Health & Medicine Week articles from May 2004

Health & Medicine Week archives from May 2004

Alcohol diagnoses being missed in hospital patients.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many people admitted to hospitals in the U.S. have alcohol-use disorders that go undetected, according to a new study by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), one...

Alcoholism risk linked to gene involved in brain chemistry.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A research team headed by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists has identified a gene that is strongly linked to an individual's risk of developing alcoholism. The gene identified,...

Inaccurate understanding perceives do-not-resuscitate as morally wrong.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inaccurate understanding of "do-not-resuscitate" status is likely to lead to its perception as being morally wrong. "Forty-eight oncology inpatients participated in a survey designed to...

College women have much higher risk of victimization on days they drink.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When parents send their daughters off to college, few think they may return home as victims. Yet roughly 10% of women have experienced an attempted or completed rape during their first year at an...

Cases of whooping cough piling up in Colorado.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Larimer County health officials fighting an outbreak of whooping cough say all nine of the county's recent confirmed patients had their pertussis shots as toddlers. They got sick as teenagers. ...

Tibial bone tunnel enlargement follows anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, and nitric oxide (NO) may be involved in the pathogenesis of bone tunnel enlargement, researchers say. According to a study from Germany,...

Antibodies that recognize HIV coreceptor-binding site on gp120 studied.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists describe the structural basis of tyrosine sulfation and V[subscript]H-gene usage in antibodies that recognize the HIV type 1 coreceptor-binding site on gp120 in a recent issue of the...

Attenuated SIV vaccine provides early protection against viral infection.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccination with attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus provided early protection against pathogenic viral infection at a mucosal challenge site. "Atraumatic application of attenuated...

Epitope mimic for human HIV-neutralizing antibody 2G12 synthesized.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have synthesized a template-assembled oligomannose cluster as an epitope mimic for human HIV-neutralizing antibody 2G12. According to published research from the United States, "The...

HIV synthetic peptide-cocktail prevents SHIV transmission.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An HIV synthetic peptide-cocktail prevented SHIV transmission in rhesus macaques. "An effective vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) should not only protect from infection and...

Low-dose mucosal SIV challenge has same kinetics as high-dose challenge.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repeated low-dose mucosal simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239 challenge results in the same viral and immunological kinetics as high-dose challenge. According to published research from the...

Nasal vaccine controls SHIV viremia and disease progression in primates.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IL-2-augmented DNA-modified vaccinia virus Ankara nasal vaccination controlled simian/human immunodeficiency virus viremia and disease progression in nonhuman primates. According to recent research...

Women physically or sexually abused as children more likely to smoke.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women survivors of childhood abuse are 40% more likely to become smokers than women who have not been abused, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And women who...

FDA issues clearance for the LuxV handpiece acne treatment.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Palomar Medical Technologies Inc (PMTI) has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the LuxV handpiece for the treatment of acne. Prior to this clearance,...

Molecular analyses of ALL suggest strategies for more effective treatments.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cure rate for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) might continue to rise with improved use of conventional therapies. But even more effective and less toxic therapies based on genetic...

Mayo Clinic receives $12 million to research addiction.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Mayo Clinic has received $12 million to research the genetics of addiction. The gift by Samuel Johnson, a recovering alcoholic and the billionaire behind the Wisconsin companies that make...

Popular citrus soda culprit in patient's medical mystery.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bill Turner never knew that drinking a popular soda could adversely affect his recovery from a double-lung transplant. What ensued was a true medical mystery, leading to the identification of a new...

Company reports additional FDA clearances for its Gemini system.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Laserscope's (LSCP) Gemini laser system for three major additional indications, including acne treatment, permanent hair reduction, and wrinkle...

New University of Alabama Birmingham center will toast to good health.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham plans to open a center to study the health benefits of drinking wine. The University of Alabama System Trustees approved the establishment of the Center for...

"Neutered" U.K. government alcohol report pulls its punches.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report on reducing harm from alcohol by the U.K. government's strategy unit has been "neutered" in comparison with the same study's interim findings, according to the study's authors. The...

Binge drinking a national problem.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Binge drinking, defined as the consumption of five or more alcoholic beverages on an occasion, generally results in acute impairment and has numerous health consequences. While drinking is a...

