UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
... with the unusual sleep pattern, known as familial advanced sleep phase syndrome (FASPS), the scientists created a family tree to map the incidence of inheritance, and made the seminal finding that the behavior was a single-gene trait. (Nature Medicine, Sept. 1999). In 2000, the team discovered the gene(hPer2...International breast cancer prevention study launches in the United States and Canada
...he United States late in 1999 for the treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women whose tumors...merica. It is currently used for the treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women whose disease has progressed following tamoxifen therapy. ......ect underlying hepatic steatosis and patients with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis may have entirely normal aminotransferases," he reports. After considering the available literature thoroughly, Dr. Chalasani concludes, "There is no sound rationale why statins should not be used in patients with chronic liver...Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage
...ng a huge increase in the numbers of patients with advanced liver fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis (end stage scarring of the liver). Currently, we have no effective treatment for liver cirrhosis which is associated with internal bleeding, liver failure and the development of primary liver cancer. There is a...African-American women with endometrial cancer have more aggressive cancer than Caucasian women
...stitute has found that African-American women with advanced endometrial cancer have more aggressive tumors tha...s analysis showed that African-American women with advanced endometrial cancer have a 25 percent greater chance of dying than Caucasian patients with the same d...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
...mon skin cancers and most patients diagnosed at an advanced stage. The researchers found that similar numbers of men and women stopped working during cancer treatment (41 percent of men and 39 percent of women) and most of those who returned to work did so during the first year after treatment. The rate of ...NJIT taps into solar energy to power new campus center
...ning power plant. "NJIT's solar-unit is the most advanced in the state," said Leon Baptiste, the engineer wh...less communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and eLearning. ...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
...first years of life." Since 1990, Trichopoulos has advanced a theory that exposure to certain levels of naturally occurring hormones amplifies the number of undifferentiated cells in the mammary glands of female fetuses. During cell division in later life, mutations in this broader pool of cells are associate...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
...er, African American women are diagnosed at a more advanced stage, have larger tumors, and are more likely to have estrogen receptor-negative disease than white women. Breast cancer mortality is also higher among African American women than in white women. However, all these differences have remained largely ...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
...alized cancers. About ten percent had more serious advanced forms. These advanced cancers were linked to higher PSA numbers and suspicious DRE results. Overall, 1.4 percent of the ap...Dealing with conflict in caring for the dying patient
...h highlights the case of an 84-year-old woman with advanced dementia whose advance directive states that she does not want artificial nutrition or hydration. Over the course of her illness, her family and physicians conflict about the use of a short-term feeding tube and intravenous hydration. From this case...Genetics important in age-related macular degeneration
... AMD, two million with decreased vision related to advanced AMD and eight million with earlier stages of the d... early signs, 162 had intermediate AMD and 106 had advanced AMD, the researchers found. There were no differences in the prevalence rates of AMD in MZ versus DZ...Bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy prolongs survival for some patients with advanced lung cancer
...nical trial for patients with previously untreated advanced non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer show that...ed patient survival." A total of 878 patients with advanced non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had not previously received systemic chemothera...Philanthropist Paul F. Glenn launches labs for aging research at Harvard Medical School
...d on aging research and to build out the labs with advanced research technology and animal models. Additionally, research pilot grants will be awarded by a steering committee to investigators wanting to investigate novel areas of molecular research addressing critical questions in the normal aging process. ...Rasagiline reduces disability for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease
...se of rasagiline may be useful in the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease. Olivier Rascol (University Hospital, Toulouse, France) and colleagues recruited 687 patients from 74 hospitals and centres in Israel, Argentina, and Europe. 231 individuals were assigned to receive 1mg of oral rasagiline once dai...Tumor-targeted immune cells cure prostate cancer in mice without causing systemic immune suppression
...lls may warrant consideration for the treatment of advanced tumors, Lee said. Researchers from Northwestern University; the National Cancer Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Peking University collaborated on the study, which was supported by gr...Drug that hinders blood vessel growth under study in ovarian cancer
...d showed "encouraging responses" in patients with advanced ovarian cancer in Phase 1 clinical trials, accordi...nd about three-quarters of those new patients have advanced disease. "Ovarian cancer has no early signs and symptoms and there is not yet a screening test, suc...2005 Pulp Biology Research Award
... characteristics of odontoblasts. His research has advanced the field of Pulp Biology....Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...en must describe work which has very significantly advanced knowledge in some aspect of dental research. Papers eligible for consideration are those published during the 12-month period (July-June) immediately preceding the IADR General Session. The award consists of a cash prize and a plaque. The Gies Award ...Dartmouth researchers find where musical memories are stored in the brain
...h words, however, people simply relied on the more advanced parts of the auditory processing stream. "It makes us think that lyrics might be the focus of the memory," says Kraemer....