Hopkins' young researchers honored for their contributions
...cell cycle (the steps cells go through in order to divide in two) and two mechanisms cells use to create and repair breaks in their genetic material. The discovery, for which Jiang will receive this year's David I. Macht Award, explains why recombination of DNA -- a key step in creating the immune system's ...How couples manage parenting forecasts later marital quality, study finds
...nd attitudes, and expectations about how they will divide responsibilities," she said. "They also need to be aware of the subtle ways in which they can undermine each other's parenting, and how their relationship as parents can affect their relationship as a couple."...Study shows 'gaming' in heart transplant system
...ory. In 1999, UNOS tightened the listing rules, to divide patients into three status levels, with the highest priority reserved for patients expected to live only one month. Doctors are required to recertify their patients on this list every seven to 14 days. After this rule change, the researchers found, ...New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
... job: regulating how breast epithelial cells grow, divide and eventually die at the appropriate time. Without RAR beta, vitamin A doesn't work and breast epithelial cells embark on the road toward cancer. Hence, RAR beta is a good molecular "marker" by which to assess the potential risk of developing breast...Robotic surgery for young heart patients shortens hospital stay and speeds recovery, study indicates
...ing, Ohye will show video footage of operations to divide a vascular ring -- a rare birth defect in which blood vessels surround the esophagus and trachea, reducing a child's ability to breathe. He will also present data on five vascular ring division patients who had a robot-assisted minimally invasive ope...Many children with autism may receive complementary or alternative treatments
...oms of the condition. Dr. Levy and colleagues divide the nontraditional treatments into four categories. First, there are unproven but harmless biological treatments that have no basis in medical theory (like vitamin B6, gastrointestinal medications or antifungal agents). Another group includes unprove...Software that minimises facial disfigurement
...d technique known as "finite element modelling" to divide each layer into thousands of three-dimensional elements. These elements interact with each other according to a set of equations designed to reproduce the behaviour of real tissue in each of the layers. It starts by calculating the deformation or ...Cancers' love-hate relationship with proteins offers new treatment window
...lly only make telomerase when they're preparing to divide and need the enzyme to stabilize the telomeres in preparation for replication of the genetic material. In cancerous cells, though, telomerase is present all the time. Pandita began studying the Hsp 70.1 and 70.3 proteins because other scientists...Age-related muscle loss linked to protein interplay, says Stanford researcher
...hat blocked Delta, those satellite cells failed to divide in response to damage. Conversely, when they applied a Delta-mimicking molecule to injured, older muscles, satellite cells began dividing much like the those in younger muscle. The older muscles with artificially activated satellite cells had a regen...Most hospitals don't use latest ordering technology
...he online version of JAMIA. The study's authors divide these silent errors into two main types: errors during data entry and retrieval, and errors in the communication and coordination process. Both types of errors occur because the systems simply don't take into account the work atmosphere most health c...Molecular test proves to be effective in measuring remission and relapse after cancer treatment
... A single cell with this cancer-causing defect can divide to form millions of copies, or clones. The rearrangement results in the formation of a new gene, bcr-abl, that consists of DNA from each intact chromosome - bcr on chromosome 22 and abl on chromosome 9 - juxtaposed at the breakpoint fusion on the Phi...The European Cancer Patient Coalition - challenges for the future
...uistic difficulties also contribute to the digital divide in Europe. "Given that 70% of the content of the i...ensure adequate funding to overcome the linguistic divide and to enable the coalition to operate effectively, said Ms Redmond. "There is a growing politi...Starve a tumor, or feed a tumor?
... radicals, cells under low-oxygen conditions don't divide as much, so they have more time to repair themselves before being vulnerable to radiation and other measures that target dividing cells. It's also harder to get drugs to areas without blood vessels, and without those blood vessels even the body's nat...Emory biostatisticians demonstrate method to bolster accuracy of vaccine studies
...for the influenza virus's presence and strain. "I divide cases into what I call 'fake flu', and 'genuine flu,'" says Dr. Halloran. "'Non-specific case definition' means not being able to know the difference. That can hide how effective a vaccine is, because it looks like people are still getting sick, ev...USC consortium receives $15 million NCI grant to determine causes of colon cancer
...ancer cases we find. We'll use that information to divide the cases and look for the different causes for each type and look at the different outcomes." Other arms of the registry will consider some of the behavioral aspects of this disease, as evidenced in its widely diverse population. Among the things th...Study shows why some immune systems control HIV
...that the nonprogressors' cells were better able to divide and proliferate when called on to go into action; ...control HIV had retained only a limited ability to divide and produce perforin." This finding is especially important to HIV vaccine research efforts, says Dr...UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center researchers study ways to prevent tobacco-related bladder cancer
...ting or delaying recurrence of the cancer and will divide volunteers into three arms. One group will receive green-tea extract, which has been shown in UCLA laboratories to reduce the growth of bladder cancer tumors both in animal models and in humans. The second group will receive an experimental drug call...Stanford researcher's uncommon approach to common cold fights cancer
... cells with a defective p53, the cells continue to divide despite a buildup of harmful mutations - or typos ...easing the brakes on replication, cancer cells can divide aggressively, but these uncontrolled cells have an Achilles heel, Sze said. P53 would normally preve...Outsmarting cancer - new results from novel enzyme inhibitors
...he proteasome that is allowing the cancer cells to divide uncontrollably. PS-341 has already shown promise against haematological cancers and Dr Johnston is involved with the first trials in breast cancer. More than half of cancer deaths are due to drug resistance: patients respond well to treatment for a ...HIV protein stops cell division, leading to more virus and sicker patients
...tudies reveal that infected activated cells do not divide but instead are paused in the G2 phase, a state more favorable for HIV replication. The researchers verified that Vpr is indeed a major player in G2 cell cycle arrest by infecting cultured peripheral blood cells taken from HIV-free donors. Some of th...