Stanford researchers identify immune dysfunction in melanoma patients
... why," Lee said. This data suggests that treatment works by overcoming the immune system's inability to react properly to interferon. If Lee's suspicion turns out to be true, doctors may be able to screen melanoma patients for interferon response and provide prolonged interferon treatment for only those ...Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage
..., developing a voracious appetite for oxygen as it works frantically to restore the proper chemical balance. Oxygen-rich blood pours into the area to allow brain tissue to work overtime; the team found that the brains arteries expand by more than 50 percent to keep up with the demand. Its at this stage t...Largest ever grant for University of Copenhagenhagen
...ame time," says professor Wewer. The human body works with the help of an enormous number of proteins that control the bodys daily functions. Proteins build cells, tissues and organs. They also produce hormones, enzymes, transport molecules, antibodies and neurotransmitters. It is estimated that we have...Exercise science principles strengthen swallowing rehabilitation
...e to us along with what we know about how the body works to design treatment plans that target the problems as best we can. Many patients have improved with traditional therapy techniques, but I think that more research will lead to better therapy and greater outcomes in a shorter amount of time." ...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
...co, Ghana, Morocco and Algeria. How the project works When the programme began, only 31% of India's rural households had electricity connections compared to 76% of urban households. On average, power went down for one hour of every six in peak periods. And tariffs for grid power, up drastically in r...Anti-fungal drug stops blood vessel growth
...hers still must tease out exactly how itraconazole works to stop vessel growth, and test it in animals with cancer, they have high hopes for its use. Itraconazole can be taken orally for fungal infection, and therefore oral delivery may work for angiogenesis as well, Liu notes. ...New mechanism identified for resistance to targeted lung cancer drugs
...found that the growth signal that starts with EGFR works through a related protein called ERBB3. The current study showed that, in some of the resistant cells, ERBB3 is activated by amplification of a different oncogene called MET, in essence bypassing the blockage of EGFR. Analysis of samples from pa...Dopamine-related drugs affect reward-seeking behavior
...aid study author Mathias Pessiglione, PhD, who now works at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris, France. The findings may provide a better understanding of the side effects of dopamine-related drugs and the disorders they are used to treat, such as Parkinsons disease and schizophrenia. "This study may expl...Drug reps use friendship to influence doctors
...ram Ahari, a former drug rep for Eli Lilly who now works for the School of Pharmacy at University of California San Francisco. The specific strategy used by a drug rep to manipulate a physician, say the authors, depends very much on the personality of the doctor. A friendly, outgoing physician is the ea...Standard long-acting insulin as good as newer medications
...patient the good news is that the older medication works very well," said John Buse, M.D., president-elect of the American Diabetes Association. "In most people it will lower blood sugar with little risk of hypoglycemia. The review also shows that Lantus and Levemir had fewer problems with low blood sugar ...Traditional Chinese medicinal herbs may help women with breast cancer
...confidence," says Assistant Professor Jing Li, who works at the Chinese Cochrane Centre in Chengdu, China....Don't use drains in uncomplicated open cholecystectomy
...e of operation," says lead author Dr Gurusamy, who works at the Royal Free Hospital in London....Aflac expands decade-long partnership with AACR
...honoring those scientists who have committed their works to this great effort." Since 1997, more than 721 AACR-Aflac Scholar-in-Training Awards have been presented to AACR Associate Members, with an overwhelming number of these recipients remaining in the cancer research field and successfully moving ahe...Study finds drug helps PTSD nightmares
...s drug changes lives," Raskind said. "Nothing else works like prazosin." Trauma nightmares appear to ari...unpleasant occur during normal REM sleep. Prazosin works by blocking the brains response to the adrenaline-like neurotransmitter norepinephrine. Blocking nor...Eye diseases gave great painters different vision of their work, Stanford ophthalmologist says
...o question whether the artists intended these late works to look exactly as they do," said Marmor who has l..."Contemporaries of both have noted that their late works were strangely coarse or garish and seemed out of character to the finer works that these artists ha...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
... need to continue discovering how the Earth system works in order to evaluate the numerous ways that humans can adapt to climate change," says Kevin Noone, IGBP's executive director. The additional challenge is to model unpredictable human behaviour and merge this into deterministic Earth system models, ex...Northwestern chemists develop new method for synthesizing anti-cancer flavonoids
...quite as sophisticated as nature, but our catalyst works beautifully. Small molecules can do really big things."...Carnegie Mellon researcher wins prestigious career award for NSF
...ial optical methods called lithography, which only works when the surfaces are ultra-smooth. To get these surfaces smooth, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), a nanoparticle-based polishing process that costs the semiconductor industry billions of dollars, is employed. "My research co...A sweet step toward new cancer therapies
...s researchers confirm the protein's identity. This works fine as long as the protein has not been modified after it was produced. But if other chemical groups such as phosphates, sulfates or sugars have been added, the identification method breaks down. "If sugars are attached, for instance, the weakest ...... planetary to local scales. The airTEXT service works by combining satellite data from ESAs Envisat on regional air quality forecasts provided by PROMOTE with information on local road traffic patterns and monitoring stations around the city. Regional air quality information is important because not all...