Archive: 04/29/2011
2,784 vaccinations later
The two thousand, seven hundred and eighty-fourth baby has been vaccinated today in South Africa as part of a clinical trial of a new vaccine against tuberculosis. The new TB vaccine is the most advanced in ...
Medications
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A flash of insight
Imagine never having seen a car before and trying to determine what makes the vehicle run. That’s how Christof Grewer begins to explain his research on tiny proteins in the brain.
Medical research
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Gene therapy shows promise against age-related macular degeneration
A gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new in vivo study by researchers at Tufts University School of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Race to the top: Decoding metastasis
(Medical Xpress) -- One of cancer's greatest and most insidious threats is metastasis – the three-dimensional migratory invasion of cancer cells from primary tumors to a distant part of the body. The ...
Cancer
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Study identifies second gene associated with specific congenital heart defects
A gene known to be important in cardiac development has been newly associated with congenital heart malformations that result in obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. These are the findings from a study conducted ...
Genetics
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Unintentional child injuries, deaths can be prevented, health researchers say
Patricia Schnitzer, associate professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, says that most unintentional child injury deaths of young children result from inadequate supervision or failure to protect children from harm. ...
Health
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How do white blood cells detect invaders to destroy?
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have discovered how a molecular receptor on the surface of white blood cells identifies when invading fungi have established direct contact with the cell surface and pose an infectious ...
Medical research
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Scientists create new genetic model of premature aging diseases
Working with a group of national and international researchers, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have developed a new genetic model of premature aging disorders that could shed light on ...
Genetics
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Benefit of PET in patients with head and neck tumors cannot be assessed
The benefit and harm of positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with head and neck tumours, applied alone or in combination with computed tomography (CT), cannot currently be reliably assessed. This is the result of ...
Cancer
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Sustaining vulnerable lives
Patient safety is a hot topic in the U.S., Australia and Europe. Large resources are set aside for research projects that will make life safer for patients. In Norway, the research field is still new – but researchers ...
Other
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Proton imaging provides more accuracy, less radiation to pediatric cancer patients
Proton radiography imaging used prior to and during proton treatments for pediatric cancer patients provides for more accurate treatment delivery and a lower dose of radiation compared to standard diagnostic X-rays and cone ...
Cancer
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Tissue spacers reduce risk of rectal injury for prostate cancer patients
Injecting a tissue spacer in the prostate-rectal inter-space is an effective way to reduce the rectal dose for prostate cancer patients receiving radiation therapy, according to research presented April 30, 2011, at the Cancer ...
Cancer
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Study of jazz musicians reveals how the brain processes improvisations
(Medical Xpress) -- A pianist is playing an unknown melody freely without reading from a musical score. How does the listener’s brain recognise if this melody is improvised or if it is memorized? Researchers ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Combining CT, FDG-PET provides more accurate treatments for head and neck cancer patients
Combining computerized tomography (CT) with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) images results in significantly more defined tumor outlines and potentially different treatment options in head and neck ...
Cancer
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MRI locates prostate cancer recurrence at extremely low PSA levels
A pelvic MRI scan with IV contrast and rectal balloon is highly effective in identifying local recurrence even at low PSA values in prostate cancer patients with a rising or persistently elevated PSA after prostatectomy, ...
Cancer
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