Archive: 01/02/2008
Shorter HCV treatment shows notable success
[B]It also lowers costs and the risk of serious side effects[/B] Two new randomized controlled trials show that treating Hepatitis C (HCV) with peginterferon and ribavirin for shorter durations can yield success rates sim ...
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For hospital patients, defibrillation delays mean lower survival
[B]30 percent of patients receive life-saving defibrillation more than two minutes after cardiac arrest[/B] An estimated 750,000 hospitalized patients experience cardiac arrest and undergo CPR annually, and less than 30 ...
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How actin networks are actin'
Dynamic networks of growing actin filaments are critical for many cellular processes, including cell migration, intracellular transport, and the recovery of proteins from the cell surface. In this week’s issue of the open-access ...
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HIV isolate from Kenya provides clues for vaccine design
Two simple changes in its outer envelope protein could render the AIDS virus vulnerable to attack by the immune system, according to research from Kenya and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center published in PLoS Medicine.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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Just 4 months of hormone therapy can delay prostate cancer growth by up to 8 years
[B]Early, short course of hormonal therapy may allow patients to live longer[/B] Alexandria, VA—Researchers report that just four months of hormonal therapy before and with standard external beam radiation therapy slowed can ...
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Multiple species of bacteria may cause trachoma: Implications for treatment
In a study published in this week’s PLoS Medicine, researchers have found that more than one species of bacteria may be causing the infectious eye disease trachoma. Six million people – most of whom live in crowded and unhygienic ...
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Carnegie Mellon study identifies where thoughts of familiar objects occur inside the human brain
[B]Experts trained algorithm to extract patterns from participants' brain activation scans[/B] A team of Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists and cognitive neuroscientists, combining methods of machine learning and ...
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Daily alcohol use causes changes in sexual behavior, new study reveals
A team of researchers at Penn Sate has used an animal model to reveal, for the first time, a physiological basis for the effect of alcohol on male sexual behavior, including increased sexual arousal and decreased ...
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control
Activating a protein found on some immune cells seems to halt the cells’ typical job of spewing out substances that launch allergic reactions, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings could eventually ...
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Epilepsy and brain pathology linked together by the protein ADK
The brain of individuals who suffer from epilepsy is characterized by astrogliosis, a brain pathology evidenced by a complex series of changes in the morphology and function of brain cells known as astrocytes. Little is known ...
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Obesity linked to decreased seatbelt use
Obese people are less likely to use their seatbelts than the rest of the population, adding to the public health risks associated with this rapidly growing problem.
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MRI techniques evolving towards better assessment of liver fibrosis
[B]They could potentially replace liver biopsy[/B] MRI imagery is emerging as a non-invasive way to determine the existence and extent of hepatic fibrosis. It could eventually help the development of pharmacologic strategies to ...
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Il-22 gene delivers the goods and decreases intestinal inflammation
There are two major types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Conflicting reports have indicated that the soluble factor IL-22 can have both IBD promoting and IBD controlling ...
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Language centers revealed, brain surgery refined with new mapping
Neurosurgeons from the University of California, San Francisco are reporting significant results of a new brain mapping technique that allows for the safe removal of tumors near language pathways in the brain. The technique ...
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Einstein researchers discover important clue to the cause of Parkinson's disease
A glitch in the mechanism by which cells recycle damaged components may trigger Parkinson’s disease, according to a study by scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The research, which ...
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