Broccoli packs powerful punch to bladder cancer cells
...oli that they believe may help prevent or slow the progress of bladder cancer. The current work builds on a major study conducted six years ago by Harvard and Ohio State universities that found that men who ate two or more half-cup servings of broccoli per week had a 44 percent lower incidence of bladder canc...Ossur acquires US orthotics company Royce Medical
...isition of Royce Medical Acceleration of Ossur's progress toward becoming one of the top players in orthotics Substantial increase in Ossurs scale and presence in the U.S. orthotics market Increased opportunities for sales of Ossur products through Royce Medical's sales channels in North America Increase...Insulin spares intensive care patients from organ failure and death
...may open perspectives for novel treatments and for progress in intensive care medicine. In an accompanying commentary, Dandona, et al write, "the results suggest a new paradigm in which glucose and insulin are related not only through their metabolic actions but also through their opposite effects on inflamm...JCI Table of contents August 1, 2005
...t these two studies, "have paved the way for rapid progress in the development ofdrugsfor hereditary hemochrom...may open perspectives for novel treatments and for progress in intensive care medicine. In an accompanying commentary, Dandona, et al write, "the results sugge...TGen and NAU awarded multi-million dollar grant to identify genetic signatures of pathogens
...P). This multi-year project is expected to further progress toward more rapid and accurate tools for treating patients afflicted by these deadly pathogens. Sepsis and CAP are among the top ten leading causes of death for most age groups worldwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Every minu...New advance in prostate cancer management
...cer Research comments: "This demonstrates the real progress we are making in the field of prostate cancer research. Since discovering the E2F3 gene as a marker of prostate cancer aggressiveness our research team has been committed to developing a test for the gene. The development of this technique is a signi...TPA and ATRA a potential one-two punch for cancer of the pancreas
...Mario School of Pharmacy. Encouraged by their progress in the laboratory with prostate cancer, the researchers initiated studies with the pancreas using three human pancreatic cancer cell lines with different molecular properties. In laboratory cultures, the scientists applied TPA to cells from these lin...Stem cells bring fast direct improvement, without differentiation, in acute renal failure
Score one for 'adult' stem cells: First real progress in acute renal failure therapy shows fast, broad r...n of destroyed and injured cells. Yet virtually no progress has been made toward development of any highly effective ARF therapy for decades. "Basically, catast...Fat kids can bounce back to normal blood pressure
...eensland Study of Pregnancy which has followed the progress of Brisbane mothers and their families since 1981. These latest findings from the Mater study have been published in Hypertension, a monthly American journal. Dr Mamun's paper was co-written, with Mater and University of Bristol researchers and fel...Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord blood
...ests, so we have the potential to make significant progress in applying the new cells to cure difficult to treat conditions such as juvenile diabetes, stroke, heart and liver disease." Dr Urban who chairs UTMB's Internal Medicine department and serves as director of its Stark Diabetes Centre said he looked fo...Long sought-after flowering signal found
...re initiated. Despite these early findings, little progress has been made in pinpointing the hypothetical flower-inducing substance, dubbed florigen. These difficulties have led many scientists to believe that florigen might be not a single entity, but a complex mixture of molecules. In the new work, two team...Researchers devise new technique for creating human stem cells
...are doing -- is critical if we are to maintain the progress necessary to realize the extraordinary clinical potential of this technology." Eggan added that the most realistic current promise of the fusion technique is in studying the machinery of genetic reprogramming of somatic cells by embryonic cells. "It...NFCR - Prostate Cancer Foundation unite with Burnham Institute to expedite cancer drug discovery
...Prostate Cancer Foundation. "We will follow their progress closely and look forward to sharing their results." Burnham investigators have developed a unique technique for culturing cancer cells into clusters, called spheroids, which links cellular biochemistry with tumor physiology. The 3-dimensional cultur...New dye could offer early test for Alzheimer's
...you have to be able to diagnose it and monitor its progress very precisely," said Timothy Swager, leader of the work and a professor in MIT's Department of Chemistry. "Otherwise it's hard to know whether a new treatment is working or not." To that end, Swager and postdoctoral associate Evgueni Nesterov, als...Antibiotics may not be enough to stop recurrent gastric lymphoma caused by Helicobacter pylori
...tion by H. pylori promotes the existing B cells to progress quickly into tumors. Therefore, it is important that treated patients be carefully monitored for H. pylori re-infection....Bad aftertaste? New sensory on/off switch may 'cure' bane of artificial sweetener search
...e obvious need for improved artificial sweeteners, progress in finding acceptable sugar substitutes is slow, and uncovering even a hint of the physiology of "aftertaste" has been even slower. But on the basis of recent experiments, Naim's team has developed a working hypothesis that certain bitter and artific...Metal-based medicine could treat diseases in the body
...an one target, because this will really accelerate progress against disease," he said. He offered heart disease as an example. Today, people often must take several drugs to combat different cardiovascular enzymes. One dual-activity drug could do the work of two, by lowering blood pressure and simultaneously ...A picture of progress: PET imaging and biomarkers explored at ACS meeting
...e diseases or cancer. Researchers will share their progress on this new medical frontier in a symposium, "Biomarkers and PET Imaging," on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Washington Convention Center (Room 206), during the 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. Highlights are be...UCSF study points to link to neurodegenerative disease target
...is is an exciting time with the potential for real progress in terms of understanding the biology of these diseases."...Cancer drug target Chk1 may also be source of drug resistance
...ty of CPT by allowing cells bearing damaged DNA to progress through the cell cycle, leading to an unsuccessful and often lethal attempt to undergo cell division," said Abraham. "Combination therapy, which pairs a chemotherapy agent with an inhibitor of Chk1, may therefore be an effective strategy to increase...