New computer-aided approach tailors drug dose to patient needs
...n a large body of data on which to train. Using a fast back-propagation neural network and data from 8 pa...et aggregation which change over time and to use a fast back propagation neural network designed for this application," Urquidi-Macdonald says. The researc...UCLA research explores biology of fear
...d with yohimbine overcame their fear four times as fast as those treated with vehicle or propanolol, a medication commonly used to treat symptoms of anxiety disorders by blunting the physiological effects of adrenaline. Yohimbine is most commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction. It can cause anxiety in...Researchers testing compounds that may stop replication of T-cell leukemia virus
...hey have performed kinetic assays to determine how fast each compound processes the virus proteins. The assays involve a natural substrate consisting of a segment of an amino acid chain that contains a junction where the HTLV-I protease will cut. The substrate is treated with a fluorescent agent that reve...'Exercise Hypertension' occurs when cells can't 'relax,' Hopkins researchers find
...eart disease -- by using ultrasound to measure how fast blood traveled from arteries in the subjects' necks to their legs with each heart beat. Because stiff blood vessels do not absorb any of the pressure behind the blood flow, the faster the blood travels, the more stiff the vessel is. They compared t...New drug prevents arrhythmias that cause sudden cardiac death
...will die from a type of arrhythmia that produces a fast and erratic beating of the heart. But medications that prevent arrhythmia are so toxic that most have been removed from the market. Other options, defibrillators and heart transplants, are highly invasive and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. In...Green and black tea polyphenols consumption results in slower prostate cancer cell growth
...cer cells, there was a significant decrease in how fast new cancer cells appeared for the men who had consumed either green or black tea. That was true even when no tea components could be detected in the serum, indicating, says Dr. Henning, that the inhibition of cell proliferation was caused by other co......a moving image at 20 to 24 frames per second just fast enough to capture the rapid changes in lips, tongue, jaw and the airway that together produce specific vowels, consonants and intonations of speech. Real-time MRI allows Byrd to see and confirm the degree of sound overlap in spoken language, a charac...Winning the battle of the bulge: We're a scrimmage closer to victory
...ions for Americans. The nation's weight problem is fast overtaking tobacco use as the leading cause of preventable death. Obesity is linked to many chronic diseases including heart problems, several kinds of cancer and diabetes. During the last decade, the obesity rate in America has doubled. Nearly two-t...University of Colorado tissue engineer to receive NSF's coveted Waterman Award
...ntly, because from that point, Anseth started on a fast track toward her Ph.D., and she hasn't slowed her pace since. An able and focused student, she achieved a doctorate at CU-Boulder in 1994, just two years after completing her bachelor's degree at Purdue. A driven researcher, she was the first engin...SMASH imaging increases effectiveness of MRI for musculoskeletal imaging
...aging and other applications where high-resolution fast imaging is needed, but it had not yet been used for musculoskeletal imaging. For this particular study, the researchers examined MR images of the knee in 50 patients using both SMASH T2-weighted imaging and fat-saturated T2-weighted imaging, a techn...Highlights summarized for movement disorders research at 56th annual meeting
...phine is injected under the skin, and is extremely fast acting. Researchers in New York demonstrated that within 10 minutes, apomorphine can "rescue" a patient from sudden immobility, a common and distressing complication of advanced PD. While its effects only last up to two hours, this is enough time for...Cancer gene therapy news backgrounder: New ideas fuel next generation gene therapy research
...hese findings have sent the company to the FDA for fast track approval, which is currently being considered. More than 20 completed or ongoing trials are testing Advexin in such solid tumors as lung, head and neck, breast and ovarian. Some of these trials are now ongoing at M. D. Anderson, as well as at o...Dartmouth researchers advance fight against pancreatic cancer
...ng what factors enable the cells to grow at such a fast rate and then how to slow that rate down and actually suppress pancreatic tumor growth." Korc likens the disease to speeding in a car with an accelerator that is stuck to the floor. "Naturally, you apply the brakes but they don't work, so you begin ...Computer system makes 'chain' of health care stronger, safer
...ace within days of discharge, this handoff must be fast in order to aid patient care. UMHS has put a major emphasis in recent years on giving referring physicians better, faster information, using the M NET system that faxes reports to their offices as soon as they're available. But often, days or even we...Studies indicate healthy eating may affect cancer development, improve digestive system
... more frequent episodes of pain than those who ate fast food only once per week. Eating fresh fruits played a protective role against RAP, even for those children who ate two or fewer servings of fruits per week. "Our study found that abdominal pain is common among school children and can cause interrup...Triple-contrast CT depicts internal injury from gunshot and stab wounds
OAK BROOK, Ill. - When a fast diagnosis is crucial, radiologists can use computed tomography (CT) with contrast to quickly and accurately identify and assess internal damage from gunshot wounds or other trauma to the torso, according to a study published in the June issue of the ...3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
... the technique involves illuminating the body with fast neutrons (those with energies between 1 and 10 MeV...mission of characteristic gamma rays stimulated by fast neutrons. The images, of an iron-copper sample, demonstrate the technique's ability to completely di...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...nd arc mRNAs were increased to a greater extent by fast drug delivery. Finally, rapid delivery resulted in a faster onset and larger block of dopamine reuptake. Such kinetic data may also be important in designing anti-addictive treatments strategies. 2. Sizing up autism in the amygdala and hippocampus: ...Scientists image tooth decay in the 3rd dimension
...n after the fact." He continued: "The technique is fast and simple and we could attach an endoscope to our kit to allow dentists to use the device in the surgery. They would shine the endoscope at the tooth they wanted to examine, and by using high-speed CCD camera, the image could be delivered very quick...Sealing corneal incisions with a drop of chemistry, BU researchers develop gel for cataract surgery
... produced an elastic, transparent gel that sets so fast and adheres so surely to the eye's surface that it could soon become the first and best choice for sealing corneal incisions. The substance, known as a hydrogel, promises to be a useful tool in the kit used for the most common of ophthalmic surgeri...