Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 10

Cancer signatures uncovered (8/17/2008)

A new systematic analysis of the relationship between the neoplastic and developmental transcriptome provides an outline of trends in cancer gene expression. ...> Full Article

Personalized immunotherapy to fight HIV/AIDS (8/16/2008)

Researchers adopt an innovative approach to fight the virus responsible for AIDS ...> Full Article

Methamphetamine Use May Increase Heart Infection Risk (8/16/2008)

The number of U.S. injection drug users hospitalized for infective endocarditis, or heart inflammation, increased substantially between the years 2000 and 2003 ...> Full Article

Study Finds Way to Prevent Protein Clumping Characteristic of Parkinson's Disease (8/16/2008)

Researchers have identified a protein from a most unlikely source -- baker's yeast -- that might protect against Parkinson's disease.' ...> Full Article

Therapeutic target ID'd for deadly childhood muscle cancer (8/16/2008)

Curbing the activity of a substance called 'platelet-derived growth factor receptor A' dramatically reduced aggressiveness of an often-untreatable childhood muscle cancer in mice and cells ...> Full Article

Scientists find a novel mechanism that controls the development of autoimmunity (8/15/2008)

Researchers have found a mechanism in the immune systems of mice that can lead to the development of autoimmune disease when turned off ...> Full Article

Trapping white blood cells proves novel strategy against chronic viral infections (8/15/2008)

Seeing disease-fighting white blood cells vanish from the blood usually signals a weakened immune system. ...> Full Article

Scientists discover major genetic cause of colorectal cancer (8/15/2008)

Hikes risk of developing cancer to 50 percent ...> Full Article

Experimental chemotherapy regimen shows promise in treating advanced lung cancer (8/14/2008)

A combination of chemotherapy agents that have been tested in other tumor types appears to be a promising alternative to standard treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer ...> Full Article

White blood cell uses DNA 'catapult' to fight infection (8/14/2008)

Eosiniphils help prevent uncontrolled bacterial invasion ...> Full Article

Scientists use old enemy to K.O. cancer (8/14/2008)

Chemists are pulling cancer onto a sucker punch by getting infected cells to drop their guard ...> Full Article

Key to treating cancer may be finding its original cell (8/13/2008)

Cancer biologists are turning their attention to the normal cells that give rise to cancers, to learn more about how tumor growth might be stopped at the earliest opportunity. ...> Full Article

Rare Case In A Baltimore Couple Explains Why Some Infected With Hiv Remain Symptom Free For Years Without Antiretroviral Drugs (8/13/2008)

Finding renews promise of vaccine against AIDS; disproves theory of defective virus ...> Full Article

Childhood brain tumor traced to normal stem cells gone bad (8/12/2008)

An aggressive childhood brain tumor known as medulloblastoma originates in normal brain "stem" cells that turn malignant when acted on by a known mutant, cancer-causing oncogene ...> Full Article

Researchers uncover cancer survival secrets (8/12/2008)

A team of Monash University researchers has uncovered the role of a family of enzymes in the mutation of benign or less aggressive tumours into more aggressive, potentially fatal, cancers in the human body. ...> Full Article

Marriage May Help Hostile Personality (8/12/2008)

A nine-year study finds that an increase in blood sugar levels is linked to diabetes and heart attacks in single men with anger issues. ...> Full Article

Researchers demonstrate activity of mebendazole in metastatic melanoma (8/11/2008)

Novel assay finds that widely prescribed anti-parasite drug targets cancer-causing protein ...> Full Article

Pathogen that causes disease in cattle also associated with Crohn's disease (8/11/2008)

Research urgently needed to evaluate potential risks to humans ...> Full Article

Early treatment is key to combating hepatitis C virus (8/11/2008)

Canadian researchers have shown that patients who receive early treatment for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) within the first months following an infection, develop a rapid poly-functional immune response against HCV similar to when infection is erradicted spontaneously ...> Full Article

Scientists Replicate Diseases in the Lab with New Stem Cell Lines (8/11/2008)

A set of new stem cell lines will make it possible for researchers to explore ten different genetic disorders-including muscular dystrophy, juvenile diabetes, and Parkinson's disease-in a variety of cell and tissue types as they develop in laboratory cultures. ...> Full Article

People with heart disease still have trouble controlling blood lipid levels (8/10/2008)

Study points to need for improved cholesterol and triglyceride treatment ...> Full Article

An overlooked tool in the battle against HIV/AIDS (8/10/2008)

The links between HIV transmission and the degree to which people are able to adopt realistic plans to achieve future projects, in other words, hope, have been overlooked in policies to tackle HIV/AIDS. New research argues that hope is a powerful tool in the battle to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. ...> Full Article

Research team unravels new cellular repair mechanism (8/10/2008)

Work in yeast cells could lead to similar discovery in humans and new cancer treatments ...> Full Article

Thick melanomas: the problem continues (8/10/2008)

The incidence of the most dangerous kind of skin cancer, thick melanoma, is still not decreasing in New Zealand nearly 15 years after early detection strategies were introduced to educate the public. ...> Full Article

B cells can act alone in autoimmune disease, researchers report (8/10/2008)

B cells, the source of damaging autoantibodies, have long been thought to depend upon T cells for their activation and were not considered important in the initiation of autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis ...> Full Article

Testosterone key to disease transmission (8/10/2008)

High levels of testosterone may be a key factor in spreading disease among mice, according to biologists. ...> Full Article

Sesame seed extract and konjac gum may help ward off Salmonella and E. coli (8/9/2008)

konjac gum and sesame seed extract may offer protection against different strains of E. coli and Salmonella bacteria ...> Full Article

Researchers unveil vital key to cancer (8/9/2008)

scientists have uncovered the 3D structure of Mps1 - a protein that regulates the number of chromosomes during cell division and thus has an essential role in the prevention of cancer - which will lead to the design of safer and more effective therapies. ...> Full Article

First step towards switching off breast cancer and leukaemia (8/9/2008)

scientists have identified a way to 'switch off' a molecule, a key player in the molecular processes that trigger breast cancer and certain forms of leukemia. ...> Full Article

New blood biting back at malaria (8/9/2008)

Research could underpin global efforts to find a drug or vaccine against the disease. ...> Full Article