Brain tumor with dismal prognosis in infants can be cured in older children
...ective therapy for patients with ATRT has remained elusive until now, at least for children older than 3 years," said Gajjar, senior author of the JCO report. "The fact that we found that upfront radiation is so effective, especially in older children, suggests that this should become a standard approach to ...Wisconsin scientists grow critical nerve cells
...ls into motor neurons, says Zhang. The goal proved elusive even in simpler vertebrates such as mice, whose embryonic stem cells have been available to scientists for decades. One reason scientists have had difficulty making motor neurons, Zhang believes, may be that they are one of the earliest neural struc...Need better social research but it doesn't come cheap
...h, but human decision processes are as complex and elusive as anything in biology, physics or chemistry, and the resources needed to study them effectively are considerable. That is the view of the man leading a ground-breaking ESRC-funded investigation of new ways to design survey questions which come as cl...New technique scans electrical 'brainscape'
..." For example, he said, the data distinguished the elusive transition called "intermediate sleep" between slow wave sleep and rapid-eye-movement sleep. Importantly, said Nicolelis, the transitions they observed were the same from one animal to another, "suggesting that we have arrived at a major bas...New study demonstrates co-administration
...) guidelines for optimal cholesterol levels can be elusive when patients have high LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, or low HDL (good) cholesterol levels, or high triglycerides, or any combination of these. Therefore, many physicians may prescribe more than one cholesterol-lowering therapy. For example, physic...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ly regulated Pea3 transcription factors. Thus, the elusive "environmental factors" present in the ventricular zone get a name. ...AIDS toll in African heartland isn't always what people think
...ailand. The group is presenting ways to get at the elusive understanding of who is dying from HIV/AIDS-related illness in the agricultural countryside of severely affected countries of sub-Saharan Africa, where those infected are rarely tested and formally diagnosed. Weber and his colleagues at USAID and in-...C-reactive proteins do not predict early osteoarthritis
... influenced by gender and ethnicity. While not the elusive predictor for osteoarthritis that many rheumatologists have been seeking, C-reactive protein levels could serve as a useful indicator of an osteoarthritis patient's response to therapy, according to the Duke researchers. C-reactive proteins are produ...Hopkins' Peter Agre receives 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry
...ved that the unknown protein was in fact biology's elusive cellular regulator of water transport. Although Agre started his career in medicine, he gradually shifted to laboratory research so that he could investigate fundamental biological questions whose answers would have clinical relevance. "I am certai...Alcohol may compound its damaging effects through frontocerebellar circuitry
...n brain structures and specific functions has been elusive in alcohol research, said Sullivan. "One reason may be that the approach to seeking them, that is, connecting one cortical brain locus with one behavior, was too simplified and too restricted to the cerebral cortex and excluded brain stem structures...UCSF-led team discovers possible cancer 'susceptibility' gene
...e finding provides one of the first examples of an elusive type of "low penetrance" tumor susceptibility gene in humans. The results, reported in the July 27 on-line version of Nature Genetics, support the emerging viewpoint that common variant forms of some genes can contribute to cancer susceptibility, par...Story tips from DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nov 2002
...bing the storied "doubly magic" nuclei -- rare and elusive isotopes that are prized for the rigid, closed shells of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. Because these isotopes often exist for only a second and have previously existed in beams containing other elements that overwhelm them, they have been out ...Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy (TM) more effective in epilepsy patients when used earlier
... have refractory epilepsy, seizure control remains elusive and continues to have a significant impact on their personal and professional lives. About VNS Therapy VNS Therapy is an innovative long-term therapy for central nervous system disorders, which has been demonstrated to be safe and effective for peo...Medical microspheres provide precision-release drug delivery
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The elusive goal of controlling the release rate of encapsulated compounds for the precise delivery of drugs over a prolonged period is finally within reach. At the University of Illinois, professor of electrical and computer engineering Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, pr...New sensor upgrades artificial bomb sniffers
...chnology, but acceptable accuracy still remains an elusive goal. Now about the size of a desktop computer, todays prototypes could also be miniaturized to fit wands carried by soldiers or robots, the researcher says. Eventually, sensors also may be able to detect diabetes and cancer on the basis of breath o...Piedmont researcher receives national award
...ibe liquid water theoretically." Yet modeling this elusive substance on a computer -- recreating water in virtual space to predict exactly its behavior and influences -- is precisely what Saykally aims to do. "The essential question is, what makes water wet?" he said. "Why does it have such extremely high me...BERKELEY, CA -- The elusive goal of harnessing the vast potential of one ofthe earth's most plentiful materials is another step closer to realization.Using ultrafast spectroscopic techniques that provide "stop-action" imageswithin a trillionth of a second, scientists at the U....