Measuring enzymes at end of cancer pathway predicts outcome of Tarceva, Taxol
...atients are responding to these agents, as well as potentially others, within days of beginning therapy. In two different studies being presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the research team will describe how the test measures the activity of several members of ...NIAID begins clinical trial of West Nile virus vaccine
...on of both cellular and antibody immunity offers a potentially potent defense against West Nile virus," says Barney Graham, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the VRC's Clinical Trials Core Laboratory. Adds Dr. Graham, "In our experience in clinical trials, DNA vaccines generally cause few side effects, making them a promisi...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...road this year to places where they may contract a potentially serious disease. To increase awareness of the impo...ases, which can seriously damage the liver and may potentially be disabling or fatal (hepatitis C is not a vaccine-preventable disease). In fact, 66 percent of res...Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
...ion is the most cost-effective way to treat people potentially exposed to anthrax. "Our findings make clear that combination therapy with antibiotics and vaccination is better then either treatment alone," said Douglas Owens, MD, MS, senior investigator at the VA-Palo Alto and associate professor of medicine at ...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
...efore can't generalise from our results, there are potentially serious clinical implications. The discrepancy between claimed and actual activity of many streptokinase preparations could cause life-threatening situations in severely ill patients." Dr Andreotti said that streptokinase belonged to one of a few d...Obesity hits below the belt: Overweight Americans suffer higher rate of knee cartilage tears
... either overweight or obese, this relationship has potentially large implications for meniscal surgeries," Hegmann and his colleagues state in the article. The prescription to correct the problem is not complex. "A population-based weight management program could decrease future burden on orthopedic and medical-...NSAIDS okay for tonsillectomy, new study finds
...to rely on "medications and techniques that do not potentially increase post-op tonsillectomy bleeding."...Electroshock therapy speeds improvement in schizophrenia patients
...a," Tharyan said. Rapid improvement of symptoms is potentially lifesaving, for instance, when a person with schizophrenia is suicidal. The review also refutes a public perception that ECT is dangerous and causes brain damage and suggests that for some patients the side effects of shock therapy may be more toler...New research pinpoints best treatment for stroke
...erial clot busting medicines, due to the risk of a potentially deadly hemorrhage. But research presented by interventional neuroradiologists Jeff Carpenter, M.D., and Ansaar Rai, M.D., Assistant Professors at The Department of Neurological Surgery of West Virginia University School of Medicine, suggests more li...'Virtual colonoscopy' effective in finding most polyps but may miss small ones
...ectal probes can, but it may miss some smaller yet potentially cancerous growths, according to a new review of studies. The review -- limited to comparing the traditional procedure to use of computer tomography as a method -- also finds that despite seeming advantage for the person being screened, there is no ev...Nanoparticles offer new hope for detection and treatment
...pically used in chemotherapy, making the procedure potentially much safer. "The other side of that is you have the ability to focus more drug at the tumor site, so the dose at the site might be ten to a thousand times higher than if you had administered the drug systemically," Lanza says. The nanoparticles also ...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
...uses include the virus that causes dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening infection prevalent in tropical c...Epitope mapping may help us better understand this potentially dangerous interaction." Researchers at Macrogenics were coauthors on this paper, and Diamond now se...Promising new West Nile therapy cures disease in mice
...urify the antibodies, the blood might harbor other potentially dangerous infectious agents. The Washington University scientists made 46 monoclonal antibodies against West Nile virus and then eliminated the less effective ones through a tedious molecular-level screening process. They then turned to Rockville, M...NIH awards funding to biotech firm for heart disease
...nt step in the continued commercialization of this potentially important stem cell therapy." Stanton Gerson, M.D., director of the center said, "This innovative technology will use stem cells initially to regenerate diseased blood vessels of the heart. In time, other targets will include peripheral vascular dis...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...und to slow cognitive decline. [plenary session] A potentially important experimental therapy for Alzheimer's disease is the use of antibodies against the beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brain of Alzheimer's patients and is thought to hasten cognitive decline. In a mouse model of Alzheimer's dise...UQ develops West Nile virus treatment
...herapy product using monoclonal antibodies for the potentially lethal West Nile virus, which causes seasonal epidemics around the globe. The mosquito-borne virus affects the central nervous systems of humans, horses and birds in North America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Dr Roy Hall, from UQ's School o...Direct-to-consumer advertising may influence physicians' prescribing decisions
... to overprescribing of unnecessary, expensive, and potentially harmful medications, while proponents counter that...advertising may have competing effects on quality, potentially averting underuse, while also promoting overuse." The authors conclude: "The results of this trial s...Large-scale study identifies key stress factors facing new mums
...e list. "The period after a woman gives birth is a potentially stressful time during which she must face dramatic changes and new demands" says Professor Hung. "Until now, few studies have attempted to measure these stresses." The responses given by the new mothers to the 85 questions have enabled Professor...Rush University Medical Center studies advanced 3D imaging system for radiation therapy
...little radiation on normal tissue, than all tumors potentially can be destroyed," said Dr. Chu. "We are hopeful, a 3D display system can assist us in reaching that goal." The Perspecta Spatial 3D System has not received FDA approval and is not intended for use in clinical diagnosis, nor may it be used to preven......record time and capture a significant share of the potentially large LVAS market which independent analysts have estimated could grow to several billion dollars per annum. The CE mark In Europe, the letters 'CE' on a manufactured product are a guarantee it meets the essential requirements of the relevant Europ...