Health & Medicine Week articles from December 2003

Health & Medicine Week archives from December 2003

Immune memory from vaccination lasts more than 50 years.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immune memory after smallpox vaccination persists for at least 50 years in immunized people, according to research conducted by scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center and Emory University School of...

"Type A" parents may be creating hostility in children.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Not all "Type A" families are alike, but unhappy ones with Type A children are more likely to produce kids who grow up to be hostile, said a long-term study of 1004 children in Finland. ...

College kids underestimate alcohol consumption.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- College students tend to super-size the alcohol in drinks that they pour themselves, making it likely that they are drinking more than they know, according to a new study. Compared to the standard...

Survey shows significant gap between patient education and action.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A nationwide survey suggests that American adults are overly optimistic about their risk of heart disease and give themselves an inflated "report card" for their current personal risk profile and...

Condition in elderly patients uses significant healthcare resources.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first such analysis of the costs of heart failure, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that elderly patients with the debilitating heart disorder have healthcare expenditures up...

Nicotine, or a similar substance, may improve memory.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists continue to explore the remarkable protective effect of nicotine - the addictive chemical in tobacco - on the brain. One recent study has found that one of nicotine's metabolites, cotinine,...

Blood marker for diagnosis shows early promise.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary results of a new study suggest that a blood test could be used in the future to identify people with mesothelioma - the usually deadly malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue surrounding the...

Tumor growth follows same curve as animal growth.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A universal law that describes the growth of animals also seems to describe the growth of tumors. Though the work is only in its early stages, researchers are already using it to explore the way cancers...

Repetitive work tasks linked to bone damage.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While experts disagree on whether work tasks alone can be the exact cause of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) such as carpal tunnel syndrome, a new study by researchers at Temple University...

Company works to amend its non-approvable New Drug Application.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NOVN) provided an update on the status of MethyPatch, its developmental methylphenidate transdermal system for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. MethyPatch is...

Bisexuality, abuse, drugs behind AIDS spread among South's rural blacks.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health officials have struggled for years to understand why blacks across the rural South are contracting AIDS at a faster rate than whites. A research scientist at the University of Alabama has...

China can use lessons from anti-SARS battle to take on AIDS, U.N. expert says.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The lessons China learned in beating back SARS earlier this year can help it fight its AIDS epidemic - as long as the central government keeps providing quick and honest information, the head of the...

Acquired factor VIII inhibitor-related can occur with myelodysplastic disorder.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acquired factor VIII inhibitor can occur with myelodysplastic disorder, hemorrhage; therapy was able to resolve it. According to published research from England, "we report a 71 yr old man who...

V.A.C. maker reports net revenue of $198.0 million for the third quarter.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kinetic Concepts, Inc., (KCI) reported net revenue of $198.0 million for the third quarter of 2003, an increase of 31% over the third quarter of 2002. For the first 9 months of 2003, net revenue was...

Farnesyltransferase inhibitors in AML and myelodysplastic syndromes.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Farnesyltransferase inhibitors in AML and myelodysplastic syndromes. According to a study from the United States, "Farnesyltransferase inhibitors were initially developed as Ras inhibitors as they...

Drug proved to benefit heart attack victims vastly underused.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After analyzing data of more than 56,000 U.S. patients who arrive at emergency rooms with heart attack symptoms, researchers from a Duke University Medical Center-led patient registry have found that...

Newer formulation of heparin improves outcomes for suspected MI patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newer, more convenient formulation of the blood thinner heparin appears to improve outcomes with fewer complications - when combined with a platelet receptor blocking drug and invasive management -...

Women and men differ in heart disease traits and treatment.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows just how different men and women really are - when it comes to their hearts, that is. It also helps solve several mysteries about women and heart problems, and highlights the need for...

High-dose methadone linked to QT prolongation and Torsades de Pointes in HIV patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-dose methadone therapy may cause QT prolongation and Torsades de Pointes in HIV patients. According to published research from Spain, "Four patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus...

Methadone users need access to orthotopic liver transplantations.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methadone users need access to orthotopic liver transplantations. According to a study from the United States, "cirrhosis resulting from hepatitis C virus is presently the most common indication...

Patients with alcoholic etiologies fare worse in a study of steatohepatitis.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with alcoholic etiologies fare worse in a study of steatohepatitis. "A previous publication analyzed the clinicopathological characteristics of 105 patients with steatohepatitis: 32...

Growth hormone therapy may kill; monocytes produce IL-1alpha, IL-6, TNFalpha.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Septic shock, uncontrolled infection, and death of adults given growth hormone while ill may be due to its effect on LPS-activated PBMC: It makes them produce increased IL-1alpha, IL-6, TNFalpha. ...

