'Smart' mice teach scientists about learning process, brain disorders
...eriments than traditional knockout, which entirely eliminates the gene. "Being able to turn a gene off throughout a brain is a really advanced thing to do," Dr. Bibb said. "Its been shown that it can be done, but we put the system together and actually applied it." Normally, Cdk5 works with another enzyme t...Research highlights from Thoracic Society Conference
...percent of cat, dog and dust-mite allergens, which eliminates an allergic response in 95 percent of cat-allergic people, 92 percent of dog-allergic people, and 60 percent of dust mite-allergic people....New, less painful wound treatment for pediatric patients
...e. "Not only is the therapy very effective, but it eliminates the need for dozens of painful and frightening gauze dressing changes." According to Dr. Olutoye, the therapy offers other benefits. Because the therapy is less painful, less pain medication may be required. In addition, the dressing is sturdy and ...New prostate cancer treatment wins operations research award for Sloan-Kettering
.... The real-time intra-operative planning system eliminates pre-operation simulation and post-implant imaging analysis. Based on the range of costs of these procedures, Prof. Lee estimated conservatively that their elimination nationwide could save $450 million a year for prostate cancer care alone. As rep...Teens get needed access to care with state health insurance
...ts insurance, it improves their access to care and eliminates disparities while promoting effective use of preventive care," Klein said. "Enrolling adolescents in these state insurance programs is a good investment because with greater access to preventative care, these children will be more likely to learn way...Nanoparticles can track cells deep within living organisms
...cells will be visible in the scan," he says. "That eliminates any background signal, which often interferes with medical imaging. Moreover, the lack of interference means we can measure very low amounts of the labeled cells and closely estimate their number by the brightness of the image." The researchers be...Probe to detect spread of breast cancer co-developed by UH scientist
... dye that takes only 10 to 15 minutes to work and eliminates the need for a nuclear medicine practitioner to in... be hospitalized while waiting, and the technology eliminates unnecessary patient and surgeon exposure to radioactivity. "We introduce a paradigm-shifting new...Colon cancer screening -- Going 'Back To The Future'?
...an blood in stool. This increased test specificity eliminates the need for dietary restrictions before colon cancer screening which may induce some individuals who are otherwise unwilling to take a screening test to do so. Perhaps more importantly, the ability to choose different thresholds to indicate a pos...Dental researchers test no-needle anesthesia, no-drilling cavity care
...s the weakened tooth structure and, in many cases, eliminates the need for any dental drilling," said Ciancio....Response to anti-HIV therapy improved if treatment begins six months after preventive regimen
...ard her own health. The single dose of nevirapine eliminates most of the copies of HIV that infect a patient, except for a few mutant copies that are genetically resistant to the drug. Researchers were concerned that as these remaining mutants multiplied, mutant HIV would not respond to nevirapine when it was...UW-Madison researchers clear way to stronger glass
...n have developed a new glass-making technique that eliminates some of that mess. With the new technology, described in a study in the Dec. 8 issue of Science, they created a novel glass that is stronger and more stable than glass made in traditional ways. Though not suitable to replace everyday products like wi...'Inverse planning' system improves brachytherapy treatment for prostate and other cancers
...can be done just prior to seed implantation. That eliminates an extra clinical visit and ensures that the plan is based on the dimensions of the tumor and organ at the time of implantation. "From the clinical side, this is a significant advance in being able to treat prostate cancer with fewer side effects w...Boston Celtics fund first teen vaccination delivery program in the country
...cine program for high-risk youth that minimizes or eliminates barriers to participation....Georgetown establishes leading institute for global and national health law
...date and rational, that closes regulatory gaps and eliminates overlaps, and that is responsive to modern public health concerns rather than century-old public health crises. Studying the ethical and legal questions raised by use of brain scanning and other biotechnologies to assess and counter threats to na...Insurance companies deny medically necessary breast reductions based on random, unproven criteria
...ies use is not supported by medical literature and eliminates a large number of women from coverage, forcing them to fend for themselves." Most insurance companies require patients to exhibit specific signs and symptoms prior to approving breast reduction as medically necessary. The amount of tissue removed...Moffitt research on myelodysplastic syndromes appears in New England Journal of Medicine
...mark data demonstrate that Revlimid in some cases, eliminates all signs of the cancer's genetic cause, an abnormality on the chromosome 5, can reduce or even eliminate the need for transfusions in many patients with MDS, and after two years these responses have continued to hold," says Dr. Alan List, Professor ...Key event in cell death occurs as single, quick event
..., rather than as a step-by-step process. Apoptosis eliminates extraneous cells from the developing body; and disposes of cells that sustain irreparable harm to their DNA or are infected with microorganisms.The researchers photographed individual cells undergoing that process, allowing investigators to observe t...Children's surgeon to present results of new anti-rejection protocol at World Transplant Congress
...shows that the new protocol reduces drug doses and eliminates steroids altogether in young patients. Dr. Sindhi, also an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present four studies at the World Transplant Congress in Boston on July 24 and 25, 2006 with all ranki...Defining the limits of computerized physician order entry systems
... for the problems of medication ordering error. It eliminates handwriting errors and instantly sends orders to the pharmacist. Unfortunately, many of the CPOE software programs are not responsive to the realities of hospital work; and CPOE systems are often seen by clinicians as irrational impositions rather th...New analytical techniques developed to quantify composition of fake anti-malarials
...quently analyzed by mass spectrometry. This method eliminates the time and costs associated with sample preparation." Specifically, Fernandez and his students have worked to improve two recently developed analytical chemistry techniques desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) developed by Purdue University a...