Visual Environment Can Affect Even Healthy Eyes --- Nature Works With Nuture For Good Vision
...ould otherwise affect him for life. Such problems inhibit depth perception, the ability to see fine detail, and general visual acuity, limiting an individual's activities. Both monkeys and humans start life with their eyes not fully developed; the eyeball is too short for the eye's powerful optic c...New Theory May Explain Ritalin Action In Hyperactivity
... chemical serotonin, which helps regulate mood and inhibit aggressionand impulsive behavior. Current theory ...nistered fluoxetine, or Prozac -- which isknown to inhibit reuptake of serotonin in the synapse -- to the knockout mice. The drug caused a dramatic reduction i......y on another startling discovery: MAG's ability to inhibit the regeneration of nerve cells. She also found that applying MAG antibodies to the affected cells had the reverse effect and actually fostered nerve regeneration. Marie T. Filbin, a resident of Manhattan's Upper West Side, has been on thefaculty of......l excites the neurons inthe SCN, and orphanin will inhibit them." The next step in this research is to determine the physiologicalmechanism by which orphanin modulates the circadian cycle. "Understanding thatthe system exists is the first step," said Grandy. "From that point we canbetter understand ...Novel Biological Interaction Found To Explain Blood Vessel Growth To Tumors
...ound the antibody blocked angiostatin's ability to inhibit proliferation by 90percent. The researchers stres...tin, by binding to this enzyme couldpreferentially inhibit endothelial cells that are in the vascular bed of atumor, where oxygen would be lower than elsewhere...Lo-Cal Diet Slows Prostate Cancer In Animals, New Research Finds
... balance -- anappropriate weight for height -- may inhibit theprogression of prostate cancer." In addition, these results will help clinicalinvestigators design studies of the relationship between diet and prostatecancer in humans. The paper by Clinton and a team of researchersappeared in the March 15 issue ...Postmenopausal Women Reap Heart Benefits From Foods Containing Vitamin E
...ing vitamin E, are called antioxidantsbecause they inhibit oxidation. "When a fat such as LDL undergoes oxidation, it is more prone to collect inblood vessels to form plaque. Over time, the plaque narrows the blood vessels,or unleashes a blood clot, which can result in a heart attack or stroke. WhenLDL is...Inhibiting Growth Of New Blood Vessels Reduces Heart Disease Plaque In Mice
...e givenendostatin, a substance previously shown to inhibit development of new bloodvessels. The treated mice...tment witheither endostatin or TNP-470 appeared to inhibit plaque growth by 85 percent and70 percent respectively, the researchers report. When the res...A Note of Caution: Be Careful When Mixing Grapefruit Juice With Rxs
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...ely-measured quantities ofsubstances to enhance or inhibit any given neurotransmitters. The result is a "bionic chip" that Brinton believes can eventually doinformation processing on its own. In addition to helping researchers better understand how the brain functions,Brinton said such chips may form part of...Stress Speeds Progression To AIDS
... defenses against viral disease and that CD8 might inhibit HIV-1replication, we went on to look at the relevance of these findings to diseaseprogression. The results from our current study are the first to link stressfullife events with progression to AIDS," Leserman says. At 5 1/2 years into the study, 33 p...Study suggests a drug treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms
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.... Some work has suggested that marijuana use might inhibit expression ofaggression, but most studies do indicate a positive association betweenmarijuana use and violence perpetuation. Another predictor was having been avictim of either of violent attack or having had property stolen or damaged. Also measured......s and natural molecules inthe body that promote or inhibit angiogenesis. Pro-angiogenesis treatments alsocou... into them to supplynutrients. Some compounds that inhibit angiogenesis are currently in testing asanticancer drugs. "There is not yet any evidence that ACE in...Combination HIV vaccine induces diverse immune response
...ine combination, have developedantibodies that can inhibit HIV in a laboratory assay. So far, about one-thirdof the volunteers receiving either vCP205 alone or the combination vaccine havedeveloped anti-HIV CTL responses. While the results are encouraging and supportfurther evaluation of this vaccine strat...Aspirin's role in colon cancer prevention focus of $5 million grant
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