New therapy for specific form of leukemia
...mportant role in other forms of leukemia. The good news is that ABL1 is counteracted with the drug Glivec, and so this medication can now also provide help to a number of T-ALL patients. T-ALL: T-cell acute lymphatic leukemiaIn normal circumstances, our white blood cells combat foreign intruders, like vir...DNA sequence controls expression of gene involved in cancer
...bcl-2 gene that controls its expression may be big news for cancer therapy. Several drugs that reduce the amount of bcl-2 present in the cell are already used in chemotherapy to induce apoptosis and overcome drug resistance in cancer cells....Daphne Koller named MacArthur Fellow
...nd they give you some time to think about it." The news always comes as a big surprise, since the selection process is confidential and no notification is given to fellows until final selections are made. Koller's research tackles questions of how complex information with high levels of uncertainty ca...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 5, 2004
...Every Six Months. (Call for article and separate news release. This study is also the subject of an Internal Medicine Report video news release. Call for coordinates.) 2. Most Malaria Deaths Among U.S. Travelers Are Preventable Al...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...The authors point out that their findings are good news for PBRNs because the ability to collect data at fewer points in time could decrease costs, increase practice and clinician participation in practice-based research, and result in improved data quality and better estimates. Evaluating Computer Capa...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...ams, whereas low sensation seekers say they prefer news and magazine programs. In this study, researchers ...and low sensation seekers during viewing of action news television segments and found that high sensation seekers were more physiologically activated by, an...FSU scientist links iron imbalance to Parkinson's disease
...isease in those already infected. But the low iron news was mixed. Levenson also discovered that iron deficiencies in healthy risk-free rodents led to decreasing levels of dopamine, the neurotransmitter critical to relaying brain messages that control both balance and movement. Dopamine levels fall ...Nov. 18-21 nanotechnology conference in Irvine, Calif.
... ATTEND MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE by contacting the news office at 202-334-2138 or the National Academies Keck FUTURES INITIATIVE, tel. 949-387-2464. For more information and a program, visit http://www7.nationalacademies.org/keck/Keck_Futures_Conferences.html . FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS ARE CLOSED TO THE MED...Early life stress can inhibit development of brain-cell communication zones, UCI study finds
...ediatric neurologist and neuroscientist. "The good news is that we were able to prevent this effect in the lab." To do this, the researchers used a selective blocker of the CRH receptors and were able to reverse the actions of CRH, which led to well-developed brain-cell dendrites. But Baram warns that mu...Three years of Proba, the 'smart' satellite that runs itself
...ce-hardened parts typical for satellites. The good news is that these systems have continued to work well throughout Proba's 1096 days in space. In polar orbit 600 kilometres above the Earth, each month Proba acquires around 300 images of about 60 separate sites. To date the spacecraft has provided more ...Pesticides may promote Parkinson's disease and exercise may offer protection
... University of Texas. This research is encouraging news for people with Parkinson's disease who are looking for safe and effective ways to stem the progression of the illness. In past studies, the researchers reported that rats forced to use limbs that mimicked the effects of Parkinson's could regain mot...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...to eight cases in just the past few months and the news that blood from a vCJD-infected donor was transfused to 10 people and used to manufacture medicines. "This may not be a disease in decline, despite the low number of cases today," said Dr. Eglin. "There is much uncertainty over the number of cases pr...Deciphering the Arctic Ocean climate puzzle
...cience Party - 33 scientists from 11 countries - a news conference will be held: Tuesday, November 16, 20...erning the Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) and the news conference, including directions and a map, can be found online at www.iodp.org (see Highlights). ...Award will help unlock mysteries of one of Earth's most important organisms
...rogen, fats and silica to thrive the world over. A news article in the magazine quotes a diatom systematist not connected with the paper as saying, "We've just jumped a generation ahead by having this kind of understanding of this genome." The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation launched its 10-year marine...Declining fish supply linked to wildlife consumption in West Africa, Science study reports
This news release is also available in French and Japanese . The authors of a 30-year study suggest that declines in fish supply in Ghana can lead to regional increases in the hunting, trade and human consumption of wildlife in this West African nation. Dec...Academy eBriefings offer comprehensive reports on more than 100 cutting-edge scientific issues
...ople around the world eager to find out the latest news and research on topics such as diabetes, AIDS, cholesterol and obesity, vitamin E and aging, hunger in Africa, hydrogen-powered vehicles, and other cutting-edge science and social issues. Sponsored by the Academy, one of the U.S.'s oldest and most r...Nuclear imaging offers possibility for early detection of patients with coronary heart disease
...rnal of Nuclear Medicine." Heart disease, in the news recently because of former President Bill Clinton's quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery, is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. According to SNM members Simona Ben-Haim, M.D., and Ora Israel, M.D., "combined positron emission tomograph...New fossil may be closest yet to ancestor of all great apes
This news release is also available in Spanish , Japanese , French and Catalan . A new ape species from Spain called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus , or its close relative, may have been the last common ancestor to all living great apes, including hu...UGA researchers explain recent decline in Georgia's blue crab population
...ering from a weather-related problem could be good news for Georgia crabbers. With the drought officially at an end, anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that blue crab populations are on the rise, and the prevalence of the Hermatodinium infection is decreasing. ...Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...of experts in Hamburg, Germany Nov. 29, along with news of a network of nine regional organizations (in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, New Zealand, South America and Sub-Saharan Africa) being formed to advance the world's "information seaway." A meeting of the CoML International Scientif...