New therapeutic approach for sickle cell disease
...present in all humans that, when produced in mice, dramatically reduces symptoms of sickle cell disease. The discovery raises the possibility of new treatment options for sickle cell patients, say co-authors J. Eric Russell, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, and Zhenning He, research specialist,...Injuries to children show definite patterns
...ge of 10. The risk of sprain incidences increases dramatically for eight and nine year-olds....Nanotech imaging, molecular fingerprints and signatures hold promise for cancer
...e disease within five years. Five-year survival is dramatically increased among women who are diagnosed in earlier stages of the disease. However, fewer women are diagnosed before ovarian cancer has advanced beyond stage one because the disease remains without obvious symptoms until late stage. Simple, specific a...Treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ varies widely in United States
...er Institute . The incidence of DCIS has increased dramatically in the last few decades, largely because of increased rates of screening mammography. In some cases, DCIS can progress to invasive cancer, but little is known about the characteristics that determine whether or not DCIS will progress to cancer. To e...Study will identify best treatment for type 2 diabetes in youth
...rt that childhood type 2 diabetes cases have risen dramatically since 1994, when less than 5 percent of new childh...ases. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has risen dramatically in the last 30 years. In the last 10 years alone, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes cases increa...A new hypothesis about Alzheimer's disease
...s and lipid oxidation products have the ability to dramatically accelerate the misfolding of amyloid beta and to reduce the concentration of the protein needed for misfolding to take place to concentrations found in the brain. This is an entirely new way of thinking about not only Alzheimer's disease, but disea...C-reactive proteins do not predict early osteoarthritis
...infections, and their levels in the blood can rise dramatically in many chronic disease states. While previous studies by other researchers have suggested that elevated levels of C-reactive protein may be a predictive marker for disease, they did not take into account the role of weight or ethnicity, the Duke res...Obese children less physically fit
...ems and atherosclerosis. "Obesity in children has dramatically increased in recent years. At the same time, physical fitness in children and adolescents has been declining," said Maria Serratto, M.D., lead investigator and an attending cardiologist at both the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center an...Common epilepsy treatment to be used for bulimia nervosa
...late vagal activity, was found to be successful in dramatically reducing bulimic symptoms. VNS will provide enhanced ability to regulate vagus nerve activity, thereby allowing the individual to regain control over her disordered eating....Targeting cell fusion as possible way to repair organs, deliver cancer vaccines
...e with each other the "big bubble" formed may grow dramatically -- containing up to 1,000 cancer cells -- and it is nonviable. The cancer cells therefore die. This fact that fused cancer cells kill each other has been known for some years. The missing element has been a way to direct fusion partners to exploi...Rare disease endemic in South America is model for studying autoimmunity
...ltraviolet radiation exposure, which has increased dramatically because of jungle destruction, also is a major factor, she says. Exposure to herpes virus seems to be an aggravating factor while female hormones seem to protect against this particular variant of the disease since only postmenopausal women get it, s...Malnutrition and misery will be 'unimaginable' by 2054
...t a time when food production should be increasing dramatically to meet the needs of a rapidly expanding population. Pimentel noted that per-capita cropland has declined 20 percent worldwide in the past decade. "The only way to reverse the growing imbalance between human population numbers and food supply is to ...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
...uction During the 1960s, Dolby discovered a way to dramatically reduce the "hiss" from analog tape sound recording...ieux automated modern sugar production and made it dramatically more efficient, while producing a much higher quality of sugar. It transformed the lives of slaves ...UC San Diego scientists unveil pilot project for automated monitoring of animal behavior
...sts believe the technology under development could dramatically improve the care of research animals. "The Smart Vivarium will make better use of fewer lab animals and lead to more efficient animal health care," said Phil Richter, Director of UCSD's Animal Care Program, who is working with Belongie on the project...Survey shows impact of psoriasis is more than skin deep
...way." Self Confidence Negative effects were most dramatically experienced by people with psoriasis who are 18-24...people with visible psoriasis (58%) were also more dramatically affected Relationships Sex Life/Intimacy Many people with psoriasis had problems with sex and in...Early fevers associated with lower allergy risk later in childhood
...e prevalence of asthma and allergies has increased dramatically worldwide in recent years," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "This study provides evidence that diminished exposure to early immunological challenges could be one of the reasons for this trend." "The hygiene hypothesis is widely recogn...Gene therapy technique could aid islet transplants for diabetes, says Pittsburgh study
...ng pancreatic islet cells with a growth factor can dramatically reduce the number of these cells needed for transplants to reverse Type 1 diabetes, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. In the animal model study, researchers also found that the triple-drug immunosuppress...Mad cow has confidence stirred, but not shaken
...n confidence. "This isolated case is not enough to dramatically disturb domestic confidence in the beef supply," said Dr. William Hallman, lead author of the study at the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers' Cook College. "Unlike consumers in many countries, Americans have a history of trust in their food regulator...UCSF launches comprehensive HIV website in South Africa
...African "mirror server" is up and running, it will dramatically increase access and decrease download times for South African users of the two websites, says Sahai Burrowes, international project manager and associate editor at CHI. In South Africa, an estimated 11.4 percent of the population -- around 5.3 millio...Black tar heroin use explains lower HIV levels among injection drug users in the Western US
...ion drug users in West Coast cities accounts for a dramatically lower percentage of IDUs in these locations who are infected with HIV. The finding is based on comparison to East Coast cities, where powder heroin is commonly used. "In the early 1990s, about 40 percent of IDUs in New York City were HIV-infected, w...