Anti-HIV treatment improves immune system and fights sight-threatening eye infection
... common complication occurring mostly in the later stages of AIDS and, prior to HAART's availability, had been increasing in frequency as people with AIDS began to live longer. CMV retinitis can cause blindness if left untreated, and previous NEI-supported studies had led to effective treatments for CMV re...New gene therapy shows promise in improving success rate of leg bypass surgeries
...raft blockages could be detected in their earliest stages and patients could receive the necessary treatment for these early graft failures. Dzau and Mann have spent years refining the gene therapy technique. The researchers say the gene therapy is quick and inexpensive, and also doesn't appear to cause an...... fivePortland-area hospitals in the critical early stages of a stroke. Providence St. Vincent Hospital,Providence Portland Hospital, Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Portland VA Medical Center and OHSU arepartners on the stroke team....Copper-lowering drug stabilizes advanced cancer in anti-angiogenesis trial
...oring the inhibition of angiogenesis at very early stages in cancer development. Together with Brewer, she designed specific animal studies that allowed the team to test whether TM had the ability to prevent tumors from arising in animals at high-risk for cancer. Her laboratory has also begun to uncover the...Teasing out the early steps of neurodegeneration
...number of genes that seem important in these early stages could offer an important foundation for understanding the earliest molecular events that eventually cause the cell to become dysfunctional and die." Future experiments, said Zoghbi, will concentrate on understanding how the mutant ataxin-1 protein ......srael Institute of Technology observed the initial stages of gallstone formation. Seeing how gallstones are formed can help physicians learn how to inhibit their formation through medication and dietary changes. This would eliminate the need for invasive treatment for one of the most common diseases of the ......usted work stations, deep tissue work in the early stages -- do whatever the doctor prescribes. "I take a shotgun approach," Dr. Croft adds. "That's because, in part, the treatments and the ancillary products we recommend are fairly inexpensive and none of them is dangerous or painful. Its worthwhile to ...New plastic heals damaged nerves
... polymer. Trials with small rodents are in various stages of completion and will be followed by large mammal trials. Dr. Schmidt is Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Schmidt will present her poster, MACR 41, on Wednesday, March 29, at 10:30 a.m...Women medical school faculty perceive gender bias, sexual harassment
...e vast majority of women medical faculty -- at all stages in their careers -- suspect that gender bias is both a personal and systemic problem in medical academia. At the same time, most of their male colleagues see their own professional advancement as occurring in a gender-free meritocracy," says Arlene A...Millennium, Aventis Pharma form novel alliance
...ns concerning which products advance on to further stages of development will be made jointly. Millennium and Aventis will share the responsibility for and cost of developing, marketing and manufacturing products in North America. The companies will also share profits in North America. Outside of North Am...Research study maps formation process of certain type of breast cancer
... Biswas and his colleagues map out some of the key stages in the process of ER-negative cells' becoming canc...EGF is itself a complex process, involving several stages and at least three different enzyme systems. Biswas' team has shown those stages in detail - and, ju...Vitamin D shows promise as cancer prevention drug
...t yet been tested in humans, is still in the early stages of development and could take 10 years to hit the market. If successful, the drug will most likely be given to patients at high risk for cancer, he says. There has been a growing interest in cancer prevention, with many studies claiming the cancer-...Supplements that target fat loss … metals that protect themselves …
...lar protein folding patterns involved in the early stages of both diseases. His theories could help focus efforts to develop preventive drugs. (PHYS 460, 7 p.m.) Farms and livestock leave mark on Chesapeake Bay - Researchers will present the latest findings on the effects of pesticides, agricultural runof......ves. The current study investigated how the first stages of psychosis, usually the earliest symptom of schizophrenia, affected carers. The caregivers (mainly mothers of the person experiencing psychosis) were often very distressed by the symptoms even though many admitted that caring could also be rewardin...Researchers identify promising target to slow Alzheimer's
...he advance of Alzheimer's in some people with late stages of the disease. The current study provides a possible explanation for this link. Vitamin E, an antioxidant, appears to work by destroying free radicals (oxidants) produced by amyloid, says Butterfield. "Our research provides an important insigh...Widely used anti-bacterial inhibits parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis
...s no medication that affects the latent life-cycle stages of the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis." "This finding gives us a blueprint to design an effective and safe new drug," said Craig Roberts of the University of Strathclyde, UK. Malaria affects more than 300 million people worldwide and kills an e...Aspirin and other non-specific COX inhibitors may slow atherosclerosis
...ts -- blood cells that stick together in the first stages of clotting. Suppression of the platelet COX-1 product, thromboxane, is how aspirin protects against heart attack and stroke. The COX-2 enzyme produces prostacyclin, a hormone-like substance that might work against atherosclerosis by keeping blood ve...Brain's efforts to save itself during Alzheimer's may backfire
...at the brain overproduces galanin during the early stages of Alzheimers in an effort to rescue the afflicted brain but, over time, the brains own attempted cure makes a bad situation worse. "This could be a sad irony. The body may be detecting the underlying pathology of Alzheimer's and tries to rescue det...Blood medicine may ease cocaine withdrawal
...y ease severe withdrawal symptoms during the early stages of treatment for cocaine addiction, offering new hope for patients unable to wean themselves off cocaine through traditional, psychotherapeutic counseling. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Department of Vetera......rs of 38 families; 68 more families are in various stages of analysis. The researchers are continuing to look for eligible participants. The results of the team's study of the first 38 families were prepared for presentation Friday in a poster session during the International Congress of Human Genetics ...