Pediatric center to offer novel rehabilitation approach for spinal cord injury
...grity: improving cardiovascular health; preventing skin breakdown; and reducing the incidence of osteoporosis, scoliosis and other skeletal disorders. These therapies are now being studied for their potential in helping individuals recover neurological function such as sensation and movement. Early in Re...Experts to explore genetics, therapies for connective tissue diseases at Jefferson
...d arthritis, osteoarthritis, and even degenerative skin changes that come with aging. Diabetic foot ulcers...heath around blood vessels. In EB, an individual's skin literally peels off as a result of minor injury, leaving individuals vulnerable to infection. In the...Exposure to sunlight may decrease risk of prostate cancer
...ing because that increases the risk of sun-induced skin cancer, especially melanoma. "If future studies continue to show reductions in prostate cancer risk associated with sun exposure, increasing vitamin D intake from diet and supplements may be the safest solution to achieve adequate levels of vitamin ...Macromolecules on surface control mobility in phospholipid bilayers
...rs and nanoreactors. Forming a fluid film like the skin of a soap bubble, lipid molecules are free to move around the membrane laterally -- like couples on a dance floor. At the same time, however, cellular proteins have to interact in a very controlled fashion with the membrane. Spatially resolved measur...Tiny zebrafish teaches researchers how to fight off a deadly cancer
...pment of malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. In a study described in an article in the...earchers also found that human melanocytes (normal skin cells that contain melanin and may transform into cancerous melanoma tumors) transplanted into zebra...Australia boasts one of the largest biotech IP pools
...ory disease and cancer therapies, bio prospecting, skin therapies and ddRNAi /RNAi developments....Researchers grow stem cells from human skin
...hows that stem cells can be obtained from a simple skin biopsy and can be made to become three vital tissu...om the umbilical cord. "Compared to bone marrow, a skin biopsy is easy to take, so it offers advantages for clinical use," said Soker. "The cells can be obt...Moffitt-USF head toward first human trials of anti-cancer drug that targets protein AKT
...ers, including tumors of the breast, ovary, colon, skin and prostate. The compound, tricirbine, was tested at various cancer centers from 1982 to 1996 and found to inhibit some cancers, but researchers failed to determine why. The Moffitt-USF team discovered that tricirbine works only against tumors in wh...High-powered gene profiles provide clues to genes involved in common form of lung cancer
...3, which is known to play a role in the ability of skin cells to reproduce. The new finding raises the possibility that adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma arise from an error in the same cell type and are driven to malignancy by similar genetic routes, the study authors say. Finally, the researc...Anti-fungal drug may help treat cancer
...at has been used for 40 years for the treatment of skin fungus has been found to be a possible cancer treatment, according to an international team of scientists. Leslie Wilson, professor of biochemistry and pharmacology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said that the antifungal drug, grise...Prescription pain patch abuse blamed for increase in deaths
...ransfers a controlled dose of fentanyl through the skin into the bloodstream over the course of a few days, UF experts say. The adhesive patch is typically prescribed to treat postoperative pain or chronic pain conditions, but in some cases is being misused, often with deadly consequences. "Because the p...UCSD researchers boost white blood cells' ability to kill bacteria
...crophages and neutrophils were less able to combat skin infections than normal mice. "A direct correlation was established between the levels of HIF-1 present in the mouse macrophages and neutrophils and how efficiently the cells were able to kill the bacteria," said lead author Carole Peyssonnaux, a po...JCI table of contents July 1, 2005
.../article.php?id=24594 GENETICS Cause of deadly skin disease found to be in the genes Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is a severe skin disease that is usually lethal in newborns. A dense scale that covers the skin, with abnormal facia...Scientists identify novel gene driving the growth and survival of melanoma cells
...target of future drug attack against the dangerous skin cancer. Dana-Farber's Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, and ...elanoma accounts for just six percent of diagnosed skin cancer cases in the United States, but it is the deadliest, causing three quarters of all skin cance...Chemical Society meeting Aug. 28 - Sept. 1 features variety of multidisciplinary research
... damage from the sun could reduce the incidence of skin cancer A new treatment that blocks the development of tumors by changing a cell's metabolism rather than killing the cell directly Advances in fuel cell research, including production and storage of hydrogen for hydrogen-powered fuel cells Emba...New study on OTC progesterone health risks in women published
...gesterone results in similar drug exposure through skin absorption as that which results from taking a prescribed oral progesterone product. The Bassett Healthcare supported study, led by Drs. Anne C. Hermann, Anne Nafziger and Joseph Bertino, consisted of twelve, healthy, post-menopausal women. Each s...Deadly parasites show common genetic core
...g sickness; and Leishmania major, which causes the skin disease leishmaniasis and an internal disease known as kala azar. Another paper compares the three related genomes. By determining the shared genes and focusing on those that differ, the comparative study sheds new light on the genetic basis for th...Shark skin saves naval industry money
Covering ship hulls with artificial shark skin could help ships sailing smoothly. The growth of m...ncreased energy costs in the naval industry. Shark skin offers a structural design that prevents this so called 'bio-fouling'. Ralph Liedert from the Unive...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...gs, which they then lay in fruit by puncturing the skin and injecting them. Outbreaks of food-borne diseases associated with fresh produce consumption are rapidly increasing, reinforcing the need to identify the source of contamination. In the study flies were fed feces contaminated with Escherichia col......nces were examined for their respiratory tract and skin sensitising properties. New labelling was assigned...rning "H", which means that absorption through the skin together with inhalation may significantly contribute to their toxicity at the workplace. This warni...