Search results for drug susceptibility:
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis found in California
Aug 13, 2008 |
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In the first statewide study of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) in the United States, California officials have identified 18 cases of the dangerous and difficult-to-treat disease between 1993 and 2006, and ...
Cocaine: Perceived as a reward by the brain?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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Cocaine is one of the oldest drugs known to humans, and its abuse has become widespread since the end of the 19th century. At the same time, we know rather little about its effects on the human brain or the mechanisms that ...
New 'schizophrenia gene' prompts researchers to test potential drug target
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins scientists report having used a commercially available drug to successfully "rescue" animal brain cells that they had intentionally damaged by manipulating a newly discovered gene that links susceptibility genes ...
Drug-proof zebrafish reveal secrets of addiction
Jul 31, 2009 |
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The effects of amphetamines on gene expression in zebrafish have been uncovered. This new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, provides clues to the genetics that underlie susceptibility to add ...
The complexities of genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis revealed
Mar 28, 2008 |
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Researchers working in Vietnam have identified a genetic variant that predisposes people to developing a lethal form of tuberculosis (TB), tuberculous meningitis, if they are infected with a strain of TB known as the Beijing ...
Cases of extensively drug-resistant TB declining each year in the US, but new cases still
Nov 11, 2008 |
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A new report suggests that the number of cases of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the U.S. has declined in the past fifteen years, but new cases continue to be reported, according to the study published ...
Researchers discover gene variant associated with cocaine dependence, cocaine induced paranoia
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Yale University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, have discovered that variants in the α-endomannosidase (MANEA) ...
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Bridging the divide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sufferers of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are being brought together in a major new study to determine the diseases? common genetic causes.
Gene with probable role in human susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis identified
Oct 09, 2008 |
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A new gene that may confer susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis has been identified by Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) researchers and their collaborators in The Netherlands, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the Russian ...
Drug rescues memory lost to Alzheimer's disease
Jul 14, 2009 |
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A drug similar to one used in clinical trials for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis has been found to rescue memory in mice exhibiting Alzheimer's symptoms.
Study finds genetic link to human herpes susceptibility
Jan 28, 2008 |
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There’s a high probability that people who are prone to herpes simplex virus (HSV) outbreaks can inherit that susceptibility through their genes, University of Utah researchers report in a new study.
Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the increase in the UK
May 02, 2008 |
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A changing population structure and ongoing migration have increased cases of drug resistant tuberculosis, according to a study published onbmj.com today.
Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant TB works, study finds
Aug 06, 2008 |
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The death sentence that too often accompanies a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) can be commuted if an individualized outpatient therapy program is followed – even in countries with limited resources ...
Scientists identify gene that may make humans more vulnerable to pulmonary tuberculosis
Oct 10, 2008 |
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Researchers from the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and its collaborators have now identified for the first time a new gene that may confer susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis. Their findings, published October ...
Complexity of Crohn's disease revealed as 'gene' count tops 30
Jun 29, 2008 |
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New research has trebled the number of genetic regions known to be implicated in Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, to over thirty. The research, published today in the journal Nature Genetics, has id ...