Eprex induces reversible antierythropoietin antibodies and red cell aplasia.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eprex induces reversible antierythropoietin antibodies and red cell aplasia. "We describe a patient with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) who developed anti-erythropoietin (anti-EPO) antibodies and...

Domestic animals may be bioterrorism targets; broad health, economic damage possible.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Domestic animals may be bioterrorism targets; broad health, economic damage possible. According to a study from France, "after a brief historical introduction, the authors describe a list of...

Particulate air pollution and on quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Particulate air pollution and on quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada. According to a study from Canada, "Air pollution and premature death are important public health concerns. Analyses have...

Induced sputum can be used in PCR to assay for cytokines in airway inflammation.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Induced sputum having few cells can be used to assay for cytokines by PCR, to monitor airway inflammation noninvasively. According to recent research from France, "sputum examination is being...

Alexander disease with glial fibrillary acidic protein mutation reported.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators report a case of adult-onset Alexander disease with a Arg416Trp human glial fibrillary acidic protein gene mutation. According to recent research published in the journal Neuroscience...

Study reveals dramatic rise in allergic diseases.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dramatic increases in hospital admissions for allergic diseases have occurred in England over the last decade, finds a new study. Researchers in London used national hospital discharge statistics...

FDA approval granted for loratadine.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Andrx Corporation (ADRX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the marketing of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its loratadine orally disintegrating...

Alzhemed open-label phase II extension study demonstrates cognitive benefits.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurochem, Inc., (NRM) announced positive results on cognitive function as measured by ADAS-cog of patients suffering from mild-to-moderate Alzheimer Disease (AD) in an open-label phase II extension...

Beta-AP1-40 and beta-AP40-1 possess different selectivities to oxidation.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurotoxic beta-AP1-40 and non-toxic beta-AP40-1 possess remarkably different selectivities toward Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidation of beta-amyloid peptide. According to a study from the United States,...

Data reported on monthly injectable sustained-release formulation of ZT-1.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the 4th Neurobiology of Aging Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, Debiopharm S.A. (Debiopharm) presented the results of an in vivo evaluation in rats of an injectable once-monthly sustained-release...

E2-25K/Hip-2 plays essential role in mediating amyloid-beta neurotoxicity.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- E2-25K/Hip-2 palys an essential role in mediating amyloid-beta neurotoxicity. "The ubiquitin/proteasome system has been proposed to play an important role in Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis....

Herpes research uncovers possible clue to AD.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, have found a physical connection between the herpes simplex virus and amyloid precursor protein,...

Imaging damaged brain cells in living mice provides clues to dementia.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using recently developed techniques for imaging individual cells in living animals, a team led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has watched as Alzheimer-like brain...

Neprilysin inhibition raises amyloid beta levels in rabbit cortex.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thiorphan-induced neprilysin inhibition raised amyloid beta levels in rabbit cortex and cerebrospinal fluid. "Studies on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) suggest overproduction of amyloid...

New vaccine tested in animals may hold hope for patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In new research, scientists show that two dramatically different approaches may be effective in treating or preventing Alzheimer disease. One approach involves development of a vaccine that clears...

Pravastatin does not decrease amyloid-beta in humans.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pravastatin at 10 mg/day does not decrease plasma levels of either amyloid-beta (A-beta) 40 or A-beta 42 in humans. "It has been assumed that statins work as a preventative drug for Alzheimer...

Researchers find role RNA plays in progress of AD.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Ohio State University have found new clues to how free radicals can contribute to the development of Alzheimer disease. The study found that oxidation - a type of damage to cells...

Three disease compounds acquired from Sankyo.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BTG (BGC) has acquired the intellectual property rights to a portfolio of preclinical compounds designed to treat Alzheimer disease, from Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan. The portfolio encompasses three...

Patients' concerns reviewed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A four-part series reviewing issues and developments in anesthesia has been published by scientists in England. The first article reviews patients' concerns about anesthesia. David Royston and...

Diabetics have worsening symptoms prior to acute cardiac event.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data presented by Emory researchers at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions abstract poster sessions address angina-related quality of life in diabetic and nondiabetic patients...

Protein S deficiency presents as deep vein thrombosis.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report a case of protein S deficiency presenting as deep vein thrombosis. "A rare case of spontaneous bilateral internal jugular vein (IJV) thrombosis is presented in absence of oral...

