American Heart Association honors three volunteers with national awards
...merican Heart Association programs and for being a model volunteer." An American Heart Association volunteer for almost 20 years, Barrett wasinvolved in a variety of activities and served as chairman of the board of theLouisiana Affiliate in 1994-95 before it merged with other adjoining states tobe...Unexpected target may unlock the door to fighting sepsis
...such as E.coli escaping into the body cavity. This model of sepsis andits physiological changes are very similar to those seen in human sepsis. Three different groups of rats were studied. The first was treated withpreimmune IgG immediately after CLP, while a second group received IgG antibodyagainst C5a a......nowing whichnerve cells they are coming from. This model grew out of Lancet's hunch that the olfactory syst... provided new evidence showing howthe "generalist" model works at the structural level. They have also shown thatthe similarity between olfactory receptors a...Weizmann Institute scientists develop a potential future treatment for myasthenia gravis
...n 20 years, Prof. Fuchs has worked with the animal model formyasthenia gravis, attempting to develop a treatment that would be specific forthis disease. In the study reported in PNAS, Fuchs's team genetically engineered a fragment ofthe human acetylcholine receptor -- the part of the receptor molecule that......e Volumetric 3-D echocardiographic imaging system, model 1,is manufactured by Volumetrics Medical Imaging, Inc. located in Durham, N.C....New nationwide study in six cities will look at the method & message for changing risky HIV behavior
...d HIVrisk reduction counseling based on a research model called Project Respect thatwas developed by the Ce...ategy will serve as thecontrol group, because this model already is being used. The message focuses onfactual information and setting short-term goals for b...Hospitalists should work with patients' primary care physicians, according to UCSF researchers
...y when sensitive issuesarise using the hospitalist model of care, according to UC San Franciscoresearchers....thical issues that arise whenusing the hospitalist model of care and suggest ways to ensure ethicalprotections for patients, such as confidentiality, shared ...New computer model supports the importance of annual mammograms
...rate. The conclusions are based on a new computer model developed by JamesMichaelson, PhD, of the MGH Canc...l Kopans, MD, MGH director of Breast Imaging. The model suggeststhat, if women had mammograms more frequently than most of them currently do,more tumors wou...New anti-angiogenic proteins discovered
...tandard biologicalmodel systems, the cornea pocket model and the chorioallontoic membrane model. The abili...bit new blood vessel formation in thecornea pocket model was compared to that of both endostatin and thrombospondin,two other human proteins. The study show......g TZDs."We're excited about this because the mouse model in our study has been used fora long time to study treatments for inflammatory bowel disease, and manypharmacologic agents that are effective in humans with IBD are also effective inthis animal model," says senior author Gary D. Wu, MD, an assistant...Study shows obesity adds years to real age
...d 25 is considered ideal. A typical female fashion model has aBMI of about 18. Years of life lost attributable to obesity tended to increase over timebut declined slightly for those in their 70s, she said. "Obviously, the more obese a person is, the more years he or sheartificially adds to ...Study suggests potential new approach to glaucoma therapy
...tigators report on experiments involving an animal model of glaucoma.Working in rats with elevated eye pres... a byproduct of that damage. "We adopted an animal model of glaucoma that raises pressure levels in the eyesof rats," Neufeld said. "And we found that, as in...New studies of a liquid of life -- Lung surfactant
...gle Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopyto study model surfactant systems, as well as natural surfactants, to determinethe relationship between lung surfactant components and monolayer viscosity. He reported the systematic measurements of monolayer viscosity as afunction of lipid chain length, p...UCSF conference examines the impact of 'hospitalists' on doctor-patient relationship
...care physicians managed theirinpatient care. "This model of care is rapidly emerging as the dominant system...discontinuity in care patients experience withthis model of care and the effect it may have on the relationship betweenpatients and their doctors, the role o...Penn study shows that head trauma produces Alzheimer's-like neurodegeneration
...cine have shown -- for the first time in an animal model -- that Alzheimer'sdisease-like pathology is triggered in the brain following head trauma. Indeed, the team of Penn scientists has determined that the biochemicalprocess that leads to the development of plaques in brain-injured animalsmirr...Biologically inspired electronics leads to higher fidelity
...icalEngineering to develop a biologically inspired model that would improve thefidelity of electronic devices. The work was supported by a research gift fromRay Stata, chairman of Analog Devices and conducted in collaboration with CarsonChow (University of Pittsburgh), Wulfram Gerstner (Swiss Federal Insti...New HIV drug intervention cheap and effective
...States and Uganda. The researchers used a computer model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of using nevira...mother and child."The researchers built a computer model to compare five short-course drug programs: HIVNET 012 universal, assuming that all pregnant women w...Mini-motor models nature, advances miniaturization technology
...t fortyyears. Dr. Kelly provides the first simple model to advance this understanding....... block the action of p53, the researcherscreated a model of normal tissue containing a reporter gene that turns cellsblue when p53 is activated. They treated the cultured mouse cells with 10,000man-made compounds to see if any would suppress p53 when the cells weresubjected to the chemotherapy agent doxoru......nceFoundation. "We hope the clinic will serve as a model for other California communities inaddressing issues of child witnesses to violence," said Margaret M. McNamara,MD, chief of pediatrics at UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center and a founding memberof the UCSF/MZVPP. "We want our community to recognize this...