AScribe Medicine News Service articles from April 2005

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from April 2005

Cryoablation Treatment Helps Diminish Pain of Bone Cancer; Mayo Clinic Researchers Report Improved Quality of Life for Patients.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pain from cancer that has spread to the bone can be effectively diminished with a new treatment that freezes the cancerous areas, Mayo Clinic researchers reported today at...

Stanley J. Korsmeyer, MD, Renowned Cancer Biologist, Passes Away at Age 54.(Obituary)
April 1, 2005... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanley J. Korsmeyer, MD, a scientific leader at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute whose landmark discoveries about why cancer cells survive opened a promising new avenue...

Schiavo Expert: State and Federal Involvement in End-of-Life Issues Post-Schiavo - Resolving the Divergence of Ethics and Law?
April 1, 2005... Byline: Sarah Lawrence College BRONXVILLE, N.Y., March 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following expert is available for comment on the Terri Schiavo case. - - - - SOURCE: Alice Herb, attorney, medical ethicist and member of the...

University of Iowa Researchers Improve Huntington's Disease Symptoms in Mice.
April 5, 2005... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have taken another step toward a potential treatment for Huntington's disease...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Seeks Outstanding Latin American, Canadian Researchers.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Talented Latin American and Canadian scientists can find themselves handicapped by a lack of research support and infrastructure in their home...

Researchers Locate Gene in Mice That May Play Significant Role in Determining Susceptibility to Tuberculosis in Humans; Gene Is Found in Chromosomal Region That Influences Innate Immunity to Tuberculosis.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health studying tuberculosis resistance and susceptibility in animals have identified a gene in mice which plays a...

Expert Advisory Commentary on Over-the-Counter Availability for Statins.
April 6, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the April 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Chair...

Controlling Brain Wiring With the Flick of a Chemical Switch.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the flick of a chemical switch, researchers can now exert unprecedented control over the activity of molecules that help wire the developing brains...

Dr. Frank Netter's Rarely Displayed Art Exhibited at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
April 7, 2005... Byline: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) will exhibit a selection of original medical illustrations by Frank Netter, M.D. (1906-1991), a...

Mouse With Designer Liver Has Enhanced Glucose Tolerance, Improved Insulin Response.
April 12, 2005... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A collaborative effort led by The Burnham Institute's Gen-Sheng Feng has created a mouse with improved glucose tolerance and insulin activity in the liver, and...

Rats With Migraines Provide Jefferson Scientists Insights to Improved Drug Strategy.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- When Michael Oshinsky, Ph.D., gives his rats a headache, he has good reason. The animals are helping Dr. Oshinsky, assistant professor of neurology at...

Special Concerns to Consider About Owning Small vs. Large Dog.(dog health)
April 12, 2005... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- While you may love the size and facial features of your toy poodle, these characteristics are at the root of many health problems small, purebred dogs face. ...

2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award Winner Announced.
April 13, 2005... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The winner of the 2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award is science writer Stephen S. Hall. He won for his article in the May 2004 issue of Discover magazine...

Jefferson Researchers Find Timing of Post-Epilepsy Surgery Seizures Predicts Subsequent Seizures, Outcome.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Timing often matters when it comes to epileptic seizures that can occur after surgery designed to stop them. A multicenter study led by researchers at...

CBR Institute for Biomedical Research's Frederick Alt Wins Pasarow Award.
April 14, 2005... Byline: The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research BOSTON, April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Frederick Alt, Ph.D., scientific director of The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research in Boston, Mass., has received the prestigious 2005 Pasarow...

Stephen J. Lahey, MD, Appointed Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center.
April 15, 2005... Byline: Maimonides Medical Center NEW YORK, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pamela S. Brier, President & CEO of Maimonides Medical Center, today announced the appointment of Stephen J. Lahey, MD, as Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery. ...

University of Central Florida Researcher Uncovers Protein That Could Stop Replication of Cancer Cells.
April 19, 2005... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Central Florida researcher has uncovered an ancient protein that could be critical to stopping the uncontrolled division of tumor cells that...

Number, Quality of Kidney Transplants Much Greater If National Matching Program Adopted.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A collaboration between Johns Hopkins and Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists has mathematically demonstrated that a national matching program...

'Nano-Bumps' Could Help Repair Clogged Blood Vessels.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biomedical engineers at Purdue University have shown that "vascular stents" used to repair arteries might perform better if their surfaces contained...

Researchers Identify Marker of Heart Disease in Low-Birthweight Babies; Johns Hopkins Children's Center Investigator Available for Interviews.
April 19, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some low birth weight infants have large particles rich in apolipoprotein C-1, a blood protein that could put them at risk for heart disease later in life,...

Patient Organizations From Around the World Challenge 'BioVision' to Turn Itself Into 'BioReality' for Patients With Genetic Diseases.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International Genetic Alliance (IGA) congratulates the organizers of BioVision for their timely recognition of the importance of patient and family support...

Underground Crops Could Be Future of 'Pharming'.
April 20, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Corn grows just as well - if not better - underground as in a typical greenhouse setting or in the field, according to a team of Purdue University researchers...

Allicin in Wonderland: Weizmann Institute Scientists 'Weaponize' an Antibody to Deliver Continuous Attacks on Cancer Cells.
April 21, 2005... Byline: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science REHOVOT, Israel, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a recent study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science paired the...

Two Are Better Than One: Customized Antibodies in Cancer Treatment.
April 21, 2005... Byline: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science REHOVOT, Israel, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cancer patients may one day benefit from treatment with mixtures of customized antibodies. In a study published recently in the...

Researchers Make Gains in Understanding Antibiotic Resistance.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers chiseling away at the problem of antibiotic resistance now have a detailed explanation of how the drugs'...

Buying Time Through 'Hibernation on Demand'; Landmark Finding in Mice May Lead to New Approaches for Cancer, Trauma Care in Humans.
April 21, 2005... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have, for the first time, induced a state of reversible metabolic hibernation in mice. This...

C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., President of Joslin Diabetes Center, Awarded 2005 Dale Medal From the British Society for Endocrinology.
April 22, 2005... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., President and Director of Joslin Diabetes Center, has been awarded the 2005 Dale Medal from the British Society for Endocrinology. This prestigious...

Abbott Discontinues Essential Narcolepsy Medication As Public Citizen's Health Research Group Calls for Complete Ban.
April 27, 2005... Byline: Narcolepsy Network NEW YORK, April 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Narcolepsy Network Inc., announced to its members today that Abbott Laboratories will cease production of Cylert, a medication used by an estimated 10,000 Americans...