Foot-and-mouth 'on the move in Asia'
... internationally accepted tests do not allow us to differentiate between vaccinated and infected animals is a major impediment to the use of vaccines in an outbreak situation. A meeting of major collaborators on the project will be held at AAHL in Geelong in March, he says. As coordinator of the OIE program, Lauri...... 2. PET enables physicians to clearly identify and differentiate between various types of dementia. This can be critical not only for treatment of these other diseases, but for the initiation of Alzheimer's-specific medications. 3. Notwithstanding the potential for therapeutic intervention, the usefulness of FDG ...Newest version of 'the pill' confers same stroke risk as old pill
... 44 were using the pill in 1995. The data did not differentiate formulations of OCs. Recently, the same research group published data indicating women taking third-generation OCs might have a lower risk for heart attack than women on second-generation pills, but the data was inconclusive.Women are advised to talk...UM researchers use 'artificial intelligence' for first time to diagnose colon tumors
...r Center in Baltimore have devised a new method to differentiate and diagnose several types of colon tumors. ...s. Last year, researchers used a similar method to differentiate four types of tumors in children. In the Greenebaum Cancer Center study, researchers took ...UCSD team reviews pituitary gland development, from a common primordium to distinct cell types
... cells gain a pituitary identity, proliferate, and differentiate to form the distinct hormone-producing cell types of the mature gland, Scully says. In their Science review article, the researchers describe an initial external signaling phase where cells surrounding the pituitary primordium secrete molecules that ...Chip design has potential as artificial retina
...ition for missiles while also allowing missiles to differentiate between targets and decoys. For more information on the CNN chip if you are working media, please call Audrey Haar, 703-696-2869, or email haara@onr.navy.mil ....Ultrasound senses 'feel' of breast lesions
.... "With the Streaming Detection method, we can differentiate between a fluid-filled cystic lesion and a solid l...ams. The goal for ARFI imaging in the breast is to differentiate between benign solid lesions and malignant ones in order to reduce the number of biopsies performed ...New study shows ropinirole slows the loss of dopamine function in Parkinsons disease
...dies designed to use PET imaging in PD patients to differentiate how two different therapies (ropinirole vs. levodopa) affect progression of the loss of dopamine function." Participants in this double-blind, two-year study had been diagnosed within the past two years with PD, a progressive movement disorder af...First report of stem cell signal of intention to become specific neuron
... responsible for determining when blood stem cells differentiate into blood cells. Being able to read the stem cells' intention enabled Carvey to select cells already committed to becoming neurons and to clone only those stem cells for transplantation. "We let the body do its own thing," he says. "We watched whil...Muscle stem cells show promise against muscular dystrophy in mouse model
...haracter through multiple generations; 3) they can differentiate into other kinds of cells needed to regenerate muscle tissue; and 4) they resist rejection by a foreign immune system. When these cells were transplanted into the mdx mouse, an animal model of muscular dystrophy, numerous dystrophin muscle fibers...Hormone prompts adult stem cells to differentiate into islet cells
... to GLP-1 and, when activated, induces the NIPs to differentiate into insulin-secreting cells. Locally produced GLP-1 may stimulate the development of beta cells by causing islet stem cells to differentiate. These findings may help researchers devise strategies for using NIPs to treat diabetes. "If we can tran...Journal of Nuclear Medicine honors top articles for 2001
... to visualize brain and intrapelvic tumors, and to differentiate between malignancies and chronic inflammation. Second prize went to Tali Sharir, Guideo German, Xingping Kang, Howard C. Lewin, Romalisa Miranda, Ishac Cohen, Raluca D. Agafitei, John D. Friedman, and Daniel S. Berman for their article "Prediction of...Longer delays associated with better survival
...tants seem to be able, from first clinic visit, to differentiate patients at greater risk and to ensure that cancer is diagnosed and treated faster, they conclude....Protein patterns in blood may predict prostate cancer diagnosis
...mples in just 30 minutes, researchers were able to differentiate between samples taken from patients diagnosed with cancer and those from patients diagnosed with benign prostate disease. The technique proved effective not only in men with normal and high PSA levels, but also in those whose PSA levels were margina...Researchers discover 'doorways' into brain cells
...ion provides important clues about how nerve cells differentiate and specialize during brain development," said Ehlers. "And, these changes give some new insight into the diminished plasticity of the brain with aging." Since entry of nutrients and pathogens such as viruses is through such clathrin-coated vesicles,...High-dose radiotherapy could reduce cognitive function for people with low-grade brain tumours
...ople (a control group). The investigators aimed to differentiate between the effects of the tumour (eg, disease duration,location within the brain) and treatment effects (neurosurgery, radiotherapy, antiepileptic drugs) on cognitive function and on the relative risk of cognitive disability. Patients with low-grad...Marrow injection gets damaged hearts moving
...ifferent types of cells. "Bone marrow not only can differentiate into heart cells, but also smooth muscle cells, connective tissue cells and other types of cells to reconstitute the entire structure of a tissue," Galinanes says. The investigators have yet to prove that bone marrow creates a new cellular infrastru...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet Nov. 19, 2002
...ported information and the study questions did not differentiate among the kind of PMH taken, e.g., estrogen alone or estrogen with progesterone. 4. Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Menopausal Systems Finds Little Hard Data Seeking to evaluate comp...By repairing vessels, bone marrow cells slow atherosclerosis in mice
...ents, or to induce the patient's own stem cells to differentiate into progenitor cells capable of arterial repair, to forestall or even prevent the development of atherosclerosis, a disease process that causes arteries to clog and become less elastic. When atherosclerosis affects arteries supplying the heart with ......, the challenge is educating patients to help them differentiate unbiased data from commercially tainted or otherwise flawed information....