AScribe Medicine News Service articles from July 2005

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from July 2005

Study Links Adolescent IQ, Activity Levels With Risk of Dementia.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine CLEVELAND, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Your IQ and extracurricular interests as a teenager may forecast your memory and thinking abilities decades later. A new study by...

North, South American Researchers Find Architectural Abnormalities in T. Cruzi Ribosome.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator from Albany, New York, and an HHMI international research scholar from Buenos Aires, Argentina have...

New York Academy of Science Meeting to Examine Overuse of Antibiotics and Global Antibiotic Resistance; Meeting Set for July 14 at Columbia University Medical Center.
July 5, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Antibiotic resistance has been called one of the world's most pressing public health problems. Decades after antibiotics were introduced in the 1940's, virtually...

Researches Discover Gene That Determines Asthma Susceptibility by Regulating Inflammation; Findings Offer Therapeutic Potential for Human Asthma Treatment.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Bloomberg School of Public Health BALTIMORE, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Disruption of a single gene, Nrf2, plays a critical role in determining the susceptibility to asthma. A research team led by Shyam Biswal, PhD, at the Johns...

Peace of Mind in a Flash: First Use of New Light-Based System to Check High-Risk Medicines; Pharmacists Can Verify Drug Identity, Concentration to Protect Patient Safety.
July 5, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Every year, pharmacists at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital prepare a million doses of medicines for thousands of young...

University of Texas at Dallas Scientist Wins $2.1 Million in Grants to Study Communication Among Bacteria; Research by Dr. Juan Gonzalez Could Lead to Medical Advances.
July 18, 2005... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has won federal funding of $2.1 million for studies of how bacterial cells communicate with each...

Johns Hopkins University First in R&D Spending for 25th Year; Spending Exceeded $1.2 Billion in FY2003.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins University performed $1.24 billion in scientific, medical and engineering research in fiscal year 2003, making it -- for the 25th year in a row --...

Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Prediction of Lethal Prostate Cancer After Recurrence Following Surgery; Information Helps Determine Candidates for More Aggressive Treatment.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins and The Brady Urological Institute have identified three risk factors and developed a simple reference tool that doctors can...

The Science of Clicks and Pops: Using Bio-Engineering to 'Listen' to the Body and Develop New Diagnostic Methods.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Kettering University FLINT, Mich., July 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Unless the test subject's shoulder injury "clunks," bio-engineers Dr. Patrick Atkinson and Robert Kargus don't hear much when they "listen" to the body in motion as...

Researchers Identify Gene Set Linked to Breast Cancer's Spread to Lungs.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, July 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a potential advance for the treatment of aggressive breast cancer, scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have identified a set...

Random Gene Expression May Drive HIV Into Hiding.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Random fluctuations in gene expression can influence the fates of cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) far more than previously...

Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., Named Director of Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center.
July 29, 2005... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., a leader in the field of academic ophthalmology, recently was named Director of Joslin Diabetes Center's Beetham Eye Institute. Dr. Aiello...

Mayo Clinic Collaboration Invents 'Virus in Stealth' to Help Kill Cancer Cells.
July 29, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers working with colleagues in Germany have discovered a way to fight cancer by using parts of a virus found in tree shrews, small Southeast Asian...

Frist's Stem Cell Position 'A Betrayal' of Bush Administration; 'Encouraging Sign' for Future of Stem Cell Therapy, Duke Experts Say.
July 29, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Republican leader Bill Frist's decision to support a bill to expand federal financing for embryonic stem cell research will weaken his position as Senate majority leader,...

New Understanding of Cell Movement May Yield Ways to Brake Cancer's Spread.
July 29, 2005... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- From birth until death, our cells migrate: nerve cells make their vital connections, embryonic cells move to the proper places to form organs, immune cells zero...