One-shot addiction treatment shows promise
...t gradually wore off. The study medication was an experimental injectable sustained-release depot formulation of the medication buprenorphine. The injection is a suspension of biodegradable microcapsules each containing small amounts of the buprenorphine medication. As the microcapsules gradually disintegrate ...Placebo-controlled clinical trials put children with asthma at risk
...n joining these studies. "Those who don't get the experimental drug should get standard treatment." The resea...ng children and adults analyzed the effects of the experimental medication on the pediatric subjects. "The goal of the policies is to place some children at ris...Alefacept effective in treating patients with psoriasis
...+ memory T cells (two types of T cells). Previous experimental studies have shown that elimination of T cells reduced the severity of psoriasis. Kenneth B. Gordon, M.D., of Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill., and colleagues examined the effects of intravenous alefacept on the severity of psori...Synthetic progestin damages, estrogen protects blood vessels in animal model
...l of the International Menopause Society. "This is experimental evidence that supports scientists who believe estrogen with the right formulation is good for some women, depending on their other risk factors." The novel imaging technique was developed by Thomas and Johannes Rhodin, MD, PhD, co-principal investiga...Study suggests driving restrictions are not necessary for users of methadone, buprenorphine and LAAM
...ice sessions were permitted on the simulator. Two experimental sessions (50-minute simulation) assessed speed, lateral position, steering wheel angle, and response to a secondary task. Before one of the sessions participants drank ethanol to obtain a targeted blood alcohol level (BAL) of 0.05%. Simulated driv...Northwestern receives $10 million for cancer prevention trials
... at Northwestern University. Bergan is director of experimental therapeutics at The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. "Through this grant, we can now offer new forms of therapy and hope for those who are at high risk for developing cancer. Our aim is to stop them from ever ...NHGRI launches Social and Behavioral Research Branch
... various NIH institutes and disciplines including experimental and clinical psychologists, sociologists, geneticists, public health experts, ethicists, decision scientists, community health professionals, informaticists and health communications specialists will be housed together in the new center. Although ma...Mast cells to blame for allergic diarrhea
...that oral allergeninduced diarrhea associated with experimental Th2 intestinal inflammation is largely mast cell, serotonin, and PAF dependent. The identified mechanism also suggests that agents such as anti-IgE, recently approved for the treatment of human asthma, and the c-kit inhibitor imatinib mesilate, recen......that oral allergeninduced diarrhea associated with experimental Th2 intestinal inflammation is largely mast cell, ...inal allergy. TITLE: Mast cells are required for experimental oral allergeninduced diarrhea AUTHOR CONTACT: Marc E. Rothenberg Cincinnati Children's Hospital Me...Brain area identified that weighs rewards
...y well understood, said Platt. So, they devised an experimental procedure in which monkeys would be asked to shift...h he and his colleagues used eye movement as their experimental indicator of response, the posterior cingulate cortex has been linked to control of other muscle mov...More doubts over value of defibrillators
... served as the control area. Every four months the experimental and control areas changed over. Use of defibrillators did not significantly increase survival to hospital discharge, although it did improve return of spontaneous circulation and admission to hospital. The authors suggest that improved dispatch proce...UCLA studies experimental cancer drug
...ry are being sought to test a molecularly targeted experimental drug that may interrupt the signal that is driving their cancer and keep the disease from recurring. The early-phase clinical trial is based on basic research discoveries made in Jonsson Cancer Center laboratories. UCLA researchers have successfully ...Altered cyclin E protein leads to genetic instability in breast cancer
..., Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D., associate professor in experimental radiation oncology. Last year, Keyomarsi and her colleagues found in a study of about 400 patients that patients with high levels of low molecular weight cyclin E were significantly more likely to have an aggressive, invasive breast cancer. The prot...Keeping grandma safe and healthy with biosensors
...of each senior within the project," said Pavel, an experimental psychologist in the OGI school's Department of Biomedical Engineering. "For example, if a senior who never takes a walk suddenly leaves the building, the sensor may be invaluable in alerting caregivers to a subtle, but important cognitive change, as ...UCLA teams with Drew to provide cancer care
Leading-edge experimental cancer treatments will be provided to an underserv... excited about the new partnership program and the experimental treatments that will be available for patients there. "There are a lot of Spanish-speaking people he...Study questions benefits of costly schizophrenia drug
...y this is the first long-term, rigorously designed experimental study of the newer drug, which boasts U.S. sales of $2 billion annually. The researchers compared haloperidol, one of an older class of schizophrenia drugs called typical antipsychotics, to olanzapine, the most expensive among the newer atypical anti...Experimental drugs show promise in halting brain tumors
...hensive Cancer Center have shown that four new and experimental drugs can strongly inhibit the growth of deadly brain tumors in animals, and they expect these promising results to hold true in humans, as well. In fact, one of the drugs -- ZD6474 -- significantly slowed the growth of three different types of brain...Key feature of HeartMate II heart assist device developed at University of Pittsburgh
...ecrease the rate of blood flow. Other approved and experimental devices require manual adjustments. The implant launches a U.S. pilot trial to test the safety and potential effectiveness of the HeartMate II, a miniature rotary pump with axial flow bearings, for patients with end-stage heart failure. Made by Thora...UF 'smart home' demonstrates concept of automated elderly help and care
... identity as an elderly person, and her home is an experimental 500-square-foot "smart house" at the University of...t complete living space is a mind-bending array of experimental assistive-living devices, ranging from a microwave that recognizes entrees and automatically determi......s for Disease Control and Prevention, described an experimental Ebola vaccine that fully protected monkeys from lethal infection by the virus. One component of that vaccine will now be assessed for safety in human volunteers. The trial vaccine, a type called a DNA vaccine, is similar to other investigational vacc...