Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 18

Treated diabetes associated with increased risk for depression (6/18/2008)

Persons with treated type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for developing depression, while a more modest association was found between persons with depression and the risk of diabetes ...> Full Article

Experimental anti-cancer synthetic molecule targets tumor cell growth and angiogenesis (6/18/2008)

A recent study describes a new candidate anti-cancer drug, named HB-19 ...> Full Article

New possibilities for breast cancer treatment on the horizon (6/17/2008)

Custom-built breast PET/CT scanner could advance breast cancer treatment, ...> Full Article

New study shows potential to treat or prevent viral cancers (6/17/2008)

Targeting viral antigens offers a novel option to treat-or even prevent- many viral cancers by targeting cancer cells expressing viral antigens or infected cells before they convert into malignancy ...> Full Article

Scientists Discover How Cells Move a Critical Protein (6/16/2008)

Researchers have found the pathway through which a signaling protein called Smoothened (Smo) can move into the primary cilium, a discovery that could eventually translate into therapeutic treatments for cancer. ...> Full Article

Scientists follow evolutionary trail of molecules that cause Lou Gehrig's disease (6/16/2008)

Researchers show how a single mutation in the human form of the VAMP-Associated Protein B (VAPB) contributes to the nerve and muscle breakdown in flies and worms, similar to ALS in humans. ...> Full Article

Study examines link between gut bacteria, obesity (6/16/2008)

Researchers examine the role that bacteria found in the human gastrointestinal tract play in regulating weight and the development of obesity. ...> Full Article

CT Lung Cancer Screening No Cure-All for Smokers (6/16/2008)

Screening for lung cancer with computed tomography (CT) may help reduce lung cancer deaths in current and former smokers, but it won't protect them from other causes of death associated with smoking ...> Full Article

Tsunami in the Brain (6/16/2008)

After a stroke, waves of electrical discharge in the human brain cause more nerve cells to die ...> Full Article

Remembering 'ABCs' Could Help Identify Skin Cancer Warning Signs (6/15/2008)

Recognizing precancerous moles could be as easy as remembering your ABCs. ...> Full Article

Researchers Identify Biofilms That Cause Infection (6/15/2008)

Understanding the way bacterial cells "talk" to each other could lead to more effective methods for fighting the often persistent and serious infections caused by the biofilms they form ...> Full Article

Cell surface receptors are all 'talk' in T cell stimulation (6/15/2008)

Researcher describes how cell surface receptors cooperate to generate immune responses in a process referred to as costimulation ...> Full Article

Study Finds Benefits to Earlier Colon Cancer Screenings (6/15/2008)

Patients would benefit by having colon cancer screenings earlier than currently recommended ...> Full Article

Avoiding Infections Helps Keep Cancer Patients Healthy (6/15/2008)

Infections are a major cause of illness and death in cancer patients, but simple steps and common sense can help keep patients healthy and improve their chances of a good recovery. ...> Full Article

Women, Smoking and Heart Disease (6/14/2008)

Researchers Say Toenails Tell the Tale ...> Full Article

Researchers discover gene linked to adult-onset obesity (6/14/2008)

Researchers have discovered a gene that may provide a clue as to why obesity rates increase with age ...> Full Article

'Addicted' cells provide early cancer diagnosis (6/14/2008)

Researchers have detected subtle changes that may make the bowel more vulnerable to the development of tumours. ...> Full Article

Raloxifene reduces risk of invasive estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer (6/14/2008)

Women who took raloxifene were less likely to develop invasive estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer compared with women who did not ...> Full Article

Enhanced Chickens, Eggs, May Prevent Breast Cancer (6/14/2008)

Researchers are studying whether adding a component of cotton plants to chicken feed might result in anti-cancer eggs and chicken meat. ...> Full Article

Cancer incidence and mortality in young people decreases with increasing deprivation (6/13/2008)

Results of research into the associations between cancer and socio-economic deprivation and affluence have shown that, in contrast to cancers in older people, the numbers of new cases and deaths from the disease in teenagers and young adults (TYAs) decrease with increasing deprivation ...> Full Article

Anti-estrogen Drug Therapy Reduces Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer in Older Women (6/13/2008)

New analysis of a drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment has provided definitive evidence that the medication is also effective as a breast cancer preventative for certain cancers. ...> Full Article

A protein sequence associated with Huntington's disease may become life-saving vaccine component (6/13/2008)

Protein sequence important in neurodegenerative Huntington's disease can be safely used as a new generation of vaccine adjuvants. ...> Full Article

Bird Flu Strains have Acquired Properties that Might Enhance Potential to Infect Humans (6/12/2008)

Study suggests that some North American avian influenza A H7 virus strains have properties that might enhance their potential to infect humans as well as their potential to spread from human to human. ...> Full Article

Researchers block the transmission of malaria in animal tests (6/12/2008)

By disrupting the potassium channel of the malaria parasite, a team of researchers has been able to prevent the malaria parasites from forming in mosquitoes and has thereby broken the cycle of infection during recent animal tests. ...> Full Article

Men With Vitamin D Deficiency May Have Increased Risk Of Heart Attack (6/12/2008)

Low levels of vitamin D appear to be associated with higher risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) in men ...> Full Article

Largest Ever Study of Diabetes Shows Intensive Glucose Control Reduces Serious Complications (6/11/2008)

ADVANCE Results go Beyond Existing Evidence ...> Full Article

Promising Advances in Islet Cell Transplants for Diabetes (6/11/2008)

Researchers have modified the procedure for islet cell transplantation and achieved insulin independence in diabetes patients with fewer but better-functioning pancreatic islet cells. ...> Full Article

Microenvironment a main driver of aggressive multi-lineage leukemia disease type (6/10/2008)

Study yields clues into different leukemia forms and possible therapeutic targets ...> Full Article

Outing the outliers: Strategy matches oncogene with subtype of prostate cancer (6/10/2008)

A new study reveals a previously unidentified candidate oncogene that appears to play a significant role in a subset of prostate cancers. ...> Full Article

Researchers discover traits of aggressive form of prostate cancer (6/10/2008)

Prostate cancer linked with SPINK1 gene occurs in 10 percent of cases ...> Full Article