Health & Medicine Week articles from January 2004

Health & Medicine Week archives from January 2004

Health behavioral change models helpful in preventing weight gain.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health behavioral change models show promise for helping patients avoid unwanted weight gain. According to recent research published in the journal Obesity Research, "Effective procedures are...

Weight training in older people fights the muscle loss condition.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older people can reduce their frailty, become more mobile and stave off the muscle-wasting condition known as sarcopenia by working out as little as twice a week, according to the recent report,...

Scientists investigate childhood nutrition mystery's causes, effects.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists funded by the U.S. Agricultural Research Service are investigating how nutrition may affect children who develop normally in most ways but grow slowly in the first 3 years of life....

Persons 80 and older make up the largest growing surgical population in U.S.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgeons should embrace research, training, and educational opportunities regarding the treatment of elderly patients, researchers say. According to published research from the United States,...

Physicians make house calls to New York City's elderly.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Run by the Wright Medical Center on Aging at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, House Calls is a program that brings physicians to the homes of elderly...

Risk of prostate cancer is associated with family history of disease.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Risk of prostate cancer is associated with family history of disease, study finds. According to a study from the United States, "An increased risk of prostate cancer associated with a family history...

Female ob-gyns name leading health problems for women; obesity heads list.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female obstetrician-gynecologists cite obesity as the leading health problem confronting women today, according to a new Gallup Organization survey conducted for The American College of Obstetricians...

Nearly 6000 AIDS deaths in Malaysia since 1985.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malaysia has recorded 5934 AIDS deaths since the disease was first reported there 18 years ago, a health official says. The deaths were from a total of 56,667 HIV infections and 8027 AIDS cases...

Company issues statement on antiretroviral treatment study.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline issued the following statement: We welcome the publication in the December 11 [2003] issue of New England Journal of Medicine of the results of ACTG384, a study comparing anti-HIV...

Lawyer to appeal court ruling on late-term procedure.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More challenges are in store for an Ohio law that bans a late-term abortion procedure called "partial-birth" abortion by opponents. Cincinnati attorney Alphonse Gerhardstein said the December 17,...

Medco receives perfect score, full accreditation from JCAHO.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In its first application for accreditation, Medco Health Solutions, Inc., (MHS), a pharmacy benefits manager, received a perfect score from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare...

Genasense plus chemo demonstrates enhanced activity for older AML patients.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genta, Inc., (GNTA) announced the presentation of results from several clinical studies that showed safety and potentially enhanced activity when chemotherapy was combined with Genasense (oblimersen...

Basis of methamphetamine-induced neuronal apoptosis reviewed.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the cellular and molecular bases of methamphetamine-induced nerve terminal degeneration and neuronal apoptosis in a recent issue of the FASEB Journal. "Methamphetamine (METH) is...

Life priorities of HIV-seropositive injection drug users revealed.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Findings from a community-based sample reveal the life priorities of HIV-seropositive injection drug users. According to recent research published in the journal AIDS and Behavior, "Using...

Teenage pregnancy may put girls at risk for osteoporosis.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers with the Center for Human Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that many teenage mothers had a bone mass that meets the definitions of...

Phase IIa data reported from clinical study of Immunokine in AMN.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nutra Pharma Corp. (NPHC) announced the publication of a clinical trial of Immunokine in the orphan disease Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN). Immunokine was assessed in a placebo-controlled, double-blind...

Guinea pig assays not effective for drug hypersensitivity testing.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Standard guinea pig assays have limited usefulness in the determination of systemic drug hypersensitivity. "The most commonly used assays designed to detect either skin or systemic immune-based...

Age-related disease susceptibility may depend on complement regulatory proteins.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Healthy babies, children, and adults have different levels of complement regulatory proteins that may play a role in age-related disease susceptibility and morbidity. According to recent research...

Preferred specialty distributor chosen for AMD treatment.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Priority Healthcare Corporation (PHCC) has signed an agreement with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NVS) to be a preferred specialty distributor and the preferred specialty pharmacy provider of...

Ethanol lowers serotonin synthesis; may cause some related psychiatric disorders.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethanol lowers enzyme function, serotonin synthesis; may be reason for related psychiatric disorders. "Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of many...

Alcoholics with antisocial personality have blunted emotional reactivity.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emotional reactivity refers to how people respond to both pleasant and unpleasant events, including ones that cause physical and mental stress. A study has found abnormally low emotional responsiveness...

Frat guys drink more in college, cut back afterward.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On average, fraternity members drink more than others during their college years, a new study by faculty members at the Universities of Missouri and North Carolina at Chapel Hill confirms, but they...

