Walking tall: UH student working on space suit redesign for NASA
... for our research could usher in new ideas for new therapies for those populations," Scott-Pandorf said....Yale biologists 'trick' viruses into extinction
...of the cell nucleus to reproduce. Current anti-HIV therapies are designed to maintain high T-cell counts in the...une system can properly function. But, these drugs therapies are very expensive. Turner suggests, "A cheaper option is the possibility of engineering trap cel......o test the efficacy of novel chemotherapeutic drug therapies in the early stages of lung tumorigenesis. Their paper provides evidence to support the use of a relatively new class of drugs, called MEK inhibitors, for lung cancer patients whose tumors contain mutations in the BRaf gene. BRaf is one of three m......ignificant," says Coffey. Researchers believe that therapies working simultaneously, but through different mech...nt to new treatment regimens based on conventional therapies like radiation and chemotherapy with biological agents....Columbia scientists determine 3-dimensional structure of cell's 'fuel gauge'
...t the molecule necessary for developing useful new therapies for diabetes and possibly obesity. A paper published online today in the journal Science details this structure, helping to explain one of the cell's most basic and critical processes. "Understanding this important protein's molecular structure ...Reversal of symptoms in an autism spectrum disorder
...n the mouse models suggests that if we can develop therapies to address the loss of MECP2 we may be able to reverse neurological damage in children and adults with Rett, autism and related neuropsychiatric disorders," commented Zoghbi. The reversal experiments were carried out in the Bird lab by research as...International consortium to get to heart of coronary artery disease
...l play a key role in identifying targets for novel therapies to tackle the disease," says Professor Gauguier. "Ultimately, we hope that the wealth of information obtained by the project and the techniques that it helps us develop will lead to significant advances for disease diagnosis and prevention." ...Woven scaffolds could improve cartilage repair
...inistration and the Coulter Foundation. Current therapies to repair cartilage damage are not effective, the researchers said. The only bioengineering approach to such joint repair involves removing cartilage cells from patients and then "growing" them in a laboratory to form new cartilage. However, it can t...New analyses reinforce efficacy of Remicade in treatment of severe psoriasis
...dates for systemic therapy and when other systemic therapies are medically less appropriate. The recommended dose is an infusion of 5 mg/kg followed by additional doses at two and six weeks after the first infusion and then every eight weeks thereafter. About EXPRESS The European Infliximab for Psoriasi...Remicade therapy shown to improve productivity in patients treated for chronic plaque psoriasis
...dates for systemic therapy and when other systemic therapies are medically less appropriate. The recommended dose is an infusion of 5 mg/kg followed by additional doses at two and six weeks after the first infusion and then every eight weeks thereafter. About EXPRESS II The Evaluation of Infliximab f...Study finds flaws in cancer clinical trials
... The problem, Vickers said, is that for so long, therapies (usually chemotherapy) were tested by seeing if tu...today's new treatments, which can include targeted therapies that slow tumor progression, are often tested in less advanced cancer and in combinations "and it ca...Scientists identify pancreatic cancer stem cells
...The findings could help advance development of new therapies for this cancer, which has a five-year survival rate of only three percent -- the worst prognosis of any major cancer, said the study's lead author, Diane M. Simeone, M.D., an associate professor of surgery and molecular and integrative physiology. ...Stanford-led study closes in on genes that may predispose some people to severe depression
...al factors could help in developing more effective therapies to treat depression. "The treatments we have now are lifesavers for some people, but there are others who have only a partial response or no response at all," he said. "Understanding the biology would help the search for better treatments." The nex...JCI table of contents: Feb. 1, 2007
...ntal effect on EAE. Furthermore, they suggest that therapies designed to activate the integrated stress response in ODCs might be beneficial to individuals with MS. However, in an accompanying commentary, Jason Lees and Anne Cross sound a note of warning, saying that "an understanding of these relationships [b...Prion disease treatable if caught early
...irect the study of mechanisms of neurotoxicity and therapies to earlier stages of disease, when rescue is still possible. "Eventually it may also enable preclinical testing of therapeutic strategies through cognitive endpoints. These data now lead to the hope that early intervention in human prion disease wi...Some brain-damaged patients quit smoking with ease, researchers report in Science
...addiction, but the new results may offer leads for therapies to help smokers kick the habit or for monitoring s...o monitor the success of current smoking cessation therapies by measuring the activity within this brain region. Bechara his colleagues are affiliated with a l...Gene knockouts reveal FoxOs' vital functions in cancer defense, health of stem cells
...rugs and could further research on stem-cell based therapies for degenerative diseases, said the researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, who are jointly publishing two reports in the Jan. 26 issue of Cell. The researchers at Brigham and Women's found that mice engineered...Turning a cellular sentinel into a cancer killer
...vent it. Both Lowe and Jacks said they agreed that therapies aimed at reactivating p53 would still have to cope with the adaptability of cancers. "For any therapies based on these findings, you would have to imagine that sooner or later, resistance would develop," ...Cracking open the black box of autoimmune disease
...tem activity. "This may shorten the path to new therapies for autoimmune disease," says Whitehead Member and...is new list of genes, we can now look for possible therapies with far greater precision." The immune system is often described as a kind of military unit, a de...2nd annual Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research awarded to Webster K. Cavenee
...nocytes, kidney, prostate, and breast. Novel gene therapies to reverse gene mutations or their effects in cancer cells hold promise as cancer treatment strategies which could be of benefit to cancer patients. Today Dr. Cavenee is the Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research based at the Universi...