Columbia researchers receive $3 million to combat genetic killer of infants & toddlers
...y at Columbia University Medical Center, have been able to convert embryonic stem cells into functional motor neurons, opening up new strategies for cell based chemical screens for drugs that can prevent the degeneration of motor neurons associated with SMA. Committed to supporting research with the highe...Heart surgeons publish death rates
...t surgery deaths recommended that patients must be able to see information about the relative performance ...severe cases," say the authors. "The public is now able to see the outcomes of individual surgeons and can be reassured that all are performing to satisfact...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
...ly reviewing the mammograms and sonograms, we were able to more accurately answer the vital questions: does the patient have breast cancer and how extensive is the disease?" said Dr. Wiener....MRI better than current standard in assessing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
... chemotherapy is successful, then the woman may be able to undergo breast-conservation surgery rather than a mastectomy. Currently, it is standard practice for the physician to do a breast examination to non-invasively assess whether the chemotherapy was effective, said Eren Yeh, MD, an instructor of ra...'Artery clearing' system does not provide benefit for patients undergoing PCI
... been complete; also, the protection device is not able to impede the release of soluble mediators." "The difficulty in finding convincing explanations for the lack of efficacy of the distal protection strategy used in the [Stone et al] trial may simply imply that both the relevance and the nature of the ...Studies address issues of risk and survival in rapidly increasing GI cancers
...e strategies." While researchers are not currently able to pinpoint the underlying reasons for the study's results, they are certain the results are not attributed to traditional prognostic factors such as tumor stage or grade. In addition, age, education, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, gastroesophag...Exercise tolerance is good screening test for chest pain patients
...er, patients who met the physicians' criteria were able to be evaluated by the less costly method of exercise treadmill testing. Those who weren't candidates for this testing could be admitted to the hospital and didn't benefit very much from more costly stress imaging testing in the emergency department....Molecule important in cell construction also critical in learning and memory
...y, the mice that did not have the protein were not able to strengthen a synapse in the hippocampus, which is the area of the brain that enables us to remember people, places and things. "If the mice don't have -adducin, they can't make a new map," Picciotto said. "It's not enough to just have the electric...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
...s that only a randomized controlled trial would be able to conclusively determine whether the association between parental and young-adult smoking cessation is a true cause-and-effect relationship. In the meantime, the results of the current analysis suggest that it may be beneficial to include parents in...Genetic amplification (NAAT) test detects HIV more effectively than standard tests in urban study
... (NAAT), to standard HIV testing, researchers were able to uncover six percent more cases of HIV infection in urban STD and drug treatment clinics and HIV testing sites in Atlanta than with standard HIV antibody tests alone. The research will be presented at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opport...New radio-frequency technique for knee injuries
...n 90% of the patients. The remaining patients were able to benefit from more traditional treatment techniques, but with longer recuperation periods. It would appear to be the case that the technique is more effective with persons who practise sport regularly as a hobby, and in middle-aged patients and vet...Penn study will compare heart failure management technologies
...e-daily presence of a caregiver who is willing and able to assist with the procedures required by the study, and a working telephone with touchtone line and phone jack, or access to one....Plant derivative attacks the roots of leukemia
...is. (A person with leukemia, however, would not be able to take enough of the herbal remedy to halt the di... to other anti-tumor agents. And, the UR group was able to demonstrate the molecular pathways that allow parthenolide to cause apoptosis, or cancer cell dea...Columbia study finds hemophilia therapy dramatically improves outcomes for bleeding stroke
...ut one teaspoon of bleeding in the brain, we were able to increase chances of patient survival by nearly 40%."The third highest cause of death in the United States, stroke is the leading source of permanent disability resulting in significant worsening of quality of life for patients and costing billion...Protein that promotes survival of stem cells might be key to poor leukemia prognosis
...nderstand these diseases, the more likely we'll be able to design improved treatments for them. This fits ...hat HSCs and progenitor cells produced by HSCs are able to generate more specific cells, such as the immune cells known as B and T lymphocytes. In the Sci...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...s, not just words, and I am glad that we have been able to get funding for this important work." Adds Congressman Lynch, "Last month, I visited the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and met with dozens of service men and women who could benefit directly from the good work of the people at Sche...Researchers model brain's electrical storm during a seizure
...to his brain for a week. The researchers were thus able to obtain data from six of the patient's seizures to compare with the mathematical model they had created. The researchers focused on two subdural electrodes spaced a centimeter apart on the surface of the patient's brain. They noticed a consistent ...Marijuana ingredient may stall decline from Alzheimer's
...ated with the amyloid protein and cannabinoid were able to find the platform. Rats treated with amyloid protein alone did not learn how to find the platform. The researchers found that the presence of amyloid protein in the rats' brains activated immune cells. Rats that received the control protein alone...Contaminated needles not contributing to spread of HIV in Africa
...rican countries, but with this research we are now able to confidently exclude injections as a major transmission route." The researchers analysed data from the Manicaland HIV/STD Prevention Study, which had recruited 1847 men and women aged between 15 and 54 to the three year study. The study collected a......isease, Uitdehaag explains. Only patients who seem able to exercise and who are sufficiently motivated to train should begin the therapy, he says. "Patients for exercise training should also be referred to therapists with sufficient experience in treating MS patients," Uitdehaag says. The review appears i...