Duke Study Suggests New Class Of Drugs Could Bypass Leptin Loop
...ain circuit and target the fat cell itself. Duke researchers say their study, reported today in the journal Nat... in some obese animals and likely in obese humans, researchers found -- a theoryconfirmed by studies showing that obese humans have elevated leptin levels yet rema...AIDS Treatments Seek To Eradicate Virus, Restore Immunity
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers and physicians are set to launcha multi-pronged at... immune system. During the process, Duke researchers hope to increase science's understandingof how the virus reacts to both drug treatments and novel fo...Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
...iac death and broken bones due to osteoporosis,say researchers at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)....ncesystems, can be used to combat disease, the two researchers say. Hall predicts that in about five years, a person could go to a physician'soffice and insert a...DNA Imaging to Design Better Drugs
...ow they work may have justgotten easier, thanks to researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology. Using a scann...t itdoes not intercalate in DNA. The Georgia Tech researchers have been working in this area forabout 1 1/2 years. Sponsors include the <AHREF="http://www.can...Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
...oral student specializing in linguistics. The two researchers approached Cummings after hearing about herthesis ...'t seen anythinglike that yet." More importantly, researchers have to compare their results againstother factors that alter the way a person speaks, such as speec...Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...factant to breathe on their own. In the study, the researchers found the differences in death ratescould not be e...from 220 deathsto 182 deaths per 1,000 births. The researchers credited the drop in thewhite death rate to a major decrease in deaths from RDS. Although the incid...Hopkins Researchers Develop Under-The-Skin Implant For Pain Treatment
...for the treatment of pain in cancer patients. The researchers believe that the polymer implant could offer an al...wing the successful completion of U.S. trials, the researchers hope to make the polymer available to cancer centers in developing nations for further study. If the...Maternal Exposure To Crack Cocaine Produces Stressed Newborns
...n non-exposed newborns, accordingto a new study by researchers in the Brown University School of Medicine. "Cra... bell, compared to non-exposed infants. The Brown researchers think the findings result from the combined action ofcocaine with alcohol and marijuana. Alcohol can...Discovery Hints At Multitude Of New Targets For Drugs
...ed by the U.S. Public Health Service. The researchers used living cells and test tube preparations to an...of the new findings supported that early view. The researchers foundthat some of the test compounds were "agonists" of the receptor,switching it on. And others we...Alzheimer's disease center seeks patients for new drug studies
...e cause of Alzheimer's is still a mystery although researchers have made progress in understanding the role played by genes. The new generation of medications target various sections of the brain that degenerate during the course of the disease. Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 4 million Americans. The...What Makes Tics Tick? Clues Found In Tourette Twins' Caudates
... 0.5% of the population with milder symptoms. The researchers report on their findings in the August 30th issue ...motor components of Tourette Syndrome." Other NIMH researchers participating in the study included: Drs. Douglas Jones, Michael Knable, Thomas Hyde, Richard Coppol...Study Demonstrates Safety & Effectiveness Of Asthma Drug
...al centers. The work was coordinatedby his team of researchers at the Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN)Data Coordinating Center (DCC) based at Hershey's Center for Biostatistics.ACRN is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The results of the study were reported in the article, "C...Scientists Produce New Anti-Malarial Compound
...d on malaria-infectedmice, curing the animals. The researchers are working now todevelop more potent compounds, l...ingthe drug expensive and impractical. The Hopkins researchers have previously developed syntheticversions, or analogs, of artemisinin; the synthetic drugs havebee...Study Shows Major Savings In Supervising TB Care
...aisson, M.D., associate professor of medicine. The researchers found that using DOT throughout the United States would save $25 million compared with conventional therapy, save 240 additional lives, and prevent 2,400 relaspes, including 100 with drug-resistant TB. "Many doctors and health departments have felt t...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...o revenues through income andother taxes," the two researchers wrote in a report prepared for theSocial Security Administration, which funded the study. They said that eachyear of age increase in the retirement age decreases payments for a yearand increases revenues for a year. To come up with their findings, M...Fertilization Protein Structure To AID in Leukemia Treatment
.... It is this protein that has been studied by the researchers at Scripps. By preparing crystals of the protein ...which funded Stout's research. The Scripps researchers hope that drugs targeted toward the cavity in CD38 could be used to alter signal transmission and al...A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
...onductor lasers, a pair of University of Rochester researchers hasdevised a way to make them perform with the pow...power efficiently packaged in the center.Rochester researchers believe the new design makes possible semiconductor lasers with 6 to 12 watts of power, two tofour t......early, powerful therapies, report Emory University researchers in this week's New England Journal of Medicine . ...HIV, as well as to many other microorganisms. The researchers postulated that certain strains of the AIDS virus not only deplete mature CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in i...Rape Victims Find Relief From Posttraumatic Stress Using The Antidepressant Zoloft.
...PTSD symptoms aresimilar no matter the trauma, the researchers say that treatment of warveterans with PTSD is complicated by a high incidence of substance abuse inthat population. "There is a striking similarity of response to different trauma includingcombat, rape, accidents, and disasters," the authors write. ...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...digital signal processing and computer technology, researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center believe...activity within the brain. By using the algorithm, researchers can now predict when a seizure is imminent. "The algorithm measures brain activity and separ...