Potential drug target for treating cocaine abuse found
...dent on or abusing cocaine. "Cocaine is capable of destroying not only the lives of those addicted, but also the lives of those around them," says Katz. "An effective treatment for cocaine addiction would be of immeasurable help to these individuals and their families."...Mayo Clinic researchers create 'obedient virus'; First step to use measles virus against cancer
...e conserving the viral component for targeting and destroying tumors. Mass production of a retargeted virus was not possible before this specific innovation of the molecular tag -- and research in this area was at an impasse. Not any more. "The virus goes where it's meant to go, and it destroys the tumors in a...Penn study may lead the way for first medication to treat cocaine addiction
...s principal investigator. "Cocaine is capable of destroying not only the lives of those addicted, but also those around them," adds Dackis. "An effective treatment for cocaine addiction would help those most vulnerable in our society to overpower their addiction and regain control in their lives."The trial w...Kinder, gentler procedure gives superior results for stem cell transplants
...lood cells. To prevent the host immune system from destroying the foreign stem cells, physicians administer a pretransplant immune suppressing treatment. "We wanted an approach that would effectively knock out the patient's immune system to let the transplanted cells engraft, but then allow immune function to ...MRI shows liver tumors freezing in real time
...ery. Physicians are turning to alternative ways of destroying tumors, including cryotherapy. Interventional radiologists perform cryotherapy by inserting a needle called a cryoprobe directly into the cancerous tissue and using argon gas to freeze the tumor. Using MRI, the radiologist can target the best sit...Stanford study reveals that cells linked to asthma and eczema also help cure deadly illness in mice
... a potentially deadly condition known as sepsis by destroying a molecule that contributes to the pathology and death associated with this bacterial infection. Their results are to be published in the Nov. 14 advance online edition of Nature. The first authors, Marcus Maurer, MD, and Jochen Wedemeyer, MD, were p...Malnutrition in early years leads to low IQ and later antisocial behavior, USC study finds
...on antisocial behavior such as stealing, drug use, destroying property or being deliberately cruel to others. Over time, a link became evident between malnourishment and antisocial or aggressive behavior, said Adrian Raine, a co-author of the study and holder of the Robert Grandford Wright Professorship in Psyc...Cancer researchers seek to predict tumor growth
..., so we are investigating two basic approaches for destroying these MMR defective cells." This UHC/Case study, entitled "Complex Systems and Control of Mismatch Repair Deficient Cells," is part of a new nine-site, $14.9 million NCI project called the Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP). Each site will...New hope for ALS seen with genetic techniques, growth factors
...ic signal to destroy mutant SOD1 messenger RNA. By destroying the RNA, the mutant gene is prevented from becoming a protein and carrying out its devastating effects. By injecting the virus directly into the spinal cord, Aebischer and Raoul aimed their weapon at the affected area. This is among the first studie...Switch of a gene turns cancer cells healthy in mice, Stanford scientists find
...s. This has led to cancer treatments that focus on destroying or removing the cancerous cells. But new research by Dean Felsher, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (oncology) and of pathology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, suggests that cancer cells can be reformed. His work, published in ...Endoscopic approach best for repairing bone defect between brain, nasal cavity
...ing the front portion of the brain out of the way destroying smell nerves in the process and approaching the defect from the top, an approach that may be necessary if the defect is too big to treat endoscopically, Dr. Kountakis says. However, Dr. Kountakis suggests trying the endoscopic approach which us...Researchers explore gene treatment to obliterate HIV before it does damage
...ay to combat AIDS by going straight to the source: destroying the virus before it has a chance to wreak havoc on a patient's immune system. Thomas Merigan, MD, the George and Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine in infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine, is seeking volunteers for a study to ...Compound in salsa may fight food poisoning
...nce. The researchers believe the compound works by destroying the cell membrane of bacteria, similar to the way soap kills bacteria. As the compound does not appear to interfere with any of the protein-manufacturing machinery of the cell, as occurs with many commercial antibiotics, bacteria are less likely to d...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...ew uses, from cooling objects in a refrigerator to destroying tumors without surgical incision. Acoustics continues to explode with activity....Monkey virus may hold clue for development of common blood cancer
...of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, then treatment aimed at destroying the virus could help prevent its development, he says. "The virus could serve as a target in novel immune-based prevention and therapeutic strategies for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma," Samaniego says. "Although this cancer is quite treatable with a 60 perc...Adaptive regulatory T cells suppress killing of persistently infected cells
...lar mechanism that prevents the immune system from destroying chronic, incurable viral infections such as herpes, hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The research, published in the March issue of Immunity, explains why critical immune cells fail to act against the viral infection and demonstrates ...Jefferson Alzheimer's vaccine shows promise in animal model
...er's brain that is thought to play a major role in destroying nerve cells and in cognitive and behavioral problems associated with the disease, resulted in a significant increase in plaque-clearing antibodies circulating in the bloodstream. Scientists, led by Farber Institute for Neurosciences director S...New animal model for Alzheimer vaccine
...gment considered a prime suspect in disrupting and destroying nerve cells in the Alzheimer brain. The vaccinated monkeys developed significant levels of antibodies to beta amyloid as well as high levels of beta amyloid circulating in their blood, much of it attached to antibodies. Two other monkeys were vacci...Utah researchers hope hunt for medicinal drugs helps save Papua New Guinea rainforests
...ace," Ireland said. But logging and mining are destroying the rainforest at an alarming rate, and the country faces serious health issues, such as tuberculosis and malaria. The World Health Organization also considers Papua New Guinea at risk for an "explosion" of AIDS, according to Barrows. At the urgi...University of Pittsburgh imaging agent study suggests breakthrough in Alzheimer's research
...bjects will show us if the plaques responsible for destroying the brain's ability to think and remember are present years before the first symptoms appear, or if they accumulate over a relatively short time period." Knowing when the plaques begin to form is a key step in researching drugs that could have a real...