Drug's Effect On Chromosomes May Explain Second Cancers
...ide damaged the telomeres. “That’s what puts this experiment on the map,” he said.“These results are significant because the telomere cutting also happenedin the nucleus of living cells.” Muller suspects that there is a link between the etoposide-related damageto telomeres and t...Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
...em to have a wide range of applications because it puts threecomponents - visualization, localization and navigation - together for the firsttime, creating an interventional workstation," says Bevil Hogg, the company'sCEO. "Future possibilities may include implanting electrodes into the brains ofpatients ...Children Of Smokers Suffer Negative Health Effects Later In Life
...d heart rate, bloodpressure, and arterial pressure puts stress on the body, and the negativeeffects are cu...line they might be at risk for hypertension, which puts them atrisk for heart disease," said Lentino. "The message is -- if you've got kids, don't smoke at ...Noninvasive test aims to prevent sudden cardiac death
...dentifying people with this electrical glitch that puts them at risk, however, could allow them to receive implantable defibrillators, possibly saving thousands of lives each year. A researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has invented the first noninvasive test that identifie...Major study finds effects of child care quality linger into the second grade
..., indicated that one ineight U.S. day care centers puts children's health and safety at riskand more than seven in 10 fail to maximize youngsters' learningpotential.. Others involved in the research include Drs. Margaret Burchinal andNoreen Yazejian also of UNC-CH, Mary Culkin of the University of...AAPS Symposium to present latest developments in Cheminformatics
...operties. "The power of new computing technologies puts cheminformatics at the forefrontof the search for new drugs," said Peter M. Smith, Ph.D., chair of thesymposium's planning committee. "All discovery scientists must use a variety ofthese technologies to manage and communicate their research results,......ancollective action, unionization and strikes, but puts forth other reasons whysuch actions might not stand on solid moral ground. For example, Goold writes, some argue that physicians should not strike becausethey are professionals. Airline pilots and teachers, she replies, areprofessionals, too, yet the...Immunology experiment aboard historic shuttle mission
..., said Bargatze. "The space environment puts stress on the body, so it's a goodenvironment to test potential drugs that may boost the immune system," he said. Acton's dream is for the International Space Station to make room forongoing studies of immunology and other complex life proces...Aspirin's role in colon cancer prevention focus of $5 million grant
...programproject funding mechanism by the NCI really puts more expertise into theproject." DuBois will serve as principal investigator and his research group willconduct one of four separate research projects supported in the program. DuBoisand his colleagues will continue their work in cells and...Study shows benefit of pioneering U-M program for newborns at risk of hearing impairment
...of the American Journal of Otology. "This program puts limited testing resources where they are most needed and cando the most good: among those babies most in danger of losing some or all oftheir hearing," says co-author Paul Kileny, director of Audiology andElectrophysiology for the U-M and professor i...Pacemaker for larynx allows patients to breathe easier
... can do almost anything now," Burns said. The IPG puts out 12 stimulations per minute, which fits the average inhalationschedule of Burns. "She is able to entrain her breathing with the stimulated breaths of the IPGsubconsciously. She doesn't think about it. She just automatically does it,"Zealear said.S...Fully endoscopic micro-surgery puts a former Jr. Olympic athlete back on the marathon trail
...cal Breakthroughs - Fully endoscopic micro-surgery puts a former Jr.Olympic athlete back on the marathon trail. Cover this story starting now,getting B-roll of Ken in training over the next two months, and culminating withthe California International Marathon on Dec. 5. 2. Excellent feature story for the ...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
...until a weak layer is created. * New snowfall puts extra strain on the existing snowpack, especially if it does not adequately bond to the pre-existing surface layer. The extra weight of new snow can cause a slab to break off and slide. Amounts of six inches or more pose the largest threat to skiers...Duke geneticists unraveling the tangled web of autism
... Cuccaro. "This will hopefully be the science that puts to rest the idea that parenting style contributes to the development of the disorder. We can say now that autism is definitively a neurobiological disorder." ......es 25 percent or more larger. An enlarged prostate puts excess pressure on the urethra, making urination more difficult and sometimes painful. Symptomatic prostate enlargement can be triggered by urinary tract infections, but it is often associated simply with aging, Larsen says. Benign prostatic hyperpla...Jefferson scientists hope to perfect gene therapy without viruses
...oids using viruses that cause immune reactions, it puts the gene in a precise, known location as opposed to anywhere in the cell's DNA, and it makes only one copy," he says. There are significant problems with viral methods, Dr. Wickstrom says. In traditional gene therapy methods, there is a question of h...Study shows farm work appears to protect against breast cancer
...group of farm women to try to find what it is that puts them at lower risk," Duell said. Some pesticides such as DDT, banned in the United States in 1972, can still be measured in people almost 30 years later, he said. A concern has been that DDT and certain other pesticides can mimic the effects of the ......therapy for this disease. The current study also puts to rest lingering concerns about the effectiveness of interferon alfa 2b in terms of survival impact. These concerns probably account for the current reluctance on the part of some clinicians in the United States, Europe and Asia to use high-dose int...Iowa project links rural areas cross-state to top-notch medical advice
...observes Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA). "Telemedicine puts technology to work to improve the delivery of health care," says Harkin. "It links patients and their doctors in rural or remote hospitals with highly trained medical specialists and state-of-the-art medical technology located hundreds or even thous...Area of brain found to play key role in initiating memory storage
... decipher the significance of the sounds.This work puts the amygdala in the middle of the circuitry, in a very prominent position in terms of relevance toward learning, Gabriel said. The findings, he added, also are consistent with a theory originally formulated by James L. McGaugh of the University of C...