Nexavar significantly extends overall survival by 44 percent in liver cancer patients
...SCLC of all histologies. HCC is the second tumor type in which Nexavar has demonstrated a clinical benefit. We intend to move swiftly with our partner Onyx to file these data for health authority review, said Susan Kelley, MD, Vice President, Therapeutic Area Oncology, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. ...UCR biologist receives $1.75 million grant to study plant-threatening bacteria
...ttle phylogenetic pattern as to which species each type of Xylella will be found on. We need to understand what it is about these plants that makes each type of Xylella favor them. According to Nunney, new Xylella strains are evolving, thus complicatin...Hypothyroidism clearly linked to mood swings
... substances functioning within the body. A special type of camera works with computers to provide precise pictures of the areas of the body being imaged and molecular images of the body's biological functions. ...A first: Simultaneous PET/MR images of the brain debut, increase molecular imaging capabilities
...s FDG) are injected and then detected by a special type of camera that works with computers to provide precise pictures of the area of the body being imaged and molecular images of the body's biological functions. MRI uses radio waves and a strong magnetic field to provide clear and detailed pictures of i...'Dutch Nobel Prize' for 4 top Dutch researchers
...um information, for example in a fundamentally new type of computer. Prof. J.W.M. (Wil) Roebroeks, archaeologist at Leiden University. Roebroeks has made original observations on early hominids and the development of human society. ...New treatment increases life time expectancy of patients suffering from advanced liver cancer
... tried to eradicate the disease, whereas these new type of agents try to stop the progression of the disease. If new drugs or new combinations of drugs achieve total inhibition of cancer progression, cancer as a whole, and liver cancer in particular, will not necessarily give rise to death. Hospital Cl...Michael R. Zalutsky receives SNM's 2007 Paul C. Aebersold Award
...hink its wonderful that the Society recognizes our type of work, which is primarily in molecular therapynot diagnosis," said the Pittsfield, Mass., native who is the director of the Radiolabeling Facility Shared Resource and is a member of the cancer immunobiology, neuro-oncology and radiation oncology pr...Every moment counts: Predicting treatment responses earlier for brain tumor patients
... substances functioning within the body. A special type of camera works with computers to provide precise pictures of the areas of the body being imaged and molecular images of the body's biological functions. ...JCI table of contents -- June 1, 2007
...-associated metabolic disorders that may result in type 2 diabetes, obesity, and atherosclerosis. In the June 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Rosario Scalia and colleagues from Thomas Jefferson University studied the vascular protective actions of adiponectin in mice. The authors found t...Innovative smallpox vaccine research study to be conducted at Case Medical Center
...against the disease. The study is the first of its type in Northeast Ohio. The current FDA-approved vaccine, Dryvax, is not recommended for use on everyone because of the potential for serious side effects in certain individuals. For example, the current vaccine cannot be used in immune-compromised ind...Blood test may help signal tumor's remission, return in throat cancer patients
...ead and neck cancer is an excellent example of the type of collaborative study between two NIH institutes that helps advance the field, said NCI Director, John E. Niederhuber, M.D. It is estimated that more than 34,000 Americans will be diagnosed with cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx (the middle p...Gene therapy offers new hope for treatment of peripheral neuropathy
...response in an animal model of neuropathic pain, a type of chronic pain in people for which there are few effective treatments. These findings are being presented at the 10th annual meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy, being held May 30 to June 3 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Cent...Scientists honored with 'Excellence in Clinical Research Award'
... regenerating beta cells -- which are destroyed in type 1 diabetes -- as a way to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes. The award will be presented at JDRF's annual conference in St. Louis. The award recip...Manchester researcher wins Libyan award
...y involves the detection of DNA mutations by a new type of technology. DNA detection is important in molecular biology because in many areas, including gene mapping, identification of mutations correlated with inherited or somatic genetic diseases, clinical diagnostics, studies of chromosome and nuclear a...Evolution of animal personalities
...n given that, at first sight, one would expect one type to be more successful than another" Why are individuals not more flexible considering that personality rigidity sometimes leads to seemingly inefficient behavior" Why do we find the same types of traits correlated with each other in very different k...Story ideas from the Journal of Lipid Research
...art disease Too much of a key protein observed in type 2 diabetes patients Thematic Review: How fat tiss...ki.fi Too much of a key protein observed in type 2 diabetes patients Researchers have shown that key chemicals that carry cholesterol and fats in ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 23, 2007
...tates and China are reporting development of a new type of fluorescent sensing material that could lead to innovative devices for rapid detection of explosives in security screening, criminal investigations, and other applications. Their report is scheduled for the June 20 issue of the Journal of the Ame...Adult stem cells from human cord umbilical cord blood successfully engineered to make insulin
...a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own i...f cells, Denner explained. Then, for a person with type 1 diabetes, researchers might engineer these cells to become islets of Langerhans, the cellular mass...Flexible genes allow ants to change destiny
...sing species breeds optimum numbers of each worker type to ensure the smooth running of the colony. Research at the University of Leeds shows that despite an inherited genetic pre-disposition to grow into a particular worker caste, ant larvae can be triggered by environmental stimuli to switch developme...... discovered a pair of gene mutations involved in a type of human blood cancer. Stratton, Futreal, Chin, ...nd PTEN, to be commonly deleted or mutated in this type of human cancer. ...