Binge drinking declined in late '80s, rose again in late '90s.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alcohol use and binge drinking declined during the last half of the 1980s but increased between 1997 and 1999, according to a new study that examines U.S. surveys conducted between 1985 and 1999. ...

Patch to help cut down alcohol consumption in development.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A patch that could help drinkers cut down on alcohol is being developed, according to a new report. The patches will contain nicotine, to help smokers get off cigarettes, and a compound called...

Researchers specify alcohol-related brain-damage among heavy social drinkers.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Almost all knowledge about brain damage due to chronic alcohol consumption has been gathered from alcoholics, who have generally been studied toward the end of their institutionalized treatment program...

Nasal lavage may help allergy sufferers.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Last summer, Bill Schroeder's extreme allergies, inflammation, and infection of his sinuses kept him from tending his beloved garden in rural Wisconsin. This year, Schroeder has already begun to...

weather.com launches online pollen forecast.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- weather.com announced the launch of PollenCast, its first pollen forecast, which was developed by a team of expert meteorologists at The Weather Channel as part of expanded allergy content located...

Optimal occlusion time for atopy patch test determined for children.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The optimal occlusion time for the atopy patch test (APT) has been determined for pediatric patients. The APT "is a valuable additional tool in the diagnosis of food allergies in children with...

Mycobacterium vaccae induces regulatory pulmonary CD11c+ cells in mice.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exposure to a ubiquitous strain of mycobacteria triggers the production of regulatory pulmonary CD11c+ cells in allergic mice. "The hygiene hypothesis proposes that common, harmless microorganisms,...

Eosinophil-produced MIF plays key role in allergic rhinitis.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eosinophil-produced MIF is involved in the development and subsequent symptoms of allergic rhinitis. Scientists in Japan conducted a study "to assess the potential role of macrophage migration...

Researchers go fishing, pull out antigens.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center have developed a method for finding the molecular targets of the immune system, known as antigens. The method extends a widely used...

Paper further validates brain protein theory.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prana Biotechnology, Ltd., (PRAN) announced the publication of a new study in which the results further support Prana's theory that metals in the brain, rather than proteins on their own, are...

Researchers link common airborne bacterium to Alzheimer disease.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine's Center for the Study of Chronic Diseases of Aging in the Adolph and Rose Levis Alzheimer disease Laboratory have found a possible link...

Current concepts and future prospects for Alzheimer disease vaccines.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review current concepts and future prospects for Alzheimer disease vaccines in a recent issue of the journal Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. "Alzheimer disease (AD) is the...

Early Alzheimer detection and treatment essential.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alzheimer disease can't be cured, but discovering it early and treating it with drugs can give the patient a better quality of life, a neurologist from Texas told a Montana conference here. ...

FDA completes review of Propofol IDD-D phase II trial results.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SkyePharma PLC (SKYE) successfully completed the review of the phase II trial results of Propofol IDD-D with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Propofol IDD-D is licensed in North America to Endo...

Case made for using awareness monitoring in surgical patients.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients describe it as like being buried alive. The worse part is not the pain, they say, although that can be excruciating, but the horror of being paralyzed, unable to talk and yet totally aware of...

FDA approves CardizemLA.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biovail Corp. (BVF) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved CardizemLA for the treatment of chronic stable angina. CardizemLA can be given orally once daily, either in the...

Antioxidants may mediate exercise-induced drop in platelet activity.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidants may mediate exercise-induced reductions in platelet activity. Researchers in Italy conducted a study "to evaluate in sedentary individuals the effects of a 20-week exercise training...

LPS-induced COX-2 expression attenuated in diabetic blood vessels.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- COX-2 expression and prostacyclin production after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation are attenuated in diabetic blood vessels. According to recent research published in the journal Naunyn -...

Japan approves Sprinter balloon catheter.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medtronic, Inc., (MDT) has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to market its Sprinter Semi-Compliant Rapid Exchange Balloon Dilatation Catheter for use in coronary...

Suprax launched in the U.S.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lupin, Ltd., has now launched its anti-infective product Suprax (cefixime Oral Suspension) in the U.S. The newly established, 50-strong, pediatric-specialty sales force of the company's subsidiary,...

AACR data indicate strong synergy of Hsp90 inhibitor, 17-AAG.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kosan Biosciences (KOSN) announced, at the American Association for Cancer Research, preclinical in vitro data on the cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects of Kosan's lead Hsp90 inhibitor, 17-AAG,...

