New approach limits damage after heart attack and improves survival, say Scripps Research scientists
...ood vessel growth. However, VEGF also produces the unwanted side effect of causing vascular permeability, and Cheresh and his colleagues wanted to develop a strategy to block blood vessel leak without blocking the beneficial vascular growth-promoting effects of VEGF. This was accomplished with a Src kinase in...Astrazeneca announces EU marketing approval for Faslodex(TM)
...c actions which can be associated with a number of unwanted side effects. 'Faslodex's' unique mode of action creates a new type of endocrine treatment for oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer the first to be approved in the European Union since 1995. 'Faslodex' offers durable responses and has tolerab...ESA calls for interdisciplinary studies of GEOs
...ecific genetic features, such as traits that limit unwanted gene flow between GE organisms and non-GE organisms. Rigorous, interdisciplinary scientific studies are needed to evaluate environmental benefits and risks posed by GEOs. possible risks is inadequate or suggests the potential for serious negati...Scientists urge caution when releasing engineered organisms into environment
...ns for addressing the risks and helping to prevent unwanted side effects when developing and ultimately releas... report also recommends designing GEOs that reduce unwanted environmental risks by incorporating specific genetic features into engineered organisms, such as st...Current smoke alarms pass life-saving tests
...multiple fire conditions to accurately distinguish unwanted fire conditions from nuisance conditions. The recent NIST tests were similar in many respects to the 1975-1976 NIST tests that produced the first data on record to clearly demonstrate the potential of smoke alarms to save lives. The NIST fire engine...... of siRNA, researchers can avoid a buildup and any unwanted cell activity that goes along with it....New findings bring mixed blessings to those looking to combat jet lag
... SRC alleviates daytime sleepiness but exerts some unwanted effects on sleep. By contrast, Mlt was found to im... was to reduce sleepiness for a few days with some unwanted effects on recovery sleep. Additional studies are required to evaluate fully the effects of these ...One-size-fits-all approach to nutrition recommendations may soon be outdated
...may be advised to reduce calorie intake to prevent unwanted weight gain. Still another layer of customization may be reached by segmenting population groups by ethnicity and socioeconomic factors. Some in the health community are concerned that the technique will be unfairly available to the "haves" and not...Research reveals brain has biological mechanism to block unwanted memories
...gical mechanism exists in the human brain to block unwanted memories. The findings, to be published Jan. 9 in ... is that we've shown how the human brain blocks an unwanted memory, that there is such a mechanism and it has a biological basis," said Stanford psychology Prof...Improved guidance systems for missiles will reduce collateral damage
...ended projectile of the missiles and help minimize unwanted damage. For small combat units, situational awareness is vital. WSI Corp's InFlight system, for example, was specifically designed as an in-flight decision support aid for pilots along with the company's high-quality weather information systems. Its ...Atkins diet may reduce seizures in children with epilepsy
Along with helping some people shed unwanted pounds, the popular low-carbohydrate, high-fat Atkins diet may also have a role in preventing seizures in children with epilepsy, say researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. In a limited study of six patients, including three patients 12...Scientists develop a novel strategy to help prevent transplant rejection
...of powerful immunosuppressive drugs that have many unwanted side effects. "Increasingly organ transplants in t...y 'reverse' vaccination, where we down-regulate an unwanted response to an antigen rather than stimulate it. This represents a huge opportunity to benefit patie...Diet may improve cognition, slow aging, and help protect against cosmic radiation
...n tend to have an easier time than women at losing unwanted weight. "The role of diet in cognitive function is one of the vastly understudied areas in the neurosciences," says Carl W. Cotman, PhD, of the University of California-Irvine. "As these recent studies show, significant new findings are appearing wh...Mutant gene linked to obsessive compulsive disorder
...CD is a mental illness characterized by repetitive unwanted thoughts and behaviors that impair daily life. "In all of molecular medicine, there are few known instances where two variants within one gene have been found to alter the expression and regulation of the gene in a way that appears associated with s...Stanford research finds gene variations that alter antidepressant side effects
...tors, so they remain functional, which can lead to unwanted side effects such as stomach upset, dizziness, insomnia, agitation and sexual dysfunction. One variation of the 5HT2a gene, based on a single nucleotide change in the DNA sequence, is thought to affect the amount of the receptor on nerve cells. When ...Don't drink the water: Texas A&M researcher conducting study of polluted Mexican lake
...re environmental quality and if possible, minimize unwanted economic impacts of such polluted bodies of water."...Built-in eyeshade offers clue to prehistoric past
...a or a baseball hat brim on humans. They prevented unwanted light from entering the lenses which would otherwise bounce around and cause a fuzziness in the image seen by the trilobite animal," said Chatterton. "These trilobites lived at a time--395 million years ago--when large predatory fishes capable of cru...Novel therapeutic target identified in fight against Rheumatoid Arthritis
...echanism against the overproduction of diseased or unwanted cells. On the other hand, synovial cell apoptosis was significantly impaired in mice overexpressing synoviolin, promoting synovial hypoplasia and ultimately, joint disease. This research demonstrates the significance of synoviolin in regulating sy...New research finds garlic kills slugs
... site garlic next to their vegetable crops to keep unwanted pests away. Slugs and snails cause millions of pounds worth of damage as they munch their way through food crops and plants, particularly those in cool, temperate climates like those of the UK, Northern Europe and North West America. Even more mil......the future in developing new methods of wiping out unwanted memories, and thus of treating some kinds of psychological trauma. Research that deals with the physical basis of the processes and mechanisms of memory, especially those that involve chemical or other intervention, relies on animal subjects. Prof. D...