Sangamo BioSciences demonstrates its ZFP treatment protects cells from HIV infection
...niversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is a leader in the field of research testing T-cell therapies for cancer and HIV infection. Dr. June stated, "After the recent negative news regarding trials with pharmacologic blockade of CCR5, it is very important that we focus on positive results involving t...Toward the future of cancer prevention
...Waun Ki Hong, M.D. - and now is seen as a national leader in the field of chemoprevention, Levin says. ...ebrex and other NSAIDs. "M. D. Anderson is a world leader in research to better understand agent mechanisms," Lippman says. "And this research will hasten the...Parents of children with cancer suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms, both immediate and lingering
...atic stress from a family perspective," said study leader Anne E. Kazak, Ph.D., ABPP, director of Psychology and co-director of the Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress at Children's Hospital. "Our understanding of these traumatic stress responses should build on existing strengths in families, while being...UQ researchers show traditional Chinese exercises can help combat diabetes
...chool of Human Movement Studies by Mr Liu, project leader Professor Wendy Brown and researchers Dr Yvette Miller and Dr Nicola Burton. Australia has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the developed world. An estimated 7.5 percent of adults aged 25 years and over have diabetes and a further 16 percent ...Popularity doesn't necessarily make Prozac best antidepressant choice
...ne because of its long-time position as the market leader and because it has been often used as a reference compound for newer [antidepressants]." Psychiatrist Xavier Amador, a member of the board of directors for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, said, "Prozac was available years before other SSR...Dr. Tallie Z. Baram wins nation's top epilepsy research award
...e truly is a trailblazer in her field and a valued leader at UCI and in the epilepsy research community." Baram's work defined the molecular changes within brain cells that are caused by early life febrile seizures. She has studied how fever interacts with the brain to generate seizures, and how brain imagi...Multiple-birth babies, boys have higher risk of defects
...Christine Cronk, Sc.D., an associate professor and leader of the birth defects epidemiology team at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "(The UF researchers have) speculated that certain birth defects, which occur very early in gestation, have to do with developmental speed in males and females," Cronk said. ...New drug target identified for fighting Parkinson's disease
...l Regeneration and Repair Program within ICE and a leader of the study. "This discovery is going to have a major impact on the field. It's going to get people talking about kinase activity." Because kinases affect a number of other proteins, LRRK2's link to Parkinson's may be a result of either its own acti...Grant to advance MCG/Emory nursing partnership
...cy Marion, dean of the MCG School of Nursing and a leader in the national DNP movement. "We look forward to preparing a critical mass of doctorally prepared nurse clinicians through increased collaboration with other graduate schools of nursing throughout Georgia." MCG's partner in the initiative, Emory Uni...Some foods and beverages could hold clues for future diabetes treatment
...llate, an active compound found in tea, says study leader Richard A. Anderson, Ph.D., of the USDA's Agricult...cent when fed to diabetic rats, according to study leader Carla G. Taylor, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences at th...Fewer heart failure patients die when hospitals make efforts to improve care
...e treatment at the U-M Health System, considered a leader in heart failure care. For instance, they wrote standard orders for drugs called beta blockers, diuretics, ACE inhibitors and aldosterone antagonists -- all of which have been shown to help reduce problems in heart failure patients. A standard order ...In SAD patients, autumn antidepressants can prevent winter depression
...al School, and one of the authors of the paper and leader of the research team that first described SAD over 20 years ago. Dr. Rosenthal and colleagues performed a study with more than 1,000 patients with SAD from the northern United States and Canada. The patients, 70% of whom were women, reported an avera...Vitamin D, taxotere combination extends the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer
...cancer patients," said Tomasz Beer, M.D., national leader of the clinical trial and director of the Prostate Cancer Program in the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute. "DN-101 extends lives and it may also protect against side effects of chemotherapy, providing a kind of one-two punch in can...Neurological disease raises risk of complications from flu
... warrant annual influenza vaccination," said study leader Ron Keren, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatrician at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "We hope this news will reach parents of children with these diseases, as well as health care providers." The ACIP, an expert panel that advises the CDC on national v...Mayo Clinic Tobacco Quitline to provide Minnesota QUITPLAN Helpline service
...linic, whose Nicotine Dependence Center has been a leader in tobacco cessation since 1988," said Michael Vek...he Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center (NDC), a leader in the treatment of nicotine addiction. For more information about the NDC, visit www.mayoclinic.or...Autism problems explained in new research
...ttention, reasoning and problem solving). Research leader Dr Ross Cunnington said autism was known to have a biological cause, but this neuroimaging research clearly showed the dysfunction in the brain that accounted for why children with autism have problems with their executive function. "Discovering why...Children's Hospital of Philadelphia physician elected to Institute of Medicine
... the Stokes Research Institute, Dr. Stallings is a leader in one of the nation's largest pediatric research programs. She has lectured extensively around the country on pediatric nutrition and bone health issues. After receiving her bachelor of science degree from Auburn University, she earned a master's d...Early life stress can lead to memory loss and cognitive decline in middle age
...oth genetic and environmental factors," said study leader Dr. Tallie Z. Baram, the Danette Shepard Chair in ...essor of psychiatry and human behavior and a world leader in the study of the mechanisms of learning and memory, to understand the effects early life stress h...Special issue on cystic fibrosis in The Journal of Pediatrics
...pplied consistently according to best practice. A leader in this effort, Michael Schechter from Brown University, was invited to write a commentary in which he describes developing optimal approaches to care and uses cystic fibrosis as an example of what can be achieved. Schechter presents several quality ...Leading genomic technology expert to present Dickson Prize Lecture at Pitt
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30 ? Ronald W. Davis, Ph.D., a leader in the development and application of recombinant DNA and genomic methodologies to biological systems, will present this year's Dickson Prize in Medicine Lecture at the University of Pittsburgh's fifth annual science and technology showcase, Science2...