T-Cell Memory Finding May Provide Key To Cancer, AIDS Vaccines
... treatment ofcancer or AIDS is not often likely to produce the desired result," said authorPhilip Ashton-Rick...vaccine trial to date," he said, "has been able to produce significantnumbers of memory T lymphocytes, which are important in killing HIV-infected orcancerous ..."Plugs" For Drugs Promise Mightier Medicines
...es more than what is needed. Such high levelsoften produce damaging side effects, but they are necessary to keep the drug inthe blood long enough to do its job. Then,within minutes to several hours, thedrug is cleared from the circulation, creating the need for a new dose. For several decades, scientists hav...Novel Biological Interaction Found To Explain Blood Vessel Growth To Tumors
... ofblood vessels. One notion was that tumors could produce proteins that wouldtravel through the bloodstream,... and efforts have been underway in the lastyear to produce a drug for human cancer therapy based on the angiostatinmolecule. Pizzo and Moser set out to study w...MRI Images Using Laser-Polarized Xenon
U-M scientists produce first MRI images of heart and lung tissue using la...ectedby radio waves and processed in a computer to produce detailed images ofinternal soft tissue. Instead of water molecules, the U-M's prototype MRI system d...Tip Sheet: Citrus Limonoids Versus Cancer, Cholesterol And Insects
...n citrus fruits, generallyfound in the peels, that produce the familiar bitter taste. More importantly,limonoids have been shown to produce anticancer activities in animals andinhibit the spread of human breast cancer cells in culture. Oth...Researchers Uncover Clues About Gateway To The Brain
...ely pull substances out of nearby blood vessels to produce thecerebrospinal fluid that bathes nerve cells. Piwnica-Worms knew that Pgp at the blood-brain barrier would keep the imagingagent out of the brain. So he determined whether Pgp also was the protein thatprevented the agent from crossing this second ...People With Brain Injury To Frontal Lobe Don't Get Punch Lines -- Prefer Slapstick Humor!
...pes of information." The ability to understand and produce humor requires the concerted functioningof several cognitive processes: working memory (holding a piece of informationin mind while you manipulate it); cognitive shifting (looking at a situation indifferent ways or from different perspectives) and ab...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
...s on their reactions in real-world situationscould produce positive results. On a more fundamental level, Pollak's research is generating excitement becauseit calls into question the idea that emotions are biologically hard-wired in thebrain. Much evidence suggests that the core emotions - happiness, anger, ...Study Finds Combining Exercise With Male Hormone Therapy Benefits Men With HIV-Wasting Disease
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... The company, Animune, Inc., holds a patent to produce immune enhancersderived from colostrum in cows' mi...ditionto developing the test, the researchers will produce monoclonal antibodies,highly specific antibodies that react to the presence of a designated diseasea...USC Historian Sifts World's Oldest Printed Medical Books For Clues To Riddle Of Gender
... moxibustion (burning powdered herbs onthe skin to produce heat) and acupuncture in particular. It was in the Songdynasty, however, that they turned their attention to specifically femalecomplaints, and gynecology -- under the name of fuke, from fu for married woman-- emerged as a separate medical discipline...Updated Results On Heart Assist Device Presented At International Transplant Meeting
...nother death statistic. And unless we are able to produce enoughorgans to meet the supply, we will need to depend more and more on this type oftechnology," commented Dr. Kormos, who is also president-elect of the ISHLT. The FDA approved the Novacor LVAS in September 1998, but the results presentedby Dr. Kor...New Book Looks At Those Who Examine Our Sex Lives
...omequite curious about the way the social sciences produce knowledge, particularlyin less easily investigated areas like sexuality. After hearing that thefederal government had pulled funding for a pair of sexual-behavior surveys, shedecided to investigate. "I wanted to find out why it was so difficult to d...Repeated Exposure To Cocaine Alters Brain Structure
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...s diabetesduring pregnancy. Pancreatic islet cells produce insulin, a hormone that becomesdeficient in people...m. Hunter and his colleagues are looking at how to produce geneticallyengineered islet cells to avoid this problem as well as how to improve thecells' use of o...New Type Of Artificial Surfactant Shows Promise In Treating Lung Disease
... these premature babies, the immature lungs do not produce natural surfactant. Artificial surfactant serves ...ce untilthe babies' lungs mature and they begin to produce surfactant normally. Thetreatment is credited with saving the lives of thousands of newborns worldw......rly-in diabetics, either because their bodiesdon't produce insulin (type I diabetes), or because they are resistant to itseffects (type II). An oral drug that could trigger the same set of reactions inplace of insulin could therefore be a boon for people with either form of thedisease. In order to avoid or d...