Immune memory from smallpox vaccination lasts more 50 years, according to Emory research
...esponse four weeks after booster immunization. In newly vaccinated individuals, however, the antibody response to the specific viral protein was virtually undetectable. "The fact that there was an antibody response to this viral protein in individuals vaccinated years earlier, but no response in recentl...Protein identified that may play central role in inflammatory bowel disease
... chronic intestinal inflammation." TL1A is a newly discovered member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family of proteins thought to be expressed primarily in the endothelial cells that line the intestines. When TL1A interacts with DR3, found on active lymphocytes, the body can produce T cells as pa...Rochester chosen to focus on rare neurological diseases
...e department was also named by NIH as one of three newly created muscular dystrophy cooperative research centers. The other six rare-disease centers established this week by NIH will focus on a variety of topics, including rare lung diseases, bone marrow failure, and genetic steroid disorders. "Funding r...Open-access publishing: The debate continues
...y charge authors US$500 per published article. The newly formed Public Library of Science Biology (PloS Biology) will charge authors US$1500 per article in order to cover costs and publish with unrestricted (open) access. Pritpal S Tamber comments: "Scientific research should be freely accessible to all. F...Genital ulcers increase during and after HIV infection
...nda. Their study also found that participants with newly acquired HIV infections who also had pre-existing Herpes Simplex 2 virus (HSV-2), a cause of genital ulcers, had higher HIV viral load levels than those without herpes virus. The researchers suggest that suppressing HSV-2 and genital ulcer disease co...Scientists identify novel enzyme with key role in leukemia protein's normal function
...infant leukemia called mixed lineage leukemia. The newly identified protease enzyme, Taspase1, plays a key ...hat MLL cannot switch on the HOX genes without the newly discovered Taspase1 enzyme, whose task is to cut the full MLL protein into two smaller, active piece...Alcohol use increases the risk of hormonally sensitive breast cancers in postmenopausal women
..., a group that accounts for more than one-third of newly diagnosed breast malignancies in the United States. In addition to alcohol use, other factors studied included hormone use, genetics, medication use, and medical/reproductive history....Surgeons offer new treatment for degenerative eye disease
... with recent central vision loss from AMD in their newly affected second eye, but it hadn't been evaluated in patients who had undergone previous macular treatment," said Cynthia Toth, M.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and an eye surgeon at Duke. "We now have shown that this may be an option for p...Respiratory health endowment to coordinate public education about asthma
...ch Center in Denver, is the first recipient of the newly endowed Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health Award. Presented by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP); The CHEST Foundation, the ACCP's philanthropic arm; and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the endowment is aimed at improving respiratory h...UK childhood blindness more common than previously thought
...fied (via ophthalmologists and paediatricians) 439 newly diagnosed (visually impaired or blind) children th...irment/blindness, and around three-quarters of the newly diagnosed children had visual impairment that could neither have been prevented nor treated with cur...Study shows Joslin's 'Care Ambassador' program helps kids with diabetes better manage the disease
...ow routinely contact the families of patients with newly diagnosed diabetes to help prevent problems that c...tart program, which provides free diabetes care to newly diagnosed youngsters with diabetes. (Since the JumpStart program was launched early last year, more...Georgetown University receives $6.5 million grant to enhance emergency preparedness in Washington
...ween key organizations in full compliance with the newly enacted Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) laws. Georgetown's ISIS Center recently helped the Department of Defense convert its entire medical research and clinical operations into HIPAA-compliant status; they will employ sim...St. Jude leukemia therapy overcomes differences in treatment outcome between black, white children
...uded 68 black children and 338 white children with newly diagnosed ALL. The patients were enrolled in clinical trials and received the same induction treatment until the leukemia was in remission. For the next 120 weeks, the children received "risk-directed, post-remission therapy." This post-remission t...Study overcomes stroke care's biggest travesty
...gn, the study continued through mid-2000, when the newly published follow-up data were collected. The team targeted both the public and the health care community at once, using a range of techniques to educate, and to change community norms about reacting to and treating strokes. The public education campa...More than $34 Million in SPORE Grants
...reatic cancer accounts for only two percent of all newly diagnosed cancers in the United States each year, funding to the disease site, compared to others, has been slow. However, according to the American Cancer Society, pancreatic cancer will be responsible for approximately 30,000 deaths in the United S...Benchmark study of brain tumors points to resection over biopsy as one key to survival
...ts from the large, four-year study of 560 patients newly diagnosed with malignant gliomas support the finding that resection is a strong factor in prognosis for survival. Gliomas are cancerous tumors that originate in glial cells, the supporting tissue for the brain's neurons. A patients' age, the grade ...Jefferson scientists find anemia drug may help lessen effects of heart attack
...entists led by Walter Koch, Ph.D., director of the newly created Center for Translational Medicine of the Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, found that animals that first received a single dose of EPO and then subsequently had the equivalent ...Sept/Oct Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... and colleagues validate these concerns with their newly released findings, which suggest that the first ye...nce by comparing health-care indicators for people newly enrolled in a health plan with those in subsequent years of being insured in the same health plan. U...UT Southwestern faculty members receive American Heart Associations Distinguished Scientist honor
...as are to receive the American Heart Association's newly created Distinguished Scientist title, the highest designation of membership given by the organization. Dr. Eric Olson and Nobel laureates Drs. Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein are among only 15 scientists nationwide selected to receive the honor. ...Empowerment in cyberspace - Electronic discussion helps cancer patients cope
...breast cancer. "For example", said Ms. Hoeybye, "a newly diagnosed woman would enter the group seeking experience and advice from other women who had already undergone surgery and other treatments. It gave the women the opportunity not just to talk about the technicalities of treatment, but also to share t...