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...ts similar to ReoPro™ promises to further expand the use of these agents to a broader spectrum of patients with ischemic heart disease," he said. Michael P. Savage, M.D., associate professor of medicine, division of cardiology, Jefferson Medical College, and director of the ca...Duke Obtains FDA Designation For Pompe Disease Therapy
...est of these patients' lives. He said he hopes to expand the treatment to additional Pompe diseasepatients as safety and efficacy are demonstrated and supplies of the enzymeare available. Chen's team at Duke has spent more than five years developing the cellline that produces the recombinant drug. The wor......make a diagnosis," says Dr.Braverman, who plans to expand the program to include x-rays and photos of skincells. "In the old days, before the advent of modern medical technology,doctors had to rely on the connection between the eyes and the brain. I hopethis tutorial can restore some of those methods." Th..."Powerful New Tool" For AIDS Is Reported In Science
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...inished tasks, Dr. Schweitzer says."These findings expand upon earlier data on AD/HD that suggested there wasunderactivity in AD/HD and show us that there are also areas that areoveractive," saysDr. Schweitzer, who is assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciencesat the Emory University School of...Pairing Two Drugs With Angioplasty May Offer Best Success In Treating Heart Attacks
...hat a largerclinical trial should be undertaken to expand the trial. "We can open morevessels if we use this combination, but it begs the question of whether it willeventually improve outcomes, and that needs to be tested in larger trials," hesaid....Maternal Tissue Typing Could Improve Selection Of Kidney Transplant Donors
...up for living-related kidney donation will greatly expand the pool of optimal donors, by giving an alternative choice to the transplant surgeon in cases where an HLA-identical sibling is unavailable. Based on this finding, the University of Wisconsin plans to add maternal HLA typing ...Best Use Of Angiostatin May Be To Enhance Radiation Therapy
... neck and other cancers," he added. "It could even expand theuse of radiation therapy to some forms of metastatic disease without requiringhigh doses." Additional authors of the paper include David Gorski, Helena Mauceri,Rabih Salloum, Michael Beckett, and Samuel Hellman from the Universityof Chicago; Vikas...... specific to HIV-1, it was important toisolate and expand cells from each patient treated. In this study CTL...linical benefit." The proprietary process used to expand cells in culture is known as the RapidExpansion Method (REM). REM technology enables the rapid and r...Forecasting Killer Heat: UD Systems Predict Deadly Weather Worldwide
...hborhood volunteers, openair-conditioned shelters, expand outreach to the homeless, coordinate effortswith local utilities or take other actions, depending on the level of riskpredicted by UD's warning system. In Washington, D.C., the Office of EmergencyPreparedness operates a similar warning system, based ...Preliminary Study Proves Centuries Of Herbalists Right About Echinacea
... it'snice to know that it does." Percival now will expand and repeat her preliminary study with the goal ofone day submitting a full-scale study proposal to the National Institutesof Health. For centuries, echinacea, commonly known as purple coneflower, has beenused by cold sufferers who believed it would r...Tiny Tools Give New Meaning To 'Cutting Edge'
...rs. Lal said this real-time feedback could greatly expand the use of ultrasonictools, to areas such as neurosurgery where precision is paramount. "A silicondevice could be designed to detect the difference between healthy and diseasedtissue, and tell the doctor exactly what tissue to remove," he said. And i...Rice, Medical Center Institutions Join Forces On Health Initiative
...epresents yet another important step inour plan to expand collaboration with several institutions of the Texas MedicalCenter over the coming decades. This new effort begins with the recognition thatour current health care system is geared much too strongly to treatment of thosewho are most seriously ill, at...New Use of An Old Test Can Help Brain-Injured Patients
...f Medicine researcher isseeking funding to greatly expand the program. "We think this can be a model used in many places that could helpthousands of people. Often these patients are young victims who were in caraccidents. If we can help get them back to work quicker and improve theirpersonal lives, ...NASA Uses EAI Software In Groundbreaking Medical Application
...2World intensively over thelastmonth and a half to expand the collaborative functionality of oursystem,and we are confident that we made the correct decision in choosing EAI." The demonstration of this application, which has the potential toimprovehealth care in geographically remote areas throughout the wo...Bioterrorism topic of first new nationally broadcast public health grand rounds session
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...who studies the immune system. This research helps expand the understanding of how the immune system develops. In the future, this research may help people who have cancer, because those withcancer don't have fully functional immune systems. Understanding T celldevelopment is necessary to comprehend the de...