New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...ets a tumor antigen called tenascin that is almost uniquely found in cancersof the brain, skin, lung and breast. Tenascin is found around cancer cells andtumor blood vessels, where antibodies can bind firmly to it to deliver theircancer-killing payload. "We found that the 81C6 treatments delivered a v...Better Survival For Women With Breast Cancer -New Evidence On Chemotherapy
...tudy coordinator, said: "This huge study provides uniquely reliable evidenceabout the effects of chemotherapy. In terms of recurrence and survival, thebalance of the long-term benefits and risks favours some months of chemotherapyfor a wide range of women with early breast cancer." _________________________......other keyareas. For example, Dynavax technology is uniquely suited for use in enhancingthe ability of current and new infectious disease vaccines to produce effectiveimmune responses. Similarly, the ability of ISS-DNA to modulate the immuneresponse should enable the development of more effective therapies for...Multitasking Behaviors Mapped To The Prefrontal Cortex
...le for a certain kindof multitasking behavior, the uniquely human ability to perform several separatetasks consecutively while keeping the goals of each task in mind. Using imagingtechnology, scientists from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders andStroke (NINDS) found that a specific type of mult...New cancer treatment facility opens
...tistically penned intowalls, panels, and glass, is uniquely designed to convey a sense of peace andwell-being. Whether it is including benches in the elevators, creating separatespaces for staff and visitors, or designing chemotherapy suites equipped with acomputer, phone, television, and VCR, no detail was ...First NIH clinical trial for interstitial cystitis begins
...oral treatments and studies suggest that each drug uniquely targets differentaspects of IC. In some patients, ElmironR reinforces the bladder lining,usually a barrier to urine's toxicity. ElmironR is the only oral drug approvedby the Food and Drug Administration for IC. AtaraxR is an antihistamine thatredu...Study spotlights uniqueness of human brain
...ULLafayette's Institute of Cognitive Science. The uniquely human feature discovered by Preuss's team involves neurons in theso-called "magnocellular" (or M) pathway of the primary visual cortex, which isspecialized for analyzing rapidly changing stimuli. Preuss suggests that thisfinding could pave the way f...Brain scans of Gulf War veterans show brain damage
...al MRI scan is normal and the MR spectroscopy scan uniquely detects brain damage," Fleckenstein said. The tests were conducted on 22 members of a Naval Reserve construction battalion, commonly known as Seabees, in the southeastern United States. The tests were also done on 18 healthy veterans from the same ......transplant programs, UPMC also has established the uniquely successful Istituto Mediterraneo per I Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (ISMETT). ISMETT is a partnership between the Italian government, Civico and Cervello hospitals in Palermo and the UPMC. Since last year, more than 18 livers and 13 ...Teens' second pregnancy rates lower with long-term contraceptives
...l. "We suspect that these contraceptives are uniquely effective with teenagers because they are currently the only methods that make the default (do-nothing) position as nonpregnant (rather than pregnant)," she and her co-investigators explain. The study is published in the July issue of American ...Drug war strategy: First fund enforcement then switch to treatment, says O.R. paper
...ypes of drug control interventions, enforcement is uniquely capable of focusing its effect in the present. As use grows over time, enforcement spending should increase, but not in proportion to use and not as fast as treatment spending. So treatment should receive a larger share of control resources when a dr...Submicrometer-scale metallic barcodes described by Penn State and Surromed
...of encoded microparticles. However, the number of uniquely identifiable particles that could be prepared by previous methods was quite limited; with Nanobarcodes, we saw an opportunity to fabricate an essentially unlimited number of codes.......nt heart attacks and strokes. This trial provides uniquely reliable evidence about the safety of this simvast...uded, means that doctors now have evidence that is uniquely clear and reliable. In this trial, 10 thousand people were on a statin. If now, an extra 10 million ...Aftermath of September 11th on creativity: Psychoanalysts host major literary figures
...f healing contribution-one that psychoanalysts are uniquely trained to provide. The Apocalyptic Imagination panel will take place on February 23, 2002 in Farkas Auditorium, NYU Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York City, from 2:00-5:00 PM. A reception will follow. Registration is open to the public with ...Study examines issues faced by teen-agers who move to the U.S.
...signment of a high value on athletic prowess is "a uniquely American thing." All interviewees said they wanted to work in order to have money for leisure-related commodities, such as cars, clothing and entertainment. The desire "to go to the mall, and to buy, buy, buy" was more pronounced among Mexicans and...UCLA researchers check brain waves to predict effectiveness of antidepressants
...r 38 percent. Subjects who responded to medication uniquely showed significant decreases in cordance, a measure of brain-wave activity, at 48 hours and one week. Clinical changes did not begin to emerge until after four weeks. Subjects with the greatest changes in cordance had the most complete response to th...PET MPI reveals lipid-lowering medications leave some patients at risk
...ar medicine physicians with PET MPI capability are uniquely situated to provide cardiologists with an objective assessment of whether LLT in the individual patient is, in fact, effective in arresting or reversing CAD," says Merhige. "PET MPI should be considered routine in assessing the efficacy of LLT in pat...Heart experts call for urgent action to implement new findings on cholesterol-lowering treatment
... blood pressure-lowering drugs The trial provides uniquely reliable evidence about the safety of the 40 mg simvastatin daily regimen used. There was no support for previous concerns about possible adverse effects of lowering cholesterol on particular non-vascular causes of death, on cancers or on strokes due...Emory brain imaging studies reveal biological basis for human cooperation
...his unselfish behavior called "altruism" is almost uniquely a human trait. Up until now, almost all brain imaging experiments that have studied the social brain have done so by exposing subjects to static 2-D images inside the scanner. "This study represents an attempt to learn about the social brain by sc...Cancer revealed: New $10M grant establishes cancer imaging center
... Remarks Vande Woude, "Imaging can, in real time, uniquely facilitate the translation of basic knowledge into clinical applications, since visualizing disease is immediate and more comparable between humans and animal models than other analytical methods. The state of Michigan is in a strong position to move...