CREST study finds cilostazol reduces restenosis by almost 40%.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new and highly effective weapon in the war on heart disease could be on the horizon, according to results of the "Cilostazol for RESTenosis" (CREST) study presented at the American Heart Association's...

Michigan project cuts problems and deaths.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angioplasty patients in Michigan are getting far better care - and suffering far fewer complications - than they used to, thanks to a cooperative quality improvement project involving local hospitals...

Role of adipocytokines in anorexia nervosa reviewed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the role of the two adipocytokines, leptin and adiponectin, in anorexia nervosa in a recent issue of Hormone and Metabolic Research. "Adipose tissue secretes a large number of...

Anthrax-laden USPS facility successfully fumigated.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sabre Technical Services, LLC, has successfully fumigated the anthrax-contaminated USPS facility in Hamilton, New Jersey, with gas-phase chlorine dioxide. Sabre was selected to perform the...

Adenosine receptors regulate oxidative stress in rat pheochromocytoma cells.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenosine A[subscript]2A receptors regulate oxidative stress formation in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells during serum deprivation. According to published research from Taiwan, "Activation of...

Improved diagnosis of fungal infections no longer requires preventive therapy.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improved diagnosis of fungal infections no longer requires preventive therapy. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Hematology, "invasive fungal infections are a primary...

Bis-eugenol protects against inflammatory cytokine expression in macrophages.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bis-eugenol, a eugenol ortho dimer, exerted a protective effect on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated nuclear factor kappa B activation and inflammatory cytokine expression in macrophages. According to...

Human beta-defensin 3 possesses antibacterial activity against oral bacteria.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human beta-defensin 3 possessed antibacterial activity against oral bacteria. "The in vitro activities of human beta-defensin 3 (hBD-3) alone or combined with lysozyme, metronidazole, amoxicillin,...

Peptides effective against Listeria monocytogenes listed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have listed the antimicrobial peptides effective against Listeria monocytogenes in a recent issue of FEMS Microbiology Letters. According to published research from Spain, "We assessed...

Company updates positive clinical data on multiple antisense drugs.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ISIS) announced positive data from clinical trials of four antisense drugs for the treatment of four diseases. Final results from phase II studies of ISIS 104838 in...

Two CD95 tumor classes with different sensitivities to antitumor drugs.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two CD95 tumor classes with different sensitivities to antitumor drugs. According to recent research from the United States, "CD95 type I and II cells differ in their dependence on mitochondria to...

Clinical outcome of aortic valve replacement in the elderly is generally good.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical outcome of aortic valve replacement in the elderly is generally good. "Since elderly patients are being referred for surgery in increasing numbers, we reviewed the clinical outcome of 459...

Forehead Sensor assesses oxygen desaturation in anesthesia-induced apnea.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nellcor announced that the Nellcor Max-Fast Forehead Sensor enabled researchers to quickly assess the level and depth of oxygen desaturation during a study conducted to examine anesthesia-induced apnea...

Doctors use cryotherapy to treat irregular heartbeats.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors with The Cardiac Centers of Mercy & Unity Hospitals began using cryotherapy to treat patients who suffer from an irregular heartbeat, a condition also known as an arrhythmia. The hospitals...

Chinese Health Ministry bans test-tube technology for single women.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- China's Health Ministry has barred that nation's doctors from helping single women get pregnant via in vitro fertilization, but the decision is subject to final review by China's Cabinet and possibly...

Air pollutants alone may cause asthma attacks.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers have shown for the first time that diesel exhaust particles alone may be enough to induce acute asthma attacks. A new testing method used in...

Hispanics and limited-English speakers in California report worse health.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- California's Hispanic seniors report that they are less healthy and have less access to basic preventive health care than whites in their age group, according to a University of California, Los Angeles...

Excess body iron linked to elevated oxysterol levels.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High serum ferritin concentrations are linked to elevated levels of circulating oxysterols. "Cholesterol oxidation products, oxysterols, are thought to play a part in the initiation and development...

Heat shock protein 60 mediates atherogenic effects of C. pneumoniae.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The heat shock protein (HSP) HSP60 mediates the atherogenic effects of Chlamydia pneumoniae. C. pneumoniae infection "has been linked with atherosclerosis," scientists in Canada explained....

Infusions of synthetic HDL may remove plaque from coronary arteries.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study appearing in the November 5 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association provides strong evidence that five weekly infusions of a synthetic form of "good cholesterol," or HDL,...

Phase II data from study of ETC-216 show plaque accumulation can be reversed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., (ESPR) announced the results of a study providing significant evidence that its investigational product candidate, ETC-216 (ApoA-I Milano/phospholipid complex or AIM),...

