Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 31

Protein Class Displays Strong Anticancer Action (1/24/2008)

May lead to drugs with less-harmful side effects ...> Full Article

Cigarette Smoke May Enhance HPV And Increase Risk Of Cervical Cancer (1/24/2008)

Researchers find a direct interaction between cigarette smoke carcinogens and the human papillomavirus that may lead to increased risk of cervical cancer. ...> Full Article

Evolutionary Phenomenon In Mice May Explain Human Infertility (1/24/2008)

Scientists have found that field mice have evolved a unique way of ensuring faster fertilization, a phenomenon which could explain some cases of infertility in humans. ...> Full Article

Controlling Schistosomiasis: Buffalo Or Snails? (1/24/2008)

A parasitic infection common in China and Southeast Asia could be effectively reduced by controlling snail populations, according to new research. ...> Full Article

Unique Fungal Collection Could Hold Key To Future Antibiotics (1/24/2008)

Scientists to screen fungi for potential new antibiotics. ...> Full Article

Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteria (1/24/2008)

Researchers have identified a weakness in the defenses of the anthrax bacterium that could be exploited to produce new antibiotics. ...> Full Article

Gastric banding reverses impact of Type 2 diabetes (1/23/2008)

A new world-first study by Monash University researchers has found gastric banding surgery has a profound impact on one of society's biggest health issues - diabetes. ...> Full Article

Cell division studies hint at future cancer therapy (1/23/2008)

When a cell's assets get divided between daughter cells, Dr. Quansheng Du wants to make sure both offspring do well. ...> Full Article

Immunologists find better way to boost the immune system (1/23/2008)

Immunologists have discovered how to manipulate the immune system to increase its power and protect the body from successive viral infections. ...> Full Article

Combination Therapy Improves Survival For Certain Prostate Cancer Patients (1/23/2008)

Men with localized prostate cancer who were treated with male hormone suppression therapy and radiation treatment had longer survival, but those with moderate to high levels of other illnesses did not experience this effect, according to a study in the January 23 issue of JAMA. ...> Full Article

Ebola virus disarmed by excising a single gene (1/23/2008)

The deadly Ebola virus, an emerging public health concern in Africa and a potential biological weapon, ranks among the most feared of exotic pathogens. ...> Full Article

Radiotherapy as effective as surgery in bladder cancer treatment (1/22/2008)

Radiotherapy is as effective as surgery in treating bladder cancer ...> Full Article

Melanomas May Appear Noticeably Different Than Other Moles (1/22/2008)

A preliminary study suggests that melanomas have a different appearance than other irregular skin moles (i.e., are "ugly ducklings"), according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...> Full Article

The missing link between belly fat and heart disease? (1/22/2008)

In animal study, U-M researchers find inflammation could be the key - and might be reversed with medicine ...> Full Article

Live fast - but die when? (1/21/2008)

Most current theories of aging believe that our aging process is related to how fast we live - how many calories we eat and how many calories we expend. The notion of "live fast, die young" seems to make intuitive sense, but there's a new way of thinking that rejects this notion and suggests a whole new way of thinking about how the body manages energy. ...> Full Article

Study shows how ultrafine particles in air pollution may cause heart disease (1/21/2008)

Patients prone to heart disease may one day be told by physicians to avoid not only fatty foods and smoking but air pollution too. ...> Full Article

Military Technique Could Aid Stroke Victims (1/21/2008)

University of Leicester researchers are pioneering use of military radar signal processing methods to help victims of stroke - the third most common cause of death in the UK. ...> Full Article

Protein discovered that prevents HIV from spreading (1/21/2008)

In a study that could open up the field of virology to an entirely new suite of possibilities and that paves the way for future drug research, scientists at Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center have pinned down a molecule on the surface of human cells that helps keep particles of mutant strains of HIV from spreading. Rather than floating off to infect more cells, the protein contains the virus particles by keeping them attached to the parent cell's outer membrane, as if stuck there with glue. ...> Full Article

Protein discovery offers hope for prostate cancer (1/21/2008)

Australian scientists are researching a possible way of making aggressive prostate cancer cells less invasive after their discovery of a protein essential for the normal functioning of cells. ...> Full Article

Stem cell research aims to tackle Parkinson's disease (1/21/2008)

New ways to grown brain cells in the laboratory could eventually provide a way to treat Parkinson's disease ...> Full Article

Researchers Reveal HIV Peptide's Possible Pathway Into the Cell (1/20/2008)

Discovery furthers push to develop healing uses for a deadly virus ...> Full Article

Study to Identify Risk Factors for Staph Bloodstream Complications (1/20/2008)

The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium is one of the most common and most important disease-causing organisms in humans. ...> Full Article

Leukaemia-causing cells found (1/20/2008)

Scientists have discovered the cancer 'stem cells' that cause acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the most common form of childhood cancer. A report of the research, which was led by Oxford University scientists, has been published in the journal Science. ...> Full Article

Newly Discovered Virus Linked to Deadly Skin Cancer (1/19/2008)

Novel sequencing technique used at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute reveals new cancer virus ...> Full Article

Kidney Cysts: Not All Created Equal (1/19/2008)

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered a window in kidney growth that affects the onset of polycystic kidney disease and can mean, in mice, the difference between developing severe cystic disease early in adolescence or late in adulthood. ...> Full Article

At long last, culprit gene is found (1/19/2008)

Ending a decades-long search, scientists discover gene responsible for debilitating blood cell disorder ...> Full Article

Battling TB, and E. coli, centre receives increased funding (1/19/2008)

Research that has led to an antidote to the E. coli toxin and a possible drug to combat Alzheimer's disease were just two of the highlights of a centre that received $12.5 million in funding today. ...> Full Article

Diet and lifestyle critical to recovery, says study (1/19/2008)

Diet and lifestyle may play a much more significant role in a person's ability to respond favourably to certain drugs, including some cancer therapies, than previously understood, say scientists. ...> Full Article

Ottawa researchers organize first national Parkinson's disease meeting (1/19/2008)

For the first time ever, researchers and clinicians from across Canada will gather for a national meeting dedicated to Parkinson's disease. The Parkinson Alliance Meeting will be held in Ottawa on January 18th and 19th, 2008. It is being organized by the Parkinson Research Consortium, a group of 17 scientists affiliated with the University of Ottawa, the Ottawa Health Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital and the National Research Council, along with Parkinson Society Canada. ...> Full Article

Researchers define eye cancer gene's role in retinal development (1/19/2008)

Study provides the foundation for improving understanding of N-myc gene's role in the eyes' growth during fetal development when retinoblastoma forms ...> Full Article