Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 20

Oral cancers linked to genes as well as lifestyle (5/31/2008)

A major international study provides the strongest evidence to date that genetics play a role in oral cancers ...> Full Article

Protein plays key role in transmitting deadly malaria parasite (5/31/2008)

The protein MAEBL is critical for completing the life cycle of malaria parasites in mosquitoes, allowing the insects to transmit the potentially deadly infection to humans ...> Full Article

Diabetes Doubles Liver Cancer Risk for Patients with Advanced Hepatitis C (5/31/2008)

Patients who have chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis have twice the risk of developing liver cancer if they also have diabetes ...> Full Article

Dehydrated Tomatoes Show Promise for Preventing Prostate Cancer (5/31/2008)

New research suggests that the form of tomato product one eats could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential ...> Full Article

New multi-million pound study to find the cause of Type 1 diabetes (5/30/2008)

£3 million to fund a research centre that will investigate the causes of Type 1 diabetes ...> Full Article

New insights in diagnosing diabetes may help the millions who are undiagnosed (5/30/2008)

In light of the 6.2 million Americans who don't realize they have diabetes, a panel of experts examined the current criteria for screening and diagnosing the disease and found a significant need for improvement ...> Full Article

New HIV browser gives researchers access to valuable data from vaccine trials (5/30/2008)

A new HIV data browser will give researchers access to a wealth of data collected during clinical trials of an AIDS vaccine ...> Full Article

Hormone may hold key to helping elderly men live longer (5/29/2008)

Elderly men with higher activity of the hormone IGF-1-or insulin-growth factor 1-appear to have greater life expectancy and reduced cardiovascular risk ...> Full Article

Coronary Calcium Distribution Tied to Heart Attack Risk (5/29/2008)

A new calcium scoring method may better predict a person's risk of heart attack ...> Full Article

Battling bird flu by the numbers (5/29/2008)

mathematical model gauges epidemic potential of emerging diseases ...> Full Article

Miracle leaves that may help protect against liver damage (5/28/2008)

Sea buckthorn berries are well known for their cholesterol busting properties, but scientists in India say that its leaves are also rich in anti-oxidants and may help ward off liver disease ...> Full Article

Let there be light (5/28/2008)

Photodynamic therapy breakthrough in cancer treatment ...> Full Article

New Links in Tobacco Carcinogen Chemical Pathway (5/28/2008)

Researchers Find New Links in Critical Chemical Pathway ...> Full Article

Protein Provides Innate Defense Against HIV (5/28/2008)

By identifying a protein that restricts the release of HIV-1 virus from human cells, scientists believe they may be closer to identifying new approaches to treatment ...> Full Article

Combining exercise with hormone could prevent weight gain (5/28/2008)

Once heralded as a promising obesity treatment, the hormone leptin lost its fat-fighting luster when scientists discovered overweight patients were resistant to its effects. But pairing leptin with just a minor amount of exercise seems to revive the hormone's ability to fight fat again ...> Full Article

Major 'missed' biochemical pathway emerges as important in virtually all cells (5/27/2008)

A new study provides more evidence that the nitric oxide (NO) system in the life of a cell plays a key role in disease, and the findings point to ways to improve treatment of illnesses such as heart disease and cancer. ...> Full Article

Discovery May Lead to Early Cancer Detection (5/27/2008)

Researchers have developed antibodies that recognize pancreatic cancer ...> Full Article

Study Finds Unique HIV Vaccine Formula Elicits Strong Immune Responses (5/27/2008)

Investigators express hope for HIV vaccine research with an alternative strategy ...> Full Article

Scientists Reveal A Protein's Role in Enabling AIDS Virus to Reproduce (5/27/2008)

Study shows how Vpx facilitates reverse transcription in simian virus life-cycle ...> Full Article

'Intrabody' can mop up mutant protein in Huntington's disease model (5/27/2008)

Scientists have created a tool for mopping up the clumps of mutant protein that drive neurodegeneration in Huntington's disease. Emory University researchers engineered a virus to make an intracellular antibody or "intrabody" against huntingtin, the protein whose mutant forms poison the brain cells of people with Huntington's. ...> Full Article

Scientists image a single HIV particle being born (5/26/2008)

By using a specialized microscope that only illuminates the cell's surface, they have become the first to see, in real time and in plain view, hundreds of thousands of molecules coming together in a living cell to form a single particle of the virus that has, in less than 25 years, claimed more than 25 million lives: HIV. ...> Full Article

Researchers find roadmap to next-generation cancer therapies (5/26/2008)

Team has discovered an entire novel class of genes they believe will lead to a greater understanding of cancer cell function and the next generation of effective and less harmful therapies for patients. ...> Full Article

Oocyte-specific gene mutations cause premature ovarian failure (5/26/2008)

Mutations in a gene called FIGLA cause premature ovarian failure in at least a percentage of women who suffer from the disorder ...> Full Article

Experimental agent blocks prostate cancer in animal study (5/26/2008)

An experimental drug has blocked the progression of prostate cancer in an animal model with an aggressive form of the disease ...> Full Article

Scientists find protein may be key to new therapies for elevated triglycerides (5/26/2008)

High triglycerides common in people who are obese and/or diabetic, at risk for heart disease ...> Full Article

Male painters exposed to fertility damaging chemicals (5/26/2008)

Men working as painters and decorators who are exposed to glycol ethers are more likely to have poor semen quality, according to research carried out by scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester. ...> Full Article

New Biological Classification of Ovarian Cancer - A Possibility for Better Survival (5/25/2008)

A thesis from The Sahlgrenska Academy shows that it might be possible to predict with great probability which women with ovarian cancer will survive the disease before painful treatment with antineoplastic agents. A better prognosis would considerably improve the quality of life of patients since the treatment could be made more effective and thereby result in fewer side effects. ...> Full Article

RNA Toxicity Contributes to Neurodegenerative Disease, Scientists Say (5/25/2008)

Expanding on prior research, biologists have determined that faulty RNA, the blueprint that creates mutated, toxic proteins, contributes to a family of neurodegenerative disorders in humans. ...> Full Article

Stabilizing Cancer-Fighting p53 Can Also Shield a Metastasis-Promoter (5/25/2008)

Research shows protecting p53 from degradation also defends its mutant ...> Full Article

Researchers Publish Promising Results from Cancer Clinical Trial of JX-594 (5/25/2008)

Majority of these end- stage patients with solid tumors had objective tumor destruction and responses following treatment with the cancer biotherapeutic ...> Full Article