A booster vaccination for parents of new babies and other household members may be the most effective way of preventing the fatal form of whooping cough in young infants, say a group of paediatric intensive care doctors on bmj.com.
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30Nov
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30Nov
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have identified distinctive genetic changes in the cancer cells of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that cause relapse.
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30Nov
Cell reception. By comparing normal mice (left) with mice that are genetically engineered to lack certain receptors in their spleen (right), scientists have shown SIGNR1 receptors (blue) are required to facilitate an anti-inflammatory action.
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30Nov
U.S. science and engineering students emerge from graduate school exquisitely trained to carry out research.
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30Nov
If chromosomes snuggle up too closely at the wrong times, the results can be genetic disaster.
Tags: Gene
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30Nov
Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology, and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered how a bacterial pathogen interacts with the blood coagulation protein fibrinogen to cause methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, a finding that could aid in developing therapeutics against the potentially deadly disease.
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30Nov
Hereditary information flows from parents to offspring not just through DNA but also through the millions of proteins and other molecules that cling to it.
Tags: Gene
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30Nov
Suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a growing number of patients at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), have become the beneficiaries of a North American breakthrough: high efficacy hemodiafiltration (HDF).
Tags: Hospital, North America
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30Nov
Under stress, yeast cells can unleash a remarkable mechanism based on protein-misfolding that gives them new characteristics without requiring genetic mutations.
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30Nov
To help prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalophathy (BSE) through feed in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented a final rule that prohibits the use of most mammalian protein in feeds for ruminant animals. This rule, Title 21 Part 589.
Tags: Drug, Food and Drug Administration
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30Nov
Last month, FDA issued its Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and its Analogues in Food for Humans. This interim safety and risk assessment indicated that melamine, in its chainlike “polymerized” form, has been used to manufacture dishes, plastic resins, and components of paper and paperboard that may come in contact with food.
Tags: Lyme
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30Nov
UroToday.com – Our multi-institutional study on robotic partial nephrectomy for renal hilar tumors is the first to focus solely on renal hilar tumors and represents one of the largest series in the world.
Tags: PHR
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30Nov
South Africa’s revitalised drive against AIDS today received a £15 million boost which could help save millions of lives and stop the spread of HIV across the country.
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30Nov
UroToday.com – Overactive bladder is a key battleground for the pharmaceutical industry and an area of considerable significance to health delivery systems. Given the substantial effects on quality of life, patients are understandably keen for therapeutic strategies which are effective without the significant side effects of anticholinergic drugs.
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30Nov
UroToday.com – In this study we report an analysis of prostate cancer grade migration trends, by age, using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data over a 30-year period from 1974 to 2003. Age and grade are critical factors in guiding treatment decision-making and outcomes reporting in prostate cancer.
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30Nov
Hereditary information flows from parents to offspring not just through DNA but also through the millions of proteins and other molecules that cling to it. These modifications of DNA, known as “epigenetic marks,” act both as a switch and a dial – they can determine which genes should be turned on or off, and how much message an “on” gene should produce.
Tags: Gene
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30Nov
Increasing the production of naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells slows down multiplication of the AIDS virus, according to biochemists. “We have found that increasing the expression of proteins that contain selenium negatively affects the replication of HIV,” said K. Sandeep Prabhu, Penn State assistant professor of immunology and molecular toxicology.
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30Nov
Psychiatrists in Scotland are starting to view the new Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 a little more positively, according to the results of a survey published in the December issue of the Psychiatric Bulletin. Overall, levels of satisfaction among psychiatrists rose between 2006 and 2007.
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30Nov
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is most effective in patients who have had four or more prior episodes of depression, according to new research from The Netherlands.
Tags: Depression, Research
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30Nov
Young women who have a miscarriage or an abortion are three times more likely to experience a drug or alcohol problem during their lifetime, according to new research published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. Recent evidence has suggested that induced abortion may be associated with later psychiatric disorders in women.
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