Second NIAID SARS vaccine candidate helps mice fend off SARS
...of eight mice received doses of the MVA/S vaccine, delivered either into nose or as an injection into muscle, four weeks apart. One month after the second immunization, the rodents were exposed to SARS coronavirus via their nasal passages, mimicking the natural route of infection. Two days later, scientists ex...Study shows opioid growth factor safe for treatment of pancreatic cancer
...μg/kg intravenous infusions of OGF, this time delivered over 45 minutes. Because the timing of drug delivery was extended, there were no incidents of toxicity. Six other patients were treated with 50 μg/kg OGF injections twice per day. Results showed that, unlike the chemotherapeutic agents often us...Preliminary results are promising in Alzheimer's gene therapy trial
... Ceregene, Inc. In this study the NGF gene will be delivered using a modified delivery system. Dr. Roy Bakay, a Rush University Medical Center neurosurgeon will perform the surgery for study participants. Bakay is an experienced neurosurgeon in performing stereotactic injection who participated in some of the ...Dental X-rays during pregnancy associated with low birth weight babies
...ad at least one dental x-ray.) Among the women who delivered a LBW infant, 1.9 percent (n = 21, including 10 LBW infants born at term) had higher than 0.4 mGy radiation dose, compared with 1.0 percent of women with NBW infants. When compared to women with no known dental diagnostic x-rays during pregnancy, a r...Northwestern Memorial tests 'pacemaker' for stomach
...ogrammer can change the type of electrical signals delivered to the stomach. Once implanted in study participants, the study device will be tested using the programmer and then immediately turned off. Fourteen days after the operation, participants will blindly be randomized into one of two groups: those wh...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May 2004 (first issue)
...ds to accumulate.) All of the baboon infants were delivered by cesarean section at 125 days. Term for a baboon infant is 185 days. Lung development in the baboon at 125 days is similar to human infants at 24 to 26 weeks gestation. The researchers indicated that nasal CPAP did not cause an arrest in the dev...Hidden cost of depression in seniors: $9 billion in care from spouses, children
...tra hours of unpaid help with everyday activities, delivered by the depressed seniors' spouses, adult children and friends. Even moderately depressed seniors, the University of Michigan study finds, require far more hours of care than those without any symptoms of depression, regardless of other health proble...Highlights summarized for movement disorders research at 56th annual meeting
...among movement disorder specialists. The treatment delivered GDNF (glial-cell derived neurotrophic factor) dire...on. A previous trial of GDNF in PD patients, which delivered it to the ventricles (cavities that circulate fluid throughout the brain) was unsuccessful, as the G...Cancer gene therapy news backgrounder: New ideas fuel next generation gene therapy research
...produce systemic immune reactions in patients when delivered throughout the body by intravenous injection. It w...caused leukemia in two patients. The gene that was delivered settled itself next to an oncogene, and turned it on. After each incident, the federal government sh...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 56th Annual Meeting
...cells to recover and function better. The GDNF was delivered directly into the brain through a tube. After two years of treatment, patients needed less medication and had improved by 40 percent on a standard PD disability score. This small, open study is being followed by a larger double-blind trial, currently...Oxygen therapy may improve vision worsened by diabetes
Oxygen delivered through the nose may improve poor vision caused by... Patients were given 4 liters per minute of oxygen delivered by small tubes inserted into their noses, and instructed to use the oxygen continuously every day fo...Different methods of adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer have similar outcomes
...similar survival rates whether the chemotherapy is delivered systemically (by vein or by mouth), regionally (to...t chemotherapy. Whether the chemotherapy should be delivered via the systemic or regional methods, however, has been controversial. To test the effectiveness of ...Improving health care for children with special needs
HANOVER, NH Health care delivered close to home is vitally important, especially when the patient is a child. But how do community pediatric practices adapt to offer the best care when faced with a child who has complex and often, multiple health needs? Reporting in this month's is...OHSU vaccine and gene therapy institute receives $3.5 million for AIDS vaccine research
... lifetime. Therefore, we believe that HIV proteins delivered through a modified CMV vector may boost and maintain anti-HIV immunity enough to protect a person against AIDS throughout his or her lifetime." In addition to constructing and testing candidate vector based on CMV, the scientists will measure its ef...Zengen reports positive phase I/II trial results of its peptide molecule for vaginal yeast infection
...hrough 21 days following dosing. The CZEN 002 was delivered to the 20 patients in a vaginal gel specifically designed for the purpose of the study. "This clinical trial marks a major milestone for Zengen," said James M. Lipton, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of Zengen. "Our peptide appears to represent a ne...Minimally invasive treatment for varicose and spider veins
...the damaged vein. Continuous laser beams are then delivered inside the vein, which causes the vein to collapse and seal shut. "This minimally invasive procedure offers many advantages to traditional methods of eliminating varicose veins. It is faster, less painful and leaves no scars," said Howard Chrisman...LSUHSC neurosurgical team discovers novel therapy for intractable hiccups
... A vagus nerve stimulator uses electrical impulses delivered by a programmable generator implanted in the chest to two tiny leads wrapping around the vagus nerve in the neck to disrupt faulty nerve communication. The "dose" of stimulation, programmed by the physician, is automatically delivered. VNS therapy ha...3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
...ortant to the survival of the patient, so that the delivered radiation can be steered away. Conversely, the im...tion of the target tumor, so that the dose is only delivered when the tumor opens a "gate" by moving to a certain position--for example, only when the patient ex...Medical database agreement to enhance ACG risk adjustment system
... the quality, as well as efficiency, of care being delivered by payors that depend on our ACG System across the country. The PharMetrics Database is the ideal resource for our ACG research and development efforts, not only because of the robustness of its data, but also because of its exemplary data quality as...... in many public places. But, the electrical shocks delivered to the patient can be very painful. "AF is not an immediately life-threatening condition, and does not require immediate attention like VF does," explains Au-Yeung, "Defibrillating an AF episode, if not done properly, could itself lead to a fatal ven...