Study finds difference in survival rates among white and black women with advanced breast cancer
...te breast cancer patients is widening. The study evolved as a follow-up to recent research of Sharon Giordano, M.D., assistant professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Breast Medical Oncology, that found an overall improvement in the survival of Stage IV breast cancer patients enrolled in clinical trial...Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage
...rs use harmless viruses called vectors, which have evolved to invade human cells and insert their DNA. In designing the new therapy, Kyrkanides team chose to work first with vectors based on feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a lentivirus that attacks the immune system of cats. It resembles HIV in humans, ...World-leading innovation in child-allergy detection
...opment. The scientific approach to allergies has evolved explains Pierre-Henri Benhamou of France's DBV technologies. Aside from the well-known 'immediate' forms of allergy, which involve rapid acute symptoms upon allergen ingestion, 'delayed' types have also been described since the 1990s. Here, clinical ...Pioneering study maps attention, memory and language links in the human brain
...language and hearing sciences (SLHS). "Humans have evolved a very sophisticated symbolic form of communication. Language affects how we think, what we believe, how we interact with each other. I'd even go so far as to say that our future as a species depends on understanding how we communicate. But very litt...SCAI'S Hildner Lecture traces progress through 30 years of interventional cardiology
...oped and new techniques perfected. "This field has evolved progressively and dramatically over the last 30 years, through iterative problem solving and evidence-based medicine," Dr. Baim said. "It is likely to evolve that much or more over the next 10, 20, or 30 years." Today interventional cardiologists t...Breakdown of myelin implicated in Alzheimer's, UCLA research shows
...ived beyond age 50 and therefore, as a species, we evolved to continue myelinating over our entire natural life span." As a result, the volume of myelinated white matter increases to a peak at about age 50, then slowly begins to reverse and decline in volume as we continue to age. The myelin that is depos...NeuroArm: Navigating the future of surgery
...chnology." "Many of our microsurgical techniques evolved in the 1960s, and have pushed surgeons to the limits of their precision, accuracy, dexterity and stamina," says Dr. Sutherland, professor of neurosurgery, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine and the Calgary Health Region. "NeuroArm dramatically...Penn researchers show how nanocylinders deliver medicine better than nanospheres
...ese findings can help us understand how this shape evolved in nature and the advantages of using it for treating people."...Vaginal birth increases risk of hemorrhage in newborns
...ally for a very long time, and our brains probably evolved to handle vaginal birth without major difficulty." ...10 outstanding scientists chosen as First Environmental Health Science Fellows
...unaware of how profoundly this research domain has evolved and haven't yet developed a thorough understanding of the significance and implications of new results for human and planetary health. The program was developed to address these concerns by alerting journalists and the public to new findings. The F...Neurons targeted by dementing illness may have evolved for complex social cognition
... are uniquely shaped brain cells that seem to have evolved in a select group of socially complex species: great apes, humans, and, as reported last month, whales. Across species, VENs are localized to frontal brain regions associated with cognition, emotion and social behavior. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)...Study shows interruption of antiretroviral therapy increases risk of disease and death
...ontinuous antiretroviral therapy. As HIV/AIDS has evolved into a chronic disease without a cure, lifelong antiretroviral therapy has become the norm. Lifelong therapy, however, can be difficult to adhere to as well as expensive. For these reasons, there has been a concerted research effort to test treatment...UC Davis at forefront of national initiative to transform research to improve human health
...nnovative telecommunications technology, which has evolved into one of the broadest and most extensive efforts in the world to reach geographically dispersed and ethnically diverse populations; Its collaborative culture, which has fostered one of the most extensive and interdisciplinary life science environm...3-D forms link antibiotic resistance and brain disease
... explained that the genes for both types of enzyme evolved from a common gene ancestor. That common gene evolved so that the final Type II and III enzyme structures look and work differently, but can still do the ...T cells activated to fight HIV basis for dendritic cell therapeutic vaccine
...ustom-designed to target the unique virus that has evolved in each individual being treated. A patient's own dendritic cells together with their unique viral antigens comprise the main elements of the vaccine," said Charles R. Rinaldo, Jr., Ph.D., professor and chairman of the department of infectious diseas...Scripps research scientists test anti-obesity vaccine
...ation." There is broad speculation that ghrelin evolved as a response to the feast or famine conditions of early humans. Those who were genetically predisposed to eat heartily and store fat efficiently during periods of plenty were more likely to survive the next round of scarcity and passed this trait on...Penn researchers examine the effects of meditation on early cognitive impairment
... new "Center for Spirituality and the Mind," which evolved from work initiated in Penn's Department of Radiology to embrace and encourage researchers from the fields of medicine, pastoral care, religious studies, social work, nursing, and bioethics to expand our knowledge of how spirituality may affect the h...Coordination of primary health care and hospital care reduces readmission in COPD
...insufficiency. Patients included in this programme evolved from a 9-day admission to a 2-day admission. This programme, which emphasizes specialised nursing and medical cooperation, was initially supported by CATSalut, but now and until 31 December the project will be supported by Hospital Clnic. Home care h...Where the brain organizes actions
...s area in the brain--best known as the region that evolved to manage speech production--is a major "executive" center in the brain for organizing hierarchies of behaviors. Such planning ability, from cooking a meal to organizing a space mission, is considered one of the hallmarks of human intelligence. The r......ently respond to new infections, the immune system evolved such that it stores a 'memory' of previous attack by pathogens. The specialized cells involved in this process are known as 'T memory cells'. The T memory cells are normally maintained at a low level that can be rapidly expanded if the pathogen is de...