Research findings suggest compound might help in fight against alcoholism.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Relapses remain among the toughest hurdles alcoholics face while trying to avoid the drinking that often ruins their lives and indelibly scars their families. The urge to drink excessively, which most...

Significant reduction in heavy drinking seen in phase III trial Of Vivitrex.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alkermes, Inc., (ALKS) announced preliminary results from its phase III study of Vivitrex (naltrexone for injectable suspension) in a total of 624 male and female patients with alcohol dependence. ...

Some IgE epitopes to cedar allergens map to a conserved pectate lyase site.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some IgE epitopes to mountain cedar pollen allergen Jun a 1 are in a conserved pectate lyase (PL) catalytic site. "Resolution of the 3D structures and IgE epitopes of allergens may identify common...

Experimental allergic rhinitis treatment achieves positive safety data.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (RIGL) announced positive clinical safety data for R112, an experimental drug to treat allergic rhinitis, indicating that R112 is well tolerated and demonstrates a favorable...

Repeat rhinitis therapy with omalizumab is safe for a second ragweed season.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repeat rhinitis therapy with omalizumab is safe for a second ragweed pollen season. "Two randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind studies have shown clinical benefit with omalizumab (Xolair), a...

Asthma mediator LTE4 is still excreted in urine of steroid-treated asthmatics.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Asthma mediator leukotriene E4 continues to be excreted in urine of asthma patients treated with glucocorticoids. "Urinary LTE4 reflects the whole body production of the cysteinyl-leukotrienes...

Food allergies may be treatable with immunotherapy, anti-IgE antibodies, herbs.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatments that may work against food allergy include immunotherapy, anti- immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody therapy, and Chinese herbs. "Up to 5% of young children and 2% of adults suffer from food...

Inhaled endotoxin increases lung surfactant protein A, lowers it in lavage fluid.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surfactant protein A (SP-A) is expressed more in lung, but presence lowered in lung lavage fluid, following repeat exposure to inhaled endotoxin. "Chronically inhaled endotoxin, which is ubiquitous...

Researchers find connection between poinsettia and latex allergies.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with a rubber latex allergy may also be allergic to the popular holiday ornamental poinsettia plant, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia. While latex allergies are...

Identity and function of gamma-secretase reported.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report the identity and function of gamma-secretase in a recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience Research. According to a study from the United States, "Gamma-secretase catalyzes...

More positive results reported for Alzhemed.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At its annual general and special meeting of shareholders, Neurochem, Inc., (NRMX) announced additional positive interim results on cognitive function as measured by the ADAS-cog test in...

Novel murine AD model reveals link between atherosclerosis and beta-amyloidosis.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel murine AD model has confirmed a suspected link between atherosclerosis and beta-amyloidosis. "High-fat/high-cholesterol diets exacerbate beta-amyloidosis in mouse models of Alzheimer...

Presenilin mutation in AD may produce lower activity of dimer in gamma-secretase.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The gamma-secretase enzyme may contain a presenilin (PS) dimer; PS mutations in Alzheimer disease (AD) may produce lower enzyme activity. According to recent research from the United States, "Notch...

Relation between cholesterol trafficking and amyloid beta explored.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The relation between cholesterol trafficking and amyloid beta peptides was explored in a recent issue of the journal Pharmacopsychiatry. "Currently, there is much interest in the association between...

Researchers isolate Alzheimer-fighting gene.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have discovered that a special protein-producing gene can help the brain fight the onset of Alzheimer disease, a member of the team behind the finding says. The gene, called Pin 1,...

Stress, amphetamines make neurons with glucocorticoid receptors express Fos.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stress, amphetamines make prefrontal cortex neurons with glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) express Fos. According to a study from the United States, "exposure to stress or amphetamine potently...

High ciliary neurotrophic factor in ALS patients unrelated to disease severity.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serum ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF)in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients is higher, but does not correlate with disease severity. "The role of CNTF in the etiopathogenesis of ALS is...

Doctor says a ripped aorta can result from intense weight training.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bill Linski was lying down watching television when he felt as if something in his chest was being ripped apart. It was. The largest artery in Linski's body, the aorta, was splitting. It took...

Diagnosis and management of hereditary angioedema reviewed.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent review of the diagnosis and management of hereditary angioedema has been published in Transfusion and Apheresis Science. "Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominant disease...

Attenuated adenovirus induces thrombocytopenia in rhesus monkeys.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intravenous administration of replication-incompetent adenovirus to rhesus monkeys induces thrombocytopenia by increasing in vivo platelet clearance. "A replication-incompetent adenovirus vector was...

