The future of drug development
... protects the financial interests of companies and reaches across borders so that poorer countries cannot develop cheaper versions of the drug. Aside from the inadequate availability and high price of drugs, other unwelcome side-effects of the existing business model are a lack of information sharing amongs...Linezolid is superior treatment for drug-resistant pneumonia
...n between those levels and the amount of drug that reaches the lungs is unclear." In contrast, linezolid is smaller, enabling it to penetrate farther and more effectively target bacterial infections deep within the lungs. According to Kollef, there is no need to monitor blood levels with linezolid therapy, a...Study gives lowdown on high-temperature superconductivity
... between insulating filler material. This material reaches critical temperatures in the range of roughly 130K--the highest know critical temperatures to date. Previous studies on superconductors have established that while the critical temperature rises as the number of layers increase from one to three, it ...UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long mission
...wn whether bone loss continues at the same rate or reaches a plateau, these data should not be used to predict bone changes over much longer missions. Co-researchers on the study include: Adrian LeBlanc, PhD, professor of medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; Harlan Evans, PhD, senior scientist, Wyle Labor...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
...er for geological analysis. Since only the carrier reaches the detector, alternate detection methods, incompatible with the sample because they may be intrusive or require transparency, can also be used -- for example, optical methods that can detect the miniscule NMR signals from living cells. By freeing t...UCSF scientists show prion shape affects nature of infection
... journal by scientists at Florida State University reaches similar conclusions. A News and Views commentary in Nature on the two research findings concludes that the work firmly establishes the link between different prion forms and different prion strains. A prion is thought to cause disease by inducing o...Sitting in nonsmoking sections a powerful tactic for preventing teen smoking
... said. Previous research indicates that if a child reaches age 18 without becoming a smoker, his or her odds of remaining smoke-free are around 90 percent. Therefore, such simple anti-smoking interventions potentially could prevent thousands of young people in the United States from becoming daily, long-term...ACP guidelines: Many diabetics should be taking statins
... delay starting statin treatment until cholesterol reaches a certain level and should not "treat to a target" level of cholesterol. Routine monitoring of liver function or muscle enzymes is probably not needed for those patients with type 2 diabetes who are taking statins, except if they also have a liver...Major study: Bioartificial liver reduces mortality by 44 percent in acute liver-failure patients
...ough a charcoal column and an oxygenator before it reaches the bioreactor a tube-shaped device containing a fiber membrane and 7 billion liver cells from pigs. These cells are isolated, cryopreserved (frozen) and thawed according to techniques originally developed by the Cedars-Sinai researchers. "The blood...Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
...es during a nocturnal feed on human skin. The meal reaches the mosquito's stomach where Plasmodium sexual reproduction takes place. An encounter and subsequent binding between a male and a female gametocyte produces a zygote which will give rise to infectious forms. These migrate up to the mosquito salivary ...Pool-bound plyometrics help you get stronger with less pain
...ee days after the workout. Muscle soreness usually reaches its peak two to three days after working out. The researchers also used a pressure gauge called an algometer to assess pain sensitivity in the hamstrings, quadriceps and calf muscles. The amount of pressure comfortably applied by an algometer corresp...Benefits of screening for lung cancer with CT are not proven
...tors generally wait and observe the tumor until it reaches 8 millimeters before they surgically remove it or biopsy the lesion. "At this time, given the expense and potential risks, though small, of CT screening -- and without additional data to demonstrate that this screening method actually saves patient l...Incentive-based intervention with nutritional component improves health status of children in Mexico
An incentive-based program that now reaches 4.5 million families in Mexico is associated with ...by the end of the evaluation period and that today reaches 4.5 million families [about 20 percent of all families in Mexico]. The randomized design of the stud...Riverbank filtration pulls pollutants from drinking water
...nd remain behind, too. As a result, the water that reaches the wells is significantly cleaner than it was when it left the river. In a campus lab, the Johns Hopkins researchers are trying to learn more about this natural filtration process by sending samples of river water through glass columns filled with s...Prof: Local health campaigns not reaching adults with bad habits
...ry in the local newspaper or on the nighttime news reaches people, but that audience, for the most part, already engages in a healthy lifestyle. "If we want to reach the at-risk American population, we need to target the sources of their information - soap operas, situation comedies and sports programs on te...Change in polio vaccine policy eliminates cases of vaccine-associated polio in US
...oratory strains. Poliovirus from any source that reaches communities with low vaccine coverage may result in endemic or epidemic transmission," the researchers conclude....Surgical procedure to treat GERD in children found to be ineffective
...ooked and is normally outgrown by the time a child reaches their first birthday. However, GERD that develops in older children can be very severe and persistent. "Fundoplication is not a long-term solution for children with GERD, whether or not they have medical conditions that predispose them to the dise...Scientists pinpoint flaw, offer new promise for stroke treatment
...it from the drug: Zlokovic estimates that the drug reaches only about three percent of patients who are eligible, and of those, not everyone benefits. The window of opportunity is so short largely because tPA is capable of doing additional damage if not given immediately. While doctors know that tPA can cau...New sampling method to track HIV-risk behavior
...n standard probability sampling methods because it reaches members of the target population that would otherwise be overlooked. "For example, while drug injectors could be sampled from needle exchanges and from the streets on which drugs are sold, this approach misses many women, youths and those who only re...UT Southwestern researchers find calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones
...Clinical Research Center (GCRC). "The second study reaches a similar conclusion, which is that the level of urinary calcium has an important influence in the formation of calcium phosphate stones," she said. "This offers supportive evidence that people with calcium phosphate stones may need to carefully moni...