New drug combination might be more effective pain reliever
... block pain. It's believed that any pain-relieving properties of glucosamine are a side effect of its ability to repair bone damage. Next, they combined glucosamine with a variety of NSAIDs at a variety of dosages. With several NSAIDs, including naproxen, the addition of glucosamine caused an additive effect, m...Software that minimises facial disfigurement
...e a good indication of the dimensions and physical properties of these layers, such as their stiffness, which can be used to predict the effects surgery might have. The new technique gives surgeons a way of creating a virtual model of the face that includes these layers and models their physical properties. Us...Advice for designing reliable nanomaterials
...and other types of customized materials. "Not all properties may benefit from microstructural refinement, so du... not always a useful guide for predicting material properties and performance when film thicknesses, grain sizes and other characteristic dimensions shrink toward...Scientists identify cell defects that limit immune system's impact on late-stage tumors
... become defective. This allowed us to target novel properties to prevent or reverse the defects," said Christopher J. Wheeler, PhD, research scientist and the paper's senior author. "The T cell defects could be incurred independent of their reactivity to the tumor per se, and on a general level involved signals...UF research adds to evidence that unborn children hear 'melody' of speech
...se experiments by other researchers had shown that properties of sound transmission in pregnant women and sheep are similar. Their experiments revealed the womb dampened all but the loudest sounds. Even loud rock concerts are probably not noisy enough to pose a threat to fetal hearing development, Gerhardt said...Targeting cell fusion as possible way to repair organs, deliver cancer vaccines
...g new technological platform for enlisting natural properties of fused cells to kill cancers, stimulate immune r...research shows that some of the stem cells' repair properties come from their ability to fuse with cells that are naturally resident in the organs they are repair...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004 (first issue)
...ceeds 50. According to the author, the mechanical properties of the total respiratory system, the lung, and the chest wall of morbidly obese patients are characterized by marked derangements compared with subjects of normal weight. In a retrospective study cited, patients who were morbidly obese needed prolon...Targeted antiviral prophylaxis of flu case contacts could successfully contain pandemic influenza
...utic use. The Emory scientists emphasize that the properties of neuraminidase inhibitors would lead to minimal spread of resistant strains with the TAP strategy, suggesting that this class of antiviral drug would be the best to stockpile for such use, followed by adamantanes. "Effectiveness of the TAP strateg...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: March 2004
...ties may be a result of both pro- and anti-oxidant properties of alcoholic beverages and the different ways they interact with components of the eye. "This study reinforces the importance of eating and drinking in moderation," Morris notes. "For people who are predisposed to a nuclear cataract, including those ...Fat: It isnt always bad for the heart
...romote obesity, Dr. Rehman said stromal cells have properties that can have a therapeutic effect on individuals with heart disease, chronic angina, leg cramping and other conditions caused by poor circulation. "A lot of people can grow their own blood vessels and when they have blockages in their arteries, the...Evidence suggests that the brain can switch to 'automatic pilot' during learning
...really rapidly recovering information about object properties when the tasks are repeated; but instead they are just giving their previous response." Dobbins emphasized that "these findings don't really eliminate the idea of tuning, but they lead to another way of looking at learning. They suggest that the brai...'Switched-off' genes put first chink in colon cell's anti-tumor armor
...he scientists will be investigating the prevention properties of aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and other drugs that block methylation to determine their effect on SFRP genes. ...Study supports new theory for nicotine's protective effect against neurodegenerative disorders
...al mechanism underlying nicotine's neuroprotective properties in the brain," said USF neuroscientist R. Douglas Shytle, PhD, lead author of the study. "This finding lets us explore a new way of looking at neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's," said Jun Tan, PhD, MD, principal investigator for the s...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
...gain data about physical, chemical, and biological properties of samples that we simply could not have gotten previously." The conceptual foundation and feasibility of remote detection were earlier established in Pines's laboratory by Adam Moul, Megan Spence, Kimberly Pierce, and Sunil Saxena, in addition to H...UCSF scientists show prion shape affects nature of infection
...ed shape of a prion protein changes its infectious properties -- including the prion's ability to jump "species ...nd how these different structures change a prion's properties -- including how dangerous they are." In their laboratory at UCSF's Mission Bay campus, Weissman and...Ingredient in asthma inhaler drug may counteract inhaler benefits, according to Pittsburgh study
... contrast to other studies focusing on contractile properties of airway smooth muscle, the Pittsburgh researchers tested human airway smooth muscle cells to determine whether the different isomers of albuterol either amplified of nullified the anti-inflammatory effects of a simultaneously applied steroid. "Our...Chemists seek light-activated glue for vascular repair
...and what the researchers have determined about the properties of several compounds that are candidates for a mat...ks with an average gel content of 99%. The thermal properties of the stars and the photocrosslinked poly(DLLA)s were determined using differential scanning calori...Herbal supplements' testing topic of discussion at chemistry meeting March 30
... Wednesday, March 31, 10:15 a.m.) Regenerative properties of Chinese herbs: Rong-Tsun Wu, Ph.D., Research Center for Drug Discovery & Institute of Biopharmaceutical Science, Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, will highlight a wide range of Chinese herbs to treat a broad range of conditions. Among these a...Mayo Clinic researchers discover green tea component helps kill leukemia cells
...use-model testing of green tea's cancer-prevention properties has shown they protect against solid tumors. And three, in the laboratory, the EGCG component of green tea has been proven to induce death in cancer cells from solid tumors. The Mayo Clinic research suggests EGCG works by inhibiting a pathway in ...