More clues about obesity revealed by brain-imaging study
... make obese people more sensitive to the rewarding properties of food, and could be one of the reasons they over...ability, which is likely to increase the rewarding properties of food," Wang said. Taken together with the earlier results on deficient reward circuits, this enh...Mayo Clinic researchers develop a new imaging test for diagnosing breast cancer
... of sound waves and MRI to evaluate the mechanical properties of tissues within the breast. In the future, this ...rocessed to yield images displaying the mechanical properties of breast tissues. "Malignant breast tumors tend to be much harder than normal tissues and most beni...Physics tip sheet #19 June 26, 2002
...climate models were tested for certain statistical properties that reflect real climate behavior. None of the models correctly reproduce these properties but the models perform better when they incorporate the effect of aerosols rather than just greenhou...Drug developed at Duke appears effective in treating respiratory failure in newborns
...of ENO are different from NO, the side effects and properties may be different as well. "This summer, we are planning to start additional trials with a larger group of babies," Goldberg continued. "Based on what we have seen so far, ENO has a great potential to help this group of very sick babies." Stamler bel...Boston chemist wins national award for tailor-made molecules
...d to silicon, a combination whose unusual chemical properties can control a reaction's three-dimensional orientation. "Now we're trying to expand our tool kit and its usefulness for making complex structures," Panek said. The organic chemist said he became interested in science to try to understand how things w...Pill-splitting can yield cost savings on common prescription drugs, Stanford researchers find
... medications in which altering the drug's physical properties could reduce its effectiveness - such as compounds that could become chemically unstable if split. This screening process yielded a list of 11 medications commonly used by physicians in the health plan, which the researchers determined could be split...Duke researchers develop method to make safer drugs
...designed specifically as an antidote. Its antidote properties were inadvertently discovered.) To develop drugs and matching antidotes, researchers focused their efforts on a class of drugs called aptamers. Aptamers are compounds made of nucleic acid (in this case RNA) that bind directly to a target protein and...Antibiotic could offer promise for treatment of cystic fibrosis
... The antibiotic azithromycin has anti-inflammatory properties potentially beneficial in cystic fibrosis. Mark Rosenthal from the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, and colleagues investigated the effect of azithromycin on cystic fibrosis after encouraging results from previous pilot studies. 41 children with ...Experts highlight cardiovascular and drug interaction risks in elderly patients
...careful consideration of the potential cardiotoxic properties of treatments." "The increased risk from repeat cardiovascular insult in elderly patients with cardiovascular impairment is unknown, but the risk likely exists," said Dr. Aapro regarding clinical implications. "The cardiovascular side effect profile ...European trial finds old lung cancer treatment may still be best
...entifying novel targets related to the distinctive properties of cancer cells and we have promising novel biological agents in the pipeline that can be combined with standard chemotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC."...Stanford researchers test drug to fight depression faster in elderly
...ts or drug interactions. "Mirtazapine has TCA-like properties without the side effects," Schatzberg said. "A lot of people use it where they might have used a TCA, particularly in the elderly." Mirtazapine enhances the effects of serotonin and other brain chemicals and also acts as a mild sedative. Scha...New compound holds promise for lupus and related diseases
...s already known about chemical and pharmacological properties of that group, Glick says. Although Bz-423 is stru...several patents on the medical and pharmacological properties of the compound and its molecular target....Life-saving properties of beta blockers extend to more patients
...s not receiving beta blockers. The life-saving properties of beta blockers were consistent across the spectrum of study patients, such as those with and without inducible tachycardia. Patients with ICDs were the exception. In contrast to the positive effect that beta blockers had on the overall death rate...New role for immune system player may help improve cancer vaccines
... that a molecule best known for its anti-microbial properties also has the ability to activate key cells in the immune response. This newly discovered function, reported in the Nov. 1, 2002, issue of Science*, suggests the molecule, a peptide called -defensin 2, may be useful in the development of more effecti...Cholesterol drug could lead to new therapy for multiple sclerosis
...s, it's possible that the drugs' anti-inflammatory properties actually contribute to the protective effects of statins in heart disease and stroke that traditionally have been attributed to LDL cholesterol reduction. If statins do prove useful in treating autoimmune diseases, it won't be the first time that a ...Engineering researchers are designing the ultimate fabrics, for casual or military wear
...power than radio-wave-operated systems. "Cloth has properties that can be useful for certain electronic applications," said Robert Parker, director of ISI and co-principal investigator on the STRETCH project. "We can easily and cheaply make large pieces of cloth, light and strong, that can be stretched over fra...Human cytomegalovirus may be involved in colorectal cancer
...cer cells. In view of the many cellular modulatory properties of this virus, our data justify further studies to establish whether human cytomegalovirus participates in pathogenesis of colorectal cancer."...New system created by Rensselaer group speeds the mapping of blood vessel networks in live tumors
...sts can quickly and precisely measure blood vessel properties to quantify the effects of various agents, such as... in a 3-D network, as well as identify a number of properties of the vessels. This allows us to quantify these vessels accurately for the first time," Brown says....... Researchers also tested the sensory and physical properties and found the acidified calcium sulfate changed the product very little. It had the same taste, even though the pH was reduced. It also slightly increased the calcium content of the frankfurters, Keeton said. Researchers also noticed a slight amount ...