Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...tigue This study evaluates the effect of experimental electrical stimulation-induced leg cycling pattern...ing different electrical stimulation patterns. The experimental stimulation patterns did not significantly improve cycling performance compared with the standard pa...Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
...chickens in Asia died from bird flu, a study of an experimental vaccine was initiated. This fall when the nation ...accinating a record 278 people in one week with an experimental flu vaccine designed to help prevent another shortage. Other VTEUs taking part in the current flu s...Research in yeast yields missing link in DNA maintenance machinery
...om chromosome fusions." The scientists created an experimental double strand break in the yeast DNA and monitored specially tagged INO80 molecules inside the cells. They found that INO80 proteins recognize a specific form of histone protein called gamma-H2AX that acts as a "flag" or "code" to direct DNA repair p...A new vaccine against Salmonella
...th this illness and is currently being employed on experimental farms of Hipra laboratories in Gerona, a compnay involved in the control of pathogens in birds. Low efficacy of vaccines applied Farmyard fowl and their derivatives are recognised as the most important source of infection of Salmonella enteritidi...How platelets help cancer invade other tissues
...t in a reduction of metastases to lung and bone in experimental tumor transplant models. This effect has long been attributed to platelet-mediated enhancement of tumor cell survival and tumor cell escape from the blood into the surrounding tissue, as well as the development of new blood vessels to support tumor g...Researchers describe how human blood stem cells transform themselves to repair injured animal hearts
...ertain types of cell," he says. Yeh adds that one experimental mouse has lived for more than a year, ever since t...gnostic tests to study cardiac function in treated experimental mice and they are planning to test the power of other human blood stem cells to repair the heart....Success of experimental herpes vaccine builds momentum for human clinical trials
... the Journal of Virology, compared three different experimental vaccines for herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes most cases of genital herpes. HSV-2 infects one in five Americans, and its prevalence has reached 50 percent in some developing countries, where it also seems to be helping to fuel t...Study provides clues to alcohol's cancer connection
...nd vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in an experimental model. For almost a hundred years mounting epidemiological evidence has linked alcohol use to an increased risk of cancers of the stomach, esophagus, liver, breast, and colon. Researchers have never developed an adequate model to explain how ethanol...First US SARS vaccine trial opens at NIH
...utes of Health (NIH), will conduct the trials. The experimental vaccine against SARS, or severe acute respiratory ...low-up exams on each volunteer for 32 weeks. "This experimental vaccine is an outstanding achievement by NIAID researchers," said Health and Human Services Secretar...Fred Hutchinson receives $9.7 million to lead early detection consortium
...ogist. She will supervise personnel and coordinate experimental work across all sites of the consortium. She'll also be involved in study design across all participating institutions. Her work focuses on finding biomarkers of cancer risk. For example, Paulovich and her colleagues are working to develop a relia...Rice cartilage experts win $1.5M NIH grant to bioengineer TMJ discs
...e the tissue grow properly. Following a systematic experimental design, they will try various combinations of stimuli and growth factors to determine the best regime for growing TMJ discs that are suitable for surgical implantation. "I have served as a scientific adviser to an advocacy group called the TMJ ...Transplanted bone marrow cells reduce liver fibrosis in mice
... mice. To measure survival rates, 15 mice from the experimental group and 15 from the control group were then treated with carbon tetrachloride for an additional 25 weeks. After five weeks of treatment with carbon tetrachloride, the researchers detected liver fibrosis in the mice. Just one week after blood m...Peptide vaccine can produce complete remission in myeloid leukemia patients
...complete molecular remission in some patients. The experimental vaccine produced an immune response in 60 percent of patients tested - or 20 of 33 evaluable patients, according to their study, which is being presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Of those 20 patients who mounted an...Stem cells to the rescue - or not?
...fic tissues. Dr. Cossu offers some reasons for the experimental discrepancies and stresses that "it would be important to repeat the same experiments described here.with other types of stem cells[as] they may represent a better perspective for the stem cell therapy of striated muscle diseases than BM-SP stem cell...UCSD researchers identify new role for drugs in prevention, treatment of atherosclerosis
...iously observed for PPAR-gamma drugs under similar experimental conditions. On the other hand, PPAR-beta/delta agents failed to inhibit atherosclerosis with the results not significantly different from those of control animals receiving non-active drugs. While the three PPARs are very similar proteins...Ventricular regulation may be key to preventing heart failure
...he low ventricular rate. "The results of this experimental research demonstrate that the changes in atrial function and structure that evolve during a chronic atrial tachyarrhythmia do not relate to the high atrial rate itself but rather to the concurrent high ventricular rate and the consequent development ...Proposed addiction treatment successful, safe in second small trial
...cocaine daily for a mean duration of 12 years. The experimental design was "open-label," that is, the subjects knew they were getting GVG, an experimental treatment for drug addiction. Of the 30 volunteers, 18 stayed in the study for the nine-...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for November 2004 (second issue)
... received the standard 6-month therapy. The three experimental groups received a regimen of rifampin, pyrazinamide, and moxifloxacin, which varied in length of time and drug use. According to the investigators, up to now, moxifloxacin has been used as a second-line drug for the treatment of patients with multidr...Proposed addiction treatment successful, safe in second small trial
...cocaine daily for a mean duration of 12 years. The experimental design was "open-label," that is, the subjects knew they were getting GVG, an experimental treatment for drug addiction. During the first two weeks, they were given increasing doses to a maxi...St. Jude scientist wins International Society of Experimental Hematology award
...resentation and discussion of pre-clinical data in experimental hematology, the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH) has been dedicated to the promotion of the cutting-edge science. The society today has more than 1,400 members in 45+ countries around the world, and holds an annual scientific ...