DNA Imaging to Design Better Drugs
...a Tech's School ofChemistry and Biochemistry who serves as co-advisor to the project. "Now when a medicinal chemist synthesizes a potential drug, we canvery quickly tell them if it binds to DNA, how tightly it binds, and themode by which it binds," he added. One of the major advantages of the new assay ......, becomes virtually nonfunctional in older age, it serves the important function in children of producing T lymphocyte immune cells. In particular, it produces the CD4+ helper T cells that are depleted by the AIDS virus. It also produces CD8+ cytotoxic T cells. Both types of cells are involved in resista...ACTG 315 Preliminary Results: Drug Cocktail Restores Partial Immune Function
...ince set up standardized immunologic assaysand now serves the ACTUs that comprise the ACTG. "ACTG 315is the first field-test of this new scientific capability withinthe ACTG," comments NIAID's Lawrence Fox, M.D., Ph.D., medicalofficer in the Division of AIDS HIV Medical Research Branch. "The significance ......l Clinical ResearchCenter.Glucose, a simple sugar, serves as an important source of energy in the humanbody, as well as an important source of energy for the brain. People withdiabetes experience higher than normal blood glucose levels, which can lead tocomplications. Type 2 diabetes, the most com...Products For Weight Loss Or Increased Energy Can Be Deadly, Warn Poison Control Experts
... administration of the UCSF School of Pharmacy and serves all33 million California residents. The CPCS toll-free hotline service has four sites across the state: ValleyChildren's Hospital in Fresno, UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, UC SanDiego Medical Center, and the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco Gene...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
...t-seller, Successful Aging. Sen. Reed, who serves on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, noted th...who become sick." Dr. Stone, who presently serves as Executive Director of the International Longevity Center, added that it is also important to cons......nof an enzyme called Cox-2 (cyclooxygenase), which serves as a marker of vascularcell inflammation. The mechanism of action of these PPARa receptors in the vascular wall was alsoelucidated. The receptors exert at least part of their anti-inflammatory effectby interfering with a signaling pathway called NFkB...Drug Prevents Hearing Loss Caused By Brain Tumor Therapy
...osurgery, May 1998). This natural barrier normally serves as awall between the blood and brain, helping protect braintissue.However, it also prevents large-molecule drugs such as carboplatin fromreaching a tumor inside the brain. Using a sugar solution to temporarily shrink the barrier cells, ther...Encapsulating Insulin-Producing Cells For Possible Diabetes Therapy
... to normal pancreatic production of insulin, which serves toregulate glucose levels in the bloodstream. Medical researchers have explored the transplantation into diabetics ofhealthy Islets of Langerhans, perhaps from the pancreases of pigs, as onepossible diabetes therapy. But the immune system wo...PAHO Working With Affected Communities In Central America
...nts and other essential supplies. PAHO, which also serves as the regional office for the Americas of the World Health Organization, works with all the countries in the Americas to improve health and raise living standards....Setbacks To Health Progress In Central America
...nditions in the countries of the Americas. It also serves asthe Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization....Now Is Time To Design Brain-Saving Drugs Specifically For Children, UCSF Neurologist Says
...ain disorders. Ferriero'sCurrent Opinion editorial serves as an introduction to the following: -Yasmin Khakoo and Myrna Rosenfeld of Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital, NewYork, report on mechanisms in the cell cycle of the developing brain includingideas that might be useful to turn off the rapid growth of ...PAHO To Provide $1 Million For Cholera Programs In Central America
...Hemisphere to protect the health of all. PAHO also serves as the regional office of the World Health Organization....New Book (And Web Site) Use 'Currency' Of Aging To Guide And Motivate Healthy Choices
...rminingexactly how they affect youth and vigor. It serves as a guide to makinginformed choices. RealAge places a value on those choices just as a pricetag reveals the value of a product." The idea actually came from a patient, an investment banker with highblood pressure who wasn't taking his medications. W...Vinegar Offers Dependable Test For Cervical Cancer
... in urban settings or in the private sector, which serves arelatively small proportion of the female population. "This technique easily could be used by health care workers in areaswith limited resources. The test is safe, affordable and effective, and canhelp health care workers make an on-the-spo...Researchers Uncover Clues About Gateway To The Brain
...with HIV, for example. Some doctorsthink the brain serves as a safe haven for the virus, thwarting efforts toeradicate it. The choroid plexus drew Piwnica-Worms' interest after images originally designedto highlight cancerous cells also revealed the tissue to be a potential locationfor the p-glycoprotein (...Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...ngs of the career ladder through the years, shenow serves as vice president and chief nursing officer of Cedars-Sinai HealthSystem and Research Institute. She has held the CNO position since July 1996. According to the letter nominating her for the award, Dr. Burnes Bolton is "theconsummate professional. Sh......fic Center for ViolencePrevention. Rodriguez also serves as research director for the Pacific Center for ViolencePrevention, an organization that develops and promotes public policies to reduceyouth violence using a public health approach. The study was funded by the Trauma Foundation, the UCSF's San F...Experts Meet In Canada To Discuss Vaccine Progress
...their peoples and raise theirliving standards. It serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of theWorld Health Organization....New Type Of Artificial Surfactant Shows Promise In Treating Lung Disease
...produce natural surfactant. Artificial surfactant serves as a substitute for the missing substance untilthe babies' lungs mature and they begin to produce surfactant normally. Thetreatment is credited with saving the lives of thousands of newborns worldwideover the past two decades. But in other patien...