Researchers uncover E. coli's defense mechanism
...from either of these organisms can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps and sometimes more serious illnesses that require hospitalization. E.coli doesn't respond well to antibiotics, while Salmonella has developed several drug-resistant strains. Learning how the bacteria handle the body's immune response is the fi...Prenatal exposure to marine toxin causes lasting damage
...p symptoms including vomiting nausea, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In severe cases, the toxin leads to neurological damage, characterized by headaches, confusion, coma and even death. Exposure can also cause amnesic shellfish poisoning, characterized by permanent loss of short-term memory. Since the discove...Attacks of King George III's madness linked to key metabolism molecule
...a range of symptoms, including dark colored urine, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, weakness in the limbs, and psychiatric symptoms such as confusion, fits and hallucinations. Earlier this year, the British journal Lancet published a report saying that a test of strands of George III's hair cont...The link between fasting and acute attacks of porphyria
...livers. Acute porphyria attacks can include severe abdominal pain, skin sensitivity to sunlight, and psychiatric disorders like hysteria, which may have been the source of King George III's well-known insanity, according to some historians....No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved
...n by systemic delivery a single infusion into the abdominal cavity a method the authors only recently described and which they used for the first time in this study to transfer a therapeutic gene. The AAV-2 vector was delivered locally, given by intramuscular injection to different muscles of the leg. With b...Researchers outline possible drug targets for treating metabolic syndrome
...ion of disorders of the body's metabolism such as abdominal obesity, hypertension and insulin resistance that increase one's risk of heart disease, dangerous plaque buildup in artery walls and non-insulin-dependent diabetes. In a review article in the Aug. 11 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine , ...Certolizumab pegol demonstrates positive results in two Phase III Crohn's disease trials
...y individual, and may include persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, and at times loss of appetite/weight, fever or rectal bleeding . Unfortunately there is no single test to diagnose Crohn' TM s disease and because it can often imitate other gastroenterological conditions, patients may experience a lengthy dia...Why do aneurysms form? New studies suggest leading role for white blood cells
... despite the deadly toll of this condition, called abdominal aortic aneurysm or AAA ("triple A"), experts know ...se few symptoms except for occasional back pain or abdominal discomfort. If they are detected during this stage, for instance on a routine physical exam, X-Ray, ...Munich researchers discover exciting possible new application of PET imaging for ovarian cancer
...n cancer as well as tumor spread in the pelvis and abdominal cavity. PET uses the radiolabeled glucose analogue F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) to visualize the increased metabolic activity of cancer cells. FDG is taken up by cancer cells together with the glucose, and the amount of FDG taken up is measured wit...Scientists create artificial cricket hairs
...s have developed a pair of hairy appendages at the abdominal end of their body called cerci, which are incredibly good at detecting small fluctuations in air currents the kind that might be caused by the beating of a wasp's wings or the jump of an attacking spider. Each of the hairs on a cricket's cerci is lo...MIT tissue engineers implant viable, vascularized 3D muscles
...eg muscle, and finally replaced a piece of a rat's abdominal muscle with a construct, simulating a situation applicable to trauma victims, for instance. Later tissue staining showed that the implants' vessels grew into the host tissue and the host's vessels grew into the constructs. But what good are blood ves...Parasite whips up ideas for bowel cancer treatments
...n cases of heavy infection, the patient may suffer abdominal cramps and symptoms resembling amoebic dysentery. In children, severe trichuriasis can be more serious, leading to anaemia, growth stunting and developmental problems. It may also influence the effectiveness of vaccines against diseases such as tuber...Difference in talking louder, talking over noise depends on verbal cues, internal targets
...ory muscle tension and pressure by squeezing their abdominal or stomach muscles. This was the "only condition w...were significant changes from 'comfortable' in the abdominal measurements." This large increase "may suggest that subjects underestimated the amount of pressure ...Phase III clinical program evaluates lubiprostone
...uency and consistency that could result in reduced abdominal discomfort, pain and bloating. "This new phase of the clinical development for lubiprostone marks another significant milestone for Sucampo and Takeda because it follows so closely on the heels of our NDA submission for chronic constipation in March...Clincal trials indicate NEXIUM can reduce upper GI symptoms in patients using NSAIDS
...isk for upper GI disturbances including dyspepsia, abdominal pain, and heartburn. Although reducing the NSAID dosage or discontinuing therapy might ease GI symptoms, these alterations often are not an option for many patients because of the chronic nature of their underlying condition, said James M. Scheiman,...The promise of new medical uses for sodium nitrite for heart attack and organ damage
...e and organ function after heart attack, high risk abdominal surgery, and organ transplantation. The new study was conducted by scientists with the National Heart, Lung, andBlood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) incollaboration with investigators supported by the National Institut...Highlights of chemical society national meeting in San Diego, March 13-17
...ammatory disease of the intestine characterized by abdominal pain and persistent diarrhea. The incurable disease can cause lifelong complications starting at an early age and is difficult to monitor and predict. By providing a way to monitor changes in the chemical signals produced by bacteria in the gut when ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...la between 1990 and 1998. Characterized by fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea, salmonellosis is responsible for approximately 500 deaths annually in the U.S. alone. Current guidelines require the shellfish industry to test for evidence of bacterial contamination, however previous studies indicate that Sal...Embryonic stem cells treated with growth factor reverse hemophilia in mice
...sociate professor of surgery and division chief of abdominal transplant surgery. Moreover, he said, the PEP cells robustly engraft within the liver and were not recognized by the immune system as foreign. "Within a few weeks, PEPs became hepatocytes," Fair added. "They went from something that is a very earl...Ingestion of afterbirth appears to promote maternal behavior in mammals
...ts arising in the distended reproductive tract and abdominal musculature and are modified by several things, including endocrine levels during delivery and the ingestion of substances by the mother in amniotic fluid and afterbirth," he says. "Our goal here is to determine exactly how those substances, i...