Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 59

Stem Cells Provide Clues To Cancer Spread (5/25/2007)

Scientists have made an important discovery in understanding how cancers spread in what could lead to new ways of beating the disease. ...> Full Article

Immunization Against Type 1 Diabetes Works On Mice (5/25/2007)

Researchers in France and Germany have successfully treated type 1 diabetic mice with a vaccination. The vaccine they designed in this model included structures that the immune system mistakenly attacks in type 1 diabetes. ...> Full Article

Study Shows Exercise May Reverse Aging Process (5/25/2007)

A new study provides more evidence of how exercise can pump up your quality of life as you age, and even help reverse the aging process. ...> Full Article

HIV's Effect On White Blood Cells Questioned By New Research (5/24/2007)

Scientists have refuted a longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection, in new research published today. ...> Full Article

Altering Bugs Effective Way To Help Eradicate Disease (5/24/2007)

Releasing genetically modified male mosquitoes could eliminate the danger of dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases within a year in communities of up to a million people, according to a research paper released this week. ...> Full Article

Moderate Drinking Lowers Women's Risk of Heart Attack (5/24/2007)

Women who regularly enjoy an alcoholic drink or two have a significantly lower risk of having a non-fatal heart attack than women who are life-time abstainers, epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have shown. ...> Full Article

Brain Tumor Vaccine Developed By Stanford Researcher To Be Tested At 20 Sites Nationally (5/24/2007)

An experimental vaccine developed by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine to treat a rapidly fatal brain tumor called glioblastoma will be tested in 20 U.S. sites including Stanford. ...> Full Article

Vaccine Hope For Malaria (5/24/2007)

One person dies of it every 30 seconds, it rivals HIV and tuberculosis as the world's most deadly infection and the vast majority of its victims are under five years old. Now, just over 100 years since Britain's Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for finally proving that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, researchers at The University of Nottingham believe they have made a significant breakthrough in the search for an effective vaccine. ...> Full Article

Possible New Therapy to Stop The Spreading Of Tumors (5/24/2007)

Scientists in Portugal and Germany report of research that suggest a new therapy to control the spread of tumour cells to new tissues, a process known as metastasis and that is associated with high risk of a fatal outcome. The research, to appear in 'Human Molecular Genetics', describe how the chaotic, increased motility of some tumour cells, known to be crucial for metastases, can be linked to the aberrant activation of a molecule called epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). It also shows how inhibition of this activation reverts high motile cells into a normal benign pattern of motility. The research suggests that EGFR inhibitors, which are readily available in the market, could be a potential new therapy in the control of metastases in some type tumours. ...> Full Article

Decoding Gene Expression in Cancer Tumors Using Non-Invasive Imaging (5/24/2007)

By correlating images of cancerous liver tissue with gene expression patterns, a research team led by a radiologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has developed tools that may some day allow physicians to view a CT image of a cancer tumor and discern its genetic activity. The study, designed to help doctors obtain the molecular details of a specific tumor or disease without having to do an invasive biopsy procedure, will be published online on May 21 in Nature Biotechnology. ...> Full Article

Cure for Hepatitis C Announced by Researcher (5/23/2007)

Disease is leading cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer and the need for transplants ...> Full Article

New DNA Tests Advance Diagnosis/Early Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Diseases (5/23/2007)

A new set of laboratory tests using gene sequencing is able to help confirm 24 lysosomal storage diseases, providing physicians and patients the tools for much more accurate and rapid diagnosis. Lysosomal storage diseases are a group of more than 40 inherited and potentially life-threatening disorders that cause enzymes to malfunction in cellular compartments called lysosomes. This leads to the accumulation of waste products that damage organs and tissues. ...> Full Article

Team ID's Cell Mechanics Of Hallmark Malaria Protein (5/23/2007)

During the first 24 hours of invasion by the malaria-inducing parasite Plasmodium falciparum, red blood cells start to lose their ability to deform and squeeze through tiny blood vessels--one of the hallmarks of the deadly disease that infects nearly 400 million people each year. Now, an international team of researchers led by an MIT professor has demonstrated just why that happens. ...> Full Article

Majority Of U.S. Parents Not In Favor Of HPV Vaccine Mandates (5/23/2007)

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds only 44 percent of parents support a school mandate for the HPV vaccine ...> Full Article

Genetic Research Increases Understanding Of Autoimmune Disease Risk (5/23/2007)

Geneticists have identified a link between the number of copies of a specific gene an individual has and their susceptibility to autoimmune diseases like lupus. Research using DNA has revealed that people who have a below average number of copies of a gene, known as FCGR3B, have an increased risk of developing diseases caused when the body's immune system attacks its own tissue. ...> Full Article

