Jefferson scientists create plant factories churning out antibodies against tumor cells
...acco plants to produce monoclonal antibodies tiny guided protein missiles that can target and hunt down cancer cells. The plants promise to provide a cheaper, faster method of producing anticancer antibodies, raising hopes that the technology can one day be used in humans. Scientists, led by Hilary Kopro...Patients with suspicious axillary breast lymph nodes should undergo fine-needle aspiration
...n needle. The placement of the needle is generally guided by various imaging methods. In the case of axillar...odes found in the underarm area), the procedure is guided by ultrasound. "The procedure is fast, painless and safe. No major complications are described after...New national effort seeks a more rational organ allocation system for kidney transplants
...r organs by reviewing the complex formula that has guided kidney allocation for years. One possible outcome of the review announced this week at the annual American Transplant Congress is that the allocation formula will likely include new factors related to both the donor and the recipient not included in ...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
...three insulin injections a day or an insulin pump, guided by frequent self-monitoring of blood glucose. Intensive treatment meant keeping hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels as close as possible to the normal value of 6 percent or less. (The HbA1c blood test reflects a person's average blood sugar over the past...Radiofrequency ablation is effective long-term treatment for kidney tumors
...ed in biopsy procedures. Placement of the probe is guided by CT scan, ultrasound or other imaging techniques. Widely used to treat cardiac arrhythmias, RFA is also being investigated for destruction of small liver tumors and has been used for more than ten years to treat a benign bone tumor called osteoid o...Some male breast cancer patients may have unnecessary radiotherapy
...ther post-mastectomy radiotherapy in men should be guided by the same principles used in women or given routinely to all men with breast cancer, but the new results were consistent with there being no influence of gender on the main outcomes once other known prognostic variables were taken into account. How...'Hollow-face illusion' affects estimates of distance and reaching tasks
...ability to estimate distance and complete visually guided reaching tasks according to a study published in the June issue of Journal of Vision, an online, free access publication of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). In a joint study by the University of Minnesota in Minneapol...New report calls for recovery units to boost surgery survival rates
...where the anaesthetist administers a mix of fluids guided by monitored cardiac output. At present, while these procedures are standard in some hospitals, many others do not make use of them. Nutritional supplements can also improve patients' outcome along with exercise. Overall the report recommends: Ass...PLoS Medicine refocuses world's attention on the tsunami, six months on
...t Clifford Perera. Was the humanitarian response guided by the best research evidence? Prathap Tharyan and colleagues from the Cochrane Collaboration say that some disaster response teams treated people with a psychological therapy called debriefing, which has been found to be ineffective or even harmful...Minimally invasive solid tumor biopsy may replace surgery to get diagnostic specimens
...of the Cancer paper. Hoffer performed the biopsies guided usually by ultrasound or CT scans to obtain images inside the patient as he inserted and manipulated the hollow biopsy needles in order to obtain cores of tumor samples. The biopsy samples were analyzed using histopathologic techniques (studying th...'I'm a Kid Too' project completes first phase
...e, helped them hone their image making skills, and guided them in crafting their own story. Utilizing the computer and technological resources of Tubby's Clubhouses, the older cohort was able to critique their previous week's work on state-of-the art computers, while the project coordinator and UK fine art...Gene that controls the severity of asthma identified
...wer MIF in patients may be beneficial and could be guided by the MIF genotype of affected individuals."...New book explains age-old mystery of geometrical illusions
... relating the image on your retina to the visually guided behavior that's worked in the past," said Purves. "This framework for thinking about vision explains quantitatively -- sometimes in amazing detail -- what we end up seeing." In 2003, Purves and colleague Beau Lotto published an explanation of their "...Pulmonary artery catheter use neutral for patient outcomes
... the catheter could be helpful if, for example, it guided us in selecting the right medications. To date, those types of trials have not been conducted." The researchers conducted the meta-analysis as a way of putting into perspective the results of another trial dubbed ESCAPE. That results of that trial, ...Use of pulmonary artery catheterization does not show benefit for severe heart failure patients
...at for patients with severe heart failure, therapy guided by PAC monitoring and clinical assessment would le...hospitalized during 6 months compared with therapy guided by clinical assessment alone. The randomized controlled trial included 433 patients at 26 sites and...Breast cancer patients turn to reflexology for comfort
...ee different complementary therapies reflexology, guided imagery and reminiscence therapy, in which women recall times in their lives when they've met and overcome challenges. Of those three, reflexology proved to be the most effective. "Reflexology is the one people stuck with the most during the eight-we...New Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers announced
...ers work individually and collaboratively, and are guided by a steering committee that includes representatives from each center. Each has both basic and clinical research projects, and one or more core facilities to support them. Centers must also make core resources or services available to the national ...Heart mapping technique safely guides catheter repair of arrhythmia
... heart tissue that facilitate rhythm disturbances, guided only by these anatomically precise, reconstructed ... is inserted through a vein in the dog's leg, then guided to the heart, where it is used to burn off the small part of heart muscle that gives rise to the err...Jefferson and Delaware researchers combine tiny nanotubes and antibodies to detect cancer
...covered them with monoclonal antibodies so-called guided protein missiles that home in on target protein "antigens" on the surface of cancer cells. The antibodies were specific for insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R), which is commonly found at high levels on cancer cells. They then measured the ......p Those entrusted with governance roles should be guided by the notion of stewardship. Inherent in stewardship are the notions of trust, ethical behaviour and good decision-making. This implies that decisions regarding resources are intended to achieve the best patient health and public health outcomes giv...