AScribe Medicine News Service articles from July 2006

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from July 2006

The Right Kind of Oil: Simple Discovery May Revolutionize IV Feeding.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children who cannot eat on their own because of intestinal failure must rely on parenteral nutrition (PN), an intravenous method of feeding. Unfortunately, long-term...

Sten H. Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., Tapped for Leadership Role in Newly Restructured National HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sten H. Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., the director of The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and a Pediatric Infectious Disease research epidemiologist at the...

Mutation in Tumor Suppressor Gene Causes Pancreatic Islet Cells to Reproduce; Cancer Biology Discovery Could Lead to New Diabetes Treatments.
July 3, 2006... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that the acute loss of a protein called menin can cause the...

Kansas State's Biosecurity Research Institute to Provide Research, Training Space for Food Safety and Security Efforts.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Biosecurity Research Institute, currently under construction on the Kansas State University campus, is a comprehensive biosafety level 3 facility that will...

Novel Gene Therapy May Lead to Cure in Hemophilia A Patients, Even Hard-to-Treat Subset Requiring Expensive Treatment.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A discovery by Medical College of Wisconsin and BloodCenter of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee may be a key to a permanent genetic cure for hemophilia A...

Genetic Parallels Found Between Lung Development, Lung Cancer; Gene Activity Patterns Provide New Way to Classify Tumors.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- For over 100 years, biologists have speculated that cancer growth shares common features with embryonic development. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston now...

Peter Scardino Named Chairman of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Peter Scardino, MD, a urologic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on prostate cancer, has been named the new Chairman of the Department of...

Prion Disease Agent Causes Heart Damage in Mouse Study; Findings Suggest That Neurodegenerative Disease Affects Other Tissues.
July 6, 2006... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and Rocky Mountain Laboratories of the National...

A Stitch in Time Saves Lives: Study Shows High Survival for Patients With Torn Aortas Who Get Surgery; Aortic Dissection, Which Killed Actor John Ritter in 2003, Doesn't Have to Be Deadly, International Research Shows.
July 10, 2006... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly three years ago, actor John Ritter collapsed on the set of his sitcom, the victim of a rare but often deadly condition called aortic...

Chronic Middle Ear Infections Linked to Resistant Biofilm Bacteria; Groundbreaking Study Makes Definitive Statement Against Use of Antibiotics to Treat Children With Chronic Otitis Media.
July 11, 2006... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, July 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Direct evidence of bacterial biofilms has been found on the middle ear tissue of children who suffer from chronic ear infections, according to a study published...

Penn Researchers Identify Small Molecules Capable of Fighting Treatment-Resistant Tumors; Imaging Technology Paves Way to Future Individualized Cancer Treatment.
July 11, 2006... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, July 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a newly developed drug screen, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered small molecule compounds that...

Mayo Clinic Cardiologist Raymond Gibbons, M.D., Begins Service as American Heart Association President.
July 12, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Raymond Gibbons, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic and a professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, will serve as president of the American Heart...

Teens' Suicidal Thoughts Not Just Youthful 'Angst': They Can Be Dramatic Predictors of Adulthood Mental Health Problems, New Study Finds; Study Has 'Major Implications' for Treatment of Adolescents With Suicidal Thoughts.
July 13, 2006... Byline: Simmons College BOSTON, July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Suicidal thoughts during adolescence can often be dramatic predictors of poor mental health in adulthood, and should not be dismissed as normal teenage angst that disappears...

University of Maryland Researchers Test 'Trojan Peptide' Vaccines to Treat Head and Neck Cancer.
July 13, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Md., July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland researchers have begun testing "Trojan peptide" vaccines to treat squamous cell carcinoma, a common type of head and neck...

The Century Foundation Offers Primer on Complex Issues in Stem Cell Debate; Health Policy Fellow Leif Wellington Haase Is Available for Interviews, Commentary.
July 14, 2006... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Senate is expected to vote next week on three bills related to stem-cell research, including a measure that would expand federal funding for a procedure that uses...

Gene Screen for Breast Cancer Better Than Pathologist's 'Eye'.
July 14, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a method they developed to screen body fluids for certain kinds of cells and some of their genetic blueprint is...

Medical College of Wisconsin Experts Studying Effects of Cortical Stimulation on 'Ringing in the Ears'.
July 14, 2006... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Froedtert Hospital today announced the initiation of a study to evaluate the safety and...

Melanoma May Be Over-Diagnosed; Researchers Note First-Ever Criteria for Distinguishing Sun Damage From Early Melanoma, Providing Guidelines to Lessen Removal of Healthy Tissue.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic physician and colleagues have defined the normal number of melanocytes that are present in Caucasians' sun-exposed skin. Until now, there has not been a...

Quantum Dots Pose Minimal Impact to Cells.
July 18, 2006... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nano-sized fluorescent probes that can slip inside living cells and elucidate life's most fundamental processes, or track the effectiveness of...

American Dental Education Association, American Association for Dental Research Launch Program to Encourage Dental Students to Pursue Academic Careers.
July 21, 2006... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Education Association (ADEA), in conjunction with the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), has launched the Academic...

Three Experts Chosen to Work With Public Health Planning Team in Milwaukee.
July 25, 2006... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Three nationally known public health experts have been selected to work with a public health planning team that involves the City of Milwaukee, the...

New MacArthur Grants to Support Innovative Media.
July 26, 2006... Byline: MacArthur Foundation CHICAGO, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, a longtime supporter of public radio and television, today announced two new grants to help bring quality information to...

Vanderbilt Offers New Treatment for Age Related Macular Degeneration.
July 27, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently began offering a new treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that may improve, and in some...

Role of Protein in Immune Response May Aid HIV Research.
July 28, 2006... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine GARY, Ind., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A family of proteins that serve as the body's first line of defense against bacterial infections may provide a lifeline for individuals with compromised...

Diagnosis, Referrals for Kidney Disease Fall Well Short of Need, Johns Hopkins Study Shows; Patients at Risk, Experts Say.
July 30, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results of a national study of 304 U.S. physicians, in which "mock" patients' symptoms were presented for diagnosis, suggest that a sizeable percentage of...

New Stem Cell Research Grants Announced; First Research Projects to Be Funded under the Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative.
July 31, 2006... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative, comprised of three leading New York City biomedical research institutions - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer...

Carbon Nanotubes You Can Live With.
July 31, 2006... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carbon nanotubes, or CNTs, are hollow wires of pure carbon about 50,000 times narrower than the finest human hair but stronger than steel. CNTs...

University of Colorado at Boulder Physicists Discover New Way to Visualize Shape Changes in Molecules.
July 31, 2006... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using ultrafast lasers, a team of University of Colorado at Boulder and JILA scientists has developed a novel method to observe the motion of atoms during...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Enhance Safety, Effectiveness of Therapeutic Virus That Fights Cancer.
July 31, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers working with colleagues in Germany have devised a much-needed multilevel safety feature for viruses used to treat cancer. In the process of making...