Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...tiveness of protease inhibitorscould be boosted by combining the anti-HIV drugs with medication to block theact...m said he would like to study the effectiveness of combining proteaseinhibitors with Pgp inhibitors to determine if higher levels of the anti-HIVdrugs can be ach...First Trimester Screening For Down Syndrome Possible, NICHD-Funded Study Finds
...free beta subunit, and 42 percent byprotein A. By combining the results of either the hCG test or the free betasubunit tests with the protein A tests, accuracy increased. The detection ratefor hCG and protein A tests combined was 63 percent, and the detection rate forthe beta subunit and protein A combined w...ONYX Pharmaceuticals Reports Phase II Clinical Trial Results At ASCO Meeting
... of the head andneck. In an ongoing Phase II study combining ONYX-015 with standardchemotherapy, the company re...nyx presented interim results from a Phase IItrial combining ONYX-015 with Cisplatin and 5-FU, two standard chemotherapeuticagents used in the treatment of head ......ther serotonin uptake-blockersclearly warn against combining these drugs with MAO inhibitors, no red flagsabout phentermine's MAO-inhibiting ability were raised because the Bible of drugfacts--the Physician's Desk Reference--and the drug's own FDA-approved labeldon't list it as an MAO inhibitor. "To th...Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
...d what the user actually hears is the neteffect of combining the natural sound patterns with those generated by themagnetic hearing device. In this way, the sound waves from the device amplifythe desired sound. To reduce background noise, however, the device simply generates a sound patternthat mirrors the ...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...s; to transform this information into knowledge by combining and analyzing it in new ways; to deepen our unders...iors.The project will take a comparative approach, combining psychophysical and cognitive research techniques from the study of human eye-movement control, behav...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
... transfer from thelaboratory to the marketplace by combining the resources of a major university,a progressive community, and private industry. The park has a largeconcentration of entrepreneurial companies in such areas as softwaredevelopment, information-based technologies, medical services, andbiotechnology...Cherry Hamburgers Lower In Suspected Carcinogens
...e University. Previousresearch into the effect of combining cherry tissue with ground beef has shown theresulting product to be lower in fat, yet juicier and more tender than pure beefburgers. Cherry burgers are an increasingly popular food item, particularly onschool lunch menus in 16 states, and the su...Best Use Of Angiostatin May Be To Enhance Radiation Therapy
...erResearch , adds to the mounting enthusiasm about combining angiostatinwith other forms of cancer therapy. "The limited angiostatin supplies may be most effectively and efficientlyused in combination with cytotoxic therapies such as ionizing radiation,"note the authors. "These results suggest a new approach t...UK Allied Health Professor Receives Patent On Using Lithium With AIDS Drugs
...lls from toxic therapies. Gallicchio proposesthat combining drugs commonly used for AIDS patients with lithium salts couldresult in fewer toxic side effects and reduce the amount of virus in a person'ssystem by enhancing the immune system. The drugs, AZT and DDI, currently cause toxic side effects to ...Ultrasonography Predicts Heart Attack/Stroke Risk
... Atherosclerotic buildup is not uniform. By combining the measures fromboth arteries, scientists gained a more complete picture of the patients'conditions than either measure alone could yield. Results showed that patients' risk of heart attack and stroke increasedin direct proportion with th...Combination Nicotine Replacement Therapies Are The Most Effective Means To Quit Smoking
...harmacia and Upjohn in Sweden, found that patients combining the use of nicotine patches with nicotine nasal sprays were twice as likely to still be abstaining from smoking after five years than those who had only used patches. In their study of 237 smokers over a six year period, the authors found that usin......in. Periodontal-disease status was established by combining meangum-attachment level, plus the number and locations of detachments. The lowestand highest periodontal-disease groups then were compared with antioxidantstatus. Results showed that selenium has the strongest association with gumdisease, with low ...... conceived to more precisely determine thevalue of combining blood protein measurements and nuchal translucency todetermine the risk for genetic abnormalities. These non-invasive screeningsenable physicians to make early recommendations for more invasive tests whenappropriate. One of the keys to these screenin...CT Scans Could Become Screening Tool For Heart Disease
...ion's Epidemiology and Prevention Conference that combining a general purpose CT (computerized tomography) scan and an electrocardiogram (EKG) could yield a highly effective screening tool for blood vessel disease. "This test could be used to help keep healthy people healthy," says Jeffrey Carr, M.D., M.S.,......the first to demonstrate the potential benefits of combining these two therapies in the treatment of heart attack. The study showed that 72 percent of heart-attack patients who received abciximab plus half the standard dose of the clot-buster alteplase (tissue plasminogen activator, or t-PA) achieved optimal...Faculty research contributes to new cervical cancer treatment
...ity to improve the treatment of cervical cancer by combining radiation andchemotherapy. Until now, the standard...mber of cervical cancer deaths in half. By combining radiation with chemotherapy agents, Rose said,"Collectively, you are killing more cancer cells toget...New, less invasive repair of major artery defect
...has been developed to offerendovascular techniques combining the skills of surgical and interventionalradiology experts. Marston points out that the unique skills these specialistsbring to the procedure "have combined to produce optimal results." "This is clearly a procedure that requires extensive training to...UNC AIDS vaccine researchers awarded $12 million federal grant
...third project will expand on previous experiments, combining the vectorimprovements derived from the first two. "We feel these three research projects will provide clear direction for theconstruction of a second generation HIV vaccine candidate based on an improvedVEE vector system," Johnston says. A first-g...