Virtual play boosts disabled children's self-image
...rapy, children with cerebral palsy participated in experimental therapy in which the child's image was captured by video camera and inserted into a virtual reality scene on TV, such as a volleyball game. As the balls started moving across the screen, the child could "hit" them across the net by moving his or her ...Research clarifies how Alzheimer's medicines may reduce interference with learning and memory
...y compared with scopolamine. As expected, in the experimental group, memory for word-pairs learned after scopolamine administration suffered significantly but memory for word-pairs learned immediately before injection was spared. More to the point, scopolamine made it harder to learn when stimuli overlapped, c...Laser method identifies, counts toxic molecules
...e coverage") without the need for ultrahigh vacuum experimental conditions, which are typically required for such measurements. Hence, the new approach enables quantitative studies of real-world surface processes, such as catalytic reactions. Absolute coverage measurements are useful in surface science, providing...Jefferson researchers find immune response, dosing keys to vaccine's success against melanoma
... that these findings should be applicable to other experimental cancer vaccines. "Generally, in the vaccine field, people don't worry about the dose, how often they give it and the injection site," he says. "We show that these things matter. These parameters are important and people will need to figure them out ...UC San Diego scientists unveil pilot project for automated monitoring of animal behavior
...dical research, not to mention veterinary science, experimental psychology and animal care." Apart from Belongie and officials from the UCSD Animal Care Program, two Jacobs School of Engineering faculty members are collaborating on the project: Bioengineering professor Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein, a leader in micro...Clozapine effective for controlling dyskinesias in people with severe Parkinson's
...ch staff know which participants are receiving the experimental treatment or a placebo) clinical trial performed at five hospitals in France. The patients performed self-evaluations of their motor performance fluctuations every two weeks, by means of a diary where they noted duration and intensity of dyskinesias....Blood-diverting catheter holds promise for stroke treatment
... treatment window has lapsed. The results of this experimental study were reported today at the American Stroke Association's 29th International Stroke Conference. "The device treats stroke by a unique approach that increases blood flow to the brain," said lead author Morgan S. Campbell III, M.D., director of ...Some screening tests should not be advocated
...cking the issue. For a new drug, a rigorous set of experimental data must be presented before it is licensed for use. The same rigour should apply to medical screening....Probiotics beneficial even when inactive, according to UCSD study
...DN had been found to reduce the harmful effects of experimental colitis in mice, indicating that it worked in a manner similar to probiotics. According to the study's first author, Daniel Rachmilewitz, M.D., Division of Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, evaluation of the immunostimulatory activities of probi...U of MN research indicates why radiation therapy reduces bone cancer pain
... is known about why the treatment works. Using an experimental radiation model, University of Minnesota Cancer Ce...chool and Cancer Center member. "Future use of the experimental system described in this research should help accelerate the pace of discovery around these mechanis...Experimental treatment yields new hope for children battling cerebral palsy
...cant improvement in their motor skills using a new experimental physical therapy regimen, said researchers at Georgetown University and University of Alabama at Birmingham. The study the first randomized, controlled trial of its kind conducted on children appears in the February 2 issue of the journal Pediatr...Bacterial DNA reduces inflammation in mice
...fic anti-inflammation immune response in mice with experimental colitis, researchers supported by the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have discovered. Led by Eyal Raz, M.D., of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), the investigators provide a possible explanation for ...Carnegie Mellon statistics student honored for technique to aid in brain imaging
...ving the brain images could lead to more efficient experimental procedures and pave the way for more challenging experiments," said Myers, who earned her bachelor's degree in statistics from Carnegie Mellon. She is from Billings, Montana....Do cancer patients in clinical trials have better outcomes than non-participants?
...e? Although clinical trials are conducted to test experimental treatments for the benefit of future patients, some oncologists contend that cancer patients who enroll in trials experience better outcomes than non-participants - a benefit known as a "trial effect." In a study to be published in the Jan. 24 issue...Award-winning research affirms use of hypnosis in eliminating pain
... highly hypnotizable and could reduce or eliminate experimental pain such as that caused by holding a hand in ice-...erately to highly hypnotizable and able to control experimental pain with training. "Thus hypnosis is an excellent behavioral adjunct to more traditional approaches...Carnegie Mellon uses AFM to discover effects of experimental drugs on Alzheimer's plaques
...lone, numerous protofibrils were present under our experimental conditions as early as the third day, whereas in the presence of m3D6 they grew at a slower rate. We found that m266.2 completely inhibited protofibril formation." The scientists believe that the two antibodies differ in their ability to inhibit fibr...Leading AIDS experts criticize US-sponsored HIV vaccine trial in Thailand
... there is no "persuasive data" to suggest that the experimental vaccine, a combination of ALVAC +gp120, would help to protect against HIV infection. The research trial involves16,000 volunteers in Thailand. The scientists say that a clinical trial of similar design was scheduled to be conducted in the United Sta...Taking vitamin D supplements lowers risk of multiple sclerosis
...he role of vitamin D in MS. Studies with mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an autoimmune disease in animals that is used as a model of MS, have shown that vitamin D supplements can prevent or favorably affect the course of the disease. Other studies have shown that people with MS tend to ...Mayo researchers observe genetic fusion of human, animal cells -may help explain origin of AIDS
...ansplantation (ZEE-no-transplantation). This is an experimental field within transplant biology in which specially...able donor organs. Xenotransplantation is just one experimental avenue being explored as a way to meet this shortage. One central concern of investigators is the p......y. Participants in the study were divided into an experimental group, the cobblestone mat walkers, and an attention control group, which received educational and social activities. Fisher and his colleague Fuzhong Li, Ph.D., have received funding from the National Institute on Aging to continue the research. R...