Research in yeast yields missing link in DNA maintenance machinery
...ilable for copying into RNA. This latest discovery expands the importance of the INO80 complex, showing it is also crucial to helping repair broken DNA. The scientists discovered that if certain members of the INO80 complex are missing, the yeast becomes prone to the kind of serious damage to its genetic mat...'Fatally flawed' legal analysis will not stand
...structure that supports new research capabilities, expands the ability to build upon and connect the work of many scientists, and facilitates exploration of new scientific frontiers. These technological advances are providing new opportunities to enhance access to and archive the scientific literature....Mentally ill offender treatment and crime reduction act becomes law
...lly Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act expands upon Sen. DeWines and Rep. Stricklands Americas Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project, the innovative mental health courts pilot program that became law in 2000. The new law, recognizing the needs of offenders with mental health disorders, is co...Errors in medicine: The patient's perspective
...diana University School of Medicine and colleagues expands the dialogue to include the patient's perspective. "Much of the research on medical errors and patient safety has come from professionals speaking on behalf of patients. This study is unique because it focuses on learning from patients themselves...Wavefront LASIK demonstrated superior to conventional LASIK
...ombat readiness and improves performance. It also expands the applicant pool to talented young men and women for a variety of Navy programs." "Most significant," said Schallhorn, "is the improved quality of vision with the wavefront-guided procedure, fewer problems with halos and glare, better night vision,...School of Public Health awarded $3.9 million to assess Afghan health system
...ble to monitor and evaluate its own progress as it expands health care throughout the country." The Hopkins researchers will also develop and evaluate a system to finance Afghanistan's health care in the future. The health financing interventions developed will be tested in the 13 provinces under the perform...Biology not behaviour could explain reduced risk of HIV infection for circumcised men
...duces the risk of HIV-1 acquisition. This analysis expands on earlier studies by including laboratory-defined incident STIs as outcomes in the analysis, as well as by including risk behaviour to control for other potential differences between circumcised and uncircumcised men. A unique and important finding ...Buprenorphine may help those addicted to heroin and cocaine
...diction also abuse cocaine. This study potentially expands the drug's clinical applications to this large proportion of dually addicted people. Dr. Ivn D. Montoya, of NIDA's Division of Treatment Research and Development, and his colleagues published the study in the January 2004 issue of Clinical Pharmacolo...Jefferson Alzheimer's vaccine shows promise in animal model
... "The animal model described in this study expands the way we might evaluate new vaccine products," says William Thies, Ph.D., Alzheimer's Association vice president for medical and scientific affairs. There was no evidence of inflammation in the monkey brains six months later. Ac...New animal model for Alzheimer vaccine
...ciation. "The animal model described in this study expands the way we might evaluate new vaccine products," said William Thies, Ph.D., Alzheimer's Association vice president for medical and scientific affairs. "Vaccination against amyloid is a reasonable strategy for preventing and possibly treating Alzheim...Argonne licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet software to online company
...y when traveling west. The free online information expands on older, publicly available versions of the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet by providing a full, frequently-asked-questions page that includes detailed information about food choices, caffeine use and the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet's origin and history. For a small fee, ...Midlife brain crisis spawns late-life Alzheimer's
..., as well as a response by Bartzokis. The response expands on his findings to discuss the role myelin plays in overall brain function as well as its dysfunction in many other neuropsychiatric disorders that occur over the human lifespan. Myelin is a sheet of lipid, or fat, with very high cholesterol content ...Northwestern Memorial helping to define best treatment for congestive heart failure
...ll, elliptical in shape, while a damaged ventricle expands to look like a round basketball," explains Dr. Horvath. "We use a soft and flexible patch and a shaping device to reshape the ventricle. The idea is to restore the diseased heart rather than just treating the symptoms of heart failure." CHF occurs w...New stent graft for thoracic aneurysms offered at Penn
... it is then deployed. Once placed, the stent graft expands to fit the diameter of the aorta, thereby excluding the aneurysm by providing a new path for blood. It is estimated that there are more than 21,000 patients diagnosed with thoracic aortic aneurysms yearly in the U.S. A number of these patients als...Joslin and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sign new joint venture clinical agreement
...ter (BIDMC) have signed a five-year agreement that expands and improves the longstanding clinical collaborati...plications and high-risk pregnancy). The agreement expands the longstanding collaboration between the two nonprofit institutions, which are both affiliated wit...July/August 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... this study by Fryer and colleagues. The analysis expands the well-known ecology of medical care model to quantify how the location of medical care delivery differs depending on a number of sociodemographic characteristics, including age, sex, race, ethnicity, income, education, insurance, location of resid...Internet weight loss program effective among adults at risk for diabetes
...mail counseling in online weight loss programs. It expands on Tates earlier research on the use of information technology to aid initial weight loss, a six-month study reported in the March 7, 2001, issue of JAMA. Although that study the first of its kind enabled researchers to determine the feasibility of...Surgeons perform nation's first Zeus robotics system-assisted gastric bypass surgery
...ting room increase efficiency and economy, it also expands the opportunities for minimally invasive surgical procedures, offering patients more and better treatment options. Although Kim admits to initially being a little apprehensive about being the first person in the country to have the Zeus robotic-assi...Rutgers wins funds to create online index of moving brain images
...RI. This activation is like a spreading vine that expands through the brain over time, Kantor explained. But the underlying signals are hidden by the complex chemistry of the brain, much as the leaves of a vine hide the stalks. The Rutgers research aims to find the vine amidst the leaves, Kantor said. Th...Duke and federal government partner to create innovative health care model
..."strategic health planning." The new model greatly expands what medicine has conventionally offered and, for ...ive medicine is not a new concept, this study also expands the current definition of health and incorporates the use of "health care coaches" and group support...