Stanford study reveals that cells linked to asthma and eczema also help cure deadly illness in mice
...for the mast cell, which is to limit the amount of damage caused by endothelin-1, a molecule that is produced in high amounts by the body during severe sepsis, as well as in association with other disorders," said Galli. Sepsis is a severe illness caused by overwhelming infection of toxin-producing bacteria...Crohn's disease treatment shows promise in clinical trial
... tumor necrosis factor, IL-6 and IL-18--that cause damage in Crohn's disease. After seven injections given weekly, 12 of 16 people receiving the higher dose of anti-IL-12 antibody responded to the treatment. At the end of the 24-week trial, six of those volunteers' symptoms were in remission. Other volunte...News tips for Wednesday, November 10, 2004
...sion (high office, high 24-hour BP). Target-organ damage left ventricular mass index, carotid wall thickness and urinary albumin was most increased in those with masked hypertension. Researchers concluded that masked hypertension is a "significant predictor" of target organ damage, independent of other ...USF neuroscientists awarded $1.1 million NIH grant to improve Alzheimer's vaccine
... accumulate in the brain, thereby leading to nerve damage and memory loss. While the vaccine has shown clear benefit in mice, some Alzheimer's patients participating in clinical trials of the vaccine fell ill with brain inflammation. The researchers hypothesize that the combination treatment may have "s...Can we learn new tricks from an old drug in treating heart attacks?
...nto a "true" myocardial infarction, with permanent damage to the heart muscle. In contrast, 95 percent of pa...ciated contributor to arrhythmias and heart muscle damage after heart attack. In the past, bretylium was available for intravenous use only. Dr. Bacaner has r...Stem cell therapy effectively treats heart attacks in animals
...ely applicable treatment to repair and reverse the damage done to heart muscle that has been infarcted, or d...ocedures. "Our aim is to find a way to repair the damage done to the heart muscle and prevent these complications." In a controlled study of 14 pigs (whose c...Alzheimer's drug improves memory of MS patients
...olinergic pathways by the demyelination and axonal damage to the nerves that occurs in MS." In an accompanying editorial, P. Murali Doraiswamy, MD, of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, noted that the study is good news for patients and highlights a major unmet need. But he cautioned that several...New compounds effective against Alzheimer's disease onset and progression
...ic oxide (NO), which can exist in toxic forms that damage neurons. Therefore, development of new compounds that can modulate these disease-linked biological processes may represent alternative therapeutic approaches and lead to future identification of new drug discovery targets, Van Eldik said. Van Eldi...Implanted defibrillators cut heart patients death risk, some more than others
...99. All had congestive heart failure, heart muscle damage caused by clogged blood vessels, and a heart rhythm irregularity called ventricular arrhythmia. Of the 7,000 patients, 1,442 had received an ICD. The researchers found that those who received an ICD were 60 percent less likely to die in the next y...Air pollution may cause and speed up artery disease
...quences in the blood vessels where oxidized lipids damage the artery walls. This can lead to thickening of the artery wall, calcification and plaques and ultimately ruptures," Kuenzli said. "It is interesting that the effects of air pollution were particularly strong in older women. Also, those with incr...Serum caspase activity and liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C
...The current non-invasive method of assessing liver damage involves measuring serum aminotransferase levels. ...patients with HCV infection who have chronic liver damage exhibit persistently normal aminotransferase levels. In search of a more accurate non-invasive way...Scientists pinpoint flaw, offer new promise for stroke treatment
...acitates the person for life. TPA can prevent the damage by dissolving the clot and restoring the flow of o...largely because tPA is capable of doing additional damage if not given immediately. While doctors know that tPA can cause damage, the Rochester and Scripps te...Body shaving and turf burns spread infection in college football team
...ers, accounted for the most MRSA cases. Even minor damage to the skin greatly increased players' risk of contracting MRSA. The athletes who practiced cosmetic body shaving had a 43 percent risk of infection. Those who sustained turf burns during play were seven times more likely than their teammates to cont...TIGER Workshop puts focus on space for African water management
...moros Islands, Envisat data will be used to assess damage and flooding caused by the cyclones that regularly strike these Indian Oceans islands. In South Africa one team wants to use Envisat data to plan tree plantings intended to contain the contamination of groundwater from salts and pollutants due to dee...Gene mutations responsible for childhood cataracts discovered
... the world. In children, they can cause permanent damage and blindness if not treated appropriately. While Zhang admits the surgery to remove cataracts in adults and children has become highly refined with low rates of complication, the best option he says is still prevention-especially outside of the ...Engineered stem cells can home in on tumors and deliver drug payload in mice
...rogenitor cells, and they, in turn, migrate to the damage and morph into whatever kind of tissue - bone, fat...radiation or chemotherapy, because those therapies damage cancer cells, which would then be in critical need of MSC. Andreeff hopes that this new homing strat...RFA safe for treating liver tumors pushing on GI tract; Alcohol injection makes RFA more effective
...tting the bowel could result in collateral thermal damage to the bowel. Also, there is potential for the tines of the electrode to perforate the bowel." According to the study's results, however, this isn't the case, said Dr. Lim. In a separate study, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,...UK researcher uncovers clues to Alzheimer's disease
...rons and decreased cell viability as well as other damage associated with Alzheimer's. Butterfield's study ...causes damage. Butterfield says this indicates the damage to neurons caused by the human peptide in an Alzheimer's disease patient is related to the peptide's...Job-stressed women more vulnerable than men to 9/11 trauma
...with everyday stressful experiences, functioned to damage these women's psychological well-being." "Feelings of powerlessness and victimization on a massive scale in this one apocalyptic moment were compounded by the feelings of powerlessness generated by the daily experiences of interpersonal victimization......maller pack sizes has slashed rates of suicide and damage to the liver from paracetamol poisoning, concludes a study on bmj.com this week. Suicides from overdoses of paracetamol or aspirin dropped nearly a quarter in the three years following new legislation in 1998, which cut pack sizes and limited how m...