University of Pittsburgh scientists find new contributor to aggressive cancers
...in 7 represents an important new target for cancer therapy and prevention. Integrin 7 belongs to a major class of cell membrane proteins that play a role in the attachment of a cell to the extracellular matrix (ECM), which is the material that holds cells within a particular type of tissue together. Integr...Older men may not live as long if they have low testosterone
...ds support to the belief that supplemental hormone therapy may help older men with low testosterone levels, those who practice weight control and increase their physical activity may also live longer. "Its very possible that lifestyle determines what level of testosterone a patient has," commented principa...Finding protection from tumor growth in unexpected places
...ancing immunity, this may be useful to human tumor therapy as well as in other clinical settings. ...Breakthrough for treatment of fatal heart condition
...han its symptoms. The challenge is now to find a therapy that controls the source of the problem on an ongoing basis. If a way can now be found to translate this research into a therapeutic application, our findings will have an enormous impact on individuals suffering from the condition, says Dr Ooi. D...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 30, 2007
... "jumping gene" shows promise for sickle cell gene therapy A new explosive proves unusually touchy Pr... "jumping gene" shows promise for sickle cell gene therapy Biochemistry The Sleeping Beauty tranposon (SB-Tn) system, a gene therapy technology that avoid...Ethanol injection helps manage bone metastasis in thyroid cancer patients
... be eradicate," said Nakada. "Although radioiodine therapy and/or surgery are valuable therapeutic strategies...one metastasis will show resistance to radioiodine therapy or that a tumor cannot be surgically removed," he explained. "Our study is a therapeutic approach...Nexavar significantly extends overall survival by 44 percent in liver cancer patients
...02 liver cancer patients who had no prior systemic therapy at sites in the Americas, Europe, and Australia/Ne...Nexavar could become the first widely-approved new therapy for this difficult to treat cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of liver ca...Hypothyroidism clearly linked to mood swings
...e depression persists, which means that successful therapy must address depression directly. In this study, 10 patients with hypothyroidism underwent a cerebral 18-FDG/PET examination. She indicated that additional research is needed to determine whether special brain regions are responsible for increased ...Stanford researchers find stem cells in colorectal tumors
... similar tissue. It could also mean that a similar therapy could target all three cell types. Dalerba also found a novel protein on the colorectal cancer stem cells, called CD166, that had not previously been associated with cancer stem cells. "This is one of the major novelties of this paper," he said. Th...New multiple myeloma treatment induced total remission in 33 percent of patients
... recovery of bone marrow stem cells reinforce this therapy as the best option against multiple myeloma before autologous transplantation....New treatment increases life time expectancy of patients suffering from advanced liver cancer
...nced liver cancer and had not received any kind of therapy prior to the study. As a consequence of the good results showed by patients treated with Sorafenib, researchers decided to end the study ahead of schedule in order to administer the drug also to the rest of patients participating in this trial. ...Michael R. Zalutsky receives SNM's 2007 Paul C. Aebersold Award
...to both the basic and applied aspects of molecular therapy and nuclear medicine in a variety of areas, includ...es cant do that," he added. "Targeted radionuclide therapy will expand in the future; it is one of the most promising applications of radioactivity in medicine...SNM recognizes R. Edward Coleman with 2007 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
...tibodies for diagnosis and therapy, I-131 MIBG for therapy of neuroendocrine tumors), Radioactive Drug Resear...peutic purposes. He also investigates radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumors, the metabolic characterization of brain tumorsbefore and after therapyand ...Gene therapy delivery of nerve growth factors reverses erectile dysfunction in animal model
...dysfunction, or ED, that were injected with a gene therapy vector containing either of two nerve growth factors were able to regain normal function after four weeks, according to a study conducted by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. These findings are being presented at the 10th annua...NIAID supports research into etiology of fungal-induced inflammation in chronic sinusitis
...vailable. If approved, SinuNase will be the first therapy available to treat sufferers of CS....Math that powers spam filters used to understand how brain learns to move our muscles
...ys to teach new movements and help design physical therapy regimens for the disabled or impaired. Reza Shadmehr, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering at Hopkins, who with his colleagues built the new model, says the artificial brain in the computer, like its natural counterpart, is guided in part by...Enzyme delivered in smaller package protects cells from radiation damage
...ord University, have developed a new, smaller gene therapy vector that may be effective in delivering a radio... on previous studies showing that intravenous gene therapy delivery of the enzyme manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) could protect mice from whole body irr...Virus widely used in gene therapy research yields important clues to genomic instability
...hat many researchers around the world use for gene therapy experiments. The results of their work are being p...great interest not only in the field of human gene therapy but also as a tool to express genes of interest in target cells for research on various human diseas...Gene therapy offers new hope for treatment of peripheral neuropathy
...icine report that they have successfully used gene therapy to block the pain response in an animal model of n...a growing national and international problem. Gene therapy offers a more targeted, less toxic approach for effectively managing this condition. It also is our ...Scientists honored with 'Excellence in Clinical Research Award'
... for developing and testing beta cell regeneration therapy initially in preclinical research and now in the clinic. In early preclinical studies, these researchers discovered a combination of hormones that proved to be effective at regenerating the insulin producing beta cells that are lost when people deve...