Chromosome changes predict more deadly prostate tumors
...n men with advanced prostate cancer predict a more deadly tumor type. Researchers studied tissue samples of 144 men who were operated on for advanced prostate cancer between 1966 and 1987. They compared this information with the patients cancer status, obtained from a long-term follow-up study. They found t......barrier also can keep chemotherapy drugs away from deadly brain tumors. In the early 1980s, Oregon Health Sciences University researchers made national headlines when they found a way to outsmart this natural defense mechanism in the brain. Following years of additional research, OHSU scientists now are rel...Synthetic rubber kills germs on contact
...or AIDS. (These patients are at increased risk for deadly infections due to their weakened immune systems.) Condoms made of the new rubber could help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, says Worley. The material could also be used in medical supplies and devices, including surgica...New 'combination therapy' improves survival for malignant melanoma patients
...-center study included 305 patients with this most deadly and serious form of skin cancer, randomized to receive either the histamine/IL-2 combination or IL-2 alone. The results of the study will be presented for the first time at the Perspectives in Melanoma meeting in Pittsburgh, June 1-2. The combinatio...First protein 'biochips' may deliver improved detection, diagnosis
... biochips will be to develop sensors to detect the deadly pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in foods. According to 1999 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are an estimated 2,500 cases of Listeria monocytogenes infections annually. Unlike other foodborne pathogens, a high num...Researchers take steps to growing replacement blood vessels
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Heart attacks may be less deadly in the future, thanks to micro- and nanotechnology research just begun at Ohio State University. Researchers here are investigating ways to re-grow tiny blood vesse...Transgenic mice aid research into deadly cancer
...etter able to fight Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare but deadly cancer that attacks children and AIDS patients, now that they have achieved a decades-long goal of genetically engineering mice to develop the disease. These transgenic mice are a powerful new tool researchers will use to understand the molecular an...Spain's top science award to UMBI's Gallo, Montagnier
... in our goal to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and other deadly viruses," said Gallo, who this week will also receive the Instituto de Salud Carlos III Medal from Spain's Minister of Health, Celia Villalobos. Since 1998, Gallo has received numerous international awards, including the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darms...Landmark school-based 'social influences' smoking-prevention program found not to work
...ver the tobacco industry's attempts to conceal the deadly consequences of smoking."The teachers did their darndest, and the educational materials were top-notch," Peterson says. "The inability of the program to affect change in smoking behavior comes down, in our judgment, to one thing: the failure of the s...Cotton clothes carry fungal spores into hospitals
...n fungus has long been known to pose a potentially deadly threat of infection in hospital patients with dama... and around the fabric, thus releasing potentially deadly spores," she says. However, less than 7 percent of bone marrow units in a national survey conducted ...Teenagers, drinking and driving: a quick trip to the grave
...g. Although driving after drinking is potentially deadly under any circumstances, it is particularly dangerous when teenagers do it. "It's important to look at the context of this behavior," said James Hedlund, a consultant in traffic safety for Highway Safety North. "Not only is their drinking illegal...Study: Ripped aortas kill often, but new knowledge may aid survival
...at it provides more data than ever on an uncommon, deadly phenomenon, and from the awful truths and glimmers of hope that the data show. The researchers, from 17 large institutions in six countries, hope their findings will help steer aortic dissection diagnosis and care, and improve patients' chances of su...NIDA and partners announce national initiative on prescription drug misuse and abuse
...ricans, they can be dangerous, addicting and even deadly when used non-medically, " said NIDA Director Dr. Alan I. Leshner. "An estimated four million people aged 12 or over used sedatives, stimulants, tranquilizers or opioids for non-medical reasons in 1999." Joining with NIDA are AARP, the America...... of prostate cancer, second only to lung cancer as deadly disease among men, reports the American Cancer Society. Although men can get the disease at any age, it's more common among those over 50 years old. Prostate cancer is twice as common in African Americans as it is in white American males. The one-yea...NICHD scientists develop vaccine against deadly hospital-acquired infection
...ne that virtually eliminated disease caused by the deadly and debilitating bacteria, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), from the developed world...Two viruses team up in West Nile vaccine
...the central nervous system and cause a potentially deadly brain inflammation called encephalitis. To date, the virus has killed seven people and caused severe disease in more than 80 others, mostly elderly people. To find a vaccine against the virus, a research team from the National Institute of Allergy a...Stanford researcher's uncommon approach to common cold fights cancer
...ds to cancer patients, all in the hope of curing a deadly disease. In the unusual technique, doctors inject a modified cold virus into the liver as a way to kill cancerous cells. The major benefit of treatment with a modified cold virus is its ability to target cancer while leaving normal cells unhar...Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
...tory of lying to the public about an addictive and deadly product would also try to hide its wrongdoing by deliberately destroying incriminating documents thereby preventing individuals from having meaningful access to the halls of justice."...