Hopkins researcher finds retroviral 'footprint' in brains of people with schizophrenia
...ses are a natural part of the human genome, having inserted themselves into the human genome millions of years ago, in some cases. Scientists are just beginning to understand how these retroviruses may be involved in human diseases, Yolken says. "While our report doesnt explain why the retrovirus becomes...Diabetics at greatest risk of complications after re-opening arteries
...which a catheter tipped with a deflated balloon is inserted into a narrowed artery and the balloon is inflated to push open the clogged area and dilate the blood vessel. Van Belle says his study indicates that diabetics should be treated differently from the general population and may lead to new therapies to......ity. A tiny video camera and small instruments are inserted through the incisions and surgeons view the operation on a television monitor. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure involves constructing a small stomach pouch of approximately 15 millimeters (about the size of a plastic medicine cup), and bypassin...Jefferson scientists hope to perfect gene therapy without viruses
... Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center. "The transposon inserted in exactly the right place and expressed its product - in this case, an antibiotic-resistant gene." Their results appear August 22 in the journal Gene. The technique has several advantages. "It avoids using viruses that cause immune reactions, it p...Acupuncture is promising treatment for cocaine addiction, Yale researchers find
...ants who received auricular acupuncture -- needles inserted into specific parts of the outer ear -- were more ...ular acupuncture, "control" acupuncture -- needles inserted into four ear points that aren't thought to have a treatment effect -- or a relaxation group, in whi......ic information for the enzyme into the brain. They inserted the gene into the brain ventricles. The researchers found a slight decrease of NAA in one patient and a transient decrease in the other, an indirect indication that the gene reached its mark and was functioning. "We saw the earliest changes in the m...The bone marrow is the source of mature liver cells
...theoretically possible that healthy genes could be inserted into hepatic stem cells from the bone marrow, and these new cells would correct metabolic and blood-clotting abnormalities. According to the American Liver Foundation, 26,000 Americans die each year from chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis. ...Scientists develop transgenic mouse that models Parkinson's, related disorders
...this study, the human gene for alpha-synuclein was inserted into fertilized mouse egg cells. The eggs were then implanted into mice, which produced offspring expressing the gene in neurons. Among the offspring were animals with high levels of protein in the brain; these animals have been used to develop a c...Robotics go where no surgeon has gone before
...iny camera-and-light combination, each of which is inserted into the body through a separate incision. The instruments are rigid and may range from 3 to 16 inches in length. In the Penn State procedure, a separate robotic arm holds each of the two instruments and camera-light assembly. The surgeon sits at a......el Simons and colleagues at Harvard Medical School inserted timed-release capsules of basic fibroblast growth factor (bfGF) into the heart muscle of patients scheduled for bypass surgery. Patients received either a 10 microgram (mcg) or 100 mcg dose of the substance. Other patients received a harmless placeb...Time-released capsule delivers 'growth factor' to improve coronary bypass surgery
...eart was left without adequate oxygen. Researchers inserted 10 capsules containing the growth factor along the arterythat could not be grafted. The patients were divided into three groups: Eightpatients received 100 micrograms of growth factor, eight received 10 microgramsof growth factor, and eight receive...Hormone-like gel causes speedier deliveries, study suggests
...ts. The PGE2 or placebo was inserted into each woman's cervix via a catheter attached to a syringe. Of the women given PGE2 injections, 15 (50 percent) gave birth within two days, as did five (16 percent) in the place...To build a better artificial hip, UD prof says, mimic Mother Nature
...hed to the top of thethigh by several small bolts, inserted through the exterior side of the bone,the lateral cortex region. This newer strategy has reportedly been successful so far, Santare says. But,Miller says, inserting bolts into the femur could increase the risk of cracks. Taking a tip from nature T...Getting your teeth into superplastic forming
...tment" material to produce a completed diewhich is inserted into the superplastic forming press and heated to ... period of 90 minutes. A disk of titanium is then inserted intothe press, clamped above the die and 'blown' onto the die by Argon gas atpressures of up to 600 ...'Plug and patch' method of hernia repair an effective replacement for old surgical methods
...l shaped plug that resembles a badminton birdie is inserted into the holeor hernia. The tapered shape of the p...ic method of herniarepair, a surgical telescope is inserted through a small puncture in theabdominal wall and two additional narrow tubes are inserted through t...Study suggests some unruptured aneurysms do not need treatment
...s are used to fill the aneurysm through a catheter inserted at the femoral artery. (The latter procedure is performed at only a few medical centers, including UCSF.) The three options - the two treatments and no treatment -- were examined within eight hypothetical patient scenarios, distinguished by the size...Pacemaker for larynx allows patients to breathe easier
...." With the device, Zealear says, an electrode is inserted next to the openingmuscle of the larynx sandwiched between the cricoid cartilage and the muscle. "It involves electrical stimulation of the critical laryngeal muscle that hasbeen paralyzed. The stimulation is done at the precise moment that the patie...UNC AIDS vaccine researchers awarded $12 million federal grant
...by removing about one-third of its genes.They then inserted genetic material taken from a pathogen, using as a test casesimian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). In rhesus macaque monkeys, SIV causes adisease that is similar to AIDS in humans. "The idea behind vaccination is to trick the body into thinking it's ...9th European Congress on Lung Disease
...hod of ventilation, in which theventilator tube is inserted into the throat. This is even the second mostfrequent cause of hospital infection. As if in reply to the results produced so far by that task force, anothersymposium will for the first time be reporting on large-scale clinical trialsundertaken in thr......mera with multiple lenses inserted into the patient's chest, providing a three-dimensional image of the heart. The surgeon, at a nearby computer workstation, watches through a viewport to see inside the chest a...