Sex education learning tool finds global market
...nd Canada and in the US. The program predominantly targets post-secondary students but can also be used in schools. A second program focussing on sexual decision making will be out in March. Judy Hancock, Health Education Coordinator of the Health Centre at the University of Alberta, who writes and produ......g technology may be used not only for finding drug targets but for developing molecular-modeling software to make the search that much easier....... studies are described below. Electronic inhaler targets the bloodstream via the lungs: This handheld device allows precise doses of tiny liquid particles to be inhaled through the mouth. Unlike conventional inhalers, which deliver drugs to the large airways of the lung, this device allows them to enter t...National Alcohol Screening Day (April 6) A national wake-up call
...general public. The college component specifically targets students who are risky drinkers, with a focus on binge drinking. The first NASD, held in April 1999, drew more than 50,000 participants with unexpectedly high participation by college students....Penn researchers announce results of Phase I trial using combretastatin drug
...ied as a vascular targeting agent. It selectively targets and reduces or destroys blood vessels supplying malignant tumors while sparing the vasculature of normal tissues. Vascular targeting agents like combretastatin attack proliferating blood vessels that already exist, whereas angiogenesis inhibitors gen...Protease inhibitor could help prevent alzheimer's
..."I think (memapsin 2) is one of the most promising targets for Alzheimer's disease to come along that can be translated into treatments," said Tang, head of the protein studies program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. "We have accumulated a lot of knowledge on the proteases like memapsin 2. We th...... events and more frequently reached blood pressure targets than younger patients. The findings have importan...or beta blocker if required to meet blood pressure targets of < 90 mm Hg, < 85 mm Hg, or < 80 mm Hg. In addition patients were randomised to acety...Making kidney transplants last longer: Large UM study finds newer drug is better
...n 1998, UM doctors transplanted 198 kidneys. MMF targets two kinds of white blood cells, called T and B lym...nt an offense against the transplanted kidney. AZA targets all white blood cells and platelets. Both drugs cause side effects, including nausea, vomiting, diar...7,500 pharmaceutical scientists to explore therapies for new millennium
...ical evaluation of new drug candidates," "Novel targets and strategies for the treatment of cancer," "Nutraceuticals--issues and opportunities," and "The gene therapist's toolbox." An open forum, entitled "Exposure-Response: How and When Will It Affect Drug Development and Regulatory Decision Making...Millennium, Aventis Pharma form novel alliance
...is Pharma working collaboratively to identify drug targets and develop new drugs in the field of inflammation...ical tools. Millennium will also transfer vaccine targets and related data to Aventis Pasteur for use in the development of cancer vaccines. Technology Deve...Humans can regrow liver from bone marrow
... yet differentiated. Stem cells can be excellent targets for gene therapy, enabling doctors to transplant bone marrow to permanently correct inherited liver diseases. According to Theise, the technique has already been demonstrated in mice by scientists at StemCells California Inc., a research company base...Research study maps formation process of certain type of breast cancer
...cancer cells means scientists now have an array of targets for drugs that may be able to stop the process in its tracks, providing the first specific therapy for patients with ER-negative breast tumors," Biswas says. Thus far, the studies have been conducted in laboratory samples of cells only. The study, pu...UI-led study shows experimental anti-cancer drug also has anti-HIV properties
...stant to flavopiridol should not arise. Because it targets a key process in most cells, one concern about the therapeutic use of flavopiridol is that it could be toxic to humans. Although the current anti-cancer clinical studies withflavopiridol suggest that humans may be able to tolerate the drug, the maxim...Day care centers incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...nisms in the community and should be seen as major targets for intervention," Dagan said. The 2-year study involved eight day-care centers in Beer-Sheva and 240 toddlers and 46 of their siblings. Within individual day-care centers, resistant strains were similar, in contrast to the variability seen in resi...... UPCI has just initiated a novel vaccine that also targets a form of T cell that previously has not been capable of being stimulated by vaccines, the helper CD4 T cell. According to Dr. Kirkwood, as the preliminary results of each of these approaches shows promise, they will be factored into the interferon a...Duke eye researchers describe cascade of events that may lead to retinal degeneration
...later steps in the disease process might be better targets for intervention than the individual gene mutations." An additional offshoot of the study, Wong added, is that the pig model he and his colleagues developed has become accepted by the scientific community as a important new research tool, which ...Heart attack help: Program helps boost use of key therapies in hospitals
...ledge and practice. Their solution: a program that targets doctors, nurses and patients alike with care standards, educational materials, reminders, and more. This week, the U-M team published the encouraging results of their own test of the program, and presented early indications that such a strategy is p...SU scientist receives patent that could revolutionize medical magnetic resonance imaging
...d the first spin-polarized hydrogen-deuteride (HD) targets that are critical in a large nuclear physics exper... Japan are duplicating Honig's technique to create targets for other experiments in nuclear physics. Honig is a pioneer in the spin-polarization field, ha...HIV research takes promising new direction
...ntersection site - are promising and underutilized targets for anti-HIV drug design." Aminoglycoside antibiotics have not been used to treat HIV because of their side effects and inefficiency in preventing the spread of the virus, Tor said. Guanidino groups are more promising, he believes. But it will be ye...... to drugs, vaccines and gene therapy are promising targets for treating the disease, which affects an estimated 4 million people in the United States. Unless better treatments are found, that figure is predicted to rise to 14 million later this century, says Butterfield, who calls Alzheimer's a potential pub...