Study Demonstrates Safety & Effectiveness Of Asthma Drug
...tant. Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN) was created in 1993 by the NHLBIas a five-year program to expedite design and implementation of clinicaltrials on approaches to managing asthma. The albuterol and placebo for thebeta-agonist study were donated by Schering-Plough, headquartered in Kenilworth,N.J....UW, Siemens Unveil New Panoramic Ultrasound Imaging Application Using Programmable Technology
...tem. Histeam, working with ultrasound technicians, created the first application,SieScape imaging, which was demonstrated today at a joint press conferenceon the UW campus. Lothar Koob, Siemens Ultrasound Group vice president,stated, "This technology will significantly decrease the amount of time andcost inv...Study Injects New Interest In How Vaccines Work
...dy, Hem says. "The most popular theory was that it created a 'depot effect,' where the aluminum hydroxide particles served as a storehouse for the antigen and stayed in the muscle for many months while the body continually produced antibodies," Hem says. Though this explanation was generally accepted, Hem sa...NIH Honors Emory Researcher With Merit Award For Work On Renin-Angiotensin System
...any real importance in malereproduction, Bernstein created recombinant knockout mice containing no somaticor testis ACE gene. He found that the male knockout mice fathered litters withmuch smaller numbers of offspring than those of typical wild mice, suggestingthat testis ACE is necessary for full male ferti...Affordable, Hand-Held Biosensor For Diagnostics
... of medicallyimportant chemical compounds has been created by a team of researchers from TheScripps Research Institute (TSRI) of La Jolla, California and the University ofCalifornia, San Diego. The biosensor, which changes colors to signal the presence of specificmolecules, may represent a new type o...Targeted Protein Toxin Effective Against Persistent Brain Tumors
...107 directly to the tumor. This drugis a compound created by linking diphtheria toxin to a protein calledtransferrin that targets rapidly growing cells such as tumor cells. Nine ofthe 15 patients who were evaluated after this treatment had reductions in tumorsize, and the tumor disappeared completely in t...Natural Estrogens May Help Protect Women From Brain Damage During Stroke
...ce in women after menopause." The researchers created strokes in anesthetized male and female rats byblo...ged brain tissue afterward. When strokes were created in female rats whose ovaries had been surgicallyremoved, and whotherefore had lower levels of natura...Penn Researchers Initiate Ground-Breaking New Trials To Treat
...namic therapy in the field ofthoracic oncology has created new treatment protocols which, inturn, have the potential to extend the lives of patients andimprove their quality of life. Photodynamic therapy is a minimally-invasivetreatment that uses a photosensitizer -- alight-activated drug -- to selectively ...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
...ists in humans. Another potential hide-out created by Pgp may be in some of the CD4cells themselves, Kim said. As many as 10 percent of CD4 cells express Pgp, soit's possible that HIV is taking over those cells and stays there, protected bythe cells' Pgp expression, he said. Drugs are already...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
...tion, plc and CYTOGEN Corporation. The company was created in 1996 for the rapid development, registration, manufacturing and commercialization of anti-cancer drugs. Targon is currently structured as a subsidiary of CYTOGEN. Elan Corporation, plc is a leading worldwide drug delivery andbiopharmaceuti...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
...ricin, which costs much less than other substances created synthetically to track cancer cells. "Patients who take these other substances can become photo toxic when in sunlight, for up to one month," explains Rawicz. "Hypericin actually has a 10 times higher phototoxicity -- but it lasts only 10hours." ......ganizer of the project. Canadian officials created new mortality projections based on theexperts' 95th percentile of highest and lowest projections and starting from themortality figures for 1997. The new projected financial picture of the CanadaPension Plan (CPP) was very similar to that of existing...Tighter Chemical Binding = Better Meds
...in minutes insteadof days, said Jorgensen, who has created a supercomputer in his Yalelaboratory by linking together 25 Pentium machines in a network. He andhis colleagues now can analyze between 50 and 100 chemical variations, oranalogs, of a leading drug each week, he said. Drug companies frequentlygener...Polish Dumpling-Like Particle Has Potential In Drug Delivery
...hemists at Washington University in St. Louis have created synthetic polymer particles that are as cute as dumplings.. They're called knedels (k-ned-l), after a popular Polish dumpling filled either with meat or sweets. While the Polish knedel is a sumptuous taste treat, the Washington University knedl is ......xtremely low frequency electric and magneticfields created in the generation, transmission and use of electricity. Themeeting is open to the press and public. The scientists' appraisal will be based on a comprehensive review of thescientific literature as well as discussion reports from recent EMF ...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...gathered from these sites. The program was created as a video disk called "Parenting AdolescentsWisel... Innovation Center to foundFamily Works, a company created to market the CD-ROM, which sells for $900. Sofar, all proceeds from sales of the product have been ...Paying Attention To High Blood Pressure Programs A Good Investment In Reducing Stroke Risk
...rchers say that not all public health programs are created equal. They found that a more intense, community-integrated program helped people muchmore than a minimally-integrated program. Men exposed to the more aggressiveprograms did a better job of controlling their blood pressure and, in turn, hadfewer st......According to the researchers, DRGs were originally created at therequest of physicians to help them evaluate what took place in hospitals. Today,there are currently 470 DRGs, and DRGs have spread around the world and placepatients into categories like vaginal delivery without complications or simplepneumonia...Guidelines Not Necessarily Guiding Physician Behavior, Study Says
...on Program (NCEP) guidelines. The guidelines were created tohelp physicians screen those at high risk for heart attack and who may benefitfrom cholesterol-lowering medication. Researchers also examined whether doctorsevaluated patients for major risk factors such as cigarette use, prior heartattack and fam......ody sizes.) Because this is "virtual prototyping," created on a computer without building physical models of the devices, EAI's morphing software is expected to save considerable time and money....