Gene responsible for cerebral venous abnormalities found
...eacute;dicale (INSERM) andcolleagues also reported finding the same mutation in the CCM gene responsiblefor the disorder. Using DNA samples collected from CCM families, genetic researchers atDuke were able to accurately predict the approximate location of the geneticmutation on chromosome 7. With DNA...Cigarette smoking cost Medicare program $20.5 billion in 1997, according to UCSF researchers
...lth & Aging. Zhang and co-researchers reported the finding in the Summer 1999 issue ofHealth Care Financing Review, released September 29. "Our estimates for 1997 smoking-related costs to the Medicare program are onlyone out of 30 years of payments by the Medicare program for aged and disabledpersons who hav...New biomarker for cervical cancer
...h telomerase activity," Boggess says. "The finding that telomerase can be detected in a Pap smear is not new,but its use as a biomarker for cervical cancer development is new," theresearcher notes. "We need to establish the prevalence of this enzyme and validate theassay for detecting it," Bo...New radiation treatment for large tumors
...nder effect." "Using this technique, we're finding that not only is the direct effectof the radiation good, but it also produces in tumors products that act asagents to kill other cancer cells," he said. Such an effect is not found withconventional treatment. "In the past 12 years, we have a...Elderly less likely than other adults to have economic problems
... said. Another important finding was that marriage provided a ...s. "This is a surprising finding so we don't yet have afirm explanation," Mirowsky said. One reason may be t...Americans expect to live a year longer than statistics suggest
...1.5. Another interesting finding was that younger peopledid not adjust their life expectancies upward to accountfor the fact that mortality rates continue to drop. Dropping mortality rates mean young people t......e - nearly a three-fold improvement. An additional finding of the study was that the improved survival rates camewithout a significant increase in toxic side effects or extra days in thehospital. "We recommend that these therapies should be incorporated into futuretreatment regimens," Matthay said. The Child...Pathway may provide target for treating chronic pain
...l Hospital andHarvard Medical School reported this finding in the November issue of NatureNeuroscience. They say serotonin--a neurotransmitter in the central nervoussystem (CNS)--and a cell-surface receptor called AMPA can activate silentsynapses in the CNS. These synapses--junctions between nerve cells--the...Abstemious mice offer hint at molecular target for treating alcoholism
...r sedate, normally a side effect of the drugs. The finding suggests that inhibiting PKCe activity could also ...Messingsaid. On a more fundamental level, the UCSF finding offers an important insight intothe complex regulation of the key receptor for signals of gratificat...Nanomolecular 'smart bombs' seek and destroy cancer cells
...the U-M College of Engineering will concentrate on finding ways to use ultrafastlaser or sound wave energy pulses to release anti-cancer drugs stored insidedendrimers. Others from the U-M Medical School involved in the project include Brian Athey,Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology; Stephe...Duke team seeks novel vaccine strategy for HIV
...esearchers is thatsince it is constantly mutating, finding a site on the surface that is the samefor all variants of the virus is difficult. The Duke researchers are focusing on a protein called gp120 that resideson the surface of the virus and is essential for viral infectivity.When gp120 comes into......bleeding is greatly increased. They say that this finding may have important public health implications owing to the high prevalence of both antidepressants and NSAIDs in most developed countries. In a linked editorial Professor Alain Li Wan Po, from the Centre for Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy at Aston U...New approach to imaging separates thought from perception
...bjects were expecting it on the left. This finding may be relevant to stroke patients who have damage to theright ventral parietal region. Such patients often are unable to attend toobjects in the left side of the visual field. The Washington Universityexperiments support previous suggestions that th......y calling uponsubstitute circuits to pitch in. The finding suggests that our brains mayconstantly reorganize ... and his Canadian colleagues made their surprising finding by devising asimple test of short-term visual memory, wherein a small number of older andyounger vol......ssociate research scientist in Neurobiology. "This finding could also lead to further understanding of other diseases involving dysregulation of the brain's dopamine neurons." The study, which will be highlighted at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Miami, Florida from October 23-28, is consis...Soy substances slow prostate cancer growth in animals
...m as diet supplements. The finding suggests that substances known as soy isoflavones are probably responsible for the anti-cancer effect. "The study strongly supports the need for clinical trials to assess the poten...Nausea from anesthesia plummets with extra oxygen
...esthesia. This summer, the research group reported finding that patients with poorlycontrolled post-surgical pain had higher risk of infection than did those whosepain was better controlled, perhaps because pain reduces the oxygen supplyavailable to tissues, which in turn can limit the body's ability to figh...Poorer people worse off after heart attack
...ialist services than more wealthy Ontarians. This finding is from a report published by researchers at the Institute forClinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and the University of Toronto today in theNew England Journal of Medicine. The purpose of the study was to test medicare'sunderlying principles of unive...Noveau neurons are better than no neurons at all
...cuit parts from Radio Shack. The team said the key finding was in the mathematical modeling that preceded the...etailed biological functioning of each cell. Their finding radically simplified the mathematical algorithm used to construct the circuit. The team plans to gra...Estrogen-driven gene activates human pituitary tumors, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers find
...d reproduction, thyroid and adrenal function. This finding builds on the landmark 1997 discovery in Dr. Melmed's laboratory of the oncogene PTTG1 (pituitary tumor-transforming gene). Dr. Lin Pei, now a research endocrinologist at Cedars-Sinai, was primary author on a paper that described how overexpression o...