Gabapentin cools hot flashes as well as estrogen
... flow of calcium in and out of cells, which is one mechanism for controlling body temperature. An expert panel on menopause convened by the National Institutes of Health last year cautioned against the tendency to use treatments with scant safety data, and concluded that nothing to date was as effective as e...Researchers find molecular 'brake' to cell death
...at as soon as the release of CC increases, another mechanism kicks in that simultaneously begins to reduce the size of the nucleotide pool to allow CC to bind to Apaf-1, Tang says. The researchers say this kind of strategy makes sense for the cell, because it acts like a biological fail-safe system to prote...New McGill research shows mice capable of empathy
...in behaviour in humans," Dr. Mogil said, "then the mechanism underlying such effects can now be elucidated; why are we so affected by those around us?" Dr. Mogil, the E.P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies at McGill, is a repatriated Canadian who was recruited in 2001 from the University of Illinois at Urb...Research reinforces findings that Chinese exercises benefit older adults
...luate stance width as a possible learned strategic mechanism for improved postural stability," Yang said. In real-world terms, improvements in these areas are believed to reduce seniors' risks of falling and suffering potentially catastrophic consequences. Yang, who also is the director of the Center for T...U of M research links coffee to lower diabetes risk
... help reduce the risk of diabetes. Identifying the mechanism responsible for this should definitely be the subject of further research." Coffee is known to contain minerals and antioxidants that may aid in carbohydrate metabolism and insulin sensitivity and possibly delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. Overall...Estrogen plays different role during stress in black and white teens
...s much during sleep. "Estrogen is probably another mechanism through which the blood pressure is staying elevated," he says....World's first approval of new HIV drug TMC114 provides potent new treatment option with FUZEON
... FUZEON. This is likely to be driven by the unique mechanism of action of FUZEON and the activity of TMC114 against PI-resistant virus", commented Dr Anton Pozniak, the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. "We welcome Tibotec's launch of TMC114 and realize just how important an opportunity this is for pat...Device effective in zapping the pain out of migraines
...g headache. This new understanding of the migraine mechanism has assisted with the development of the TMS device....Dopamine agonist can prevent ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in IVF patients
...t our work will enable us to better understand the mechanism of development of this serious complication of ART treatment, and to be able to treat it effectively."...Mechanism identified for promising neurological drug
...an Francisco VA Medical Center have identified the mechanism by which minocycline, a medication currently being... is an important step in identifying the potential mechanism of minocycline protection," says Alano. Swanson characterizes the result of the experiment as "absol...Sticky surfaces turn slippery with the flip of a molecular light switch
... the researchers report. Not only is the switching mechanism uncomplicated, but so is the patented procedure required to graft spiropyran molecules to poly(ether sulfone). "We used a relatively simple two-step process that could be easily incorporated into a commercial manufacturing process," Belfort says. "Th...DNA repair in mammal embryos is a matter of timing
...oken chromosomes: the cells use one type of repair mechanism during the first half of development and another d...ous end joining (NHEJ) becomes an important repair mechanism midway through development, when cells begin to assume their final form and take on specific roles. ...Altered activity in receptor pair points to further complexity in schizophrenia pathology
...ip between these two receptor groups, suggesting a mechanism for decreased NMDA receptor function that has long been suspected in schizophrenia. The researchers report their findings in this week's advanced online issue of Nature Medicine. Schizophrenia, a mental disorder afflicting approximately one percent o...UT Southwestern researchers identify roles of gene mutations causing lupus in mice
...uting author to the Science paper. The faulty gene mechanism described by Dr. Wakeland's lab occurs in the body...A. In contrast, Dr. Mohan's group explained a key mechanism in the development of lupus occurring in the adaptive immune system, which consists of cells that co...New analytical techniques developed to quantify composition of fake anti-malarials
...ated by an electric discharge. The DART ionization mechanism is still not completely understood. In ongoing research, Fernandez and his students are working to interface DART with other instruments to help understand the chemistry behind the methodology. To date, they have interfaced DART with a mass spectrom......ded by cellular genes are known to be an important mechanism for controlling gene expression, this is one of th...cule in its LAT gene. "MiRNA may be a more general mechanism that latent viruses use to remain alive in the host cell," suggests Fraser. Present treatments of ...Mechanism for neurodenegerative diseases linked to transport proteins
...rt proteins. Brady said this is the first proposed mechanism for polyQ diseases that explains why only nerve cells die and why the terminals die before the cell body. The link to the activation of the JNK enzyme suggests a new therapeutic target that might limit, delay or perhaps prevent progressive neurodegen...Blacks hit hardest by HIV infection among nation's young adults
...ut five times greater. "We need to understand the mechanism that controls the spread of these pathogens. The persistent differentials across a wide range of disease suggests a common mechanism," she said. Morris added that recent research suggests disparities in the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseas...Free radical cell death switch identified
... The discovery of the MST-FOXO biochemical switch mechanism fills a gap in our understanding of how oxidative ...nd diabetes, identification of the MST-FOXO switch mechanism could provide potential new targets for the diagnosis and treatment of many common age-associated di......ssium] channels and shed light on the long-elusive mechanism of glucose inhibition, thus providing new insights...ing the day and also show that the same electrical mechanism is involved in sensing both subtle and extreme changes in glucose," they wrote. What's more, their f...