Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
...causes immune system cells known as macrophages to pick up the substance and clear it from the body. Binding to the invader is just the beginning of the battle, though. Some antibodies can bind to an invader but do so in a way that fails to slow the invader down or trigger a response from macrophages. In...Breast cancer detector that uses electricity instead of X-rays under study
...equire often-uncomfortable breast compression, can pick up very small tumors, according to its developers,...y that can be applied to younger people and we can pick up cancers in women who are 25, 27, 28 and save many lives without giving them radiation it could s...Journal study suggests many glaucoma patients don't take medication properly
...22 percent waited an additional 15 days or more to pick up their pills. "Non-compliance is a bigger problem then we imagined, and glaucoma therapy is only the tip of the iceberg," added Dr. Robin. "It becomes a life-and-death situation for doctors to educate and motivate their patients on their therapy an...Doctor voices concerns over new NHS IT system
... screens are slow, and the computers often fail to pick up the programs. There is no integration with existing clinical systems or with Microsoft Outlook," he writes. But the "really frightening module" is the inability of the software to retain advice by either the consultant or the GP, or to integrate i...New test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise
...the EPCA test, to make it more sensitive so it can pick up even the smallest traces of the marker, and to verify its usefulness for detecting prostate cancer in a larger sample of patients, said Getzenberg. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men. The American Cancer So...New haptics systems challenge stroke patients to grasp, pinch, squeeze their way to recovery
...sive environments, while other tasks force them to pick up objects and move them through cyberspace corrid...f force to the user's fingertips as (s)he tries to pick up a three-dimensional cube and squeeze it small enough to fit through a narrow hole on the computer...Teenage depression can be enduring, but is more often short-lived
... in their children, she said. "Parents often don't pick up on inner despair or distress, and notice depression mainly as irritability or loss of enjoyment of activities their kids used to enjoy," Hammen said. "If it goes on for a month, I think the parent should pay more attention and not just dismiss th...TV confuses children about which foods are healthy, new study finds
...cream vs. cottage cheese, they were more likely to pick the wrong answer -- the diet and fat-free foods --...s are good for them and make it harder for them to pick the 'right' answer," Harrison said, noting that the goal of the study was "to gauge children's under...Research: Noise, visual cues affect infants' language development
...he synchronized oscilloscope, infants were able to pick out the emphasized word just as they did when looking at the speaker's face. "Even though this last experiment did not show a person's face, the results emphasize that children learn best when they are gathering information with their eyes and ears,"...Stem cells grown in lab mirror normal developmental steps
...ing fetus, making it simple for the researchers to pick out the blood cells for further investigation. "We were quite surprised to find that these steps proceeded spontaneously, without the need for stimulation by growth factors or other chemicals," says Zambidis. "It's likely that the same method of pic...New guidelines: Common drugs can calm essential tremor
...person may have difficulty eating when they try to pick up a fork or spoon and bring food to their mouths," said lead guideline author Theresa Zesiewicz, MD, an associate professor of neurology at the University of South Florida (USF)College of Medicine. "Though the tremors do not completely disappear wit...Nutritional info helps teens make better choices
...n nutrition information cards can spur students to pick the right foods. "Nutrition information is already used in most school districts to meet the Healthy School Meals Initiative," says Dr. Martha T. Conklin, associate professor of hospitality management. "This same information could be made available ...Female adolescents trendsetters in teen talk
...uage changing, women tend to lead the change. They pick up the new form and they carry it forward probably about a generation ahead of the guys," says Professor Sali Tagliamonte, author of a study published online in the Journal of Pragmatics on June 15. Tagliamonte was interested in finding out why teen...Combination scanner may increase accuracy in detecting spread, recurrence of head, neck cancer
...NC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. "We can pick up cancer where we thought none existed. The new scans are so precise that in some cases cancer had been detected that probably would not have been through any other noninvasive imaging exam." Since its development in 2000, PET/CT imaging has enabled...Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
...what the program's participants share: the need to pick up the pieces of their former lives out of the ashes, and to construct new realities, new narratives. Art provides the context for the storytelling, and the class creates a community in which its members can share their tales. Joe's art conveys the s...Promote use of drugs to prevent AIDS infection, researchers urge
...d the globe, and each day, some 14,000 more people pick up that infection, studies have shown. While scientists continue to try to develop more effective drug treatments and possibly vaccines one day, and health educators counsel people to avoid risky behavior, still more weapons are needed to fight the s...No single strategy effective to control antibiotic prescribing in hospitals
...es for antibiotics prescribing. "It's important to pick the most tailored, narrow-spectrum antibiotic," he said. There are many campaigns -- and generally agreed-on approaches -- to change antibiotic prescribing practices in community health centers and doctor's offices. But Gonzales said similar coordina...Sensors, a smart dose of medicine for cancer treatment
...modules containing 1069 individual diodes that can pick up incoming radiation. "These diodes need to be v...is given the prescribed dose and the diode sensors pick up the dose actually delivered. "The two modular 2D diode arrays are placed in orthogonal positions ...Scientists directly view immune cells interacting to avert autoimmunity
...lls the scavenger cells of the immune system that pick up and display self proteins that trigger the auto-aggressive T cell response, said Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD, distinguished professor of metabolism and endocrinology at UCSF and senior author on the paper. Bluestone directs the UCSF Diabetes Center. T...TRAF3 protein is a key part of the early immune response to viruses
...will help solve the mystery of how macrophages can pick and choose among different strategies for combating specific infections." Haecker was at the Technical University of Munich and the University of California, San Diego, when he worked on this project. Researchers already knew that TLRs use proteins c...