Tufts professor launches program to mentor deaf students in state-of-the-art physics research
...ow to write a scientific report, how to maintain a laboratory notebook, how to make a group meeting presentation...ovided for all the classroom lessons and the group laboratory instrument training sessions. "Professor Cebe is an expert in this field, and we are proud that she ...Climate-based model to predict West Nile virus activity
...velopment of key West Nile mosquito vectors in the laboratory and under realistic field conditions. DeGaetano will develop a forecasting model based on climate to predict periods of vector and pathogen abundance and human risk. Lois Levitan, a Cornell senior extension associate and Environmental Risk Analysis ...First medical test on CD gets good results
...ly detected a sample of rat antibody -- a standard laboratory test -- using only one-tenth the usual amount of chemicals. This first demonstration paves the way for CDs to be used to quickly detect food-borne pathogens and toxins, said L. James Lee, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio Sta...Nanoshells cancer treatment proves effective in first animal test
...nc., has proven effective at eradicating tumors in laboratory animals during the first phase of animal testing. The noninvasive cancer treatment uses a combination of harmless, near-infrared light and benign, gold nanoshells to destroy tumors with heat. The treatment does not affect healthy tissue. "We are extr...UCSD partners with Peru in NIH grant to battle malaria, world's number 2 killer
...ds about two months a year in his state-of-the-art laboratory in Iquitos, Peru, where he has a group of 20 Peruvian researchers and collaborators. Vinetz' malaria studies focuses on the molecular, cellular and biochemical mechanisms by which the malaria parasite (the ookinete) invades the mosquito mid-gut. Hi...Researchers find strong familial tendency in rare form of lymphoma
...teven Treon, MD, PhD, examined medical records and laboratory tests from 181 Waldenstrom's patients to look for patterns of the disease within families and to see if they could identify differences between family and non-family forms of the disease. They found that 36 of the patients, representing 20 percent of...Hormone therapy may still offer important health benefits to postmenopausal women
...generation," said Wise, who has conducted numerous laboratory studies on the protective effect of estrogens on the brain during aging and after injury. "There are so many potential benefits of estrogens and progestins after menopause that therapy with these hormones should not be disregarded based on a single s...New surgical device for long bone repair reduces X-ray exposure
...al research to experimental device development and laboratory demonstrations. Szakelyhidi's design was passed on to Triad Semi-conductor of Winston-Salem, N.C. The company successfully developed a new surgical product with direction from Muelenaer. Plastics One, a Roanoke based plastics engineering company deve...Aspirin use associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
.... "Our data, supported by other epidemiologic and laboratory evidence, bolster the case for the use of aspirin and NSAIDs as chemopreventive agents against breast cancer, particularly among postmenopausal women. The mechanisms are probably distinct from those that are protective against gastrointestinal tract ...Compound in salsa may fight food poisoning
...t the leaves are used more abundantly in salsa. In laboratory tests, dodecenal was twice as potent as the commonly used medicinal antibiotic gentamicin at killing Salmonella , a frequent and sometimes deadly cause of foodborne illness, the researchers say. It is the only naturally occurring antibacterial that ...Women exposed to frustrating noise stress snack more afterwards
In laboratory experiments, women -- but not men -- who had been exposed to frustrating noise stress ate more cheese, chocolate, potato chips and popcorn after the stressful session was over. Dr. Laura C. Klein, assistant professor of biobehavioral health who le...New technology blocks gene to increase immune response against deadly brain tumor cells
...e brain tumors called gliomas. They combine in the laboratory tumor cells that have been surgically removed and dendritic cells derived from a patient's blood. The new cells are injected back into the patient to seek out other cancer cells for destruction. Early clinical trials have shown an increase in surviv...Key immune system protein reduced in HIV-associated dementia patients
...erans Affairs Medical Center and UCSF professor of laboratory medicine and medicine. In earlier studies, the researchers have shown that certain immune-system molecules secreted by HIV-infected monocyte/macrophages are toxic to the brain's neurons, or nerve cells. The new study identifies for the first time, sa...Advances emerging in hepatitis management
... that they have developed a set of models based on laboratory test results to detect inflammation and fibrosis i...some chronic hepatitis B patients, demographic and laboratory data enable us to predict liver injury thus avoiding the need for a liver biopsy," said Anna Lok, M....CellCept(R) registry data demonstrated superior long-term organ transplant outcomes
...d in facilities equipped and staffed with adequate laboratory and supportive medical resources. The physician responsible for maintenance therapy should have complete information requisite for the follow-up of the patient. For full prescribing information, visit www.rocheusa.com/products/cellcept/pi.html ....Cedars-Sinai Medical tipsheet for May 2004
...ctivity C important findings in the translation of laboratory results into the clinic. NEW HIGH-TECH HIP REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUE OFFERED AT CEDARS-SINAI REDUCES ORDEAL OF SURGERY AND RECOVERY TIME Although hip replacement surgery has enabled thousands of Americans crippled by arthritis to eventually walk again,...Novel vitamin discovery offers clues for cancer chemotherapy and lipid disorders
...to prolong life in experimental systems. Brenner's laboratory at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was studying an enzyme involved in NAD synthesis that was similar to an enzyme implicated in cancer development. Their explorations revealed a novel twist. In yeast without the...Computer prescribing systems risk patient safety
...l systems already exist that link patient history, laboratory results, and prescribing data and that present a hierarchy of warnings to inform, and occasionally forbid the prescriber to continue. "Those who walk the therapeutic tightrope in general practice will want the assurance of a safety net that will catc...Women's health research registry aims to improve women's health for future generations
...st 30 years earlier. She considers that unrelated laboratory discovery to be blessing that helped fuel her current attitude about clinical studies. Recently she learned about Cedars-Sinai's Women's Health Research Registry TM , an ongoing project of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Women's Guild, which expects ...New UNC research finds high rate of chlamydia in U.S. young adults
...n L. Schmitz, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine; Marcia M. Hobbs, research assistant professor of medicine; Myron S. Cohen, J. Herbert Bate professor of medicine and chief of the infectious diseases division; Kathleen Mullan Harris, professor of sociology; and J. Richard Udry, professor o...