Researchers warn milk eliminates cardiovascular health benefits of tea
...tal, said: "There is a broad body of evidence from experimental and clinical studies indicating that tea exerts antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and vasodilating effects, thereby protecting against cardiovascular diseases. As worldwide tea consumption is second only to that of water, its beneficial effects repres...Renegade RNA -- Clues to cancer and normal growth
...in "cellular zip code" discovered in miR-29b as an experimental tool. For example, he plans to force other microRNAs and siRNAs into the nucleus to turn off specific sets of genes. Mendell's team is actively hunting for additional hidden microRNA elements that control other aspects of their behavior in cells. ...Brain studies reveal the mechanisms of the voluntary control of visual attention
...nched their current study, which followed the same experimental design used in the earlier study but incorporated time-sensitive ERP recordings. The study revealed that both the attention-directing cues and the "no-target-will-appear" cues evoked similar electrical activity during the first 300-400 milliseconds ...Medication does not appear to offer benefit for certain heart attack patients undergoing PCI
...underscores the challenge of translating promising experimental treatments for myocardial protection to the clinic," the authors write....Patients with PTSD experience less pain sensitivity -- may be related to altered processing
... region of deployment and year of deployment. The experimental procedure consisted of psychophysical assessment and neuroimaging with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)--the use of magnetic resonance imaging to learn which regions of the brain are active in a specific function. During fMRI, the patien...New treatments prevent brain injury hours after stroke in rats
...nting brain cell death for several reasons. "Our experimental results have suggested that NAD+ can produce greater protective effects than GT against ischemia," he notes. "Plus, NAD+ is a fundamental molecule for cell metabolism, so it is known to have relatively low toxicity." In addition, he says, NAD+ loss ...Pain relief effectiveness down to mind-set?
...ies to enhance people's response to placebos. The experimental methods we're using will allow us to test out such possibilities as a method of treating pain."...'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer
...n prevent tumor formation and kill cancer cells in experimental mice. Shih says that in the future, drugs that mimic N130 can be used to treat cancer....Study finds lapatinib shows promise as therapy for inflammatory breast cancer
...reast cancer, researchers have discovered that the experimental biological agent, lapatinib, successfully and spec...a consequence, no effective therapies standard or experimental - exist for women with IBC. We initiated this Phase II study because lapatinib is one of the few dr...Mass. General leading international trial of novel breast cancer drug
...ion After CHemotherapy) trial will investigate the experimental drug Tykerb (lapatinib) in patients with early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer who have not been treated with Herceptin, another targeted drug used for the same type of tumor. The MGH is the lead institution for the international trial, which is ...Protein 'fingerprint' in spinal fluid could spot Alzheimer's disease
...ually track the effectiveness or lack thereof of experimental drugs." He continued: "In fact, we are now using this panel to study the effects of a promising new experimental treatment for Alzheimer's called IVIg (intravenous immunoglobulin). "Data gleaned from the use of th...Research offers hope for alcoholics
...ery further we are now investigating how different experimental paradigms and environmental situations impact on the Orexin system, which will hopefully pinpoint therapeutic drug targets," Dr Lawrence said. "Before a therapeutic Orexin-blocking drug can be developed, we need to ensure that it will be safe to us...Natural, soy-based substance might help fight MS, Jefferson neuroscientists find
...cal College, and his group used an animal model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), which mimics MS, to investigate BBICs potential immune system-suppressing properties. BBIC inhibits proteases, enzymes that play important roles in the inflammation and demyelination processes that are at the heart...Key to avoiding whiplash injury may lie in head restraint positioning
... spinal motion. This data was compared to previous experimental research to be sure they were realistic." "We found that auto head restraints positioned less than 2.4 inches (6 cm) from the back of the head kept ligament stretch within the physiologic range - meaning that no injury would occur. However, as the r...Pro-vitamin E shown to be active against breast cancer cells
...a-tocopheryl succinate can reduce tumour volume in experimental animals with high levels of HER2. Chief investigator Associate Professor Jiri Neuzil said alpha-tocopheryl succinate (alpha-TOS) had the potential to be an inexpensive, safe and selective therapy for hard-to-treat breast cancers. "Alpha-TOS has ...Five-year study by OHSU Cancer Institute shows Gleevec's excellent survival rate
...chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) taking this new experimental drug was unknown. "We've completely changed the outlook for patients with this disease. Before Gleevec, patients were fortunate if they lived five years. Now, we've given patients a hopeful future," said Druker, the principal investigator for the s...Functional brain imaging insights from UC San Diego grad student
...cult to know which approach is right for any given experimental situation. In their new paper, David Wipf and colleagues at UCSDs Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems Lab and UCSDs Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience stepped back and studied many of these Bayesian approaches. Their work yielded a...Sleep problems -- real and perceived -- get in the way of alcoholism recovery
... for a randomized clinical trial of gabapentin, an experimental treatment for alcohol dependence. Each one started the trial when they had been off alcohol for about a week. The volunteers spent two separate nights in the sleep-monitoring area of the U-M General Clinical Research Center, wearing electrodes on ...BIDMC's Terry Strom, M.D., honored by American Society of Nephrology
...he action of these growth factors, studied them in experimental small animal models, evaluated them in primates, and participated in clinical trials. His most recent work has focused on the influence of inflammation on the texture of transplant rejection and autoimmunity and on investigation of a family of T-ce......experiments to test and validate the model. If the experimental data don't fit the predictions from the model, eit... Quaranta said. "This is a paradigm that is new to experimental biology." "What is happening in biology is similar to trends seen in recent decades in the physical ...