A giant step toward tiny functional nanowires
...omponents for a variety of nanoscale devices." In addition to Mirkin, other authors on the Science paper are Lidong Qin (lead author), Sungho Park and Ling Huang of Northwestern University....New drug is effective in reducing rejection in heart transplantation
...ine, mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroids, in addition to daclizumab or the placebo. The study found that the rate of rejection was 25 percent lower in the daclizumab group of patients than in the placebo group. Within six months of their heart transplants, 77 of the 216 patients in the daclizumab group ...Harvard scientists report public health impact of 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait
... public health impacts are fully compensable." In addition to Dr. Evans, key researchers on the project included Douglas Dockery, professor of environmental epidemiology at HSPH, Jaafar Behbehani, assistant professor at Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, James Hammitt, professor of economics and decision...Building better therapeutic vaccines for chronic infections
...nting the immune system is a virus or a tumor. In addition to Wherry and senior author Ahmed, the other co-author of the paper is Joseph N. Blattman, Ph.D., of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Funding for the work was provided by the National Institutes of Health and the Cancer Research Institute....Animal research suggests new treatment target for epilepsy
...lexander and Godwin were the first to show that in addition to releasing glutamate, thalamus cells also have a special type of glutamate receptor that acts almost as a braking system slowing the release of glutamate when there is high-intensity brain activity associated with a seizure. "It's like the gas and...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July 2005 (first issue)
..., after two written reminders and a phone call. In addition to their results on passive smoking, the investigators found no statistically significant relationship between the exposures in question and such confounders as the subject's sex, age, educational level, smoking habits, pack years, occupational expos...NIMH study finds antipsychotic Risperidone safe, effective as intermediate term treatment for autism
...ain development and a strong genetic component. In addition to core symptoms, children with autism frequently exhibit serious behavior disturbances in response to routine environmental demands. For these disturbances, behavior therapy and medications are the two main forms of treatment. In the multi-site stu...Nature publication reports key links between mechanisms of aging and metabolic disorders
...beginning to recognize that metabolic syndrome, in addition to being a precursor of serious diseases such as t...are expected to double over the next 25 years. In addition to the direct burdens (e.g. patient quality of life, economic) of these metabolic diseases, diabetes...Bone marrow researcher recieves Pew Award
...h the Pew grant, Calvi can now explore whether the addition of parathyroid hormone to human cells has the same effect. "Dr. Calvi's work is unique, ambitious and holds great potential for patients, all in the spirit of the Pew awards," said Bradford C. Berk, M.D., Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Medicin...Brain function in schizophrenia can improve with support, holds promise for cognitive rehabilitation
...al pattern of memory-related brain activities. "In addition to showing improved memory for words that they had...ing the most difficulty, researchers suggest. In addition to Bonner-Jackson, the study's co-authors are John Csernansky, M.D., the Gregory B. Couch Professor ...No link found between low androgen levels and low sexual function in women
...r] and low serum DHEAS level relative to age." "In addition to demonstrating that the measurement of testosterone is not useful for the diagnosis of the proposed female androgen insufficiency syndrome, our findings also do not support a diagnostically useful role for the measurement of DHEAS. This is because ...Obese older women may be more prone to frailty
...including slowness, weakness, and low activity. In addition to its association with obesity, this research dem...adults may have to face greater risk of frailty in addition to obesity related disease, say researchers....Scientists discover how Nipah virus enters cells
...ustralia when it spread from horses to humans. "In addition to our concern about Nipah and Hendra viruses as emerging global health and economic threats, we worry about their potential use as bioterror agents," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "This work, funded through our biodefense research ...Ten million Africans treated by international disease treatment programme
...gives children a much better start in life." In addition to a treatment programme, the SCI has also set up an education programme to raise awareness of the disease, and how to avoid becoming infected by schistosomiasis. Professor Stephen Smith, Principal of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College Londo...Benefits of nitric oxide vary in preemies, Stanford/Packard researchers say
...efore 34 weeks of gestation to clinical trials. In addition to studying the short-term effects of inhaled nitr... the Stanford General Clinical Research Center. In addition to Van Meurs, Stanford/Packard researchers David Stevenson, MD, and M. Bethany Ball contributed to t...Specific regions of brain implicated in anorexia nervosa, finds Univ. of Pittsburgh study
...e genes that contribute to the eating disorder. In addition to Drs. Kaye and Frank, other authors include Carolyn C. Meltzer, M.D., Julie C. Price, Ph.D., Chester A. Mathis, Ph.D., Jessica Hoge and Scott Ziolko, all of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine department of radiology; Ursula F. Bailer, ...Red and Charline McCombs contribute $30 million to M. D. Anderson research effort
...the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets. In addition to his volunteer leadership at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Mr. McCombs has led many national, state and local organizations including the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Development Board, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County and The Univ...Parkinson's medication appears to trigger excessive gambling
...f early in the course of Parkinson's disease or in addition to treatment with levodopa. The dopamine agonist drugs associated with pathological gambling appear to be those that specifically target the D3 dopamine receptors, according to Dr. Dodd. These receptors are located in the limbic system of the brain, ...Nearly two million eye injuries in the US each year
... the U.S., inpatient and outpatient facilities, in addition to other settings, must be considered, according to background information in the article. Gerald McGwin, Jr., M.S., Ph.D., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues combined data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, ...Low heart rate variability in depressed patients contributes to high mortality after heart attack
... Carney says it may have other effects, too. So in addition to looking at omega-3 fatty acids to treat depression and heart rate variability, he says it also will be important for researchers to identify other mechanisms through which depression increases the risk of death in the months after a heart attack. ...