UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
...memory, too." "The discovery of the gene opens the window just a crack, but it could let in a lot of light for probing the neurobiology of the brain," says co-senior author Louis Ptacek, MD, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and UCSF professor of neurology. The finding, published in the March 3...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
...ssible explanation for the slow progress is that a window of opportunity for the prevention of breast cancer lies much earlier in life, as early as in utero or in the first years of life." Since 1990, Trichopoulos has advanced a theory that exposure to certain levels of naturally occurring hormones amplifie...Earlier use of prostate cancer vaccines urged by Hopkins scientists
...e at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. "The window of opportunity is narrow for vaccination, designed to reinvigorate the immune system's attack on cancer cells, and it occurs right after hormonal therapy begins to wipe out the tumor and immune cells outnumber cancerous ones," according to Charles Dr...HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK
...S reported in 1982 were probably infected within a window of 10 years prior to that time, the currently circulating strains may not represent the first HIV-1 lineages within the UK. If earlier strains existed they may have been unsuccessful in sustaining transmission to the present, although the absence of ...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
... the participants, the researchers also obtained a window on the message from the brain to the blood vessels on a moment-by-moment basis. Normally, when blood pressure is increased by an external substance, the body seeks to protect the cardiovascular system by decreasing heart rate and dilating the blood v...Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissue
...rough, then you have seen light in the therapeutic window that magic wavelength that is not absorbed or reflected away by tissue. Scientists believe that they can use light at that wavelength to signal manmade molecules to release drugs at disease sites in the body. Such possibilities will be discussed in ...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
...oping countries are most likely to die and a vital window of opportunity to save lives exists." Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet, comments: "While the infant and mother have been at the centre of efforts to protect early childhood, the newborn period has been relatively neglected. This marginalisation i...Studies address issues of risk and survival in rapidly increasing GI cancers
...renatal exposures and esophageal cancer. The time window of interest for research on esophageal cancer must be broadened, since this study suggests that the disease may be initiated far earlier than previously known. Esophageal cancer is three to four times more common among men than women and about 50 pe...Lead in the environment causes violent crime, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at AAAS
...oday, much of that lead is still out there on old window frames, in the soil of the vegetable gardens and in the drinking water of many American cities. In the 1970s, Dr. Needleman was the first to discover cognitive effects in children who had been exposed to lead. Though the children had no visible signs...Johns Hopkins scientists receive presidential medals
...lectromagnetic spectrum. His research opened a new window on scientific understanding of the universe, from its evolution to its component black holes, neutron stars, galaxy clusters and quasars. More than 40 years ago, Giacconi led the team that discovered the faint, uniform phenomenon known as the cosmic...Falling in love in three minutes or less
...vior, more than self-reports, give us an important window into the underlying psychology of mating." Kurzban got the idea to study speed dating when he saw an ad for HurryDate and realized it represented a potential treasure trove of data. Kurzban teamed with Jason Weeden, who was working on his doctorate ...Association publishes blueprint to strengthen stroke care from prevention through recovery
... The drug is approved for use during a three-hour window of symptom onset before brain damage becomes irreversible. For patients to receive tPA, they must get to a hospital soon after their symptoms begin. Hospital staff must be able to rapidly evaluate the patient and perform the brain imaging and inter...Wisconsin scientists grow critical nerve cells
...re each step has different conditions and a strict window of time," says Zhang. "Otherwise, it just won't work." To differentiate into a functional spinal motor neuron, the stem cells advanced through a series of mini-stages, each requiring a unique growing medium and precise timing. To start, the Wisconsin...Mayo Clinic discovers a key to 'low metabolism' and major factor in obesity
...n appears slightly bizarre as it gives us a covert window into people's energetics and every activity in a c...," says Dr. Levine. "But because of it, we have a window into people's activity life that no one's ever had before." Role Reversal: Lean Become Stout; Stout...Homes need more protection against falls
...unger and windows on upper stories reported having window guards or locks to keep children from falling out,...d use more protective devices like stair railings, window locks and grab bars in the bathroom to prevent dangerous falls. Falls are the second most common cau...Study finds heavy drinking linked to higher stroke risk
...inst stroke. While there does appear to be a small window for which light drinking is associated with lower risk, it's important to note that this window is smaller than it is for heart disease and therefore you cannot simply extrapolate between the two....Timing appears essential to combining antiangiogenesis and radiation therapy
...dministered to take the greatest advantage of this window of vascular normalization," says Jain, who is Cook Professor of Tumor Biology at Harvard Medical School. His group plans further studies to determine how these results could be applied to treatment of cancer patients. Additional authors of the curre...Endocrine Society calls for clinical guidelines on androgens for women
...om hormonal therapy. In addition, the therapeutic window for testosterone in women is small and it is easy to cause symptoms of male hormone excess, such as hirsutism." In a recent audio conference on androgens in women, which was sponsored by The Endocrine Society, leading experts outlined the steps that...No link found between pneumonitis in breast cancer patients and taxane-based chemotherapies
... by surgery and then radiation. Having the buffer window between the Taxol and the radiation might be, in part, cause for why we did not see any lung injury." Other researchers collaborating on the M. D. Anderson study include: Gary J. Whitman, M.D.; Howard D. Thames, Ph.D.; Aman U. Buzdar, M.D.;...... as compared with 34 percent of men. The 90-minute window of opportunity is often called "door to balloon time" because it measures the time from the patient's arrival at the emergency department to the moment when a tiny balloon is inflated inside a clogged blood vessel to open it up. During that...