European commission grants "orphan" status for new acute myeloid leukaemia treatment
...t and to the patient. Such incentives include the possibility of protocol assistance from the EMEA and fee reductions for all types of centralised marketing authorisation evaluation activities.If approved by the EMEA, Mylotarg would be the first product available in Europe from a new class of anticancer therapy...SU scientist receives patent that could revolutionize medical magnetic resonance imaging
...quantities to be useful on a wide scale. The possibility of finding a better way to polarize the gas presented an intriguing physics challenge for Honig, who created the first spin-polarized hydrogen-deuteride (HD) targets that are critical in a large nuclear physics experiment under way at Brookhaven Nati...Cognitive neuroscience takes on alcohol
...hold inappropriate behavior," he said, "raises the possibility that people with ADHD might suffer greater impairment from alcohol than those without ADHD. The major challenge for alcohol researchers has been to figure out why some people develop problems, while others do not. So the ability to identify a pre-e...Cell transplants offer hope of brain repair following stroke
...connections with neighboring cells, indicating the possibility of someday manipulating brains and spinal cords into repairing trauma from stroke or other diseases, says senior author Daniel M. Rosenbaum, M.D., professor of neurology, neuroscience and ophthalmology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and direc...Brain's efforts to save itself during Alzheimer's may backfire
...ally neuro-protective, following brain injury. One possibility is that the brain overproduces galanin during the early stages of Alzheimers in an effort to rescue the afflicted brain but, over time, the brains own attempted cure makes a bad situation worse. "This could be a sad irony. The body may be detecting ...UCSF researchers move in on role of brain's naturally occurring marijuana
...r which cannabinoid might act are unknown, but one possibility is that it contributes to the formation of new mem...r for Integrative Neuroscience at UCSF. Another possibility is that cannabinoid enables neurons to shift from one behavioral state to another. "We know that whe...Stimulating environment protects brain against damage from lead exposure
... lead exposure in the environment. This raises the possibility of mitigating the effects of lead by manipulating ...e dangers of lead poisoning is to try to limit the possibility of exposure," says Theodore Lidsky, Ph.D., a co-author of the paper and a neuroscientist at the Inst...Providing better playgrounds could improve children's physical activity
...iversity and his associates. The results raise the possibility that making realistic improvements to school environments could increase the physical activity of students throughout the school day, he says. However, on average fewer than 2 percent of girls and 6 percent of boys were physically active at school ou...Smokers more likely to experience impotence, Wake Forest study shows
... informing men who smoke of the exceptionally high possibility of developing erectile dysfunction may motivate many to quit their tobacco habit." Spangler said that cigarette smoking and impotence had been linked previously by other investigators, including finding what doctors call a dose response relations...Study finds troubling trends in hepatitis C screening, diagnosis and referral
...reduce the risk of transmission to others, and the possibility that they may modify practices such as alcohol consumption that may alter the disease's progression." Eighty percent of people infected with hepatitis C, either in the initial acute phase or the long-term chronic phase, have no signs or symptoms. Onl...Partner's presence associated with lower blood pressure
... alone, according to a new study. "An intriguing possibility is that the effects of partner interactions on [blood pressure] may partially account for the association between marital status and cardiovascular health," says Brook B. Gump, Ph.D., of the State University of New York at Oswego, referring to previ...New data support the efficacy and safety of the novel oral anticoagulant Exanta
...routine coagulation monitoring, Exanta offers the possibility of better anticoagulation for millions of patients." Other data presented at the ISTH meeting included the results of important interaction studies. These studies, in conjunction with the wealth of clinical experience to date, confirm that there are...Poor reading skills have both physical, environmental causes
...feres with the development of reading skills. "One possibility is that larger right hemisphere structures might interfere with left hemisphere dominance of language processing," suggests Linda Lombardino, Ph.D., another co-author at the Institute. The researchers note that the correlation between reading abilit...Providing a bigger view: New imaging device offers better conditions for cancer treatment planning
...ze" of the CT scanner. This technology offers the possibility of planning a patient's radiation treatment more effectively. In cancer radiation treatment, an important step is the planning process, in which physicians determine such things as where to send cancer-killing radiation, which areas to avoid, and how...Science, engineering and technology news tips -- August 2001
...se. Although this treatment is only a theoretical possibility at the moment, this sort of therapy could increase the disease incubation time well past a human lifetime. Cox and Singh are now hoping to use a similar model to study Alzheimer's disease, based on data collected by the UC Davis Medical Center. The ...Biomolecule studied for medical uses
...ncouraging," continued Kim, who also envisions the possibility of using biodendrimer glues to reduce or even eliminate the need for sutures in corneal transplant surgery. While evaluations at the Pratt School of Engineering are at an earlier stage, Setton's soft tissue engineering group is already finding that ......ke and systemic embolism. Exanta truly offers the possibility of better, simpler, anticoagulation for millions of patients.' Professor Olsson continued 'Anticoagulation treatment with warfarin can be very effective in preventing strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, doctors are often relucta...Study on teen licensing: N.C. crashes involving 16-year-olds drop dramatically
...tudied crashes per licensed driver to rule out the possibility that a decrease in the number of licensed drivers might explain the drop in crashes. North Carolina instituted the GDL system on Dec. 1, 1997, requiring young beginning drivers to pass through two restricted driving periods before they receive their ...Anxiety over breast self-examination may lead to low compliance, UCLA researchers find
... anxiety may be a barrier to cancer screening. The possibility of finding disturbing information while alone sets off anxiety that makes this procedure too threatening. This is particularly true for those women who see themselves as more vulnerable to breast cancer, said the studys authors, David Wellisch, a psy...Molecular 'nanogenerator' developed that can target cancer cells and destroy them
... the generator inside the cell greatly reduces the possibility that the daughter atoms could float off and damage healthy cells. Numerous developments in technology have made the new nanogenerators possible. The idea of targeting radioactive metals to tumors was first demonstrated by us in 1981, Dr. Scheinberg ...