Serendipity versus planning - cancer drugs of the future?
...nib, which administered orally. It was designed to hit a subset of the popular Epidermal Growth Factor Re...clinical trials with lapatinib suggest that it may hit cancer cells, resistant to other commonly used breast cancer drugs, and to the other EGFR targeting ...Patient care dramatically improved using best practice
...eard today how all countries should be striving to hit similar targets. The project set up in the Netherlands has delivered exactly what it promised, namely measurably improved outcomes for breast cancer patients. Many countries have National Cancer Plans, few of which have delivered their full potentia...Purdue chemical-analysis method promises fast results
...extra proton. When the positively charged droplets hit the surface of the sample being tested, the hydronium ions transfer their extra proton to molecules in the sample, turning them into ions. The ionized molecules are then vacuumed through a tube and into the mass spectrometer, where the masses of the ...Vaccinated adults less likely to die from pneumonia
...nation seem evident in the new study. "When people hit the door really sick and most likely to die, even in those people, being vaccinated was associated with a lower risk of death," Dr. Fisman said. The pneumococcal vaccine impairs the development of a serious condition called bacteremia, or bacterial i...Patient view of asthma as a temporary health problem negatively impacts control of disease
...y was conducted, is one of the communities hardest hit by asthma in the country and in New York City. "We surveyed 198 adult patients hospitalized with asthma about their beliefs and behaviors regarding their disease," said Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Med...Animal models show that anabolic steroids flip the adolescent brain's switch for aggression
...ted in depression may never recover. "If you hit the right areas of the brain at the right time, you make permanent changes," Melloni concludes from the converging evidence. He hopes that adolescents don't take the ultimate recovery of the vasopressin system to mean it's OK to use the drugs. "It'...Findings advance use of adult stem cells for replacement bone
... growth-factor regime." In the study, Mikos's team hit upon the idea of having the stem cells create the proper growth medium themselves. The group, which included graduate student Quynh Pham and postdoctoral research associate Upma Sharma, accomplished this by seeding discs of titanium mesh with stem ce...First simultaneous cochlear implant operation for WA
...ends. He was struck heavily on the face, fell and hit his head hard on the pavement, fracturing the base of his skull on his left side and lost his hearing in his remaining good ear. Danny's family, friends and colleagues have fundraised more than $25,000 for one cochlear implant and the Lions Ear and ...Forum to address global shortage of health professionals
...ortages in developing nations: Has the Philippines hit its limit?Strategies for building workforce self-sufficiency in the United States and abroadParticipants including: Lincoln Chen, Harvard University Honorable Donna Christenson, United States Congress Ron Marston, HCAA International Jamie Galvez Tan,...NYU medical experts analyze subway injuries
...a rare glimpse into what happens to people who are hit by oncoming trains. In New York City, where the Metropolitan Transportation Authority reports that 7 million passengers ride the transit system daily, there is no publicly available record of such tragedies. NYU School of Medicine trauma specialists,...The science of tickling (ourselves) is no laughing matter, Queen's psychologist says
...s the force sensor was removed, so subjects didn't hit anything with the active finger. However, they still received a tap to the passive finger. And in these trials, attenuation or cancellation still occurred. This suggests that sensory cancellation is based on predictive rather than "postdictive" mech...Flu not the only germ threat this time of year
The flu hasn't even hit hard yet this year, but it seems like everyone's getting sick. What's the deal? Simply put, there are a lot more infectious invaders besides the flu to worry about. They don't get the big headlines, but they still knock people down for days or weeks ...Avian flu transmission to humans may be higher than thought
...esearchers note the Vietnam is the country hardest hit by the ongoing H5N1 epidemic, with 87 confirmed human cases of HPAI (with 38 deaths) and 1,838 verified outbreaks in poultry in July 2005. In this study, the researchers found "a total of 8,149 individuals (17.9 percent) reported flu-like illness, 38...Cedars-Sinai researchers demonstrate a new way to switch therapeutic genes 'on' and 'off'
...gene therapy for diseases such as Parkinson's have hit roadblocks such as toxic side-effects from over-expression of the therapeutic gene, and adverse events caused by immune system reactions to the viral delivery systems currently used to deliver the therapeutic genes," said Pedro Lowenstein, M.D., Ph.D...Infections are a major cause of childhood cancer, study suggests
...carry mutant cells in their body. The virus would hit this mutant cell and cause a second mutation, prompting the onset of cancers like leukaemia or brain tumours." The findings, published in the European Journal of Cancer, may lead to better preventative measures for cancer and could result in better t...New technique puts brain-imaging research on its head
...mation in the front of the brain when the skull is hit from the rear. It seems to be because the brain is trying to pull away from some constraints in the front of the brain." Bayly and his collaborators can apply the levels of deformation they have found with their subjects to in vitro experiments or ...CPR and external defibrillator training may decrease adolescent sports-related deaths
...as commotio cardis--cardiac arrest caused by being hit in the chest with an object, such as a baseball or...ar-old boy who suffered cardiac arrest after being hit in the chest by a pitch while at bat in a baseball game. The coaching staff immediately began admin...Brain morphing technology simplifies the surgical treatment for movement disorders
...the operation. When surgeons decide that they have hit the right spot, they implant a stimulating electro...eons have used the system's predictions, they have hit the target area on the first insertion two out of three times, compared with one out of five times w...Expert dispels bird flu paranoia
...y said. "You're more likely to have a light plane hit by a meteor and fall on your head than somebody getting bird flu off their cockatiel." Dr Doneley, Queensland's only registered bird specialist, said he wanted to clear up some of the confusion and unnecessary panic about the virus. He said bird fl...Combination microbicides protect monkeys against HIV-like virus
...iviral medicines, this study shows that if you can hit two or more different targets of the virus, the greater the effectiveness of the product." The research team deliberately chose the three specific test compounds for several reasons. "We felt these inhibitors were likely to be fairly safe," says Dr. ...