Researchers find defects in adult stem cell niche may cause breast cancer
... identify all the cell types at low magnification, allowing more cells to be counted. This method revealed not only that each cell population has a different size in normal breast tissue, but also that the different cells are arranged in particular relationships to each other. The arrangements form repeating ...Test predicts risk of liver scarring after transplant, study shows
... a way to identify those at greatest risk, thereby allowing doctors to decide who should receive treatment that could save the transplanted organ. The new findings appear in the October issue of the journal Liver Transplantation. The research found a laboratory test that shows activation of a certain type of ...Elsevier announces a publishing partnership with the Ambulatory Pediatric Association
...atures will include a comprehensive search engine, allowing users to search Ambulatory Pediatrics alone, or to include hundreds of other Elsevier journals and MEDLINE in a single query; options to sign up for e-mail alerts; and embedded links to valuable content, such as the Mosby Drug Consult database. Ambu...AIDS inflicts specific pattern of brain damage, reveals UCLA/Pittsburgh imaging study
.... "The brain scan really catches AIDS red-handed, allowing us to see precisely where the damage is," Thompson observed. "For the first time, we can understand why motor skills deteriorate with AIDS, because the virus attacks the motor centers on top of the brain." "We saw up to a 15-percent tissue loss in t...Leading pediatricians group recommends infants sleep in cribs, not parents' beds
...on five years ago said that in some circumstances, allowing a baby to sleep in an adult bed can be dangerous. ...," Kemp said. Advocates of bed-sharing argue that allowing a baby to sleep in his or her mother's bed promotes breastfeeding and closeness. The new American A...VGTI researchers receive $12.6 million to study West Nile virus in the elderly
... like to find out what in us deteriorates with age allowing the virus to have a greater ability to create serious illness.," explained Nikolich-Zugich. The scientists and their colleagues also believe the findings of this research may have commercial impacts that benefit Oregonians. "Once we understand the ...ACRF research funds critical to keeping international edge: Frazer
...ncer research with its large infrastructure grants allowing Australian research groups to retain a competitive edge internationally, according to University of Queensland's Professor Ian Frazer. Frazer, whose team grabbed worldwide headlines this week by developing a cervical cancer vaccine, previously receiv...UQ leads the State in NHMRC grants
...ut in malignant tumours, this protein malfunctions allowing cancerous tumour cells to spread. This research will help better understand why this protein fails to activate in malignant tumour cells. "The grant means we can start to explore new areas, using imaging in live cells to find out how tumour suppress...US kidney failure rates stabilize, ending a 20-year climb
...rom 2002 and continuing a four-year trend, finally allowing researchers to be cautiously optimistic that rate decreases have not happened by chance. The average annual increase has been less than 1 percent since 1999, compared to an average 5 percent in the previous decade, according to research published re...Therapeutic vaccine for ovarian cancer in clinical trials
...rther ten patients will be invited to participate, allowing the company to collect additional data with only a minimal extension of the trial length. Cancer cells evade detection by the immune system as the proteins on the cell surface are seen to be 'self proteins'. Prima's technology involves re-educating...Enzyme complex thought to promote cancer development can also help prevent it
...nd this enzyme remains bound to and methylates H3, allowing it to silence gene expression. "Our results imply that Akt regulates the methylation activity through phosphorylation of EZH2, which may contribute to oncogenesis," Hung says....New radiation technique helps brain cancer patients keep their hair
... nearby healthy tissue (including hair follicles), allowing patients to significantly reduce the amount of hair they lost. Half of the patients in the study reported only slightly noticeable hair loss four weeks after treatment ended, and half had no noticeable hair loss. Patients also didn't experience some ...Doctors can halve dose of radiation and still cure Hodgkin's
...educing the amount of radiation we give them, thus allowing them to have a higher quality of life after treatment," said Hans Theodor Eich, M.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at the University of Cologne in Cologne, Germany....Military funds research on how nicotine impairs bone healing
...inside of cells. nACHRs transfer nerve messages by allowing charged particles (e.g. calcium ions) to flow through their gateways, which in turn sets off actions inside the cell. The DOD-funded research is based on the discovery that nACHR-enabled calcium flow, along with helping to pass on nerve signals, al...Public forum on breast cancer issues 'call to action'
...omplished through a built in remote scancomponent, allowing authorized medical personnel to screen patients from any location via a secure network connection. In addition, these core features allow a single operator to administer multiple patient scans simultaneously from a central location and transmit the d...New imaging technique reveals how likely you are to break a bone
...which can be used to reveal the strength of bones, allowing doctors to more accurately estimate the risk of bo... technique we can get a more complete measurement, allowing us to predict better the risk of fractures as a result of osteoporosis." Although X-rays can be used...US health care cuts are costing lives
... she argues. The US government knows it, yet it is allowing this to happen at the expense of human lives, while the healthcare industry is reaping record profits. She is committed to breaking the silence over these cuts and taking action. She calls on others around the world to join her in bringing national a...Aboriginal researcher receives Fiona Stanley medal
...munity has for her, was extended to the study team allowing the project to succeed. "Annette is an excellent role model for Aboriginal people - she is a trained childhood education worker, a trained Aboriginal health worker and has been involved in many important health initiatives including the development o...Study shows escalating climate change impacts
...de more representatives from the financial sector, allowing deeper exploration of the links between health, environmental and economic consequences of the changing climate. Risks and opportunities were addressed, as were policies and measures commensurate with the magnitude of the possible futures envisioned....Oxford Open first quarter results show marked differences in uptake across disciplines
...optional open access model supports our authors by allowing them thechoice of paying for immediate free access to their articles, withunrestricted reuse for education and research." commented Richardson. Headded, "Ultimately, Oxford Open will allow us to examine whether optional openaccess is a long term su...