Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 58

TB Test Offers Patients Quicker And Easier Diagnosis (6/3/2007)

A new test for diagnosing TB offers a quick and simple alternative to existing three-day methods, according to research published today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. ...> Full Article

International Studies Show HPV Vaccine is Highly Effective (6/2/2007)

A new vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent effective against the two types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for most cases of cervical cancer--strains 16 and 18. Results of an international meta-analysis study of the vaccine are published in the June 1 issue of the journal Lancet. ...> Full Article

Mercury's Link to Heart Disease Begins in Blood Vessel Walls (6/2/2007)

Heavy metals and other toxins have been linked to many human diseases, but determining exactly how they damage the body remains a mystery in many cases. New research focusing on a relatively obscure, misunderstood protein suggests mercury's link to heart disease can be traced to activation of this enzyme, which triggers a process leading to plaque buildup in blood vessel walls. ...> Full Article

Increase In Cancer In Sweden Can Be Traced To Chernobyl (6/2/2007)

The incidence of cancer in northern Sweden increased following the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986. This was the finding of a much-debated study from Linköping University in Sweden from 2004. ...> Full Article

Common Cancer Gene Sends Death Order To Tiny Killer (6/2/2007)

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered one way the p53 gene does what it's known for-stopping the colon cancer cells. Their report will be published in the June 8 issue of Molecular Cell. ...> Full Article

Apple Peels May Help Prevent Cancer (6/1/2007)

An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Or, what appears to be more accurate: An apple peel a day might help keep cancer at bay, according to a new Cornell study. ...> Full Article

World First Study Of Faulty Genes For Breast Cancer (6/1/2007)

Results of a world-first, large-scale study of faulty genes and breast cancer, with significant Australian contributions including research from the University of Melbourne will be released in Nature today. ...> Full Article

Researchers Find Broad-Spectrum Defense Against HIV-1 (6/1/2007)

New research conducted at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) suggests that it may be possible to develop a vaccine that protects against the myriad strains of the HIV virus. ...> Full Article

Mutant Parasites, Unable To Infect Hosts, Highlight Virulence Genes (5/31/2007)

With a single approach, microbiologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have identified dozens of clues to how human parasites may infect their hosts. ...> Full Article

Red Wine Protects The Prostate (5/31/2007)

Researchers have found that men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine per week are only 52% as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer as those who do not drink red wine, reports the June 2007 issue of Harvard Men's Health Watch. In addition, red wine appears particularly protective against advanced or aggressive cancers. ...> Full Article

Stem Cell Coaxed Into Becoming Insulin Producing Cells (5/31/2007)

University of Alberta researchers are the first in the world to transform embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells, an achievement that could one day lead to an endless source of islet cells for Type 1 diabetics. ...> Full Article

Researchers Develop Tuberculosis Vaccine (5/31/2007)

A Colorado State University research team has developed a novel vaccine to prevent tuberculosis, one of the world's most deadly diseases. The vaccine triggers the body's immunity in a novel way by activating specific immune system functions that enhance the response to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. ...> Full Article

Avian Influenza Survivors' Antibodies Effective At Neutralising H5N1 Strain (5/30/2007)

Adults who have recovered from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza may hold the key to future treatments for the virus, according to an international team of researchers including those at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam. In a study published today http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040178 in the open access journal PLoS Medicine http://medicine.plosjournals.org, the researchers have shown how specific antibodies taken from avian flu survivors in Vietnam can be reproduced in the laboratory and prove effective at neutralising the virus in culture vitro and in mice. ...> Full Article

Lithium Eases Symptoms of Fatal Neurological Disorder (5/30/2007)

Studies in mice have shown that lithium, a drug widely used to treat mood disorders in humans, can provide relief from the crushing symptoms of a fatal brain disease, according to researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at the Baylor College of Medicine. ...> Full Article

Human Antibodies Protect Mice From Avian Flu (5/29/2007)

An international team of scientists, including researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, report using antibodies derived from immune cells from recent human survivors of H5N1 avian influenza to successfully treat H5N1-infected mice as well as protect them from an otherwise lethal dose of the virus. ...> Full Article

