AScribe Medicine News Service articles from August 2004

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from August 2004

Pioneering the Basics for New Kind of Cancer Vaccine.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic and British researchers have developed a new approach to cancer vaccines that purposely kills healthy skin cells to target the immune system against tumors. The...

'Smart Gene Therapy' Protects Against Damage From Heart Attack.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Early intervention with a novel kind of "smart gene therapy" might effectively prevent the organ damage commonly suffered by heart attack victims, suggests a new animal...

UC Davis Cancer Center Ranks First in Clinical Trials Enrollment.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the third year in a row, UC Davis Cancer Center ranked first among the 283 research institutions in the Southwest Oncology Group for the...

Media Field Trip, Aug. 24: from W. Nile Virus to Medical Applications of Marine Biology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's Research Impacts The World.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Tuesday, August 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. members of the media are invited to go on a behind-the-scenes Field Trip at the Natural History...

Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Research Section on Developmental and Stem Cell Biology; Top Cell Biologists Join Program to Study Ways to Prevent, Treat Diabetes and Its Complications.
August 11, 2004... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, today announced that it has established a new Section on Developmental and Stem Cell...

Treatment of Elevated Blood Sugar Levels in Intensive Care Patients Results in 29 Percent Reduction in Mortality; Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Highlights 'Real-Life' ICU Experience.
August 13, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study in the August issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings outlines how strictly controlling the levels of glucose, or sugar, in a patient's blood can increase the survival...

Genetic Alliance Conference Strengthens Advocates.
August 17, 2004... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Several giants in the genetics community were honored recently at the Genetic Alliance Annual Conference, Joining our Journeys. The Genetic Alliance bestows these coveted...

University of Michigan Tackles Mysterious, Potentially Fatal Diseases Caused by Too Many Allergy Cells; One of Nation's Few Programs for Research, Treatment in Mastocytosis Opens.
August 18, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tens of millions of people know what it's like to suffer the seasonal torment of allergies, when just a whiff of pollen, mold or dust can set off a...

First Engineering of Cell Surfaces in Living Animals.
August 18, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four years ago Carolyn Bertozzi, a member of the Materials Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...

Simulated Patient Helps Teach Student Nurses.
August 19, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A student nurse walks into a hospital room to check on a patient and finds him coughing. She administers prescribed medication and takes vital signs, but...

Scripps Research Institute Scientists Describe How Chemical Turns Progenitor Stem Cells Into Bone Cells; Possible Advance for Osteoporosis, Parkinson's Patients.
August 20, 2004... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of researchers from The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at The Scripps Research Institute and from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis...

Implantable Device Designed to Detect, Stop Seizures Under Study at Medical College of Georgia.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A small electronic device implanted in the skull that detects oncoming seizures then delivers a brief electrical stimulus to the brain to stop them is under...

Virus Known for Its Photo Ops Makes Its Movie Screen Debut.(Bacteriophage T4)
August 20, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- High-resolution snapshots of a virus attacking its host - which have culminated in a movie of the process - could reveal secrets of viral infection and improve...

Lance Armstrong Foundation's $1 Million Gift Launches Adult Cancer Survivorship Clinic at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
August 30, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Lance Armstrong Foundation has given a $1 million gift to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to establish the Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult Survivorship Clinic....

Back-to-School Health Tip: Expert Available to Comment on State-Mandated Health Standards in Public Schools.(Dr. Perry A. Zirkel)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2004... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study reveals that all 50 states require public school students to be vaccinated against diseases such as diphtheria, measles, and rubella. And, according to the...