Yale researchers find potential target for treatment and prevention of osteoporosis
...mily helped in the genetic hunt by providing blood samples for DNA testing and most had their bone density measured. Seven of the family members tested had extremely high bone density in the spine, the hip, and throughout their bodies, while nine of the family members had entirely normal bone density. Detail...New research suggests rapid screening technique for macular degeneration
...human retina. Using excised human eyecups as test samples and resonant excitation of the pigment molecules with narrow-bandwidth blue light from a mercury arc lamp, reseachers recorded Raman images originating from the carbon-carbon double bond stretch vibrations of the molecules. This research demonstrates...Special Fulbright awarded to Vanderbilt ethnomusicologist
...mation on Barz research, including sound and video samples of the womens performances, is available in the article Singing for Life at Vanderbilts on-line research journal Exploration at http://www.exploration.vanderbilt.edu ....Cancer drug proves effective in treating sickle cell disease
... cells -- a major side effect of the drug -- blood samples taken after decitabine treatment showed only a small decline in infection-fighting cells, with levels still in the normal range. No decreases were seen in the levels of any other blood cells. According to DeSimone, future studies will concentrate on ......s well as physical measurements that include blood samples to record hormone levels, bone density and skin fold thickness," says the project's Chief Investigator, Professor Lorraine Dennerstein. "The study is also one of the few to have a validated sexuality questionnaire. This allows us to measure changes ...Jefferson scientists find Cox-2 may play role in some brain tumors
...edical College and their co-workers examined tumor samples from 83 patients with meningioma. They found that ...Dicker and Kenyon and their colleagues examined 35 samples from patients with benign macroadenomas. They also found that the tumors overexpressed COX-2. Pituit...Hunger hormone may be key in weight loss
...d the University of Washington (UW) compared blood samples from dieters and gastric-bypass patients and found...To test the theory, the researchers analyzed blood samples from 13 obese patients before and after a six-month low-fat, low-calorie diet, and from five patient...Study highlights success of meningitis C vaccination programme among UK children
...t has funded a comprehensive analysis of bacterial samples from thousands of human carriers so that we can look into the effect of the vaccine on the bacterial population. The study is providing information that will be invaluable in the search for comprehensive vaccines against this disease. (quote by e-ma...Nutritional value of enriched egg yolks as a weaning food for infants
...s. At 6 months and 12 months of age, infant blood samples were obtained for measurement of DHA in red blood cells, iron status, and plasma cholesterol. In both breast-fed and formula-fed groups, infants who consumed n-3 fatty acid enriched egg yolks had 30-40% greater red cell membrane DHA levels than those...Physicians and dentists play important role in smoking practices of the elderly
... their conclusion on a study of one of the largest samples of older adults in which correlates of late-life smoking have been investigated. The sample also included one of the largest arrays of social and demographic variables as predictors of smoking behavior to date. The study is based on the analysis of d...Nitric oxide crucial to respiration
...uman volunteers," McMahon said. "By studying blood samples during hypoxia (too little oxygen) through hyperoxia (too much oxygen), we were able to measure the shape changes in hemoglobin and correlate them with the oxygen uptake and delivery by the red blood cells." Duke pulmonary specialist Claude ...First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
...groups are excluded from the study. The resulting samples of 3 million members in each of the years 2000 and 2001 consist of about two-thirds non-managed care commercial members and one-third managed care commercial members. Data Sources: Consumer Opinion SurveyKnowledge Networks conducted the consumer opi...Gene linked to testicular cancer
...Research Center. The gene activity in the cancer samples was up to 16 times higher than that of a healthy p... Lin's new research is based on testicular cancer samples from 35 patients in which 12 of 19 patients, or 63 percent of the sample size, expressed the hiwi ge...Rates of genital herpes infections rise
... this week's BMJ. Researchers reviewed all genital samples of herpes simplex processed between 1986 and 2000 at the West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre. Of the 3,181 swabs testing positive for the virus, 63% were from women and 37% were from men. Twenty-nine per cent of patients were aged 21-25 years...Scientists become filmmakers to decipher immunity
...nt of cells, but its use has been limited to small samples grown in culture. In the three new papers, researchers use two types of microscopes that can scan through a thick sample and limit their focus to living cells lying deep within the lymph nodes, the structures in the body where immune cells are acti...Genetic abnormality may increase stroke risk fourfold among young
...h, M.D., lead author of the study. Comparing blood samples of 118 men and women who had ischemic or clot-related strokes before age 45 to 118 stroke-free men and women of similar age, researchers focused on two types of genetic polymorphisms in the PON1 gene, one at position 192 and one at position 55. Gene...New test identifies aggressive and less aggressive prostate cancers
...e likely to spread. Working with prostate surgery samples from 97 prostate cancer patients and eight patients with a benign enlargement of the prostate, the researchers measured the ratio of CB to the inhibitor stefin A in prostate tissue. They used tissue from Gleason grade 6 tumors, which appear relativel...Urine test predicts Alzheimer's disease
...colleagues measured isoprostane in blood and urine samples obtained from 50 patients with a clinical diagnosi...D subjects than in the volunteers. Remarkably, the samples taken from the MCI subjects and the volunteers differed only in respect to their isoprostane levels....Insulin sensitizer has anti-inflammatory effect in diabetics
...esistance to insulin. Researchers collected blood samples from the diabetic volunteers and started them on a... treatment and again at 12 weeks, and analyzed the samples for concentration of three inflammatory markers and for the presence of oxygen free radicals. Resul...Eating high-fat meal raises blood's proinflammatory factors; vitamins E, C counter response
...-food restaurant -- after an overnight fast. Blood samples were taken before eating and at one, two and three...n a subsequent occasion, took only glucose. Blood samples were taken before the challenges and at one, two and three hours after. Results showed that levels ...