Johns Hopkins celebrates its first century of neuroscience
...neuroscience department's first and only director, leads a symposium and celebration that looks back at historic discoveries at Hopkins and looks ahead to what's coming next in the brain sciences. What's in a name? At Johns Hopkins, a formal Department of Neuroscience was founded 25 years ago, but the in...Backyard treatment may yield leukemia treatment
...lls continue to proliferate. If left unchecked, it leads to the final, acute stage, called the blast crisis, where immature white blood cells infiltrate the blood and the bone marrow. Clinicians are well-versed in the signs and symptoms of the different stages of CML, but until now, they have had few clue...Heart care lacking for those with clogged leg blood vessels
...assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine who leads the project that produced the new data. "This is d...that stimulates blood vessel growth. Now, Grossman leads a trial at U-M comparing poloxamer against placebo. Other research on agents that might encourage v...Amgen investigational therapy for bone loss, denosumab, show increased bone mineral density
...dels have demonstrated that inhibiting RANK Ligand leads to significant improvements in cortical and trabecular bone density, volume and strength. Denosumab is currently being studied for its potential in a broad range of bone loss conditions including osteoporosis, treatment-induced bone loss, bone met...ANU cancer researcher wins biomedical award
...ad of the Division of Immunology and Genetics, and leads the Cancer and Vascular Biology Group at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU. He received the medal and $20,000 from the Foundation. In immunology, Professor Parish was the first to show that the two types of immunity that can be made a...Study shows success and less risk in treating kids with heart rhythm problems
...ing abnormal electrical activity in the heart that leads to fast heart rates, also known as tachycardia. Both the X-ray and 3-D systems allow doctors to see exactly where the catheter is positioned during testing and treatment. The data are being presented by Mohamed Al-Ahdab, M.D., a former member of the ...Wide racial disparities found in heart device implantation
...y impaired pumping ability, a situation that often leads to heart failure. Compared to other racial groups,... in his study were treated by cardiologists, which leads him to believe that the rates of ICD implantation are even lower in the U.S. as a whole. To a lesser...New gene silencing therapy for cervical cancer
...l not only cancer cells but also normal cells that leads to hair loss and nausea. "We envisage such treatment will be used for all forms of cervical cancer including the premalignant lesions picked up by the pap smear and especially for advanced cervical cancers where the cancer has moved to other sites s...Young cancer researchers honored
...pathways but how the interaction of these pathways leads to cancer. This transformation becomes very complex as the cancer progresses and more mutations and more pathways become involved," he said. "My dream goal is to discover drugs that target the interactions of these pathways," he added. The use of rob...Study uncovers placental microtransfusions lead to transmission of AIDS virus during childbirth
...other-to-child blood mixing occurring during labor leads to infection." The new findings indicate that intervening just before birth by such suggested methods as sanitizing the birth canal may not work, he said. A better alternative might be to have pregnant women start taking anti-retrovirals before going...Epidural leads to less pain, more assisted deliveries
...r must push the baby through the birth canal. This leads to greater use of medication to stimulate contractions and a 38 percent increase in risk of instrumental delivery. The precise timing of the epidural injection may be an important factor, says Todd Liu, M.D., a fellow of the American College of Obste...Scientists use new techniques to narrow down impact of global warming on specific regions
... rainfall during five-day periods in winter -which leads to flooding - and up to 25 per cent decrease in rainfall in summer causing drought. And these new statistics will help determine the chance of extreme weather in certain areas, taking into account local topography, enabling local populations to prepa...Short-term survival rates better for US vs. Canadian heart failure patients
...g a drug benefit. It is possible that our approach leads to better patient follow-up and fewer financial barriers to care." The study also showed that patients hospitalized in the United States were more likely to undergo tests and procedures, but just as likely to receive medications. "Both systems can ...Study provides first estimate of US population affected by Barrett's esophagus
... living with Barrett's esophagus, a condition that leads to esophageal cancer, one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in the United States. These findings represent the first population-based estimates of the prevalence of Barrett's esophagus and show how frequently the disease occurs in people who do...Scientists directly view immune cells interacting to avert autoimmunity
... interaction of each with the dendritic cells that leads to protection from autoimmune assaults. Analyzing these physical interactions experimentally in living organs or even in cell cultures has been impossible before now, the scientists note. Their long-term aim is to use such imaging to diagnose immune ...Research review finds tobacco scenes in movies boost teen smoking
...d then taking up smoking themselves finds that one leads to the other. The review concludes that eliminating scenes of smoking in new youth-rated films should substantially reduce smoking initiation in the adolescent years, when the vast majority of smokers start. "The weight of dozens of studies, after co...Australians of the year forge partnership for burns drug development
...ms with burns is that the time taken to heal often leads to severe scarring. What we've seen in early experiments is that the Phylomers seem to assist cells in reinfiltrating the burn area and to re-grow healthy tissue, reducing the time taken to heal," Dr Washer said. "Obviously challenges remain to progr...Beyond Tom Cruise - the bigger ultrasound picture
...s the association for medical ultrasound, the AIUM leads in addressing the ultrasound community's concerns on a closely related issue: the emergence of businesses promoting ultrasound services for entertainment purposes. The AIUM promotes a 3-pronged approach to safety--for both the mother and the unborn c...AMN107 has potent activity in leukemia resistant to Gleevec
...cr-Abl) that signals the abnormal cell growth that leads to development of leukemia. While both Gleevec and AMN107 shut down the activity of Bcr-Abl, laboratory experiments with AMN107 show it is up to 50 times more potent because it binds more efficiently to the enzyme than does Gleevec. In the phase I cl...New studies identify advances in treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia
...mosomal mutations that occurs in untreated CML and leads to progression of the disease. A previous phase I, dose-escalating study provided early evidence for the safety and efficacy of dasatinib in imatinib-resistant or intolerant patients with CML-CP. This study (START-C [CA180013]), carried out by a m...