Engineered Protein Effective Against Staphylococcus Aureus Toxin (5/23/2007)

A research team led by the University of Illinois has developed a treatment for exposure to enterotoxin B, a noxious substance produced by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. The team engineered a protein, which was successfully tested in rabbits, that could one day be used to treat humans exposed to the enterotoxin. ...> Full Article

New Approach to Treating Precancerous Esophagus Condition (5/23/2007)

The use of concentrated radio waves appears to be a safe and effective way to "burn" away abnormal cell growth in the esophagus that can be a precursor of cancer. ...> Full Article

Fighting Cancer with Salmonella (5/22/2007)

Disease-causing bacteria can help in the fight against cancer. This may sound a little far-fetched at first, but in future bacteria could form the basis for innovative tumor therapies. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig have succeeded in planting "remote-controlled" salmonella in the tumors of cancer-bearing mice. The genetically modified microbes can produce substances on command. "Perhaps at some point," hopes Helmholtz scientist Dr. Holger Loessner, "we will be able to make these bacteria secrete cell toxins precisely where they are needed: in the middle of cancerous tissue." ...> Full Article

Genetic Marker Linked To Aggressive Prostate Cancer (5/22/2007)

Northwestern University researchers have discovered that a recently identified genetic marker for prostate cancer is linked to a highly aggressive form of the disease. ...> Full Article

Kidney Cancer Shuts Down Protein Destruction Complex (5/21/2007)

New evidence shows that Wilms tumor - a rare kidney cancer that affects children - promotes its own growth agenda by taking over a genetic program used by normal cells during development. The studies demonstrate that Wilms tumor exploits the same signaling pathway that is targeted by colorectal cancer cells, but it goes about hijacking that pathway in an entirely different way. The finding suggests that drugs targeting this pathway may be effective against a variety of cancers. ...> Full Article

Students Invent Protective Pouch to Enhance Cell Therapy (5/21/2007)

Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a device to improve cell therapy for diabetes patients by anchoring transplanted insulin-producing cells inside a major blood vessel. ...> Full Article

Olive Leaf Extract May Protect Against Cardiovascular Diseases (5/21/2007)

RMIT University researchers have described the promising cardioprotective effects of an Australian olive leaf extract at the American Heart Association's 7th Annual Conference in Denver, USA. ...> Full Article

Change In Neuroticism Tied To Mortality Rates (5/21/2007)

While mellowing with age has often been thought to have positive effects, a Purdue University researcher has shown that doing so could also help you live longer. ...> Full Article

National Clinical Trial To Uncover Long-term Effects Of West Nile Virus Begun (5/21/2007)

UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined a national clinical trial to identify the long-term health effects of West Nile virus infection and to learn more about the disease's progression, symptoms and mortality. ...> Full Article

Study Finds Strong Anti-Cancer Properties In Cruciferous Veggie (5/20/2007)

It turns out Mom was right – you should eat your broccoli. But what Mom may not have known is why broccoli is so healthy, and how its lesser known, younger offshoot may be a powerful anti-cancer agent. ...> Full Article

Study Breaks Link between Lycopene and Prostate Cancer Prevention (5/20/2007)

Tomatoes might be nutritious and tasty, but don't count on them to prevent prostate cancer. In the May issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers based at the National Cancer Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center report that lycopene, an antioxidant predominately found in tomatoes, does not effectively prevent prostate cancer. In fact, the researchers noted an association between beta-carotene, an antioxidant related to lycopene, and an increased risk for aggressive prostate cancer. ...> Full Article

Pediatric Cancer Stem Cell Identified: Understanding The Origin Of ERMS (5/20/2007)

As published in the June 1 issue of Genes & Development, Dr. Leonard Zon (Children's Hospital Boston) and colleagues have identified the cancer stem cell for rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood. ...> Full Article

Study Of Unexplained Respiratory Infections Leads Researchers To New Virus (5/19/2007)

An ongoing effort to identify the microorganisms that make us sick has discovered a new virus potentially linked to unexplained respiratory infections. ...> Full Article

Soy Estrogens And Breast Cancer: Researcher Offers Overview (5/19/2007)

Are soy products healthy additions to a person's diet, safe alternatives to hormone-replacement therapy or cancer-causing agents? The answer, according to University of Illinois food science and human nutrition professor William Helferich, is, 'It depends.' ...> Full Article

Research Says Boiling Broccoli Ruins Its Anti Cancer Properties (5/19/2007)

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage. ...> Full Article