New Mouse Model Closely Mimics Human Cancers (5/28/2007)

Scientists say development will enhance cancer gene discovery in humans ...> Full Article

Scientists' Studies Combat Health Threats (5/28/2007)

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 was a loud wake-up call for researchers studying infectious diseases. SARS infected more than 8,000 people, killed 10 percent of those infected and weakened most with pneumonia. ...> Full Article

Researchers Home In On Possible New Breast Cancer Gene (5/28/2007)

Researchers at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describe in this week's issue of Science a new candidate breast-cancer susceptibility gene. The Rap80 gene is required for the normal DNA-repair function of the well-known breast cancer gene BRCA1. ...> Full Article

Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Reverse Heart Failure in Animals (5/28/2007)

Heart researchers at the Center for Translational Medicine at Jefferson Medical College have used gene therapy to reverse heart failure in animals. In addition, they found that this gene therapy strategy had 'unique and additive effects' to currently used, standard heart failure drugs called beta-blockers. ...> Full Article

Veterans Exposed To Agent Orange Have Higher Rates Of Prostate Cancer Recurrence (5/27/2007)

Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have a 48 percent increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence following surgery than their unexposed peers, and when the disease comes back, it seems more aggressive, researchers say. ...> Full Article

Quantum Dot Nanotechnology Targeting Cancer Biomarkers (5/27/2007)

Bioconjugated quantum dots -- luminescent nanoparticles linked to biological molecules -- have shown great promise as tools for disease diagnosis and treatment, but their medical use has been limited by the lack of specific instructions for clinicians. Now, new clinical protocols detailing how to prepare, process and quantify these tiny particles will arm laboratory physicians with the information they need to track biomarkers in cells and tissues. ...> Full Article

Tiny Genes May Increase Cancer Susceptibility (5/27/2007)

New evidence indicates that small pieces of noncoding genetic material known as microRNAs (miRNAs) might influence cancer susceptibility. Differences in certain miRNAs may predispose some individuals to develop cancer, say researchers collaborating in a joint study at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia, Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. ...> Full Article

Researcher Lays Out Benefits of Aspirin to Prevent Colon Cancer (5/27/2007)

Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, a colon cancer researcher at the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) has laid out the roadmap for how medical researchers should employ aspirin and aspirin-like drugs to prevent colon cancer in certain high-risk individuals. ...> Full Article

Study Reveals Aspirin's Colorectal Cancer Prevention Mechanism (5/26/2007)

Prevention restricted to tumors expressing COX-2, may help identify those most likely to benefit ...> Full Article

Life Long Vegetarian Diet Reduces The Risk Of Colorectal Cancer (5/26/2007)

According to new research presented at Digestive Disease Week ® 2007 a vegetarian diet may have a significant impact on the gastrointestinal (GI) system, affecting the risk for certain diseases. ...> Full Article

Stem Cells May Mimic Cancer Cells (5/26/2007)

Call it the cellular equivalent of big glasses, a funny nose and a fake mustache. ...> Full Article

Ohio State Chosen for Revamped HIV Clinical Trials Network (5/26/2007)

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded a seven-year, multimillion-dollar grant to the Ohio State University Medical Center to continue testing new AIDS treatments, vaccines and prevention methods. ...> Full Article

Chronic Gum Disease Linked to Risk of Tongue Cancer (5/25/2007)

Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute have shown for the first time that an association exists between long-standing periodontitis, or gum disease, and risk of tongue cancer. ...> Full Article

New Study Finds HIV In Breastmilk Killed By Flash-Heating (5/25/2007)

A simple method of flash-heating breast milk infected with HIV successfully inactivated the free-floating virus, according to a new study led by researchers at the Berkeley and Davis campuses of the University of California. ...> Full Article

Study Identifying Alteration in Gene Associated with Uterine Cancer Lays Groundwork for More Targeted Therapies (5/25/2007)

Collaboration led by TGen and Washington University School of Medicine may accelerate therapeutic development ...> Full Article