Stents with cell-cycle inhibitors show promise for further reducing restenosis.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug-eluting stents coated with cell-cycle inhibitors have shown great promise for further reducing restenosis, researchers say. According to a study from the United States, "In the 26 years since...

U.K. company to work with U.S. Naval Medical Research Center on oral anthrax vaccine.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.K.-based biotechnology company Microscience has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC). The collaboration will...

Human antibodies from immunized donors protect against anthrax.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human antibodies from immunized donors are protective against anthrax toxin in vivo. "A panel of Fabs that neutralize anthrax toxin in vitro was selected from libraries generated from human donors...

Lymphocytic vasculitis associated with anthrax vaccine.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lymphocytic vasculitis has been associated with the anthrax vaccine. According to published research from the United States, "Anthrax is caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis. It...

Amphotericin B lipid complex used to treat invasive fungal infections.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amphotericin B lipid complex is useful in the treatment of invasive fungal infections. "Amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC; Abelcet), Enzon Pharmaceuticals) has become the dominant marketed lipid...

Therapy of intestinal protozoa outlined.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher has outlined the treatment of intestinal protozoa in a recent issue of Trends in Parasitology. According to published research from the United States, "Protozoa that parasitize the...

Doxycycline inhibits T cell cytokine reaction to staphylococcal exotoxin.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doxycycline inhibits T-cell proliferation, cytokine reaction to staphylococcal exotoxins (SE); thus may lower toxic effects. According to a study from the United States, "proinflammatory cytokines...

California partnership takes lead on simplifying guidelines.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The California Medical Association Foundation (CMAF) has announced that a 2-year project to simplify recommendations and help physicians appropriately prescribe antibiotics has reached completion. ...

V. cholerae's resistance genes can leave host, integrate into new one.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medication may actually stimulate the spread of antibiotic resistance, according to a new report. Vibrio cholerae's antibiotic resistance genes are located on a mobile genetic element, called SXT, which...

Daptomyclin effective for treating resistant Gram-positive infections.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Daptomyclin is a novel lipopeptide antibiotic for the treatment of resistant Gram-positive infections. According to recent research from the United States, "The continuing rise of resistance rates...

Generic amoxicillin with clavulanate potassium launched.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IVAX Corp. (IVX) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is distributing amoxicillin with clavulanate potassium, supplied and licensed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). ...

Penicillium chrysogenum can inhibit some aspergilli with PAF protein.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Penicillium chrysogenum produces an antifungal protein, PAF, that is internalized and works on some aspergilli. "The Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein PAF inhibits the growth of various...

V(D)J recombination is controlled by methylation and demethlation of DNA.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- V(D)J recombination is controlled by methylation and demethlation of DNA. According to a study from the United States, "in the mammalian immune system, V(D)J rearrangement of immunoglobulin (Ig) and...

Varying antimicrobial activity in follicular fluids may be due to lysosyme.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human follicular fluids (HFF) have varying antimicrobial activities that may be due to lysosyme. "The aim of this study was to explore the antimicrobial activity of HFF, to test the hypothesis that...

Gastric epithelial cells produce beta-defensins after H. pylori infection.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gastric epithelial cells produce beta-defensins following Helicobacter pylori infection. "The beta-defensin peptides are known to be potent antibacterials with a wide spectrum of activity. They,...

Lactoferrin-derived peptides have antimicrobial activity beyond iron depletion.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lactoferrin-derived peptides have antimicrobial activity beyond simple iron sequestration. "Lactoferrin is a member of the transferrin family of iron-binding proteins. Numerous functions have been...

Vectosomes improve the delivery of antisense oligonucleotides.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vectosomes improve the delivery of antisense oligonucleotides. "VP22, a protein of the herpes simplex virus tegument, can form complexes with fluorescein-labeled oligonucleotides. These particles,...

Adenovirus proteinase is inhibited by NO from NONOates; viral infection lowered.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenovirus proteinase is inhibited by NO from NONOates; viral infectivity lowered. "Nitric oxide (NO) is an antiviral effector of the innate immune system, but few of the viral targets of NO have...

A new heterocyclic HCV replicon RNA synthesis inhibitor has distinct kinetics.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new heterocyclic HCV replicon RNA synthesis inhibitor has distinct kinetics. "Recently, a benzo-1,2,4-thiadiazine was shown to be a potent, specific inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA...

Abnormal stem-cell adhesion molecule expression may underlie aplastic anemia.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abnormal adhesion molecule expression by hematopoietic stem cells may underlie AA development. "Appropriate adhesion between bone marrow stem cells and the marrow microenvironment is necessary for...

