petit mal) andconvulsive (grand mal). Absence se...