New UCLA program to study the possible environmental causes of cancer
...resulted in targeted therapies that attack what is broken in cancer cells, leaving healthy tissues alone and resulting in less toxic treatments for patients. The same promise holds true for the environmental genomics program, Rosenstock said. "Perhaps by understanding the genetic risks posed by environmenta...Rutgers researcher: Brains in dyslexic children can be 'rewired' to improve reading skills
...at is called phonological awareness." Words can be broken into sounds, and these sounds have to be mentally connected with letters. Although the process might seem intuitive, it is actually a learned skill, Tallal said. One portion of the study involved asking children if two letters of the alphabet rhymed,...Bread crust and stuffing rich in healthy antioxidants
...xidant is likely to be more abundant when bread is broken down into smaller pieces and baked, as with stuffing, because the smaller pieces contain more surface area on which these reactions can occur in comparison to larger bread products, like loaves and buns, the researcher says. In general, dark-colored ...Promising new treatment preserves bone mass in mice; May help women and men with osteoporosis
..., bone remodeling, begins to change. More bone is broken down than is replaced, and bone mass is lost. Bones weaken and eventually break easily, a condition known as osteoporosis. Sex hormones help with bone remodeling by maintaining the balance to prevent the loss of bone mass. Menopause, when the est...Prostate cancer program at UCLAs Jonsson Cancer Center designated a site of research excellence
...lar targets for therapies attempting to fix whats broken in the prostate cancer cell and investigate nutri...o develop targeted therapies that focus on what is broken in the cancer cell. The fifth project will explore the relationship between diet and prostate cancer...New strategy may protect brain against stroke, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
...pounds will work only temporarily and will then be broken down by the body. Greig and his associates are currently testing various drug analogues to see which ones work the best. Once developed, the drugs can either be used as an oral pill or intravenously, depending on how quickly they need to be administe...'Glutaid' on the horizon? Study may someday spell relief for people on gluten-free diets
...gliadins, which, like all dietary proteins, can be broken down into subunits called peptides. Khosla and his colleagues have identified a large gliadin peptide that does not break down during digestion, and likely triggers celiacs' immune systems upon reaching the small intestine, the authors suggest. "The...Researchers find trigger for devastating digestive disease, propose treatment
...olecule a chain of 33 amino acids that cannot be broken down by the human digestive system. They immersed the 33-amino acidchain in digestive enzymes derived from bacteria and found that a bacterial enzyme, prolyl endopeptidase, can break the chain into apparently harmless components. "The technology us...Exhaustion's effect on blood increases heart attack risk
...ing resources have stretched to the limit and have broken down, according to the study, led by Rob van Diest, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Van Diest and colleagues compared blood samples from two groups of 30 study participants. One ...Memorial Sloan-Kettering scientists uncover function of BRCA2 protein
... in special regions that are commonly found around broken DNA strands. Researchers showed that BRCA2 partici...ation. The structure revealed that BRCA2 binds the broken strands and enables the recovery of lost information via a process called homologous recombination -...U-M professor develops faster way to test beach water for E. coli levels
...er mixed into clean water. Bacteria are lysed, or broken open, to release adenosine triphosphate, a substance known as ATP found in every living cell. Then luciferine/luciferase---the substances that make fireflies glow---are added to the clean water suspension because they light up when they interact wit......different types of visual information after it has broken them apart is called the "binding problem" and is currently the subject of considerable controversy in the neuroscience community. But the results of a brain mapping experiment, published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...Breakthrough! UNC scientists' research promises improved X-ray machines using carbon nanotubes
...mple, get more useful information from pictures of broken bones, for example." The physicists are working with manufacturers to turn their discovery into working machines and expect to have them on the market within a year or two, he said. Being able to miniaturize X-ray devices could have more major benefi...Physics tip sheet #19 June 26, 2002
...act/PRE/v65/e060901 6) Building perfection from broken parts D. Challet, N. F. Johnson Physical Review ...is difficult and many devices are known to contain broken elements. However, it seems likely that you could connect a range of parts with different flaws to c...If screening shows osteoporosis, many women may not tell their physician or begin treatment
...ures cause the most serious health consequences. A broken hip almost always requires major surgery and a lengthy hospital stay. It can impair a person's ability to walk unassisted and may cause prolonged or permanent disability or even death. Spinal fractures can result in severe back pain, loss of height a...New pathway for treating hypertension-related kidney failure studied
...i-inflammatory agent. In kidney disease, EETs are broken down by an enzyme, soluble epoxide hydrolase, rendering EETs ineffective. Levels of this enzyme somehow increase in hypertension. Dr. Imig is working with Dr. Bruce Hammock, an entomologist and chemist at the University of California at Davis, who ha...Choose your painkillers with care
... THE relief of England, footballer David Beckham's broken foot mended just in time for the World Cup. But if... Jersey gave these newer painkillers to rats their broken bones didn't fully heal. Both drugs, rofecoxib (sold as Vioxx) and celecoxib (Celebrex), are often u...UNC studies add new dimension to 'lock-and-key' theory of drug action
...he University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has broken new ground for future drug design and development for brain disorders such as Parkinsons disease and schizophrenia. The team, headed by Dr. Richard Mailman, a professor at UNCs School of Medicine, has advanced a molecular mechanism called functional ...Columbia study finds differences in PSA, PSA density test measurements for Caucasian, Hispanic men
...of the prostate) was calculated, and the data were broken down between the two ethnic groups and between the negative and positive biopsy groups. Thirty-five percent of the Hispanics, and 25.5% of the Caucasians, had cancer. There was no significant difference in age between the Hispanics and the Caucasians...Potassium-rich foods can help offset high salt diet contribution to osteoporosis
...higher NTX level indicates that more bone is being broken down, or reabsorbed, leaving women at increased risk for fractures. At the end of three weeks, all the participants were placed on a high salt (9 grams/ day) diet. Half were given a potassium supplement and half were given a placebo. For four more we...