Stimulation of reverse cholesterol transport can result in regression of plaque.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lipid Sciences, Inc., (LIPD), announced that an article published on November 5, 2003, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), supports the premise on which its Vascular Lipid Removal...

Smooth muscle cells infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae increase MMP-1, MMP-3.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smooth muscle cells infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae increase MMP-1, MMP-3; not MMP-2, MMP-9, or TIMPs. According to recent research published in the journal Fems Immunology and Medical...

Nicotine exposure makes aging hearts more vulnerable.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Large numbers of Americans still smoke cigarettes or use over-the-counter nicotine products such as patches and gums to satisfy their craving for nicotine. However, serious and sometime fatal cases of...

Procedure cures AF by counteracting haywire electrical signals.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An innovative procedure completely cures the overwhelming majority of patients with the most common form of irregular heartbeat, by stopping haywire electrical signals in areas of heart muscle and some...

Scientists link heart condition with decrease in nitrous oxide.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emory University research presented at the Abstract Oral Sessions of the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida, offers a possible explanation for one of the most serious,...

Warfarin efficacy matched by new thrombin inhibitor ximelegatran.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Richard Hyer, NewsRx correspondent - In the largest trial of atrial fibrillation ever conducted, the new oral direct thrombin inhibitor ximelegatran compared favorably with dose-adjusted warfarin in...

Myxoma of the right atrium could be due to fusion of giant cells.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Myxoma of the right atrium could be due to fusion of giant cells. "Myxoma is the commonest primary tumor of the heart, arising more frequently in the left than the right atrium," researchers in...

Evaluation of a large atrial septal occluder with cardiac MR imaging.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evaluation of a large atrial septal occluder with cardiac MR imaging. "Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was used to evaluate the position of a large atrial septal occluder (ASO) with regard to...

Iloprost therapy given once a month at maximal dose improves systemic sclerosis.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Iloprost therapy given once a month at maximal dose improves systemic sclerosis. According to recent research published in the journal Hautarzt, "systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of...

Moshe Oren named winner of NIH MERIT Award.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Professor Moshe Oren, a cancer researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, was named a 2003 winner of the highly selective MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award. The award...

Methanol extract of Bacopa monniera is antioxidant, protects from DNA damage.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methanol extract of Bacopa monniera is antioxidant, protects from DNA damage. According to a study from Italy, "Bacopa monniera L. (family Scrophulariaceae) (BM) is an Ayurvedic medicine, clinically...

Transgenic work shows lack of lambda5 doesn't fully impair pro-B cell maturation.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transgenic mouse work shows absence of lambda5 does not fully impair pro-B cell maturation, thus altering previous views on molecular interactions required for maturation to pre-B cells. "Pre-B...

Delta BAFF is an alternate splice isoform of BAFF that regulates B cells.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Follicular B cell survival and autoimmunity are both tied to BAFF; BAFF appears to be regulated by its alternative splice form, deltaBAFF. According to a study from the United States, "the tumor...

Nocardia puris characterized as a new species that can produce abscesses.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nocardia puris is characterized as a new species that can produce abscesses in humans. "A bacterial isolate (IMMIB R-145(T)) from a human abscess was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study....

Fluorescent protein variants with enhanced brightness in bacteria developed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a rapidly maturing red fluorescent protein variants with strongly enhanced brightness in bacteria. According to recent research from Germany, "A rapidly maturing variant...

Stannous chloride affects adhesive properties of C. diphtheriae strains.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stannous chloride influences the adhesive properties of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains. According to a study from Brazil, "Stannous ion, as a chloride salt, influenced on the survival and...

URO-Stent approved in Russia.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Global Precision Medical, Inc., (GBPMF) announced that the Russian Ministry of Health approved the company's URO-Stent for mass production and sale in Russia. As previously announced, the company...

Uroxatral launched in U.S. to treat symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sanofi-Synthelabo announced that Uroxatral (alfuzosin hydrochloride extended-release tablets) has been launched in the U.S. as a 10 mg, once-daily prescription alpha1-blocker that provides effective...

Benign prostatic hypertrophy drug available in U.S.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SkyePharma PLC (SKYE) announced that Sanofi-Synthelabo (SNY) has launched Uroxatral (alfuzosin hydrochloride) in the U.S. market for the relief of urinary symptoms associated with benign prostatic...

Unresponsive thrombocytopenia patients may have GPIX mutation, Bernard-Soulier.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unresponsive thrombocytopenia patients may have GPIX mutation, Bernard-Soulier. "Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is a rare inherited disorder with giant platelets, thrombocytopenia, and a prolonged...