Florida Tech scientist wins patent for device to deliver X-ray irradiation
...t of his process in a Food and Drug Administration laboratory in Rockville, Md. in 2002. He became associated during the development with Dr. Charles R. Lambert, former director of the Health First Heart Institute. Lambert's name is also on the patent. Angioplasty and stents are typically used to op...Faster, less expensive test proven more effective in detecting bladder cancer
...was three times more effective than a conventional laboratory test for detecting bladder cancer. In a study publ... more sensitive than cytology, or the conventional laboratory test, says H. Barton Grossman, M.D., professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Urology and the stu...Johns Hopkins scientists receive presidential medals
... at the National Institute of Mental Health in the laboratory of Julius Axelrod, a 1970 Nobel laureate for whom he had worked briefly prior to entering medical school. In 1965, Snyder came to Johns Hopkins as a resident in psychiatry, and he was made an assistant professor of pharmacology and experimental thera...Study finds new designer drug is potent treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...unds to measure their effectiveness against CML in laboratory cell cultures and mice with the disease. The fina...ne at Harvard Medical School. In experiments with laboratory samples of CML cells, AMN107 killed the cells more effectively than Gleevec. In follow-up studies wi...COX-2 product offers good and bad news in 'test tube' strokes
... specific therapeutics," she says. In their latest laboratory studies, the Hopkins scientists discovered that th...n cell's surface. After brain cells experience the laboratory equivalent of a stroke, PDG2 can protect them from being killed if it binds to one docking point, or...New highly active agents against sandfly fever
...ly. Some of the many quinolines synthesized in the laboratory have antiparasitic properties, especially against ...oject set up between the scientists and a research laboratory of the FIOCRUZ (Fondation Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador)....Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...e to faces and they also have been demonstrated in laboratory experiments using images of vehicles. Outside of the courtroom, he sees a number of other practical applications for the research. These include the design of sensing devices for spotting terrorists and the reliability of people identifying potenti...Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
.... The research was performed on human cells in the laboratory and was found effective against human cancer cells...irst time, the Mayo Clinic research group provides laboratory evidence to describe a new mechanism by which cells lose the protection of tumor suppressors -- and ...International trial of two microbicides begins
... shown activity against HIV and other STIs in both laboratory and animal testing. It is believed to act by inhibiting the entry of HIV and other pathogens into body cells. BufferGel, a product of ReProtect, Inc., Baltimore, MD, boosts the natural acidity of the vagina in the presence of seminal fluid that neutr...High levels of airborne mouse allergen in inner-city homes could trigger asthma attacks
... allergic sensitivity to mice, just as it does for laboratory workers who constantly work with rodents." Other common household allergens known to affect asthma include proteins shed by cockroaches, dust mites, furry pets and mold, along with tobacco smoke and certain chemicals. While previous studies have exa...Leukemia drug breakthrough study in New England Journal of Medicine
...ial of Revlimid for treatment of MDS following his laboratory observations that the agent improved the growth of red blood cell precursors from MDS bone marrow. Celgene will submit the seminal findings of List's phase I trial - along with data from two recent confirmatory phase II clinical trials performed nati...Carrot component reduces cancer risk
...out tests on 24 rats with pre-cancerous tumours in laboratory conditions. They divided them into three groups and fed them different diets. The team found that, after 18 weeks, rats who ate carrots (the popular orange variety) along with their ordinary feed and the group which consumed falcarinol with their f...New math model of heart cell has novel calcium pathway
...lticellular tissue) of the cardiac system, and his laboratory also has developed detailed computer models of the... Ph.D., and Igor Efimov, Ph.D.), PhD students, and laboratory personnel. He is a professor of biomedical engineering, cell biology & physiology, medicine, radiolo...News briefs from the journal CHEST, February 2005
...nistered colistin and placebo (during two separate laboratory visits) to 24 children between the ages of 5 and 18 to see if the subjects would experience negative side effects. Patients experienced a reduction in lung function after inhalation of colistin and placebo, but the drop was greatest for high risk pa...Children's Hospital Oakland opens new $5.6 million infectious disease lab
...ted scientists will be using this state-of-the-art laboratory to translate our scientific research into meaningf...'s BL-3 status means that when we constructed this laboratory we had to meet some of the highest safety standards established by the National Institutes of Health...Dedicated hospital stroke centers improve quality of acute care
...ialized unit dedicated to stroke care; appropriate laboratory services; and an experienced staff, which undergoes regular continuing medical education. The BAC is a group of professional, voluntary and government organizations including the American Stroke Association. In 2000, the coalition published guide...Stat5 protein inhibits spread of breast cancer cells
...esearch was done with cancer cells cultured in the laboratory and that additional studies are needed to determin...s to slow down breast tumor cells. However, Rui's laboratory is exploring alternative ways of switching Stat5 back on in breast cancer. The results of this st...Substance protects resilient staph bacteria
...ot depend on PGA, but other research in Dr. Otto's laboratory has indicated that PGA production is greater when a biofilm is present. Further, Dr. Otto says all 74 strains of S. epidermidis that his group tested also produced PGA, as did six other genetically related Staphylococcus pathogens. "This could be ver...Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care
...ed from doctors in general medicine, primary care, laboratory medicine, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, public health, and occupational medicine. Around seven out of 10 of the respondents said that a patient had never come to serious harm under their care. But 354 (27%) answered "a few times, and 14 (1%...Mayo Clinic researchers create 'obedient virus'; First step to use measles virus against cancer
...d, rather than healthy cells. The work was done on laboratory animals implanted with two kinds of human cancer cells -- ovarian cancer and lymphoma -- and is probably still years away from use as a human therapy. But the concept has at last been proved in mice with human cancer tumors -- and that's an essential...