25-minute test distinguishes between different types of schizophrenia
...ge. It is not known why or whether this illness is biologically different from later onset schizophrenia. In addition, people who develop the illness at an earlier age have a worse outcome -- they often have more problems relating to other people, finding a job or living independently. Until now, there has been ...St. Paul researcher receives national award
...19th national meeting in San Francisco. Like other biologically active compounds, opioids -- drugs derived from opium, such as morphine and heroin -- work by binding to receptors, specific protein pockets on the surfaces of cells. "As researchers gain more insight into how molecules and receptors actually recogni...Novel neurotransmitter overturns laws of biology, offers potential for stroke treatment
...npointed the neurotransmitter's source -- itself a biologically unusual enzyme -- whose novelty as a drug target "could put researchers on a royal road to stroke treatment." The neurotransmitter is an amino acid called D-serine. It's odd, Snyder says, because it differs in structure from any known molecule in ...Emotional and physical toll of being poor
... these developmental and psycho-social factors are biologically linked to cardiovascular disease and other health outcomes in adulthood. Health of Women Under Economic Stress: This project will focus on the physical and emotional health effects of welfare reform on single mothers. It considers how successful o...Results of NUVANCE phase I/II asthma trial presented
... binding of NUVANCE to IL-4 renders the bound IL-4 biologically inactive, which may reduce the IL-4 driven signs and symptoms of asthma. This placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, Phase I/II trial was conducted in 62 adults with moderate persistent asthma, in which symptoms such as wheezing, short...Biologically inspired electronics leads to higher fidelity
...d Department of BiomedicalEngineering to develop a biologically inspired model that would improve thefidelity of e...s to bring higher fidelityinto a new generation of biologically inspired electronics....Effects of nicotine influenced by housing and gender
...ikely that the human experience isat least in part biologically based and 'hard-wired' rather than a completelypsychological process. "Much of our knowledge about why people smoke and why it is so hard to quit hascome from nearly 50 years of animal work on smoking and nicotine. But despitethe extensive animal li...Novel drug therapy tackles third 'pathway' causing congestive heart failure
...indicate no significant side effects, a decreasein biologically active levels of TNF, and an increase in quality of life scores,six-minute walk distance and ejection fraction. The study offers further proofof principle and suggests a green light to proceed with a large-scale clinicaltrial to further test (this) ...ENBREL (Etanercept) Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
... Thebinding of ENBREL to TNF renders the bound TNF biologically inactive, resultingin significant reduction in inflammatory activity. Immunex and Wyeth-Ayerst market ENBREL in North America. OtherWyeth-Ayerst affiliates will market ENBREL outside of North America. Additionalinformation about ENBREL, inc...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
...eit calls into question the idea that emotions are biologically hard-wired in thebrain. Much evidence suggests that the core emotions - happiness, anger, fear,surprise, disgust, and sadness - emerge in orderly and specific ways, as if bygenetic blueprint. Pollak says the different emotional makeup of children who...Improved Ritalin™ Offers Smaller Doses And Fewer Side Effects
...d left handed,but often only one of the "hands" is biologically active, delivering the desiredpharmacological agents. Drugs containing "both hands" are called racemic. If adrug can be made one-handed, or chiral, it generally means smaller doses areneeded and it avoids any potential side effects that might be co...Hormone Therapy Increases Survival Of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
... had not spread to other parts of the body but was biologically advanced. Study participants were categorized into four risk groups that Roachdeveloped in an earlier study. Men in group one and two were considered to be ata low risk of dying of prostate cancer, and groups three and four wereconsidered to be at a......m, PhD, now has made thestriking discovery that -- biologically -- mild pain and more intense pain aredistinct and governed by different signaling molecules. Effective management ofintense pain should take these distinctions into account, Basbaum says. "Pain is not a single phenomenon that can always be ...Common Drug-Capsule Coating Not As Inert As Previously Thought
...ange, making itless repulsive and potentially more biologically active. "This is particularly important in applications such as implantsand artificial scaffolds, where polymer-coated materials are in contactwith living tissue for extremely long periods of time," Leckband said. "Implicit in such long-term applic...