University of Maryland physicians use ultrasound in novel way
...isorders like Down syndrome historically has meant undergoing amniocentesis, an invasive test that requires the insertion of a long hollow needle into the uterus to draw fluid from the sac surrounding the fetus for further testing. The test may be uncomfortable for the mother and there is a small chance of infe...Presbyterians vote in favor of fetal, embryonic, and stem cell research
...os in excess of clinical need and donated by women undergoing in vitro fertilization; the other method isolates stem cells from aborted fetuses. Stem cells have the ability to divide for an indefinite period in culture and can develop into most of the specialized cells and tissues of the body, such as muscle ce...Pulmonary hypertension in newborns linked to nitric oxide production
...said. He and Christman also are studying patients undergoing high dose chemotherapy for bone marrow transplantation. The complication of hepatic veno-occlusive disease appears to relate to nitric oxide levels and urea cycle function, Summar said. With Dr. Rick Barr, assistant professor of Pediatrics and Anest......ysics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., where it has been undergoing tests. Attending the dedication will be represent... reports that 4.9 percent of Native American women undergoing their first mammography screening for breast cancer are found to have suspicious findings in their b...Dopamine-dampening gene linked to prefrontal inefficiency, schizophrenia
...perform another working memory task (N-back) while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the prefrontal brain activity of those with two copies of val was least efficient; there was excessive activity for a given level of performance. "It's as if they get poorer gas mileage out of their pref......arn what they could from the experiences of people undergoing surgery for brain disorders. This was a fundamental research barrier; researchers cannot develop the best treatments for a diseased organ without fully understanding its normal function. The new technologies also will allow "more objective measures o...In gene therapy first, scientists restore vision to dogs born blind
...at were born blind gained the ability to see after undergoing gene therapy, according to research from the University of Florida, Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. The findings, published in the May issue of Nature Genetics, open the door to developing treatment in coming years for people w...New imaging technique could improve outcome of popular heart procedure
...ke Vice President Dick Cheney, peace of mind after undergoing stent angioplasty to open up a coronary artery partially blocked with plaque. Cheney underwent this procedure last December after having chest pains, and he had a follow up procedure this March when the stent became re-blocked, a problem known as re...NSF weighs options for treating South Pole patient
...titis. Although he appears to be recovering and is undergoing a prophylactic course of antibiotic treatment, a relapse cannot be ruled out. Through the use of telemedicine and ultrasound equipment at the Pole, a medical team in the United States was able to view images of the affected area and have concurre......non-invasive saliva monitoring approach, currently undergoing bench-scale laboratory testing, offers several new promising features. The technology is designed to be portable, highly reliable and quick in providing results. It would be cost-effective for home and workplace monitoring of trace metals and organ...Researcher finds that important fungal "scaffolding" genes belong to one of four classes
...e depending on the condition of their host. People undergoing chemotherapy or those with 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 increa......sing vaccine therapies against the disease are now undergoing clinical trials. One of the caveats about this typ...ffective. The anti-CTLA-4 antibody blockade is now undergoing safety trials at UC San Francisco Medical Center and Long Beach Community Medical Center. Safety tri...Amoebas use "midwives" to reproduce
...brane in the area of its narrow "waist" stretches, undergoing enormous stress. This mechanical perturbation may ...he attractant, its mechanism of release by amoebas undergoing division, and the nature of the "midwifes" receptor. This study may contribute to future attempts to...Study finds pawpaw a tasty fat substitute in baked goods
...helf life of only three days. But the fruit is undergoing a small revival across the country, and other universities are conducting research ranging from horticulture to medicinal uses of the pawpaw tree. Duffrin used a puree provided by an Albany, Ohio, company that hopes to revitalize the pawpaw industry ...Preserving Moroccan forests need not endanger Barbary macaques
... 25-pound monkeys live there. The forest has been undergoing desertification due primarily to overgrazing, wood cutting and, in the last decade, drought. Recently, the forest's degradation has been exacerbated by a dramatic increase the macaques' cedar bark stripping. The Moroccan Department of Waters an...Watching clonal deletion in action
...ogical preparations surrounded by T cells that are undergoing apoptosis, presumably because they are specific for the self-epitope presented by the neighboring DC......ntidepressants. Working with tissue taken from men undergoing penile prosthetic implantation, Christianson and his colleagues verified for the first time that arginase is present in the human penis. The group also found that administering BEC enhanced smooth muscle relaxation in human penile tissue, which trig......rage of three to four cycles of treatment as women undergoing conventional drug-stimulated treatment about a th...menstrual cycles and probably also not for couples undergoing ICSI (the injection of a single sperm into the egg), although research into its feasibility for ICSI...UCB-Bioproducts to provide active pharmaceutical ingredient for FDA approved angiomax (bivalirudin)
...tially indicated for patients with unstable angina undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), which received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in December 2000. As part of their collaboration with The Medicines Company, UCB-Bio designed a uniquely scaled process for prod...Exercise benefits patients being treated for early stage breast cancer
...ients. Researchers in Canada found that women undergoing treatment for early stage breast cancer who maintained a regular exercise program of hour-long walking sessions 3-5 times per week for six months had a significant improvement in cardiac conditioning and overall functioning. The randomized study...