Monoclonal antibody-based alternative to small-molecule drugs announced.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InNexus Biotechnology, Inc., announced the scientific publication and disclosure of a monoclonal-antibody-based delivery system for intracellular targets utilizing SuperAntibody technology (SAT). ...

Database study yields new insights into arthritis drug.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have analyzed a national database of VA patients to investigate the effects of the...

Knee treatment value questioned.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. government-approved treatments for knee arthritis in which the joint is injected with fluid often made from rooster combs offer little if any relief, researchers say. Doctors should think...

Pregnancy achieved from frozen donor egg at New Jersey institute.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A woman previously unable to sustain pregnancy now looks forward to giving birth next summer after taking part in a pilot study using an advanced donor egg cryopreservation (freezing) at Diamond...

CDC issues 2001 summary of ART trends and success rates.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 40,000 babies were born in the United States as a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures carried out in 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Acetaldehyde activates NF-kappa B and upregulates GM-CSF in human bronchi.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acetaldehyde present in alcohol-induced asthma and from cigarette smoke may affect bronchi by upregulating GM-CSF. According to recent research published in the journal Allergy and Asthma...

Monocyte-derived chemokine is elevated in asthmatic's BAL, as are leukocytes.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Monocyte-derived chemokine (MDC) produced by bronchial epithelium is elevated in asthmatic's bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). According to published research from Mexico, "infiltration of the airways...

Occupational asthma, rhinitis could be brought on by many enzymes, isocyanates.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Occupational asthma (OA) and rhinitis (OR) may be brought on by many enzymes and isocyanates. " OA is probably the most frequent occupational disease; its diagnosis is difficult and the number of...

Secondhand smoke exposure increases adult asthma risk.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adults exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke are much more likely to develop asthma. A recent study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is the first to establish a link between the...

Serum levels of urinary trypsin inhibitor are higher during pediatric asthma.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serum levels of urinary trypsin inhibitor are higher while pediatric asthma occurs, this may denote the level of neutrophil activity, and could be used to monitor disease. According to a study from...

Xopenex effective treatment for children with acute attacks.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- During a season of flu scares and special caution for children with chronic illnesses, there is good news for parents of asthmatic children. A study conducted in the emergency department (ED) and...

Company to expand HDL Therapy development program.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Following a regularly scheduled meeting of the board of directors, Lipid Sciences, Inc., (LIPD) announced the company will now expand the development program for its HDL Therapy platform. This...

Geriatrics disease firm secures license for discovery of cardiovascular treatments.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronogen, Inc., announced that it has secured an exclusive worldwide license from McGill University for screening assays for targets and drugs useful in the treatment and prevention of lipid disorder...

Research in animals reveals possible long-term effects of stimulants on brain.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three new studies conducted in animals provide evidence that misuse of the stimulant methylphenidate (Ritalin) may have long-term effects on the brain and behavior. While methylphenidate and other...

Scientist wins one of 14 grants that mark next phase of genome investigation.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using some poetic license, you could consider the human genome as the dramatic script of each life. Its cast of star performers was recently supplied by the Human Genome Project: researchers in that...

Friendly bacteria shut down inflammation.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- How are we able to live happily with huge communities of various bacteria in our intestines, when many of them have the potential to cause inflammation? In the January 2004 issue of Nature...

Phased array 2D ultrasound for tissue ablation of BPH developed.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers design an ultrasound array to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). "This paper describes the design, construction and evaluation of a two-dimensional ultrasound phased array to be...

Chinese biotech to apply for listing on primary U.S. stock exchange.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc., announced that it would apply for a full listing on one of the primary U.S. stock exchanges over the next few weeks. The company anticipates it will apply to...

Change in biological rhythms may cause early deaths from premature aging, cancer.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Disturbance of orderly biological rhythms may result in earlier deaths due to premature aging and cancers, researchers report. "This paper reviews abundant evidence suggesting that causes and...

Nanotech-based hydrogel launched.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 3DM, Inc., introduced its PuraMatrix line of synthetic peptide hydrogels at the 43rd annual conference of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in San Francisco. Their line of biomaterials...

Alabama clinic merges technology, low costs.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the only doctor within 25 miles, Roseanne Cook sees around 30 different patients who stop in her clinic on a typical day. Another 20 get checkups from her every day, but they seldom stop in. ...

Biodegradable nanofibrous structure shows promise for blood vessel engineering.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel tissue engineering scaffold based on nanofibers may aid the development of synthetic blood vessels. In a recent study from Singapore, "A unique biodegradable nanofibrous structure, aligned...