Yearling horse auction to benefit equine research
...o is work on horses' health problems including the debilitating disease laminitis in which there is inflammation within the hoof that may lead to separation of the hoof wall from the coffin bone. Another group of studies involves exercise physiology. These range from better understanding the role of antioxidants ...Toward a better understanding of taste and smell impairments
... new approaches to avoid or overcome the sometimes debilitating effects of chemosensory dysfunction. Approximately six million Americans suffer from sensory loss or alteration related to the senses of taste, smell, or both. Although changes in taste and smell perception can significantly impact human quality...UCSD medical researchers use brain cell transplants to correct muscle spasms after aneurysm surgery
...untary movement," he added. Current treatment for debilitating muscle spasticity is continuous systemic or spinal drug treatments using implanted pumps. These approaches display limited efficacy with accompanying side effects and eventual drug tolerance. The ischemic spinal cord injury that occurs during surger...JCI table of contents, November 15 2004
...atory bowel disease (IBD), which cause painful and debilitating chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. Thought to result from a variety of genetic and environmental factors, scientists have yet to gain a complete picture of the mechanisms of this disease. In the November 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical ...IRCM scientist demonstrates basic active mechanism of immune-system cells
...of autoimmune diseases, which are characterized by debilitating inflammation and advanced tissue damage. Dr. Veillette's breakthrough identifies a cascade of molecular reactions involved in this type of damage, providing new therapeutic targets that could be used to reduce attacks on the pancreas in juvenile diab...Acid-resistant bug doesn't give in to alcohol either
... stable enzymes or elucidating ways to treat these debilitating diseases. "There are a lot of things that this research could help, but it's at a basic stage now."Still, the research is promising enough to have been award both federal and private funding. Kappock is a little surprised that relativ...UCI researchers use human embryonic stem cells to aid spinal cord injury repair
...to further tests with people who suffer from these debilitating illnesses and injuries." Gabriel I. Nistor and Minodora O. Totoiu from UCI collaborated with Nadia Haque and Melissa K. Carpenter of the Geron Corporation on the study, which was supported by Geron, UC Discovery, Research for Cure and the Reeve-Irvi...Gene therapy reduces skin cancer to sunburn in mouse model
...dren suffering from this rare disorder. XP is a debilitating disease in which patients must avoid the sun and all other sources of ultraviolet (UV) light. Exposure to UV light increases the risk for all cancers, but exposed skin is most prone to the disease.With a 10,000-fold increase in cancer risk, many XP ...UT Southwestern researchers locate gene family involved in determining potential for acquiring lupus
...n determining the potential for acquiring lupus, a debilitating autoimmune disease that affects more than one million Americans. "Our findings indicate genetic susceptibility to lupus results from imbalance between genes that increase and genes that suppress the immune system's responsiveness," said Dr. Ward Wake...Potent anticancer drug increases function of axons in mouse model of neurodegeneration
...ump in the brain and elsewhere and cause a host of debilitating diseases. Since many neurodegenerative diseases share or contribute to this pathology, the focus of therapy has been on drugs that break up these aggregates. Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, and ...Inexpensive, mass-produced genes at core of synthetic biology advances at UH
...ng approach to the treatment of genetic disorders, debilitating neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and endocrine disorders such as diabetes. This technology may therefore yield profound benefits for human health and quality of life. "The technology developed by Dr. Gao and her collaborators has the pote...Stem cell therapy for ailing hearts
...any focusing on developing stem cell therapies for debilitating or deadly diseases. Some study authors are affiliated with Saneron and are co-inventors on related patent applications by USF....New method simplifies search for genetic changes associated with disease
...linked to psoriasis, a disfiguring and potentially debilitating inherited skin condition. "We quickly found 100 previously unidentified genetic variations with potential links to psoriasis," says senior author Michael Lovett, Ph.D., professor of genetics and pediatrics. "It really is a much quicker and more affor...Gene with broad role also causes prevalent, inherited nerve disorder
...t can also cause the genetically heterogeneous and debilitating disease -- is providing new insight into the nervous system, said first author of the study Stephan Zchner, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and member of the Duke Center for Human Genetics. Also, he said, the findings bring a better understan...Proteins link obesity, diabetes; May underlie systemic 'metabolic syndrome'
... and might therefore offer a means to unlink these debilitating diseases."...Biological clock may shut down long-term memory at night
...le to find your glasses to providing relief from a debilitating illness. "At the end of the day, we can't make memory better or improve it unless we understand how memory works and is modulated," he said. "That's what this research is all about." He is currently completing the last year of another NIH-funded...Highlights of chemical society national meeting in San Diego, March 13-17
...d to new ways to prevent and treat the potentially debilitating effects of prolonged space travel. Called the GeneSat payload system, the automated laboratory system is about the size of a small shoebox and contains a miniature genetic laboratory, complete with cell cultures and filtration devices. The system is...Study supports use of aspirin in treating pregnancy disorder
...ead the way to further treatment options for these debilitating conditions."...Wine, music and schizophrenia genes
... long shot," Brzustowicz said. "Schizophrenia is a debilitating and lifelong illness, with afflicted individuals filling our streets and homeless shelters. It is important to us that the Staglins, through NARSAD, are stepping up to fill some of the funding void." Researchers generally accept that susceptibility t...A bacterial genome reveals new targets to combat infectious disease
... elephantiasis, African river blindness, and other debilitating diseases in more than 150 million people worldwide. The nematodes themselves play host to bacteria that live within their cells, but in this case, the relationship is classic mutualism, with each benefiting from the other. Indeed, the Wolbachia bac...