Duke scientists overcome immune resistance in dendritic cell vaccines for cancer
...ontain their own unique and foreign molecules that mark them as invaders in the body. These foreign molecules are known as "pathogen-associated molecule patterns" (PAMPs), and they are unique to viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. They reside on the coating of the bacterium or virus and are separate an...Nanotech imaging, molecular fingerprints and signatures hold promise for cancer
...nd in normal healthy ovarian cells. Those proteins mark the presence of ovarian cancer and advance the quest to provide a means to differentiate between early and late stage ovarian cancer in women. Mehta and colleagues examined proteins and peptides that travel in the blood attached to albumin, a...Bite-marks giving false impression
...s of a supposed match between his teeth and a bite mark on the victim's breast. Krone always maintained h...l always have a subjective element: "The best bite mark is one you can swab for DNA." He says the technique works best when there is a limited number of pos...Painkiller linked to rise in overdose deaths
...ice-president of the AAFS, thinks that the figures mark a new trend in drug abuse. "I have never seen this number of deaths before," he says. "It is a new generation of people using drugs."...Malnutrition and misery will be 'unimaginable' by 2054
...n average of 2 children per couple, the 12 billion mark would be reached in 70 years. Because more than 99.8 percent of human food comes from the land, doubling the planet's population will further stress resources for fresh water, renewable and fossil energy, fertilizers and pesticides. For the most f...Phone counseling helps smokers quit
...r dose of bupropion SR reported at the three-month mark that they were still smoking, at 12 months there was no difference between the two dose levels in the number of participants reporting that they still smoked. At the 12-month follow-up point, Swan says, the type of counseling programs strongl...Cancers' love-hate relationship with proteins offers new treatment window
...vive exposure to heat and radiation. The findings mark the two proteins, Heat shock protein (Hsp) 70.1 and 70.3, as potential targets for gene therapy that could increase cancer cells' vulnerability to treatments. "This is the first time we've linked these proteins to the cancer cell's response to ion...Animal model shows early promise for SARS vaccine
... LANCET highlight preliminary findings which could mark an important step in the development of a human vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A genetically engineered vaccine was found to be effective in triggering an immune reaction among six rhesus macaques. A new form of coronavirus (SA...Rensselaer to open new Terahertz Research Center
...OY, N.Y. -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will mark the expansion of its terahertz research facilities with a gathering of pioneers and other experts in the field, for a discussion of the history and promise of this emerging technology. The terahertz (THz) frequency range -- or "T-rays" -- presents...Self-management program helps patients with acute low back pain
...first class to reinforce the class sessions and to mark progress and address any issues or concerns. Subsequently, patients received follow-up calls once a month. Patients in the usual care group did not receive these interventions, and were advised by their physicians. Based on the physician's judgmen...2003 winners of Collegiate Inventors Competition announced in NYC
...ind the toxin, they join together as a red spot to mark the toxic pollutant. Her advisor on the smart dust project is Michael Sailor, who receives $10,000....MayoClinic.com provides expert answers about latest breast cancer research findings
...cer and are now cancer-free, hitting the five-year mark may seem like a milestone after which they would be home free. But that's not necessarily the case. More than half of breast cancers that recur do so after the patient has been cancer-free for five years or longer. It's widely recognized that tamoxif...Antiretroviral therapy after birth decreases mother-to-child HIV transmission
...rd blood samples and at 6-8 weeks. At the 6-8 week mark for babies who were HIV negative at birth, the protection rate was 7 percent for the 484 babies who received nevirapine and zidovudine and 12 percent for the 468 babies who received nevirapine only. The net reduction of overall mother-to-child transm...CHEST Foundation recognizes physicians who make a world of difference in lung health
...oundation, the philanthropic arm of the ACCP, will mark its seventh year in supporting lung health and critical care initiatives in communities, and its fifth year in providing awards and grants that recognize medical professionals for their outstanding community service and patient care projects. By ble...New breast cancer mannequin to revolutionize teaching of breast cancer awareness
Researchers at the University of Warwick will mark the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month with the launch of a unique, highly accurate, breast cancer mannequin that, for the first time, will give women learning how to spot breast lumps a training aid that can closely mimic what a range of b...A picture perfect test of well-being: Graphic assessment tool tunes into life satisfaction
...rise a scale along which participants are asked to mark the place on the scale that best describes how they feel. For scoring purposes each box on each of the 10 sets of scales is assigned a number from 1 to 7, with 1 being the lowest and 7 being the highest. The numbers are not used on the tool as prese...Scientists shed new light on speed of infant learning
...t learning through eye movements, and the findings mark a shift from the nativist supposition which believed learning of object concepts to be innate back to the developmental theories famously espoused by Piaget in the 1930s. Going forward, Johnson and his colleagues will build on these results by usi...UCSF study finds no harm to HIV+ patients with short-term medical cannabis
...19, 2003 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, mark the first publication of a randomized, controlled study involving medical marijuana in a major peer-reviewed journal in several years. Sixty-two HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral regimens containing a protease inhibitor completed the 25 day inp...Pain may come with gain in childhood exercise
...ics and Pediatric Research and suggest new ways to mark the boundary between healthy and unhealthy exercise. The research also may help physicians and others develop optimal levels of exercise that may help stave off the current epidemic of obesity in adults and children. Dr. Dan Cooper, professor of ped...Landmark study shows coenzyme Q10 slows progressive decline in Parkinsons disease
...ss impairment and better function. At the halfway mark of the study, the scores among the four groups clearly showed a difference. The groups taking the lowest and intermediate dosages (300 and 600 mg/day) had equivalent or lower scores than the placebo group, while the scores for the group receiving th...