Essential oils could help to stamp out MRSA
...easant for patients as their application can cause skin irritation. MRSA is often carried inside the nose which means that patients often have to insert treatments up their nostrils, whereas these essential oils can simply be inhaled to prevent the patient being at risk," added Jacqui. Jacqui works with ...Fundamental finding yields insight into stem cells, cancer; opens door to drug discovery
...alfunctions in the pathway have been implicated in skin and brain cancers, as well as certain developmenta...d to basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, and medulloblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. About one in five childhood brain t...Scientist discover the cellular roots of graying hair
...gins of malignant melanoma, the potentially deadly skin cancer. The scientists traced the loss of hair col... diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, in 2004, with an estimated 7.910 deaths. Melanoma can be cured when it is detected and treat...Growth of common skin cancer blocked in gene-switch mice
...nt human diseases and neoplasms, including BCCs in skin and cancers arising in brain, lung, prostate, pancreas and other gastrointestinal organs. Dr. Dlugosz and colleagues focused on the function of uncontrolled Hh pathway signaling in the growth of BCC. The investigators used genetically engineered mic...Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists discover key proteins linked to aging and cancer
... function commonly associated with aging, like the skin changes that occur between childhood and old age." Most normal human cells undergo a limited number of cell divisions but are eventually arrested, either through final differentiation or senescence. Differentiation is the process whereby a prolifera...Genome comparison of four campylobacter strains yields new genetic markers and clues to virulence
...uni RM1221 strain, which was isolated from chicken skin and was found by the USDA-ARS lab to be an efficient colonizer of chicken digestive tracts. The PLoS study also compared the two C. jejuni genomes to the not-quite-complete DNA sequences of a multidrug-resistant C. coli strain isolated from a ...Other highlights in the January 5 JNCI
...e), and colleagues demonstrate in a mouse model of skin regeneration that blocking VEGFR-3 activation with a novel antibody, mF4-31C1, can completely and specifically prevent lymphangiogenesis while leaving blood angiogenesis and existing lymphatic vessels unaffected. "These findings raise the possibility...New method simplifies search for genetic changes associated with disease
...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 affordable way of ge...FDA approves ABRAXANE(TM) for metastatic breast cancer
...d in the United States is breast cancer; excluding skin cancer, it's the most common cancer among women. Conference Call Information and Forward-Looking StatementsThe company will host a conference call on Monday, January 10, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. (EST). The conference call may be heard by any interested pa...New research shows in the animal world, it pays to be an imposter
...efish use neural control to instantly change their skin patterning, posture, and tactics. According to Hanlon the cuttlefish can switch between a male and female appearance 10 to 15 times per minute. "In the blink of an eye they can pull out of it and go back to being a male," he says. Using DNA fingerpri...Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer
... tumors - such as ovarian, breast, brain (glioma), skin (melanoma) and colon cancer - because the virus is constructed to exploit a characteristic of all solid cancers. "What's exciting is we may now be able to design a therapy that will seek out and destroy only cancer cells," said the study's senior aut...Enzyme, lost in most mammals, is shown to protect against UV-induced skin cancer
...ight into the cause of certain kinds of UV-induced skin cancer, researchers at Erasmus University Medical ...seful in developing preventative therapies against skin cancer. Ultraviolet light is a known source of damage to our DNA, but under normal conditions humans...Racial groupings match genetic profiles, Stanford study finds
...r ancestors were born, the possible color of their skin and perhaps something about their risk of different diseases. But a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine finds that the checked box also says something about a person's genetic background. This work comes on the heel...Blocking cell signaling can stymie viral infections, study shows
...r cancer or with autoimmune disorders such as the skin condition eczema. "The advantage of targeting signaling pathways is that cells, and the structures that send and receive signals, are far less likely to mutate than viruses themselves, making it improbable that drugs will lose their potency," Reinher...Lupus Research Institute increases funding for innovative research
...ecting the kidneys, heart, lungs, brain, blood and skin spurs the LRI to reach out to such specialties as cardiology, nephrology, neurology and dermatology and to urge investigators in these areas to bring their best thinking to lupus. This scientific strategy, endorsed by leading immunologists and rheum......s so pathogenic once the protective barrier of the skin is removed remains unclear. In their study appearing online on February 3 in advance of publication in the March 1 print edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation,.Michael Otto and colleagues from Rocky Mountain Laboratories demonstrate that...Clues on cancer from a zebrafish model of melanoma
Melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, is an epidemic among cancers; it claims th...ression induces dramatic black pigmentation in the skin of the fish. Strengthening their evidence that BRAF mutation may be important for the initiation of ...Self-assembled nano-sized probes allow Penn researchers to see tumors through flesh and skin
...sualize a tumor more than one centimeter below the skin surface using only infrared light. A team of chem...o optically image tissue structures deep below the skin with the potential to go even deeper," said Michael J. Therien, a professor of chemistry at Penn. ...When does a mole become a melanoma?
... an important clue about the origins of the deadly skin cancer melanoma. Using black-and-white-striped zebrafish to model human melanoma, they showed that a specific mutation in a gene called BRAF is critical to the development of moles, and when combined with a separate mutation, leads to cancer. Their f......ffects on the body." Melanoma is a serious form of skin cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 59,580 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma in 2005, and about 7,770 people will die of the disease....