Lo-Cal Diet Slows Prostate Cancer In Animals, New Research Finds
... vessels -- in prostate tumors, and the production ofgrowth factors by tumor cells that promote angiogenesis. "We now need to conduct nutritional studies in menwith early prostate cancer to learn if dietary changes canalter t...New Research Points The Way To Restoring Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Mammals, Including Humans
...zyme that inhibits celldivision. Hair cell production requires the successful completion of tworelatively independent processes, explained Rubel. The first set of events (onwhich the current research focuses) is the division and proliferation of the"support cells" that survive the damage inflicted by lo...Experts Meet In Canada To Discuss Vaccine Progress
...edevelopment and manufacture. For example, vaccine production standards and quality-control policies varywidely throughout the countries of the Americas. To assure vaccine quality forall people of the region, governments and vaccine manufacturers are partneringin the Regional System for Vaccines. This network w...UF Researcher Explores Complex Relationship Between Smoking And Fertility
... from normal, leadingto such problems as decreased production of eggs, difficulties becomingpregnant, higher rates of miscarriage and lower birth weights. Smoking during pregnancy is responsible for an estimated $1.4 to $2billion in health complications, according to the U.S. Centers for DiseaseControl....Clemson Scientists Refining Natural Immune System Booster
...development at Animune. "This new test and production process will provide cutting-edgetechnology to perfect our immunological products and provide an invaluable toolfor physicians to access the T-cell immune response" Wilson said. The immune transfer factors are produced as a result of the cow'...Advertising May Influence Physicians' Choice Of Blood Pressure Drugs
...converting enzyme)inhibitors, which interfere with production of a chemical that constrictsarteries, and calcium channel blockers, which reduce the heart rate and relaxblood vessels. In spite of the scientific evidence favoring the older drugs, theuse of the newer calcium channel blockers and ACE inhibitors has...Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients
... of the brain in whichprogressive loss of dopamine production triggers the symptoms of Parkinson'sdisease. Patients given the placebo surgery received four small cosmetic holesin the skull that looked like those made for the implant therapy but which didnot penetrate the brain or its tough protective membrane,......ed before being released for fractionation and the production ofplasma products. If a donor tests positive for the infection in question at asubsequent donation, then all of that donor's units currently in storage arediscarded. Otherwise, donated units are released for processing at the end ofthe holding period......been analyzed. Findings indicate that nitric oxide production isindeed lower in the presence of labor. The authors speculate that a "nitricoxide production threshold" is related to the initiation of labor at term....New Anti-Inflammatory Drug Is Easy On The Stomach
...oxygenase (COX), an enzyme thatplays a role in the production of prostaglandins. Some of the prostaglandins, inturn, are key players in the body's inflammatory response. A drug that turns offcyclooxygenase, then, can also turn off inflammation that results in swollen,painful joints in people with arthritis, for...Sniffing Out The Promise Of Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy
...to stimulate natural killer (NK)cells by enhancing production of the cytokine interleukin-12. This immune stimul... main effect, says Gill, appears to be in reducing production of vascularendothelial growth factors, or VEGFs, and blocking the function of BFGF whichGill says ar...Depression May Lower Your Sex Hormones
...ion), andluteinizing hormone (which stimulates the production of testosterone). Germany's chain of Max Planck Institutes, funded by the German federal andstate governments, support intramural research in a broad range ofscientific disciplines....Study links body image to athletes' fertility
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...satefor this resistance until, eventually, insulin production lags behind the body'sdemands. The participants' stress and coping were measured by a "hassle scale" and acoping style questionnaire, and their background histories were taken. Compliance with treatment regimen was measured by a series of items such ...Researchers discover the driving force behind cancer cells in Hodgkin's disease
...IL-13 neutralizing antibodies or by blocking IL-13 production altogether withinReed-Sternberg cells," said Dr. Kapp. "We are particularly excited to have shednew light on this rare, but serious form of cancer." Killer Side Effects Hodgkin's disease, a malignancy of the body's immune system, most commonlystri...Novel drug therapy tackles third 'pathway' causing congestive heart failure
... body in response to cell and tissue damage. TNF production is one of the three known biological avenues that lead to aworsening of heart failure. "Current CHF medications block the other two:adrenaline, which makes the heart pump faster, and angiotensin, which increasesblood pressure, putting an additional ......cond half of their menstrual cyclewhen the natural production of the hormone progesterone reaches a peak justbefore the onset of menstruation. Following the administration of either thecontraceptive or a placebo, the women repeated the three-day eating and testingsessions at the Food Lab at two-week intervals f...