Researchers gain support from Merck Sharp & Dohme for novel area of diabetes research
... to advancing treatment, and possibly developing a cure for diabetes since beta-cell dysfunction is a majo...e competitive and hopefully move further towards a cure for diabetes". The EFSD/MSD Programme Awards are intended to stimulate and accelerate European rese...Scavenger cells could be key to treating HIV-related dementia
...ate HIV-1 infection," the study states. "You can't cure (HIV) with antiretroviral therapy (alone)," McGrath said....Quick identification needed to save Florida's citrus industry from devastating disease
... insect, the citrus psyllid. "Although there is no cure for citrus greening, it is vital that plant pathologists work with growers to quickly identify the disease and its insect hosts," said Ronald Brlansky, professor and plant pathologist with the University of Florida, CREC, Lake Alfred, FL. "Finding th...Breast tumors in mice eradicated using cancer vaccine
... on the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, they can cure mice with established breast tumors. Cancer vaccines, which are more properly described as immunotherapy, work by boosting an immune response against tumor-associated antigens. Using Listeria, the researchers, led by Yvonne Paterson, PhD, Professor o...Scientists develop life-saving chrome
...ceramic-based coatings. The method uses a range of cure temperatures and coatings are cured rapidly. The chemistry of the formulations has also been developed to provide sol-gel solutions that have a good shelf life." There are technical issues yet to be addressed by the Sheffied team, however. For instan...Scientists launch new study into canine arthritis
...rthroscopy to relieve pain, but as yet there is no cure for the disease or method to slow its progress. Veterinary surgeon, Andrew Maclaughlan said: "Until the advent of MRI there was no non-invasive way to evaluate cartilage, so we are fortunate to have this technology available to us at the hospital. Th...PET's imaging power may be best indicator for determining which patients develop Alzheimer's
...options," he added. Although there is currently no cure for Alzheimer's, new treatments are on the horizon as a result of accelerating insight into the biology of the disease. "It is of increasing importance to identify 'converters' at the earliest possible stage of disease to develop and evaluate new and...Prozac improves learning and memory in fatal brain disease
...t usually start to appear in mid-life. There is no cure and death usually results within 10 to 20 years of symptom onset, or faster in the childhood-onset form of the disease. The disease is caused by a mutation in a single gene and when this defective gene is passed from parent to child, 50 percent of th...New technique adds precision and permanence to gene therapy
...eek's PNAS, the researchers used this technique to cure phenylketonuria (PKU) in mice. "To date gene thera... post-doctoral fellow at Mount Sinai) were able to cure PKU in mice with just three intravenous injections. The levels of phenylalanine in the treated mice ...$6.5M nanomedicine center includes Yale engineer
...ogical molecule scale of 100 nanometers or less to cure disease or repair damaged tissues. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. The first target for the center will be to design a class of devices for generating electric power --biobatteries -- for a wide array of implantable devices, including an art...Rare immune cell is key to transplant's cancer-killing effect
...ells and given a bone marrow transplant that could cure the cancer. The scientists then determined which mice died from acute graft-versus-host disease, which mice died from cancer and which mice generated a GVL response to destroy the cancer cells. "The donor and host mice were paired in ways to make the...Cystic Fibrosis Foundation hosts 19th Annual Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Conference
...ight the milestones reached in the search for a CF cure and updates on ongoing CF research projects. With 50 years of scientific advances to the CF Foundation's credit, plenary sessions will focus on that progress. Other presentations will address topics such as modernized, state-to-state newborn screen...Cystic Fibrosis Foundation launches $175 million fundraising campaign
...rt research into better treatments and an ultimate cure for the life-threatening disease. This is the largest major gifts campaign in the Foundation's 50-year history. "We have made tremendous progress over the last 50 years," said Robert J. Beall, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Foundation. "And yet th...UW study shows deer in CWD zone stick to home
...sive salivation, thirst and urination. There is no cure or treatment. Nor do scientists know how the disease is transmitted from one animal to another. Understanding how deer use the landscape may help answer that question, says Mathews, by providing insight into the movement and behaviors of animals in a......e bacterial invaders. The discovery may lead to a cure for crown gall disease, which takes a large economic toll on fruit and wine-grape crops each year. "Mutant forms of Agrobacterium are also widely used in agricultural biotechnology for their ability to create transgenic plants containing new genes...Compound in wine reduces levels of Alzheimer's disease-causing peptides
...d amino acids. However, eating grapes may not be a cure for Alzheimer's disease. "It is difficult to know whether the anti-amyloidogenic effect of resveratrol observed in cell culture systems can support the beneficial effect of specific diets such as eating grapes," cautions Marambaud. "Resveratrol in gr......, repair the cell-cell communication deficits, and cure the learning disabilities of the adult Nf1 mutant mice. These findings are tremendously exciting because they suggest that the disabling learning deficits associated with NF1, a disorder that affects one in three thousand people world-wide, could be ...Resetting epigenetic code could aid lupus patients
..."If we modify the histone with a drug, we can also cure the lupus." The work is part of the effort to unravel a number of the mysteries of lupus: Why does it occur in one identical twin and usually not the other, though they have exactly the same DNA? Why does lupus strike predominantly women? Why does it...Group proves it's possible to grow new lung alveoli by growing new blood vessels
...t's possible the concept--growing blood vessels to cure a disease that is traditionally thought of as an airway disease--could be tested clinically in people....Rutgers' Wise Young named to Esquire's 'Best and Brightest of 2005'
...linical trial as quickly possible," Young said. "A cure is possible for spinal cord injuries, and collaboration is the means by which that goal can be reached." Young's collaborative spirit fits well with Rutgers' institutional strategy. University scientists are engaged in more than 200 scientific colla...