Radio Frequencies Used To Kill Inoperable Liver Tumors At Penn's Cancer Center
...ency ablation, surgeons use ultrasound as a visual roadmap to guide a needle-sized probe directly into the center of the cancerous tumor. Once inside the tumor, the tip of the probe is carefully opened to permit heat-delivering wire extensions to penetrate across a larger area of the tumor. Fully extended, t...New guidelines on unrelated marrow transplants: A roadmap for physicians
...lines, the NMDP conveys to transplant physicians a roadmap to help them make informed decisions about how to treat patients for whom an exact match cannot be found," said Dr. Hurley. Dr. Hurley, who is engaged in research on the genetics underlying HLA compatibility, chairs the Histocompatibility Committee t...Emory, GlaxoSmithKline, NIMH enter public-private partnership to develop new drugs for depression
...ture" outlined by the NIH in its recently released roadmap forencouraging more streamlined and rapid progression of effective clinicaltools and pharmaceuticals from the laboratory into the marketplace and into patient care. The new paradigm for conducting medical research also helps fulfill an NIH goal of a...Standardizing disaster models to help first responders
...ftware experts and emergency response leaders on a roadmap and development plan for the framework....Study shows United States may have more pediatricians than it needs for the next 20 years
...rrent.shtml). "The results of this study give us a roadmap for the future of children's health care and the role the pediatrician will play in that care," said Scott A. Shipman, M.D., M.P.H., principal investigator, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicin...Fatty acid pathway, glucose combine to produce triacetic acid lactone
...nois at Urbana-Champaign have designed a potential roadmap to use a biosynthetic pathway taken from a common microorganism to produce compounds that could serve as precursors to explosives or components in everyday devices such as liquid crystal displays or anti-cancer agents. In a presentation at the 227th ...New insights into muscle adaptation to exercise
...sis. The researchers' new insights could provide a roadmap for medical investigators as they seek to use VEGF in treating human conditions characterized by lack of adequate blood flow, such as coronary artery disease or peripheral arterial disease. Using mice as animal models, the researchers found that exer...A much-needed shot in the arm for HIV vaccine development
...n New York, said that "there is no doubt that this roadmap will be regarded as a useful instrument to bring greater cohesion and coordination to the field." Ho urges the Enterprise not to ignore the important contributions made by scientists outside of the collaboration. "It is my contention that grea......of the new statement is to give physicians an easy roadmap for referrals. Women who have chest pains or other symptoms that suggest CHD but have a normal resting ECG should be referred for exercise treadmill testing if they are capable of exercise, Mieres said. For women with abnormal resting ECG, or wome...