Outpatient procedure shrinks benign breast lumps
...uses exceptionally cold temperatures to freeze and kill abnormal tissue. Interventional radiologists numb the breast tissue around the mass and insert a cryoprobe, which is similar to a large needle, into the middle of the lesion. An ice ball forms at the tip of the probe and continues to grow until the u...Researchers use crippled poliovirus to attack brain cancer
...cess has been disabling the poliovirus' ability to kill normal brain cells while retaining its ability to kill cancer cells in the brain. To do so, Gromeier's team swapped a critical genetic element from the com...Call for outright smoking ban in UK
...42 million annually worldwide, and is estimated to kill over 10 million a year by the late 2020s. Nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and cigarettes are the most toxic and carcinogenic means of delivering nicotine. Calling for a ban on smoking in public places is a start, but it is missing the point. Tim...Some breast cancer patients may benefit from endocrine therapy alone
...sensitive to chemotherapy drugs, and are easier to kill with chemotherapy," he says. "Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers are differentiated and tend to be less responsive to chemotherapy. "These results support what has been suspected. Breast cancer patients with estrogen receptor-positive disease ......-jci.org/press/18020.pdf Neutrophils know how to kill and not be killed Neutrophils and related leukocytes ingest invading microorganisms and kill them via the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, inappropriate and/or excessive pr...Visit dentist before radiation therapy to prevent oral problems
...journal. The goal of head and neck radiation is to kill cancer cells while limiting damage to adjacent healthy tissue and structures like salivary glands, jawbones and tissues lining the mouth. However, damage to healthy tissue is unavoidable. During treatment, the dentist can work with the patient to m...Cancers' love-hate relationship with proteins offers new treatment window
...ts devise gene therapy protocols that enhance cell kill from radiation treatments." The findings will appear in the second January 2004 issue of Molecular and Cellular Biology (volume 24, issue 2), which will be available online on Dec. 28. All cancers are caused to some degree by loss of genetic s...UB, military collaborate on design, testing of first drug to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
...molecules, or free radicals. These rogue molecules kill the delicate hair cells of the inner ear, which convert energy from sound waves into electrical impulses that carry audio stimuli to the brain's hearing center. As hair cells die, hearing diminishes. Henderson began working with Kopke to investigate...Anthrax toxin inhibitor identified
...ility to produce large amounts of a toxin that can kill the patient even after antibiotics have destroyed the bacteria," explains the study's senior author Lewis Cantley, Ph.D., Chief of the Division of Signal Transduction at BIDMC and Professor of Systems Biology at HMS. "This toxin is released within da...Genomics research: New genetic 'hit list' may underlie susceptibility to sudden cardiac death
...ting young people -- long QT syndrome -- which may kill as many as 3,000 teenagers and young adults in the United States annually. "These findings are critical for the proper interpretation of genetic tests for diagnosing long QT syndrome," says principal author Michael Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D. "This extens......Norfolk, Virginia, have shown that nanopulsing can kill tumour cells in culture. The pulses do not just fry cells, but lead to changes such as the activation of enzymes called caspases, an early step in cell suicide. How the pulses do this is not clear, but Vernier says the effect is not related to calciu......ania. "Our hope is that the immune response will kill the cancer and improve the health of patients." Twenty-eight patients with metastatic breast cancer will be enrolled in the study, which is expected to last two years. Patients will be injected with one of three escalating doses of the telomerase a...MPRI opens its doors to cancer patients
...X-ray radiation therapy, both of which are used to kill cancer cells and other rogue tissue. Unlike X-rays, however, proton radiation does not do significant damage to the healthy cells around a cancerous growth. Minimizing the death of healthy tissue is especially important when the patient is a child wh...Experimental drug used to treat recurrent ovarian cancer shows promising results
...odiol, an experimental anti-cancer drug that could kill cancer cells and increase effectiveness of standard chemotherapy. The data were presented by David O'Malley, M.D., instructor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic ...Targeting cell fusion as possible way to repair organs, deliver cancer vaccines
...for enlisting natural properties of fused cells to kill cancers, stimulate immune responses or repair dama...erefore die. This fact that fused cancer cells kill each other has been known for some years. The missing element has been a way to direct fusion partne...Sepsis drug also protects brain cells
...e process results in high levels of chemicals that kill cells and are responsible for a great deal of brain damage from stroke, brain injury, and Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases. The team showed that APC protects brain cells from such apoptosis brought about by a variety of causes, as well as a...Study shows women's medication use higher than expected
...tion antidepressants. "Will this drug interaction kill you? Probably not," Tracy says. "Can you experience serious adverse effects? Yes."...UCL study questions basis for treatment of diseases including cancer and arthritis
... themselves are highly toxic, and that if they can kill organisms as tough as bacteria and fungi they can also damage human tissues. Free radicals are believed to be promoted by many agents, including smoking and atmospheric pollutants and smoking, and have been implicated in the production of conditions ...Widely used anti-nausea drug may interfere with cancer chemotherapy
...duces the ability of paclitaxel and doxorubicin to kill cancer cells. "Nearly every patient receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer also receives dexamethasone pre-treatments that may make therapy less effective," said Suzanne Conzen, M.D, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and ...'Care managers' help depressed elderly reduce suicidal thoughts
...major depression. "Since most older Americans who kill themselves have seen their doctor within a month of the event, effectively treating depression in primary care is a preventive intervention that can save lives," noted NIMH Director Thomas Insel, M.D. Reynolds and colleagues set out to demonstrate t...