Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 12

Newly Identified Genetic Deficiency in Children Illuminates Immune System Breakdown (8/1/2008)

Children with meningitis and other serious infections need swift treatment with antibiotics to survive, but physicians have not been able to figure out why the same microbe causes some children to get seriously ill and not others. Now researchers have identified a genetic defect that makes these children susceptible to attack by a certain type of bacteria, a finding that will speed up the diagnosis and treatment of these sick children. ...> Full Article

Scientists Find Modified Protein Containing an Unnatural Amino Acid that Breaks Immune Tolerance (8/1/2008)

Scientists have produced a powerful immune response in mice by incorporating an unnatural amino acid into a target protein. This novel approach could prove useful in the development of new vaccines for cancer, infectious diseases, and other disorders. ...> Full Article

New discovery may lead to immunization against cardiovascular disease (8/1/2008)

Low levels of naturally occurring antibodies may represent an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, particularly stroke in men. ...> Full Article

Scientists discover how some bacteria may steal iron from their human hosts (8/1/2008)

Discovery could lead to new ways to fight tuberculosis ...> Full Article

Nanoparticles + light = dead tumor cells (7/31/2008)

Medical physicists have created a novel way to kill tumor cells using nanoparticles and light ...> Full Article

Compound that helps rice grow reduces nerve, vascular damage from diabetes (7/31/2008)

Researchers have found that a compound that helps rice seed grow, springs back into action when brown rice is placed in water overnight before cooking, significantly reducing the nerve and vascular damage that often result from diabetes. ...> Full Article

Soy foods are associated with lower sperm concentrations (7/31/2008)

Men who eat an average of half a serving of soy food a day have lower concentrations of sperm than men who do not eat soy foods ...> Full Article

Researchers find cerebral malaria may be a major cause of brain injury in African children (7/30/2008)

Researchers have found that cerebral malaria is related to long-term cognitive impairment in one of four child survivors. ...> Full Article

Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Hormone Therapy May Experience Cognitive Effects (7/30/2008)

Hormone deprivation therapy, a commonly used treatment for prostate cancer, may have subtle adverse effects on cognition in patients--such as in the ability to recall and concentrate ...> Full Article

New study finds smoking predicts increased stroke risk for your spouse (7/30/2008)

Risk declines if spouse stops smoking ...> Full Article

Daily walk can help control diabetes (7/29/2008)

Just an extra 45 minute walk a day can help people control Type 2 diabetes ...> Full Article

Study Shows Exposure to Bad Air Raises Blood Pressure (7/29/2008)

The air people breathe while walking in the park, working in the garden or shopping downtown may be unhealthy enough to seriously spike their blood pressure ...> Full Article

Researchers analyze how new anti-MRSA antibiotics function (7/29/2008)

Research provides important insights into promising new antibiotics aimed at combating MRS ...> Full Article

Life expectancy of HIV patients increases (7/28/2008)

HIV-infected patients in high income countries are living some 13 years longer thanks to improvements in combination antiretroval therapy ...> Full Article

Hopes for TB vaccine boosted (7/28/2008)

The world's leading candidate for a tuberculosis vaccine, is to move into the next stage of development. ...> Full Article

Researchers Unravel Key Mechanism of Cellular Damage in Aging and Disease (7/28/2008)

Researchers have taken a first snapshot of how a class of highly reactive molecules inflicts cellular damage as part of aging, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease and Alzheimer's disease to name a few. ...> Full Article

Gene suppresses DNA break-induced chromosome errors (7/28/2008)

Researchers describe the molecular basis of chromosome translocations, the cause of many childhood diseases ...> Full Article

New research underlines link between lower birth weight and heart disease in later life (7/27/2008)

Researchers have found the first evidence that children who were smaller at birth already have specific alterations in heart and blood vessel function in early childhood, which may help to explain why they are more likely to develop heart disease in later life. ...> Full Article

Genetic Mechanisms linked to Parkinson's Disease Uncovered (7/27/2008)

Researchers show direct pathway which could be targeted for drug therapy ...> Full Article

Novel structure proteins could play a role in apoptosis (7/27/2008)

Isoforms from Novel Structure Proteins (NSP), a new family of genes discovered by researchers could be involved in apoptosis or programmed cell death. ...> Full Article

Plasma DNA level is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer, study finds (7/27/2008)

Elevated plasma DNA levels occur prior to clinical evidence of recurrence in majority of patients ...> Full Article

Virus structure reveals a target for novel anti-bird flu therapeutics (7/26/2008)

A research team led by Chinese Academy of Sciences biologists has recently decoded the fine structure of a polymerase complex from an avian flu H5N1 virus, which may meet the urgent need for improved influenza therapeutics. ...> Full Article

Researchers Identify Gene Responsible for Rare Childhood Disease (7/26/2008)

The chromosomal abnormality that causes a rare, but often fatal, disorder that affects infants has been identified. ...> Full Article

Has Cancer Spread? Research Identifies Best Way to Find Answers (7/26/2008)

Streamlined Care Will Speed up Diagnosis and Treatment, May Save Lives ...> Full Article

Gene clue to statins side effect (7/25/2008)

Researchers have discovered that a common gene variation is a major cause of a rare side-effect of the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins ...> Full Article

Circadian rhythm-metabolism link discovered (7/25/2008)

Study showing balance between body clock and energy use in cells points to treatments for diabetes and obesity ...> Full Article

Exercise could be the heart's fountain of youth (7/25/2008)

Older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts ...> Full Article

Once Suspect Protein Found to Promote DNA Repair, Prevent Cancer (7/25/2008)

Scientists caution against targeting HMGB1 to treat other disease ...> Full Article

Identification of protein able to stimulate production of T-cells (7/24/2008)

Discovery by Canadian and Finnish researchers could fight age-related decline in immune response ...> Full Article

Using Heparin After Cardioembolic Stroke Increases Risk Of Severe Bleeding (7/24/2008)

The common practice of giving patients the anticoagulant heparin after one of the most common forms of stroke can increase the risk of serious bleeding ...> Full Article