New cause of tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells discovered at Lombardi
...nt class of drugs throwing their lives into limbo once again as treatment schedules are changed and new side effects develop. When cell lines changed from being sensitive to endocrine therapy to being resistant, we saw an increase in spliced XBP1 inside the cell. So then we took sensitive cells and ad...A woman who heard voices with her own speech impairments
...patient had been discharged and was only having AH once a week, but she returned to hospital in March 2007 again with serious AH and speech difficulties. EEG showed brain seizures, which were successfully treated. When last seen in June 2007, the patient was no longer suffering AH. The authors conclude:...Galileo to support global search and rescue
... the emergency and transmit it to a ground station once one comes into in range, causing a further delay. Search and rescue transponders on geostationary satellites can constantly view a large, fixed area of the Earth, thereby eliminating the time delay in detecting distress signals. However, they are ...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...t many foods may not taste as good to them as they once did, difficulty chewing, limited menus in nursing homes or assisted living communities, and decline in appetite. Another important contributor to muscle loss in the elderly is a lack of exercise, he noted. Even among the elders who volunteered for ...Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
...a neurotransmitter called GABA and calms the brain once the onset of a seizure is detected. This work is a collaboration between Irazoqui and Jenna Rickus, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering. The technology is designed to prevent an epileptic "focal seizure," which starts in a specific are...Old McDonald's has a hold on kids' taste buds, Stanford/Packard study finds
...-third of the children ate at McDonald's more than once a week, and more than three-quarters had McDonald's toys at home. "We found that kids with more TVs in their homes and those who eat at McDonald's more frequently were even more likely to prefer the food in the McDonald's wrapper," said Robinson. "...Trial stops after stroke and mortality significantly reduced by blood
...itional ACE inhibitor (perindopril), intablet form once a day. Emeritus Professor Chris Bulpitt, HYVET Principal Investigator from theCare of the Elderly Department at Imperial College London, said: "It wasnot clear prior to our study whether the over-80s would benefit fromblood pressure lowering medica...Why women get more migraines than men
...ne, a drug that blocks CSD waves. Migraines were once thought to be caused primarily by constriction and dilation of blood vessels, Charles said. Now, thanks to various neuroimaging techniques, it has been shown that migraines may begin as a problem of brain excitability. Patients with migraines show co...Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment
...uch low-intensity alternating electric fields were once believed to do nothing significant other than heat cells. However, in several years' worth of experiments, the researchers have shown that the fields disrupt cell division in tumor cells placed on a glass dish (in vitro). After intensively studying...AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...mes. It is difficult to advance your bedtime and, once a schedule has been established, it may take days or weeks to develop a new schedule. It cant be done overnight. Not unexpectedly, for the first weeks of school, many children and teens do not obtain a proper amount of sleep. William Kohler, MD, ...Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets
...bon storage, such as burying carbon under the sea, once the CO2 is locked inside the rock by the CICCS process, it is contained for good and cannot go back to its previous state. This is of paramount importance as ensuring the permanent storage of the CO2 has been the most controversial issue in carbon s...American Cancer Society to hold third annual Virtual Relay For Life in Second Life
...erican Cancer Society and Second Life will team up once again to celebrate survivorship and raise money for the fight against cancer by holding the Societys third annual virtual Relay For Life in the Second Life virtual world. This years event, supported by the Societys Futuring and Innovation Center,...U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
...re research and testing to see how the drug reacts once distributed in the body. But, preliminary research and confirmation of the new concept shows promise because the quality of life for AIDS patients hinges on low costing medication and minimal side effects, Wang said. Its huge, he said. This concept...Home health care devices focus of FDA Conference at UH
...l meters and continuous glucose monitors that were once for professional use only and now approved for home consumer use. Accreditation, reimbursement, nursing practices, infusion therapy and governmental roles also will be discussed. The conference is designed to benefit institutional officials, med...New book guides boomers through retirement maze
... Hegland was motivated to write Alive and Kicking once he began teaching an elder law class at the UA. I ... Hegland was motivated to write Alive and Kicking once he began teaching an elder law class at the UA. I began to realize that are so many complicated issu...UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
...eyond soft-contact lenses into an intriguing realm once viewed as the domain of science fiction, including...cusing on developing peptide-based hydrogels that, once implanted in the human body, will become scaffolds for cells to hold onto and grow--cells such as fi...Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention
... This is because vaccine production can only start once the specific pandemic virus has been determined. The first doses of a matched vaccine are unlikely to become available within the early months of the pandemic, making prophylaxis and treatment with antivirals a crucial part in the efforts to reduce t...Parents of chronically ill kids are helped by better access to federal and employer leave
...y. Almost half of adults reported that at least once in the past year they could not miss work at all even though their children needed them. Of those parents, more than 70 percent reported that they would have missed work if they had received at least some pay during their time off. Parents who were...Predicting danger of flu pandemic rests on differences in affected population, says O.R. Forum
...ible people who are more likely to become infected once exposed to the virus, and we include those who are less susceptible. In a similar vein, we allow for highly contagious as well as less contagious infected persons. The reasoning behind these assumptions is that heterogeneity across the population in...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...r the expedition will continue or not will be made once the two explorers reach the mainland. In the future, event better tools from space to monitor ice conditions are expected through the ESA GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) programme and the Sentinel satellites. All of the Senti...