NHLBI media availability: Treatment shows long-term benefits for cystic fibrosis patients
...available to discuss the research findings and the outlook for CF patients. CF is a chronic, progressive, and frequently fatal genetic disease that affects about 30,000 children and young adults in the United States. The UNC researchers believe that the concentrated saline increases mucus volume, which helps......ience paper suggested." If anything, the pollution outlook in China is likely to grow darker as population and economic activity burgeon, said Qian. "Haze doesn't just block the solar radiation. It is also infamous for acid rain and respiratory diseases." What's more, the haze has masked the effects of globa...New cellular flaw found in some virulent breast cancers
...erapy Herceptin blocks the mutation, improving the outlook for such patients, though it doesn't work in all cases. Sicinski said that a CDK4 inhibitor might be used in combination with Herceptin to provide further benefit in these patients. If a drug to block CDK4 proved feasible, Sicinski said, it may be po...Genetic testing still smart choice, despite uncertainties
... are at risk for genetic diseases, it changes your outlook on starting a family," he said. "PGD allows them to get pregnant. It's a dramatic improvement when it works." More than 45,000 babies are born each year with the aid of assisted reproductive technologies like IVF, according to the Centers for Disease...Genetic research remains hidden
...propriately captured. Failure to maintain a global outlook may result in a scientific literature that is driven by the opportunistic dissemination of selected results."...Microfossils show promise in prospecting climate history
... greatly diminished hurricane activity, making the outlook even worse. Or not -- Finding the answer may depend on the research of University of North Carolina at Charlotte environmental micropaleontologist Scott Hippensteel -- and on microscopic shells, barrier marshes and fiddler crabs. The answer may be cr...ECCO 13 - One voice, one vision needed to overcome cancer in Europe
...ision making tools that can be used to improve the outlook for patients. As Professor John Smyth, Director o...ot done about it soon, in the future your survival outlook will be largely determined not only by GDP but by your personal wealth in the event that local autho...Study in Royal Society journal on possiblity of human organ regeneration
...t that leads to organ regeneration and provides an outlook toward increased longevity. Contact: Professor IV Yannas, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Diving behaviour of whale sharks in relation to a predictable food pulse by Dr RT Graham, Professor CM Roberts and Dr JCR Sm...New research shows no link between stress and chances of IVF success
...lationship with their partner, their lifestyle and outlook on life and the intensity of their desire for children. A second questionnaire timed just before their eggs were retrieved was answered by 151 of the women. A total of 139 women had embryos available for transfer 58 conceived and 81 did not. The re...Warming most evident at high latitudes, but greatest impact will be in tropics
...e might play a larger role. "It's kind of a bleak outlook for tropical organisms, and it shows how the lack of seasonal temperature variation can magnify the impact of climate warming."...Restoring the 'Garden of Eden'
...plants, quality of water and soils, as well as the outlook for restoration success and the challenges of boundary issues with other countries such as Iran, Turkey, and Syria. Among the suite of presentations: Ali Farhan (Development Alternatives Inc., USA) will focus on the hydrology challenges of rest...Restoring Mesopotamian marshes
...plants, quality of water and soils, as well as the outlook for restoration success and the challenges of boundary issues with other countries such as Iran, Turkey, and Syria. A press conference on this session will be held on Tuesday, August 9, from 10 11 AM, 511 B, Level 5, Palais des congrs de Montral....Protein targets tumor vasculature, delays tumor growth in animal study
...ncer. Clearly, more work needs to be done, but the outlook is promising," they write....Scientists collaborate to assess health of global environment
... status of all of the ecosystems on Earth, and the outlook is troubling. Commissioned by the United Nations in 2001, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment program will issue its primary report on March 30 during press conferences in London, Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, Brasilia, Cairo, Nairob...Kids with chronic illness face difficult transition to adult care
...and emotional support. Patients and families whose outlook focused on the future were more likely to experience a smooth transition, the study showed. Gibson, who conducted the study's data analysis, said it was necessary for patients and their families to look at the change as part of the developmental pro...Researchers blend folk treatment, high tech for promising anti-cancer compound
...tively target cancer cells," he said. "So far, the outlook appears good." The next step in development under the Holley licensing agreement will likely be testing in animals and, if that pans out, human trials to gauge the compound's effectiveness. The current study was funded by the Artemisinin Research Fou...Where the brain harbors unconscious fears
...xiety disorders are maintained and how the anxious outlook of these patients can be modulated by different forms of therapy."...2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals 15,589 species at risk of extinction
...hout international assistance. Despite the ominous outlook and the many gaps in knowledge, the GSA points out that species can (and many have) been saved from extinction, although the majority of threatened species require much more action to improve their status. In this sense, the IUCN Red List can serve a...Plentiful fossils of dinosaur contemporary allow population study
...ptional preservation of articulated specimens, the outlook is bleak," Casey said. "Only 47 percent of specimens have both of the two most common variables, femur length and femur width. Most have more missing variables than stuff you are looking for." Casey said that such preservation trends are often linked...