Study shows stem cells can preserve vision
...ision of treated mice. "These findings hold great promise for potential treatments for people suffering from macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and other retinal diseases," says Michael Young, PhD, an assistant scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute and the lead author of the study. The retina...University of South Florida designated Center of Excellence by Huntington's Disease Society
...toms of the disease. Such cells have already shown promise in animal models for brain injuries caused by stroke and trauma. USF is also one of the sites for an ongoing multicenter, placebo-controlled clinical trial investigating whether the drug tetrabenazine is beneficial and at what dosage might it ...New findings in innate immunity may lead to treatments for atherosclerosis
...RAK1 modification and nuclear entry may hold great promise in treating atherosclerosis," concludes Dr. Li. Besides atherosclerosis, alterations in innate immunity can cause diabetes, cancer, and numerous other inflammatory disorders. Further understanding of the innate immunity process may lead to developme...Pain reliever may help treat life-threatening childhood disease
...ties. Indoprofen came out on top, showing far more promise than similar non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, that were also part of the group of tested compounds. Researchers used human fibroblasts taken from patients with Type I SMA, the most severe form of the disease. W...Finding could improve safety of stem cell transplants
...ially harmful cells during brain development shows promise for improving the safety and efficacy of stem cell transplants, say researchers at the Medical College of Georgia and University of Georgia. When embryonic stem cells are being coaxed toward becoming brain cells that could be transplanted, that li...Carnegie Mellon scientist develops way to deliver promising genetic tool into living cells
...urrent/chemcomm/ccadvarts.htm , holds considerable promise in genetic engineering, diagnostics and therapeutics. "Our results show that PNAs could be effectively delivered into mammalian cells without requiring delivery vehicles," said Danith Ly, an assistant professor of chemistry in the Mellon College of S...New drug sidesteps Gleevec resistance in human trials
...velopment by Bristol-Myers Squibb is showing early promise in reversing the signs and symptoms of patients whose chronic myeloid leukemia failed to respond to Gleevec, which is considered the standard of treatment for the disorder. In a study to be presented today at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American S...Efforts to clone primates move forward
...one or muscle. Stem cell-based approaches may hold promise for treating or curing diabetes, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), heart disease, stroke, spinal cord injury and genetic diseases. Scientists believe that embryonic stem cells may have the most versatility in potential cell-ba...Yale and Pfizer launch visiting professorship pilot program
... breast and ovarian cancer patients, but also show promise for prostate, pancreatic and lung, as well as in certain brain tumor patients. ...New approach studying protein structure could advance drug development
...sier and quicker to obtain. The results also show promise for using WAXS as a reliable and high-speed tool for lead drug identification. WAXS has the potential to identify medicinal drugs that can bind to target proteins and to determine how effective drugs are at binding to and modifying their targeted pro...Gene therapy reduces skin cancer to sunburn in mouse model
...ceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show promise for similar gene therapy to be pursued in children 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 a...New model of rare childhood blindness holds promise for testing preventive therapies
...odel for a rare, inherited form of blindness holds promise that scientists might one day be able to test new treatments to prevent or cure this devastating disease of the retina. This finding, from investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Columbia University, will be published in the Dec. 2...APS announces 2005 Distinguished Lecturer Awards
... Lectureship is designed to recognize the research promise of an APS member under 42 years of age. The awardee is acknowledged for original and outstanding accomplishments in the field of physiology. Lecture Presentation: "Role of Wnt Signaling in Development of Adipose Tissues and Bone" on April 3, 2005...JCI table of contents, December 15 2004
...he transfer of tumor-specific T cells offers great promise for immunotherapy of metastatic PC and other malignant tumors. TITLE: Adoptive immunotherapy of prostate cancer bone lesions using redirected effector lyphocytes AUTHOR CONTACT: Zelig Eshhar Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science...Research finds genetic link to antidepressants
...to prescribing anti-depressants. The findings show promise in helping physicians tailor prescriptions to specific people. AUTHOR: The lead author was Julio Licinio, professor of psychiatric and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA....Chromosome 16 publication fulfills DOE's human genome commitment
... "DOE has risen to the challenge and fulfilled the promise made to the public. Their work has led to the identification of signatures embedded in the DNA sequence that control the intricate functions conducted by the trillions of cells in our bodies. "The considerable resources that DOE has assembled to tac...Ocean colour satellites guide research ship through South Pacific's watery desert
...yll and marine optical properties, BIOSOPE results promise to improve the quality of the algorithms applied to raw satellites to produce final ocean colour products. Now the cruise has ended, water and phytoplankton samples frozen in liquid nitrogen have been distributed for more detailed study by internatio...Federal/private partners launch resource for diabetic kidney disease gene studies
...is a tremendous resource. We're thrilled about the promise it represents," said Rebekah Rasooly, Ph.D., who oversees the project for NIH and directs genetics and genomics programs at NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). "We fund research all the time, but this kind ...JCI table of contents, 3 January 2005
...5/1/102 . ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY: TITLE: The promise of stem cells in Parkinson disease AUTHOR CONTACT: J. William Langston Parkinson's Institute, Sunnyvale, California, USA. Phone: 408-734-2800; Fax: 408-734-8522; E-mail: jwlangston@thepi.org . A PDF of this article this article ......arction with stem cell transplantation holds great promise for treating heart failure," writes David Stern, MD, dean of the Medical College of Georgia, and colleagues in the Cell Transplantation editorial accompanying the USF study. "Additional preclinical animal studies are warranted and should focus on exa...