Curing Death by Curing Aging Archives Page 71

Researchers Use 'Genomic Pathway' to Predict Parkinson's (6/21/2007)

Findings detect 90-fold increased risk of developing disease; predict age of onset ...> Full Article

Scientists Solve Genome of Marine Organism Producing Promising Disease-Fighting Agents (6/21/2007)

Bacteria discovered in Bahamian mud has potential as producer of natural antibiotics and anticancer products ...> Full Article

Research Reveals Washing Dishes Can Lower Blood Glucose Levels (6/20/2007)

Reducing time spent sitting and increasing light physical activity has important health benefits that may reduce the risk of diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases. ...> Full Article

Treatment Provided Improvement In Symptoms In 46 Percent Of Lupus Patients (6/20/2007)

Treatment with belimumab resulted in a sustained improvement of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) disease activity in 46% of patients at week 52, according to a novel combined responder index in results presented at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain. ...> Full Article

Researchers Detect Small Set of Cancer Stem Cells That Are Similar To Normal Stem Cells and Appear To Thwart Anti-Cancer Agents (6/20/2007)

Current cancer therapies often succeed at initially eliminating the bulk of the disease, including all rapidly proliferating cells, but are eventually thwarted because they cannot eliminate a small reservoir of multiple-drug-resistant tumor cells, called cancer stem cells, which ultimately become the source of disease recurrence and eventual metastasis. ...> Full Article

Ultra Deep Sequencing Identifies HIV Drug Resistance at Early Stage (6/20/2007)

Rare, previously undetectable drug-resistant forms of HIV have been identified by Yale School of Medicine researcher Michael Kozal, M.D., using an innovative genome sequencing technology that quickly detects rare viral mutations. ...> Full Article

Biologists Link Calorie Restriction To An Extended Life Span (6/19/2007)

The link between calorie restriction and a longer, healthier life may lie in the head, not in the gut, MIT biologists report. ...> Full Article

New SIDS Research To Study Protein Link (6/19/2007)

An Australia-first study led by the University of Adelaide could help identify the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), one of the world's most tragic medical mysteries. ...> Full Article

Cancer Death Rates Remain High Decades After Exposure To Arsenic (6/19/2007)

Death rates from lung and bladder cancer remained high decades after residents in northern Chile were exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water, according to a new study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. ...> Full Article

Rogue Cells Could Cause Spread Of Breast Cancer (6/18/2007)

A Deakin University study has shed light on what causes breast cancer cells to move to other parts of the body. ...> Full Article

Researchers Link Cell's Protein Recycling Systems With Hopes For Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders (6/18/2007)

Many age-related neurological diseases are associated with defective proteins accumulating in nerve cells, suggesting that the cell's normal disposal mechanisms are not operating correctly. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a molecular link between the cell's two major pathways for breaking down proteins and have succeeded in using this link to rescue neurodegenerative diseases in a simple animal model. The study appears this week in Nature. ...> Full Article

Warning Signs That Moles May Be Early Skin Cancers (6/18/2007)

Monitoring moles and looking for changes on a regular basis is key to early detection and treatment of melanoma, doctors say. ...> Full Article

Future Therapies for Stroke May Block Cell Death (6/17/2007)

A new therapy to re-activate silenced genes in patients who suffer from neurodegenerative diseases or stroke is being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Cornell University. ...> Full Article

Cytokine Resistance Contributes To Pathology Of Type 2 Diabetes (6/17/2007)

In a study appearing this month in the Journal of Immunology, researchers at the University of Illinois describe how an impaired anti-inflammatory response plays a role in the pathology of type 2 diabetes. ...> Full Article

Researchers Investigate The Effects Of Nanoparticles On Cell Freezing (6/17/2007)

Ram Devireddy, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at LSU, recently co-authored an article with Todd Monroe, assistant professor of biological and agricultural engineering, investigating the complex effects of nanoparticles on cell freezing. The report was published in the prestigious journal Nanotechnology. ...> Full Article

Dendritic Cells Are Replenished From Blood (6/17/2007)

Rockefeller University scientists have come a step closer to understanding the origins of the spleen and lymph node dendritic cells. ...> Full Article

Researchers Identify Fifth Gene Responsible for Joubert Syndrome (6/16/2007)

