New radioimmunotherapy drug proves highly effective for killing off B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma
... the ability of the drug Zevalin to hone in on and kill off the non-Hodgkins lymphoma B cells. Zevalin is ...st a cancer cell, with the ability of radiation to kill off cancer cells. The mixture of radiation and antibodies is given intravenously and travels through...Grant will advance research of infection-fighting blood cells
...ood cells - special cells that produce agents that kill microbes - such as macrophages and granulocytes. Macrophages are specialized cells that engulf and destroy large particles such as bacteria, yeast and dying cells, and help rebuild damaged tissue. Granulocytes are white blood cells that provide the ...NIAID teams with Wyeth on HIV/AIDS vaccine
... free-floating HIV and specialized immune cells to kill any cells that HIV does manage to infect. HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18th, reminds us that the fight against AIDS requires the marriage of ideas and expertise from both the private and public sectors, says U.S. Health and Human Services Secreta...New breast cancer therapy trials show dramatic results
... has been delivering enough drugs to the tumors to kill cancer cells without poisoning the patient or caus...llowed by additional chemotherapy and radiation to kill any undetected cancer cells in the breast and surrounding tissue. "We use the best and newest agent...NEMO submerged in virus-prone boys
...ssense mutation. NK cells from these boys fail to kill a tumor cell line that is normally targeted by NK cell cytotoxicity, but they are active (even unusually so) in ADCC assays . Orange et al. find that IL-2 supplementation can rescue NK cell cytotoxicity, suggesting a parallel route to cell killing ...U-M study finds new target in war against graft-versus-host disease
...ion that T cells immune cells which attach to and kill just one target cell at a time are the major cell...estructive effector cells all primed to attack and kill the host. Cytokines can travel through the bloodstream and, therefore, inflict their damage from a d...Choose your painkillers with care
.... Aspirin is one of the few NSAIDs that appears to kill pain without this side effect. "Ibuprofen and indomethacin delay bone healing by about one to two weeks in rats, which is the equivalent to slowing it down by 25 to 50 per cent in humans," says O'Connor. None of the rats treated with rofecoxib mana...New approach to post-transplant lymphoma shows promise
...ne system, the immune mediators that recognize and kill EBV-infected cancer cells are allowed to do their ...proaches to treating PTLD included chemotherapy to kill the lymphoma cells, the use of antiviral agents to disable the EBV, or monoclonal antibody therapy d...Does your brain shutdown with Alzheimer's?
...er damaging process takes place that might help to kill off the cells. According to Vernon Ingram and a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the plaques appear to promote an additional flood of ions that destroys the potential difference that exists between the inside and the outside of a ce...Bleach-producing enzyme found to modulate blood vessel dilation during inflammation
...ates the production of chlorine bleach in cells to kill bacteria and other invading pathogens also turns off a signal that regulates blood vessel dilation during inflammation, researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center have found. The research -- conducted in collaboration with scie...New gene therapy protocol: First successful treatment for 'bubble babies'
... toxic products in the blood, which would normally kill the lymphocytes, had declined. Within a month, Salsabil was out of isolation and went home in perfect condition, with no medications. Nearly two years after the gene therapy, all her T cells and B cells, as well as other products of CD 34 stem cells...Vaccination delays onset of prion brain disease in mice
...ut it isn't known exactly how the deadly particles kill brain tissue, producing sponge-like holes in the brain. It is known that prions turn deadly by changing their shape. Normal prion protein is present throughout the body, especially in the brain. Although the experimental vaccine did not prevent...Energy blocker may be potential liver cancer treatment
...cking molecules in the lab to find ones that could kill liver cancer cells. In 2001, the team reported th...njection, and then use an intravenous injection to kill cancer cells that have spread," suggests Pedersen, "but knowing whether this is so is still a long w...Study identifies new drug target for preserving brain cells
... inflammation. Macrophages release substances that kill bacteria and viruses, and they ingest dead cells. They also release IL-1, which signals more macrophages to invade the damaged tissue. "The macrophage reaction is a good one in regenerating tissues, but in a non-regenerating tissue like the brain, i...Gene therapy boosts cancer chemotherapy
...or. TNF is a potent biological substance that can kill cancer cells directly and disrupt their blood supply, but it can be very toxic when given systemically. The researchers originally altered the TNF gene so that it could be turned on by radiation therapy. Now they have produced a version of the gene...Cancer revealed: New $10M grant establishes cancer imaging center
...ted and gone out of control, what treatments might kill their cancer most effectively, and whether or not ...ning quickly whether different drug candidates can kill cancerous cells, speeding up drug discovery....Food irradiation is focus of two-day symposium, Aug. 19-20
...m irradiation rather than chemical insecticides to kill insects and their eggs in stored products, like grains. Chemical insecticides can leave the eggs unharmed and allow them to mature inside your cereal box or flour canister. (The paper on this research, AGFD 62, will be presented at 2:10 p.m., Mo...Blocking pathway overcomes tumor vessel resistance to radiation
...nd in the study. The radiation therapy intended to kill the blood vessels that feed cancer cells can actually trigger a chemical pathway that makes the vessels more resistant to therapy. "We know that if vascular endothelium is destroyed, tumor control can be improved," said principal investigator Dr. De...UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center researchers study ways to prevent tobacco-related bladder cancer
...at high risk of developing the disease, which will kill more than 154,000 American men and women this year. One Celebrex study involves lung cancer survivors who are at high risk of experiencing a recurrence or developing a new lung cancer. The other study involves individuals who smoke and are at high r...Chlorine dioxide gas kills dangerous biological contaminants
...tists at Purdue began experiments using the gas to kill pathogens found on food long before anthrax was de...(ClO2) gas used over various periods of time could kill Listeria monocytogenes cells on apples. Results of the study, published in the September issue of Fo...