A treatment, not a cure: Calcium silicate neutralizes an acidic stream
...iptive cure for acid rain is like a runner viewing steroids as a cure for a bad knee. At the end of the race, when the steroids have worn off, the runner is left limping. Calcium additions, which are cost and labor-intensive, te...Red wine mist? Resveratrol shows potential effects against COPD, asthma, arthritis
...d activity in primary HAEC is significant, because steroids are ineffective in this system," the paper states. IL-8 (interleukin-8) and GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor) are important in the inflammation development, they noted, because IL-8 plays a major role in the recruitment of inf...Army-funded effort examines androgen's role in bone loss
...ole superfamily of receptors for steroid hormones; steroids require a receptor for biologic actions," Wiren said. "By overexpressing the receptor, we get a more sensitive response to androgen." Using collagen DNA cloned from rats as a promoter, Wiren was able to drive overexpression of the androge...Seeking better cancer treatments
...e human androgen receptor (hAR) binds the male sex steroids and regulates genes for male differentiation and development. The lengthy and meticulous research began in 1998 with E! 1948 SASTEREC. Structural evidence was found for fine-tuning ligand specificity in the binding domain of the human androgen recep...US Oncology, Inc. plays role in newly approved ABRAXANE for metastatic breast cancer
...g Taxol, patients must undergo premedication using steroids and anti-histamines and be given the drug using slow infusions. ABRAXANE -- developed by American Bioscience and to be marketed by Abraxis Oncology, a division of American Pharmaceutical Partners (NASDAQ:APPX) -- is an innovation in cancer treatm...FDA approves ABRAXANE(TM) for metastatic breast cancer
...hydrophobic (water-insoluble) nutrients, vitamins, steroids and other compounds. Molecules bound to albumin in the body are readily available for delivery to cells. Albumin regulates the delivery of essential molecules across the blood vessel wall into tissues by activating recently discovered albumin recep...Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center plays role in newly approved breast cancer drug, ABRAXANE
...solvent Cremophor-EL, requiring premedication with steroids and anti-histamines to avoid hypersensitivity reactions and must be given using infusions of up to three hours. The approval of ABRAXANE was based on data from three clinical trials of patients with metastatic breast cancer, including two Phase II op...The Cochrane Library Newsletter, 2005, Issue 1
... now say that doctors should stop routinely giving steroids after severe brain injury because it increases dea...ether, and gave a clear result that patients given steroids have a greater chance of dying than those who did not receive them," says Dr Phil Alderson of the UK...Steroid discoveries could add bulk to crop harvests
Taking steroids is a definite no-no for human athletes, but treating plants with steroids could offer performance enhancement of a more desirable nature by boosting the biomass and seed yiel...Melatonin shrinks bird gonads. What does the popular supplement do in humans?
...'m sure that many people who take it wouldn't take steroids so glibly. It could have a multitude of effects on the underlying physiology of an organism, but we know so little about how it interacts with other hormone systems." Bentley, along with graduate student Takayoshi Ubuka, senior endocrinologist Kazuyo...William C. Rose Award lecture will focus on cytochrome P450
...ly in the brain, and the formation of cholesterol, steroids and arachidonic acid metabolites. Most of the early studies on these enzymes involved experimental animals, but with time the work has moved to the human P450s and today much of the resulting knowledge has been applied in the drug development proces...Light therapy may combat fungal infections, new evidence suggests
...ts, those with HIV/AIDS, and patients treated with steroids or cancer chemotherapy. The fungus' global importance as a health threat has therefore risen in parallel with the increase in immunosuppressive therapies and the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic. Light normally inhibits mating of C. neoformans. The Duke t...Scientists to meet in Dallas for conference on cytochromes P450
...ly in the brain, and the formation of cholesterol, steroids and arachidonic acid metabolites. Most of the early studies on these enzymes involved experimental animals, but with time the work has moved to the human P450s and today much of the resulting knowledge has been applied in the drug development proces...Liver transplant patients gain same benefits from CellCept as kidney transplant patients
...ts steroids are known to have a negative impact on the progression of HCV, which can result in liver fibrosis (Abstract 475) Optimal kidney function CellCept taken with a low dose of tacrolimus showed a trend towards improved kidney function (Abstract 1240)....Study in Royal Society journal on holly as an indicator of climate change
...E Adkins-Regan and Dr H Schwabl Bird eggs contain steroids of maternal origin. These maternal steroids affect offspring development, and have been hypothesised to influence offspring sex. However, previo...New lab research may help those deafened by immune system attack
...stitute may help more patients find out quickly if steroids could help them, or if they can be spared the drugs' harsh side effects. It may also expand the definition of the condition, known as autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss or AISNHL, and help more people get a firm diagnosis of what's causing their m...Sontra Medical and HortResearch form partnership to develop sports performance technology
...toring the body's natural production of endogenous steroids and other natural bio-markers. "We look forward to working with HortResearch, and believe our collaboration will quickly lead to new and exciting advances in non-invasive sampling and sports performance monitoring."...New studies on aging, steroids, addiction and spinal cord development highlight ACNP Annual Meeting
...study designed to test whether androgenic-anabolic steroids may be addictive found that hamsters exposed to the compounds demonstrated addictive behavior over time. This research is one of the first studies to examine the potential for anabolic steroid addiction. (Embargoed until 9:00 a.m. EST December 13th...Vitamin supplement could help treatment-resistant asthma
...a is usually treated very effectively with inhaled steroids but for some patients, taking steroid tablets is t... patients made these cells even more responsive to steroids than before. Dr Catherine Hawrylowicz, who led the King's research team said: 'The hope is that this...Chemical warfare agent detection technology used to treat lung disease
...e individual. For instance, if a patient is taking steroids for asthma, we would be able determine whether they were being given the right amount of steroids from the molecules in their breath which relate to the severity of the inflammation in their lungs."...