Children's hospital neurologist receives Young Investigator Award in spinal muscular atrophy
...eceive the 2005 Young Investigator Award in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA is the leading genetic killer o... giving me the opportunity to contribute to spinal muscular atrophy research," said Sahin. "Through this award, I will be able to focus my efforts on understand...Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
...as, as well as to treat Alzheimer's, liver, heart, muscular and vascular diseases. Robert Nerem, Ph.D., director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology predicted that one day tissue engineering and regenerative medicine will result in a revol...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...at chamber, called the left ventricle, helping its muscular walls contract and pump blood better. All 25 patients had mitral valve regurgitation (leakage) as a result of distorted left ventricles, and were experiencing severe symptoms, before having surgery to install the ring. All experienced great improvem...Combination chemotherapy shows small survival benefit in advanced stomach cancer
...unction between the stomach and the esophagus, the muscular tube that feeds food to the stomach, is increasing, perhaps in part due to an increase in chronic acid reflux disease, Wagner says. "Early diagnosis of gastric cancer is difficult because most patients are asymptomatic in the early stage," says Dr. P...Fatal brain disease holds clues to dementia
... disease, addiction, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, autism and dementia....Penn study points to how COX-2 inhibitors can eventually lead to heart disease
...cyclin also controls the changes that occur in the muscular lining of blood vessels in response to pressure-re...or. Indeed, they saw the same effect. Cells in the muscular lining of the vessel wall multiplied(just like in the transplant model). Additionally, despite the v...Neurological disease raises risk of complications from flu
...ses studied include cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophy and seizure disorders. "Our findings support the recent decision of the Advisory Committee o...Children with neurological and neuromuscular diseases at risk for flu-related respiratory failure
...rological and neuromuscular disease (NNMD, such as muscular dystrophy), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and history of prematurity, that in recent studies have been associated with influenza hospitalization and severe influenza-related complications. The study included patients aged 21 years or young...New Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers announced
...The late Senator Wellstone was a major champion of muscular dystrophy issues in the Congress. The center at th...l explore new strategies for treating a variety of muscular dystrophies (MD). Two laboratory projects are focused on ways to increase muscle growth, and anothe...Johns Hopkins celebrates its first century of neuroscience
...factors that lead to cells' death in diseases like muscular dystrophies and Alzheimer's. Akira Sawa recently u...loped for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, muscular dystrophies and motor neuron diseases. The Society for Neuroscience annual meeting starts in Washing...Nov. 11 event celebrates a century of brain science at Johns Hopkins
...loped for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, muscular dystrophies and motor neuron diseases. "There were enclaves of scientists and physicians studying the brain in various departments at Hopkins well before the neuroscience department was formed in 1980," recalls Snyder, the first and only director the...Feeling good is good enough for a man
...ring on their body image; if they simply felt more muscular and stronger, or if their pants were looser, that was good enough to improve their body image. But when it came to the women, feeling thinner and stronger was only part of the story. The women who had the greatest improvements in body image were thos...Serious adverse reactions to smallpox vaccine appear to be limited
...ere classified as myocarditis (inflammation of the muscular tissue of the heart) and/or pericarditis (inflammation of a membrane that surrounds the heart) and 10 as ischemic cardiac events that were not anticipated based on historical data. Two cases of generalized vaccinia (a skin eruption in reaction to vac...'Doctor Franklin's Medicine' explores founding father's vast medical legacy
...ants and stockings, Finger first presents him as a muscular runaway from Boston, who settled in Philadelphia and made his first voyage to London in his teens. Stanley Finger Careful observations, experiments He points out that it was Franklin's appetite for books and love of learning, and how he ran his suc...New neurons take baby steps in the adult brain
...e-controlling nerves that succumb in diseases like muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or nerves that are damaged by trauma or injury. In none of these systems are new neurons formed or integrated to any great extent naturally....Trusted head injury prevention technique debunked
...cises used to develop power that involve explosive muscular contractions) could be used to combat this problem....An alternative therapy against brucellosis
...mptoms of the disease are fever, chills, weakness, muscular pain, sweating and headaches. If the bacteria invades the bloodstream, it can infect numerous tissues and organs, such as the liver, the spleen, the bones, the genitourinary system, the lungs, the central nervous system, and the heart, to the point ...Researchers identify major source of muscle repair cells
...urprising discovery with implications for treating muscular dystrophy, researchers at the University of Utah S...e potential use of SP cells in repairing muscle in muscular dystrophy patients," said the study's senior author, Gabrielle Kardon, Ph.D., assistant professor a...Scientists discover genetic profile of an often-misdiagnosed chronic allergic disease of children
...r Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. In EE, the esophagus (the muscular tube that connects the end of the throat with the opening of the stomach) becomes inflamed--often, but not always, due to allergic reactions to food. This inflammation causes nausea, heartburn, vomiting and difficulty swallowing. In advanced cases, c...Columbia receives up to $15 million from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation
...echnology. About Spinal Muscular Atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic, motor neuron disease characterized by the wasting of skeletal muscles due to progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Loss of function leads to premature death due to respiratory problems; half of its victims...