When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...brain to talk to each other. The difficulties can isolate people from friends and family, beginning when people first have difficulty with age-related hearing loss in their 50s and 60s. "This problem is especially tragic because just when people have time to spend with their children and grandchildren, they...'EuroVacc 02' HIV vaccine trial begins in February 2005
...nsburg based on a representative Chinese subtype C isolate CN54 jointly developed with Professor Yiming Shao from the CDC Beijing. The plasmid was constructed in collaboration with Geneart GmbH - a biotech company in Regensburg Germany, and the vaccine was manufactured by Cobra Biomanufacturing Plc. About E...New study finds kelp can reduce level of hormone related to breast cancer risk
...eptors," said Skibola. "Our next step is to try to isolate the active compound in kelp that is having this ho...nditions." The researchers say they are working to isolate the active compounds in kelp that affect estradiol levels to avoid the possible toxicity of the iodi...Surprise! Cells have second source of phosphate
...years for then-graduate student Susan Voglmaier to isolate an enzyme that builds IP7 (from IP6), an advance the team published in 1996. It took a few more years for postdoctoral fellow Adolfo Saiardi, Ph.D., to clone the three enzymes that make IP7 and to use them to make IP7 in which the extra phosphate was...Stem cells of limited use for cardiac muscle repair
...ited potential. Several researchers are trying to isolate a putative cardiac stem cell, which could mature into functional heart muscle. Embryonic stem cells also are an option. "The whole idea of regenerative cellular medicine is very attractive," said McNally. "Many of the diseases that m...Method developed to replicate stem cells from the heart
...archers then grew cells from the biopsy tissues to isolate heart stem cells and reproduce them in sufficient quantities, in excess of 100 million cells, that most think would be suitable for therapy. "Our biopsy method was very effective, and within four weeks, most of the sample tissue produced enough heart...Sleep disorders often indicate multiple health conditions
...and treatment program may be necessary in order to isolate additional comorbidities that are causing persistent impairment." Study results also showed a high degree of attention deficit in non-OSA patients with insomnia or a lack of deep, restorative sleep. Test results indicated that 28 patients suff...When looking isn't seeing: Is cockpit design flawed?
... how this information is processed by the brain to isolate a limited number of important features of our environment and allow us to react is a complex process. It has consequences for the design of many critical machine-man interfaces from fighter pilot cockpits to vehicle dashboards and virtual gaming envi...Federal policy has failed to prepare nation for possibility of bioterrorism
...any do not show up for work, stymieing attempts to isolate the outbreak and adding to the growing death toll. This scenario of unpreparedness is not fanciful, according to Michael H. LeRoy, a professor of industrial relations and of law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It reflects "a distu...New research in atrial fibrillation
...in the heart, and radiofrequency energy is used to isolate the area that causes the fibrillation. "In patients who have simple AF -- that is, there is no other heart disease -- this technique is very effective. At the end of one year, 60 to 80 percent of patients are cured; they have no more problem with irr......uch as whether infected individuals would begin to isolate themselves as the disease began to affect them. For example, with smallpox, symptoms are preceded by a fever, which would result in many of those infected effectively quarantining themselves through being too ill to leave the house." "Previously, gov...Personalized treatment goal of IU breast cancer study funded by $10 million DoD grant
... and pharmacogenetics technology, researchers will isolate the mechanisms that make tumors unique and the therapeutic agents they best respond to, producing individualized treatments. They will seek answers to questions such as what gene is turned on to produce the malignancy, what protein controls the proce...Student builds micro biosensor chip to move DNA molecules
...structed a new type of microchip that can move and isolate DNA and protein molecules. He believes that by linking the chip with analysis equipment, a user could identify medical ailments, monitor a patient's health or detect viruses and other biohazards before they spread. Eric Simone, a senior biomedical en...Problems controlling anger lead to weight gain for teens
...ways of dealing with their emotions. They tend to isolate themselves, watch TV or read rather than connecting with their friends." Children with high "anger control" scores acknowledge their feelings of anger, but are able to express those feelings appropriately. These children tend to have normal weights....Number of children linked to obesity for mom and dad
...or after childbirth. Further studies are needed to isolate cause and effect so we can more accurately suggest target groups for obesity prevention and research." The researchers examined data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a national survey designed to study health, social and financial issues i...Scientists restore crucial myelin in brains of mice
... the oligodendrocyte, becoming the first person to isolate a progenitor cell in the brain (both stem cells and progenitor cells can develop into different types of cells, but unlike stem cells, progenitors cannot renew themselves indefinitely.). Later his team discovered that the cell is "multi-potential" i...Taking vitamin D supplements lowers risk of multiple sclerosis
... was mainly from multivitamins, it is difficult to isolate the effects of vitamin D from the potential effects of other vitamins found in multivitamins, according to Munger. "However, none of these vitamins was itself significantly associated with risk of MS after adjusting for total vitamin D intake or v...Race affects older Americans' likelihood of getting flu shot
...said that while the Duke study was not designed to isolate reasons for the racial disparities in influenza immunization, general trends in health care may shed light on potential barriers. "Racial disparities in the receipt of health care services are a common concern in the United States," said Greenberg. "...Novel gene therapy delivery uses stem cells that target, attack tumors
...ells. In their novel delivery system, researchers isolate a small quantity of MSC from bone marrow, and greatly expand the quantity of those cells in the lab. They then use a virus to deliver a particular gene into the stem cells. When turned on, this gene will produce an anti-cancer effect. When given back......s or heart disease, we studied work tasks alone to isolate their impact," said Ann Barr, P.T., Ph.D., associate professor of physical therapy at Temple University and the study's lead author. "This information is critical in helping industry and medicine establish workplace guidelines to prevent WMSD." The...