Chemist works to prevent undesirable side effects in synthetic drugs
...e beneficial effect. If the synthetic drug has the opposite handedness, it can have undesirable side effects. ...light will be rotated one way for one hand and the opposite way by the same number of degrees for the other hand. Crawford is working on computer models to comp...Gender preferences in 'comfort' foods stem from childhood
...ds are eaten when a person is sad or lonely. "The opposite is often true," Wansink said. "People are more apt to seek out comfort foods when they're jubilant or when they want to celebrate or reward themselves." But the kinds of foods that give comfort may vary with one's mood, according to the Illinois prof...Rheumatoid arthritis patients caught in middle of doctors' disagreement over hand surgery
...as divided over how well they think members of the opposite specialty do at managing rheumatoid arthritis patients. For instance, in the newly published paper, 70 percent of the rheumatologists surveyed considered hand surgeons deficient in their understanding of the non-surgical treatment options for rheuma...Stanford research shows targeted DNA vaccine may reverse autoimmune disease
...y new way to immunize, said Steinman. "This is the opposite of what we try to do with traditional vaccines against bacteria and viruses, where we want to stimulate the immune system to attack the microbe," he added. This study was funded by a number of sources, including funds from a $14.7 million contract fr...Irvine chemist wins national award for new drug techniques
... a boy growing up in the Midwest, Overman "was the opposite of a chemistry-set kid," he said. "I had absolutely no interest in chemistry until I was inspired by a great teacher in college. What ultimately intrigued me was not only the idea of studying the natural world but also creating things that didn't exi...Starve a tumor, or feed a tumor?
... spreading. For decades scientists have tried the opposite approach, by feeding oxygen to tumors to kill them more effectively. Doctors have asked patients to breathe extra oxygen during radiation treatments to make tumors more vulnerable to radiation; they've given patients transfusions so there would be mo...A picture perfect test of well-being: Graphic assessment tool tunes into life satisfaction
...ts oppositional image sets, such as a sharp pencil opposite a dull pencil, a turtle opposite a butterfly, a lion opposite a mouse. In the space between the oppositional images are seven unnumbe...New evidence eases some concerns about bone fracture risk with breast cancer drug
...by 19% and cut the incidence of new tumours in the opposite breast by 58% compared to tamoxifen. This represented an absolute difference of 1.8% in favour of anastrozole. An update at 47 months median follow up showed that the gap had widened to an absolute difference of 2.6% in favour of the newer drug. Over......" But, his study with Adrienne D. Witol reached an opposite conclusion, noting "players with the highest lifetime estimates of heading had poorer scores on scales measuring attention, concentration, cognitive flexibility and general intellectual functioning." Webbe acknowledged the apparent contradiction, but...The neighborhood matters: Packard Center scientists show cell environment is important in ALS
...r neurons from the ALS-causing genetic error." The opposite effect also appeared: mice with normal motor neurons but with surrounding cells carrying an SOD1 mutation showed early signs of disease. Normal neurons, then, can apparently acquire something toxic from at-risk non-neuronal neighboring cells. "So ...Imagining movement of affected limbs aids stroke rehabilitation
..., resulting in muscle weakness or paralysis on the opposite side of the body -- a condition known as hemiparesis. Jennifer A. Stevens and co-researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago used a motor imagery training program for patients with hemiparesis, consist...New treatment significantly improves long-term outlook for breast cancer survivors
... a reduction in the number of new cancers in their opposite breast and a reduction in the spread of the cancer outside their breast. The side effects of letrozole, a pill which is taken once a day, are very similar to those experienced by women undergoing menopause. They were generally mild in study particip...New treatment improves long-term outlook for breast cancer survivors
... a reduction in the number of new cancers in their opposite breast, and a reduction in the spread of the cancer outside their breast. The side effects of letrozole, a pill which is taken once a day, are very similar to those experienced by women undergoing menopause. They were generally mild in study partici...Study confirms benefits of hemispherectomy surgery
...nts have partial paralysis on the side of the body opposite the removed portion. However, "except for a few with major postoperative complications, such as meningitis and edema, all the children we followed up with are up and about and most have adapted to their handicapped side so well that they play the pia...Shape of beverage glass influences how much people pour and drink
...s than into tall slender glasses, but perceive the opposite to be true. The delusion of shape even influences ...ass, they will pour less into it, but thinking the opposite with a short, wide glass, will keep pouring," the researcher said. Aside from overconsumption of alc...Brain maps perceptions, not reality
...e controlled as a single functional group centered opposite the thumb when grasping large objects, rather than as distinct individuals."In addition to establishing that the cortical map reflects perception rather than physical location, the researchers found the brain processes touch perceptions at an unexpec...Mayo Clinic researchers discover genetic syndrome linked to inherited birth disorder
... a precondition leading to disease. Most often the opposite kind of errors -- microdeletion -- is studied and ...A within chromosome 22. DiGeorge patients have the opposite condition at that chromosomal site: microdeletion of DNA. Dr. Jalal says no one knows how common the...Nicotine metabolite may improve memory, protect against disease
...Low and high doses of nicotine altered behavior in opposite directions: The low-dose group tended to learn faster and the high-dose group tended to learn slower than the control animals. "Whether performance improved or declined is probably less important than the demonstration that nicotine does produce long......igher" total aggression scores than those with the opposite BMI/HDL combination, despite similar male hormone levels. So the association between aggression and metabolic factors evident in young men "is not mediated by testosterone," the researchers concluded. 9:30 a.m. Abstract #3393 (poster) Passiv......t it best: 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'. Free floating in the cabin is banned for safety reasons not least because when the double gravity arrives you would hit the ground very hard indeed. But there is a netted-off area where flying is allowed nicknamed the 'monkey house'. ...