New treatment boosts muscle function in myasthenia gravis
...were dryness of eyes and mouth. Experts say this discovery may have implications beyond myasthenia gravis. Oral antisense may become another mode of therapy in neuromuscular disease and further study is needed, said Argov. However, these preliminary results should be evaluated with caution since this was a...New cause of tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells discovered at Lombardi
...di Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today the discovery of a new mechanism of resistance to endocrine or anti-hormonal therapies, such as Tamoxifen and Faslodex. This research may allow oncologists to screen women for responsiveness to these treatments, and provides a much-needed clue to reversing resista...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...ular turnover. Rando and his colleagues made the discovery while studying the effect of environment on muscle stem cell activity in mice. Rando had already discovered that old muscle stem cells, if placed in a youthful environment, had just as great a capacity for repairing acutely damaged tissue as do young...Metabolic study in mice could lead to 'good cholesterol' boosters
...vered in mice operate similarly in humans, the new discovery could point the way to therapies that protect against heart disease by boosting concentrations of the beneficial high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). By and large, the medicines now available lower levels of the bad low-density lipoprotein...UIC researchers to develop new drugs to fight bioterrorism
...y has an extensive research program devoted to the discovery and development of antibiotics for the treatment of this and other infectious diseases," said Jerry Bauman, dean of the College of Pharmacy. "This grant will allow us to expand on our current studies." UIC researchers will conduct four projects ove...Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes, as reported in Science
...rch is far from practical applications, the team's discovery has yielded a new, fundamental bottom-up technique for building nanostructures. It's all about constructing materials and nanostructures in an easy way, Pochan said. The goal is to design a molecule with all the rules--all the information it needs-...New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...rials testing new compounds. Likewise, as the drug discovery times are decreased in research laboratories, the cost of drugs also will come down. Basically it brings the chemists making the drugs much closer to the clinic, saving time. Because the NCI-60 set of cells has been used to screen thousands of che...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...TING HIGHLIGHTS Meeting highlights include: a new discovery that ultrasound might provide a warning signal for breast cancer; a multiplexing technique, similar to ones used in communications technology, to produce faster computed tomography (CT) images; a new device that may make proton cancer therapy a much ...Damon Runyon renews its $2.25 million investment to support young clinical cancer investigators
...ge of physicians capable of translating scientific discovery into new breakthroughs for cancer patients. In partnerships with founding sponsor Eli Lilly and Company, and with Siemens Medical Solutions, Novartis and Genentech, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has committed more than $30 million to s...Hormone therapy offers new hope for ovarian cancer patients
...n cancer can be a devastating disease, so this new discovery is particularly exciting. We still have a lot to do, but this research has furthered our understanding of the hormone control of ovarian cancer, which could provide less gruelling treatments for cancer patients. It presents new possibilities for tail...Future therapies for stroke may block cell death
...emistry and pharmacognosy and director of the drug discovery program at UIC. "This work gives us a good directi...ive against malaria. "This is a new area of drug discovery for the 22nd century," Kozikowski said....MUHC-led international team identifies gene responsible for blindness in infants and children
...blished in todays issue of Nature Genetics. This discovery has the potential to fast-track a cure for this di...homozygous regions in the genome, which led to the discovery of the new gene called LCA5. In the past, large families were necessary to find genes, but in this ...Gene variations point to why lung cancer drugs work better in Japanese vs. US patients
...ociety of Clinical Oncology annual meeting. The discovery that Japanese and U.S. patients, matched in age, gender and other respects, had differences in key metabolism-related genes is the latest result from a seven-year collaboration between the Southwest Oncology Group and two clinical trials groups in Ja...Ground breaking research to end in tears
...rating too quickly. Associate Professor Millar's discovery has opened a whole new avenue ofresearch and is the culmination of 14 years of blood, sweat andliterally tears. Over the years, he has collected samples of his own tears to extractcompounds needed for experiments. Already Associate Professor Mill...UCLA pediatrician honored with prestigious achievement award
... milk. In the early days following the initial discovery of AIDS, Stiehm was a leader in the recognition of AIDS in children and in efforts to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to fetuses. He also played an instrumental role in the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Pedi...Free public talk on epilepsy research and progress towards better treatment
...(CMRI) about current research. His lab has made a discovery that opens the path to a truly new treatment for e...evening lecture about the research behind this new discovery and how it may one day be used to development treatments for epilepsy, schizophrenia and mood disord...Stem cells provide clues to cancer spread
...ted number of cells in a growing tumour. The teams discovery that it happens spontaneously in ES cells means that it can be studied more easily in the laboratory. "Understanding how cancer cells start to spread is tremendously important for cancer research; tumours that do not spread are rarely, if ever, dan...New long-term data analyses for Bifeprunox show favorable effects vs. placebo
... Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will collaborate in a joint discovery effort targeting the identification of small molecules as potential antipsychotic medications. Any compounds discovered as part of the research collaboration will be jointly co-owned and patented by Wyeth and Solvay Pharmaceuticals as well as co-deve...UCLA Nobel Laureate honored with membership in the American Philosophical Society
...there are 900 members. Ignarros groundbreaking discovery of the importance of nitric oxide in cardiovascular health secured him the 1998 Nobel Prize. He found that nitric oxide is produced in the blood vessels and controls the flow of blood by signaling vessels to expand and contract. A shortage in nitric ...New book provides unprecedented look at role of religion over a lifetime
... high point of religiousness for most people. This discovery was exciting considering only a few studies worldwide have the necessary survey data to trace religious change from adolescence to late adulthood. Religiousness dips slightly but remains high through early adulthood (people in their thirties) but the...