An international study by researchers at Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands has identified a new genetic cause for Joubert syndrome (JS). ...> Full Article

Older People With Diabetes More Apt To Suffer Depression, Uf Study Shows (6/16/2007)

Growing old can be disheartening. But for people with diabetes, the aging process can be downright depressing. A University of Florida study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that older adults diagnosed with the type 2 form of the disease are twice as likely as their peers to suffer from depression. ...> Full Article

Enzyme Delivered In Smaller Package Protects Cells From Radiation Damage (6/16/2007)

A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine research team, collaborating with scientists from Stanford University, have developed a new, smaller gene therapy vector that may be effective in delivering a radioprotective enzyme systemically throughout the body which may spare healthy tissue the long-term consequences of therapeutic irradiation. These results were presented at the 10th annual meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle. ...> Full Article

New Species of Bacteria Discovered (6/15/2007)

NPR's All Things Considered reports that "[a] new species of bacteria has been discovered, thanks to an American tourist who caught it while traveling in Peru. Dr. Jane Koehler, an infectious-disease specialist who led the team that found the species, named it Bartonella rochalimae, after a long-dead Brazilian scientist." NPR's Rebecca Roberts speaks with Koelher about the discovery of the bacterium, and why that particular name was selected for it. ...> Full Article

Sensitive Genetic Analysis Reveals Vast Changes Associated With Inherited Heart Disorder (6/15/2007)

The one-gene, one-disease concept is elegant, but incomplete. A single gene mutation can cause many other genes to start-or stop-working, and it may be these changes that ultimately cause clinical symptoms. Identifying the complete set of affected genes used to appear impossible. Not anymore. ...> Full Article

Superbug Antibiotic Defence Uncovered (6/15/2007)

McGill researcher observes how bacterium is able to resist antibiotic ...> Full Article

Neural Stem Cells Reduce Parkinson's Symptoms In Monkeys (6/14/2007)

Primates with severe Parkinson's disease were able to walk, move, and eat better, and had diminished tremors after being injected with human neural stem cells, a research team from Yale, Harvard, the University of Colorado, and the Burnham Institute report today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...> Full Article

Studies Identify Interactions Between Heart Disease And Kidney Disease (6/14/2007)

Anemia and other conditions related to chronic kidney disease are independently associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease; conversely, heart disease is associated with a decline in kidney function and the development of kidney disease, according to two reports in the June 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...> Full Article

Myelin Breakdown Implicated In Early Evolution Of Huntington's Disease (6/13/2007)

Last month, Dr. George Bartzokis, director of the UCLA Memory Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease Clinic, suggested in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia that the breakdown of a type of myelin that develops late in life promotes the buildup of toxic amyloid plaques long associated with Alzheimer's disease. Myelin is the "insulation" that wraps around nerve axons in the brain. ...> Full Article

Cancer Stem Cells Can Go It Alone (6/13/2007)

At the heart of most, if not all cancers, lie a handful of wayward stem cells that feed the ever growing tumor mass, but their scarcity make it difficult for scientists to study them. Now, times of plenty may lie ahead as a breast cancer cell line - established long ago - turned out to behave a lot like cancer stem cells. ...> Full Article

Largest Ever Study Of Genetics Of Common Diseases (6/12/2007)

Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and genetics of seven common diseases ...> Full Article

Researchers Find Potential New Target For Type 2 Diabetes (6/12/2007)

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a potential new target for treating type 2 diabetes, according to a new study that appeared online in Nature. The target is a protein, along with its molecular partner, that regulates fat metabolism. ...> Full Article

Vitamin D Reduces The Risk For Colorectal, Breast And Prostate Cancers (6/12/2007)

The Canadian Cancer Society is recommending a specific amount of Vitamin D supplementation for Canadians to consider taking. This first-time recommendation is based on the growing body of evidence about the link between Vitamin D and reducing risk for colorectal, breast and prostate cancers. ...> Full Article

Talcum Powder Stunts Growth Of Lung Tumors (6/12/2007)

Talcum powder has been used for generations to soothe babies' diaper rash and freshen women's faces. But University of Florida researchers report the household product has an additional healing power: The ability to stunt cancer growth by cutting the flow of blood to metastatic lung tumors. ...> Full Article