Clinical Trials Units selected for newly restructured HIV/AIDS research networks
...ckle the critical research questions that can help accelerate progress against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. NIAID supports the worlds largest HIV/AIDS clinical research effort. The CTU awards represent the second step of a two-part restructuring process of NIAIDs HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks. NIAID announced ...Stem cells speed growth of healthy liver tissue
...e patients own bone marrow can further augment and accelerate the livers natural capacity to regenerate itself, said Gnther Frst, M.D., co-author and professor of radiology. In the study, researchers compared the results of portal vein embolization (PVE), a technique currently used to help regenerate liver ti...New treatment possibilities for fatal genetic disease
...o different angles, the Florey researchers hope to accelerate their discoveries into clinical outcomes to benefit HD patients. Huntingtons disease Huntingtons disease (HD) is a genetic disorder, passed on from parent to child, which results in a variety of devastating symptoms that worsen as the disease pro...Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
...Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to accelerate the application of research to effective treatments for the condition. In the latest study, Madison and postdoctoral scholar Jesse Hanson, PhD, studied Fragile X syndrome, which is a leading cause of mental retardation in this country. Affected peo...Good news on heart attack and chest pain
...olved in the national D2B Alliance, which seeks to accelerate the use of emergency angioplasty by helping hospitals be ready to deliver the life-saving treatment as quickly as possible after a patient arrives. So, as hospitals work to improve their heart care even more, the new study's authors hope that addit...New study reports improved treatment and reduced mortality for patients with heart failure
...e study highlights the need for further efforts to accelerate improvements in care for heart failure patients. FINDINGS: Treatment changes included decreased use of intravenous inotropic agents (drugs that make the heart work harder) and increased use of intravenous vasodilators (drugs that reduce the work th...JCI table of contents: May 1, 2007
...ia administration of SDF-1alpha, may significantly accelerate diabetic wound healing by correcting the deficit in EPC number that is inherent to diabetic wounds. TITLE: Diabetic impairments in NO-mediated endothelial progenitor cell mobilization and homing are reversed by hyperoxia and SDF-1alpha AUTHOR CON...Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats
...ical therapy once treated. Physical therapy may accelerate integration of the grafted stem cells and enhance their therapeutic benefit, Johe said, adding that the goal is to provide a significant gain in functional mobility of the patients legs. This study builds on Marsalas previous work in rat models usi...Blocking stress protein decreases Alzheimer's peptide in mice
...vels. But because there are other factors that can accelerate plaque build-up, they needed to test the link. For that new test, scientists used a technique known as microdialysis to monitor amyloid beta levels in the brains of mice exposed to the same stressors: isolation and smaller cages. "Stress remarkably e...UK scientists set their sights on cure for AMD
...ans, led by the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, to accelerate the techniques move from laboratory to clinic. The Project is open access and will be made completely available to scientists, clinicians and all those with an interest worldwide. AMD is associated with defects of the retinal support cells the re...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...awrence Livermore National Laboratory, the DWA can accelerate protons to up to 100 million electron volts in just a meter. A two-meter DWA could potentially supply protons of sufficiently high energy to treat all tumors, including those buried deep in the body, while fitting in a conventional radiation treatme...The future of biofuels is not in corn
...l not only lower the greenhouse gas emissions that accelerate global warming, but theyre the key to reducing U.S. dependency on foreign oil imports and to revitalizing family farming in rural America. However, according to The Rush to Ethanol a new and comprehensive analysis by Food & Water Watch, the Networ......industry and international cooperation in order to accelerate technological innovation in the field and lead to a wider deployment of carbon capture and storage. The Centre will also have a strong programme of knowledge transfer and training with a range of opportunities for industrial engagement. Dr Maroto-V...