Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
...esents another step forward in the global fight to eradicate cancer. The collaboration agreement calls for the establishment of a research program focused on identifying new molecular targets for cancer diagnosis and treatments that the two institutions will carry out over the next few years. Both are interna...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...will enhance the body's natural immune response to eradicate diseases."...Vaccine may complement conventional treatment for chronic leukaemia
...ved from the Philadelphia chromosome could help to eradicate the disease in patients. The investigators enrolled 16 individuals (10 patients on imatinib and 6 on interferon) with stable, but detectable disease into the trial. Patients were given one dose (six injections) of the protein vaccine every 2 weeks w...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
... lives of the world's poor, working on programs to eradicate Guinea worm disease and river blindness. Though he resigned in 1992, Foege remains involved with the center's activities as a fellow and director of the Global 2000 program. In 1997 Foege was appointed Presidential Distinguished Professor of Interna...HPV vaccine shown to 'substantially' reduce cervical cancer
...ging. We believe this shows enormous potential to eradicate the great majority of cervical cancers worldwide." Harper noted that while other vaccines against HPV are currently being tested, this trial is notable because it is the first to target two viruses with one vaccine. "Our trial results showed ...Studies demonstrate positive data in treatment of hepatitis C
...a and ribavirin, which act as anti-viral agents to eradicate the virus. According to Afdhal, the most recent advance in treatment has been the pegylation of interferon, which enables a once- a- week administration of the protein by injection and improves the ability to clear the virus. Combination therapy with...Patients undergoing weight loss surgery have high rates of H pylori bacteria
...t to undergo weight loss surgery, and treatment to eradicate the bacterial infection before surgery may be beneficial, according to an article in the October issue of The Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The number of obese and morbidly obese Americans is steadily increasing, according t...'Energy blocker' kills big tumors in rats
... apparently nontoxic cellular "energy blocker" can eradicate large liver tumors grown in rats. Six months to more than a year after treatment was stopped, the rats are still cancer free. While the results are dramatic, clinical trials with the chemical, 3-bromopyruvate, are likely some years away, says the stu...Modifications to body contouring techniques for post-bariatric patients
... can improve the shape of their skin, we can never eradicate the problem of the extra skin completely. The laxity in the skin will still be there, and the tissue will give over time, but not to the same degree as experienced previously." The popularity of gastric bypass surgery has skyrocketed to treat mor...Study finds HIV protein can drive immune cells away
...ses that are effective in the test tube but do not eradicate the virus in the infected patient, says Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD, of the Partners AIDS Research Center (PARC) and the MGH Infectious Disease Unit, the papers senior author. We have identified a potential new mechanism by which pathogens can repel immu...New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
...can give women a preventive agent to see if we can eradicate her abnormal cells and thus prevent cancer from de... inhibitor to determine if one of these agents can eradicate the abnormal cells. "RAR beta gives us a potential marker to monitor if the preventive agents we're ...New risk factors for retinal disorder identified
...e risk factors with the patient, and take steps to eradicate those risk factors, treat the disease and prevent recurrences." Dr. Pulido added, "This study also mentions the association between CSCR and antihistamine use may be in fact an association with other medications, such as decongestants. Of course, an...Scientists identify cell defects that limit immune system's impact on late-stage tumors
... rodent studies T cell responses have been able to eradicate recently established tumors. In both humans and animals, however, T cell mobilization appears to have little effect when directed against advanced tumors. While many types of T lymphocytes exist, differentiated by their molecular makeup and the roles...Regeneration of insulin-producing islets may lead to diabetes cure
... in animals who have immune system re-education to eradicate their diabetes but do not receive the donor islet cell precursors. The researchers then separated spleen cells into those with a surface molecule called CD45, which indicates the cell is destined to become an immune cell, and those without CD45. Th...More than $34 Million in SPORE Grants
...ramount to M. D. Anderson achieving its mission to eradicate cancer by funding the necessary infrastructure to sustain research in the laboratory, and by funding numerous research projects. Through our research, we are developing new approaches in clinical practice that we hope, in the near future, will greatl...Duke to lead first comparative trial of hepatitis C therapies
...terferon is an antiviral drug used to suppress and eradicate the hepatitis C virus. Ribavirin, also an antiviral treatment, is used in combination with interferon to enhance response rates. Ribavirin alone has not been shown to be an effective treatment for hepatitis C infection. A recent advance in hepatitis ...UCLA scientists invent search-and-destroy method to flush HIV out of hiding places in body
... hope to enable the immune system to recognize and eradicate HIV-infected cells before they spread more virus." Antiretroviral drugs kill HIV, often depleting the virus to undetectable levels in the blood of people taking the medications. This treatment alone, however, cannot completely eliminate HIV infectio...Is there an alternative to expensive testing for HIV diagnosis and AIDS management?
...n per year would seem to be all that's required to eradicate the pandemic killing millions of Africans each year. To others, such a notion is folly. Regardless of how one views the funding, there is one thing all sides can agree on: that all the monies be focused on promoting the greatest benefit for the grea...OneWorld Health licenses compounds from Yale, U of Washington to treat major parasitic diseases
...ack efficacy and are highly toxic, most efforts to eradicate or contain the disease today focus on controlling insects by spraying, housing improvement, blood testing and screening of blood donors.......d by malignant cells that have proven difficult to eradicate with conventional forms of radiation. "For these cancers, conventional radiation therapy or surgery is not able to destroy all the tumor cells without unacceptable damage to healthy tissues," said Professor Otto K. Harling of the Department of Nuclea...