Highlights summarized for movement disorders research at 56th annual meeting
..., have been previously associated with increase in fibrosis within the chest cavity. [P04.142] Dystonia Dystonia is a condition characterized by sustained twisting postures. It can be genetically inherited, caused by a variety of poisons or a side effect of certain drugs. The brain changes that bring about ...Business strategy used to increase immunization rates in children
...munization rates," says Dr. Britto. "In the cystic fibrosis clinic, where immunizations are particularly impor... larger quality improvement initiative, the cystic fibrosis clinic implemented a series of immunization improvement strategies. These strategies included devel...Supplement use growing among children and adolescents
...ory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and cystic fibrosis have higher complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and dietary supplement use rates than healthy populations," said Kathi J. Kemper, M.D., a pediatrician at Brenner Children's Hospital. "Parents give their children dietary supplements for healt...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (first issue)
...TIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS In a study of 11,481 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients who breathed urban air pollutants, investigators found that exposure to two types of tiny particulate matter and to ozone was associated with increased odds of suffering two or more pulmonary exacerbations that required either hospitali...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004
...dicine. Reducing airway inflammation in cystic fibrosis According to the authors, this study is the f...sputum secretion viscosity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), it also prevents the increase in airway inflammation seen in untreated patients. The investig...Researchers to design intervention for work-related injury
...ough mechanisms that include injury, inflammation, fibrosis and subsequent nerve compression....Bone marrowderived stem cells active in pulmonary fibrosis
...eposition in the lung causing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis may develop from cells derived from bone marrow st...al lung fibroblasts. The authors induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice that had been altered with bone marrow labeled with a fluorescent green marker protein. In t...Successful, rapid protein crystallization possible with technique developed by UCSD researcher
...ins in disease states, such as Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis and many cancers, we may then be able to design drugs that encourage proper folding or block the misshapen protein." Unfortunately, many proteins do not naturally form a single, compact state in solution and hence, they are often highly resistant to...Promising drug fails to thwart fatal lung disease in large trial
...ng the advance of the fatal lung disease pulmonary fibrosis failed to stall the disorder's progression in 162 ...o be effective in slowing progression of pulmonary fibrosis (PF), but could potentially improve survival in patients if caught early in the disease process," Sc...JCI Table of Contents, November 14, 2003
...********** Disruption of Smad3 signaling prevents fibrosis Renal interstitial fibrosis is a progressive and potentially lethal disease caused by urinary tract obstruction, chronic inflamm...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for October 2003 (second issue)
...ed by over 60 percent of U.S. patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have tested positive to the most significant pathogen affecting those with CF. The advantages of the technique involve direct delivery of high-dose antibiotics to an individual's bronchial space and limited systemic absorption and toxicity....Passing stop sign cures gene disease
... normal characteristics. Tests on mice with cystic fibrosis also suggest PTC124 restores production of functional CFTR. All the results remain unpublished, though researchers working with the company say they hope to publish as soon as intellectual property issues are resolved. Miller says the company hopes...New Hampshire lung disease research center funded
...lung disease." Three projects that focus on cystic fibrosis will investigate the biology of the cells affected... bacteria infect the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban, M.D. (Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center) ...Fibroblasts hold clues to fat, scars and inflammation
... trauma. When uncontrolled, myofibroblasts lead to fibrosis of the liver, kidneys, lungs and heart. Lipofibroblasts have no role in scarring, but develop into fat cells and lead to thyroid eye disease and the harmful buildup of fatty tissue in the liver, spleen and bone marrow. In the laboratory, Phipps' grou...New test can identify patients who may suffer serious late toxicity from radiotherapy
...apy showed an increased proportion of subcutaneous fibrosis (tissue scarring) compared to those who did not have tamoxifen or who had it later. Now, a new multi-centre Phase III study will compare tamoxifen versus an aromatase inhibitor in breast cancer in terms of fibrosis, using our test as a stratificatio...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for September 2003 (first issue)
...new approach while assessing a new drug for cystic fibrosis (CF) in 21 young patients over 1 year. The compos...eumonia or idiopathic (of unknown cause) pulmonary fibrosis results from an abnormal accumulation of inflammatory cells in lung tissue. During the early stages...UCI biomedical engineer receives $1.8 million grant
...the bronchial tubes. "People with asthma develop a fibrosis on the walls of their airways that becomes increas... "Scientists aren't sure if the disease causes the fibrosis or if the reverse is true, but understanding the process will help us develop more effective asthma ...JCI table of contents, 1 August 2003
...f Noble and her colleagues show us that modulating fibrosis is a goal within reach, and inhibition of these mechanisms could confer benefits beyond existing therapies in the treatment of chronic kidney diseases" stated Dr. Agnes Fogo from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, in her accompanying comm...In 15 seconds, new test will ID presence of 25 most common mutations of cystic fibrosis
...cent of all babies born in the US that have cystic fibrosis (CF) are born to parents with no previous family history." This attention-getting quote, used frequently by an activist in the CF community, makes it powerfully clear what few people realize: that both parents did not know they would pass on to thei...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for January (second issue)
...y in predicting whether adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) can either work or go to school. CF is an inherited illness, usually diagnosed during childhood. It is characterized by glands in the pancreas, lungs, and intestines becoming clogged with thick mucus. However, despite the seriousness of the p...