A new ion channel involved in cell proliferation: evidence for its oncogenic potential
...f anoncogene is thus the demonstration of a causal link between the presence of thegene and the abnormal growth. The results obtained indicate that the specificblockade of EAG expression causes a reduction in the proliferation rate ofcancer cells expressing this specific ion channel. Traditionally, most o...New tests for blood clots, lung cancer use NIDCR patented technology
...thetic somatostatin and thenused Robey's method to link the Tc99 isotope onto the peptide. The next phase of development for NeoTectä will be the creation of a therapeuticpeptide or "Theratideä". Instead of tagging on a low-energy isotope, such asTc99, which allows clinicians to merely see a ca...Study reveals many dental patients don't realize they have major medical conditions
... infected and painful). Research also points to a link between periodontal disease and heart disease.People with periodontal disease may be almost twice as likely to suffer fromcoronary artery disease as those without periodontal disease. "This suggests that it may be especially important for people wit...Of vasectomies, vitamins and prostate-cancer risk: Hutchinson Center study examines the links
...uldallay any residual misgivings about a potential link between cancer risk andvasectomy, says lead researcher Dr. Janet Stanford, head of the HutchinsonCenter's Prostate Cancer Research Program. "We looked carefully at this large population with a high prevalence ofvasectomy and didn't see an association...Visionary physician pioneers alternative clubfoot treatment
...owa Health Care website, launched this month, will link together physicians and parents via an electric chat forum. The clubfoot site, www.uihealthcare.com/DeptsClinicalServices/Clubfoot/, is linked to University of Iowa Health Care's internationally recognized Virtual Hospital web site. The site offers...Estrogen-driven gene activates human pituitary tumors, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers find
...ubles in size -- but there has never been a proven link between estrogen and the mechanism of pituitary tumor development," said senior author Shlomo Melmed, M.D., director of Cedars-Sinai's Burns and Allen Research Institute and the Medical Center's senior vice president, Academic Affairs. Pituitary tumo...Where you live may help predict risk of early death from heart disease
... disease death rate. The researchers also found a link between educational levels and the risk of early death from heart disease. States with the highest number of men who did not graduate from high school also had the highest mortality rates, whereas the states with the most male high school graduates ...Illness severity, not age, predicts death in older sick people
...eive less aggressive care. This study explored the link between less aggressive care and death rates. The findings suggest that less aggressive treatment for elderly patients may not account for shortened survival compared to younger patients. In this study, after accounting for age-related differences in...Protein predicts prognosis for breast cancer patients
Low levels of a protein that helps link cells together appears to be the single most effective factor for predicting which patients with early breast cancer will need chemotherapy following surgery, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center in the January 15, 2000, i...People from large families may have greater risk of Alzheimer's
...ed to test whether Alzheimer's may also have a link to the early-life environment." The areas of the brain that show the earliest signs of Alzheimer's are the same areas of the brain that take the longest time to mature during childhood and adolescence, Moceri said. "A poor quality childhood env...Duke geneticists unraveling the tangled web of autism
...rt of chromosome 15. "We would like to be able to link subtypes of autism with more specific intervention...nked to autism. They were not able to definitively link the GABA genes to autism, but they were able to say that at least one gene in the GABA region of chr...Estrogen shows potential as stroke treatment, UF animal studies show
...ne drawback to estrogen as a universal therapy-its link to the development of female characteristics. Simpkins has devised estrogen compounds that appear to maintain the hormone's protective capabilities without any feminizing effects. The UF study was supported by grants from the National Institute on ...Common pathway found in early stages of addiction to alcohol and many drugs
In a finding that reveals a link between alcoholism and drug addiction, scientists have discovered that a key step leading to alcohol addiction can be blocked by preventing alcohol from gaining access to nerves in the brain involved in learning. The discovery, in experiments with...New study finds multiple myeloma linked to radiation exposures of nuclear workers
...the study because of previous reports suggesting a link between exposure to ionizing radiation and cases of the cancer at the Hanford site, Wing said. "Our study, which was the largest ever done on this question in U.S. nuclear workers, was intended to include more cases of the disease, better evaluation...University of Rochester awarded patent for class of drugs known as cox-2 inhibitors
...mer's disease. Young's work in 1990 established a link between cox-2 and cancer, an avenue that his lab and now hundreds of others are actively pursuing. Several studies by researchers across the country have demonstrated that the use of cox-2 inhibitors is able to reduce the incidence of colon cancer -...Study shows obsessive-compulsive disorder runs in families
... relatives. The results showed the strongfamilial link for the most common form of the disorder, which st...conclusive results of earlier studies thattried to link heredity and OCD. This current research, he says, used patients from different clinics, inorder to a...Extensive drug information added to MEDLINEplus
... it is in such high demand, the "Drug Information" link is prominently featured on every page of MEDLINEplus. MEDLINEplus links to authoritative information on nearly 400 health topics, and, although just 18 months old, this site is used by consumers and health professionals some 1.3 million times each mo...Parenting, stress and your child's risk for alcoholism
...ism: Clinical & Experimental Research has found a link among the rearing environment (how a child is raised), sensitivity to stress, and subsequent alcohol consumption. "It's pretty clear that parents are the crucial role models and crucial shapers of their offspring's behavior," said J. Dee Higley, rese...Missing proteins in the uterus tied to infertility in women with endometriosis
...ity and Sterility could add important clues to the link between infertility and endometriosis -- a link that has been controversial. The research suggests that the cellular proteins alphav-beta3 and leuke...... newborns. "Although we have yet to directly link animal research findings to what happens in human infants, one is tempted to speculate that similar changes as those identified in the animals may occur in newborn humans exposed to pain and inflammation," said Dr. M. A. Ruda, principal investigator ...