DNA Imaging to Design Better Drugs
... important practical use." Bottomley and Williams believe their approach offers many advantagesover traditional techniques. Unequivocal methods like X-raycrystallography and NMR spectroscopy are extremely labor intensive.Crystallography, a field in which Williams specializes, is limited tosmall fragments of...Hopkins Researchers Develop Under-The-Skin Implant For Pain Treatment
...tment of pain in cancer patients. The researchers believe that the polymer implant could offer an alternative to external drug delivery systems used to treat serious pain and may be a potential technique for the management of drug addiction. The button-sized polymer works much like the continuous-release bi...Discovery Hints At Multitude Of New Targets For Drugs
...manifest different biologies in differentcells. We believe this extremely exciting realization will bring the... female reproductive system, muscle and bone. "We believe that nature has managed to produce a wide array of effectswith a limited set of receptor molecules b...A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
...ently packaged in the center.Rochester researchers believe the new design makes possible semiconductor lasers with 6 to 12 watts of power, two tofour times as powerful as current devices. Currently the only way for semiconductor lasers to produce such power is forseveral to be used in tandem, but this result...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...archers at the University of Kansas Medical Center believe they have unlocked the complicated secret of predicting when a patient with epilepsy is about to have a seizure. In recent studies of 125 seizures monitored and recorded at KU Medical Center, the technique has predicted seizures by up to three m...Childhood Sex Abuse Impacts Adult Relationships
...d adjustment difficulties, the Cornell researchers believe their study is one of the first to explore the long-term effects of sexual abuse on attachment in later life and to examine the role of childhood attachment relationships in moderating the effects of sexual abuse. "We looked at attachment because at...Researchers Gain Insights Into Drugs Used For Manic-Depression
... at the University of Wisconsin Medical School now believe theyunderstand why. In the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, thescientists show that both drugs stimulate release of a chemical thattriggers brain cell activity responsible for helping control the wild moodswings of bi......hen it comes to sex we rely on hidden messages. We believe that if we talk about condoms, birth control and safe sex with our children we are giving an inferred message that it is OK to have sex. We can't seem to tell our kids directly, 'I don't want you to have sex yet,' and why." Teenagers, she says aren'...Training Urged For Mothers Of Children With Cancer
...ildren with cancer. "There is no reason to believe that mothers of children with cancerdiffered in any way from the general population before the diagnosis," theauthors write. "The magnitude and relative rarity of dealing with childhoodcancer, however, often challenges and even exceeds the kinds of s...Ultrasound Detects Pathology In Patients With Whiplash
WINSTON SALEM, NC-- Researchers believe they have a new cost-effectiveimaging technique for evaluating the soft tissues of the spine. Investigators at Ultrasound Diagnostic Services Inc., in Cleveland,Ohio, have found that ultrasound is a valuable imaging technique for evaluatingp...A Helping Hand Could Save An Ailing Heart
... have abetter chance of long-term survival if they believe they have adequate help whenneeded from family and friends in performing daily tasks such as bathing ortaking medications. Researchers Steven Woloshin, MD, and colleagues at the White RiverJunction (VT) Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the...Women Say Overwhelming Yes To Ultrasound In New Study
...d should only be performed if there is a reason to believe something is medically wrong. 42 percent of all patients were willing to pay at least $200 for a routine ultrasound exam---and willingness to pay showed no correlation to income level. 59 percent felt it was very important to see the baby. Factor...Cattle: Latest Weapon In The War On Cancer?
... sharks are in short supply. Our marine scientists believe that shark fishing cannot support the predictedgro...tors which interfere with the cancer's passage. We believe that by increasing these factors, the cancer is forced to expendmore energy in trying to get through...Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
...inggetting mammograms were somewhat more likely to believe that: breast cancer is a young woman's disease finding a cancerous lump would likely leadto a mastectomy a woman who protects her breasts from beingbumped, bruised or fondled is less likely to get breast cancer "If you think you have protected...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
...al to realizing the promise of new discoveries. We believe that we will provide not only an abundant source of new ideas, but also an effective pathway to clinical application of those ideas. Duke's Comprehensive Cancer Center offers afull spectrum of research excellence, including expertise in basic cancerb......, a recent study concluded. However, while experts believe life span willcontinue to lengthen and there will be larger populations of the elderly, thereis much discrepancy about the predicted rate of mortality improvement. This widediscrepancy creates an uncertainty that can and should be accounted for inmor...... and other tissues." The researchers believe that the chemotherapeutic agents cause subtleinjuries to the lung tissue, and as the patient's immune system recovers afterthe bone marrow transplant, increasing numbers of immune cells migrate to thesite of injury, causing inflammation. "...Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
...der children the way we did." "We strongly believe that if such programs were adopted statewide, inthe future we would see a reduction of heart disease in North Carolina." The UNC-CH study showed a larger drop in blood fats than previous work,she said, possibly because physical activity among......nion had no effect on patientcare, the researchers believe that the results should help them refine the wayfuture trials are designed and carried out. Most large clinical trials use clinical events committees (CEC) toreview case records to ensure that all the physicians at participating hospitalsfo......to 40 percent of 1993 visits -- a level theauthors believe is still too low -- there was no significant chang...lation should receive warfarin," saysStafford, "we believe there are many other reasons why doctors may not beprescribing this important drug. The use of bloo...