Oncology company licenses cancer compound to NeoRx.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AnorMED, Inc., (AOM) announced that it has licensed its platinum-based anticancer agent, AMD473, to NeoRx Corporation (NERX). Under the terms of the agreement, NeoRx was granted exclusive global...

CLEAR II registry launched.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ENZN) announced a major new initiative to build upon the value of its CLEAR (Collaborative Exchange of Antifungal Research) patient registry with the launch of CLEAR II....

Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in India determined.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence and patterns of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in India have been characterized. In a recent study, the P. falciparum "chloroquine resistance transporter (Pfcrt) K76T mutation...

Novel antibacterial agents for skin infections reviewed.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review novel antibacterial agents for skin and skin structure infections in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. "With the continuing development of...

Mental health symptoms common at Pentagon after 9/11.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About 40% of Pentagon personnel screened for mental health disorders in the 4 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were at high risk for problems like generalized anxiety, panic...

EGCG inhibits radiation-induced apoptosis by inactivating capase pathway.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polyphenol EGCG inhibits radiation-induced apoptosis by inactivating the capase pathway in HaCaT cells. "Green tea is a rich source of polyphenols, and (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a...

Refinement of MedClose device completed.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomed Research, Inc., reported completion of ergonomic refinements to MedClose Internal Puncture Closure Device. The MedClose is a catheter-based debridement and biological glue delivery system...

Heat shock protein promotes presentation of antigens to immune system.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recombinant human heat shock protein 60 (HuHsp60) facilitates the presentation of antigenic proteins to the immune system. According to a study from England, "Cross-reactive T cell recognition of...

Coordinated teams help pregnant patients with locked knees.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coordinated teams help pregnant patients with locked knees. According to published research from the United States, "an acutely locked knee is a painful and debilitating orthopedic condition...

NO scavenging underlies hypertensive effects on Hb-based blood substitutes.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nitric oxide [NO] scavenging underlies the hypertensive effects of hemoglobin [Hb]-based blood substitutes. "The major pathway for nitric oxide scavenging in red cells involves the direct reaction...

Health officials studying workers for possible asbestos.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Workers at a former building insulation plant in St. Louis were unknowingly exposed to asbestos, and city, state and federal agencies are trying to determine if the exposure damaged their health,...

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection works when oocytes have abnormal structures.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection works when oocytes have abnormal structures. According to recent research from Israel, "a couple with unexplained infertility was referred for routine in vitro...

Multiple birth rates after assisted reproductive techniques have leveled off.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multiple birth rates after assisted reproductive techniques have leveled off. "European results of assisted reproductive techniques from treatments initiated during 2000 are presented in this fourth...

Multiple births via in vitro fertilization are declining.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A worrisome national surge in multiple births linked to test-tube technology is easing, largely because doctors are implanting fewer embryos during each attempt to make a woman pregnant, a study...

Parents' feelings and official practices governing stored embryos vary.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents' feelings and official practices governing stored embryos vary. According to a study from the United States, "cryopreservation of embryos is frequently employed in in vitro fertilization...

Three key variables predict the success of intrauterine insemination.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three key variables predict the success of intrauterine insemination. "This study was performed to predict pregnancy by intrauterine insemination (IUI) using computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA)...

Role of costimulatory molecules in allergy and asthma reviewed.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review the role of costimulatory molecules in allergy and asthma in a recent issue of Springer Seminars in Immunopathology. "Activation and differentiation of T cells play a critical...

Xolair forecasted to lead the growth of the asthma drug market in 2012.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources, Inc., forecasts that Genentech/Novartis/Sankyo/Tanox Biosystems' Xolair will lead the growth of the asthma market with major-market sales of $3.3 billion in 2012. According to...

Poor glycemic control increases asymptomatic bacteriuria risk in women.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Poor metabolic control increases the risk of asymptomatic bacteriuria in women with diabetes. According to recent research from Italy, "We screened 228 women with diabetes for bacteriuria during...

Mortality rate higher for homeless women in Toronto.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of homeless women in Toronto, Canada, found these women have a 10 times higher mortality risk than women in the city's general population. Angela M. Cheung of the Women's Health Program,...

Novel platelet proteins located in human atherosclerotic lesions.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Characterization of the proteins released from activated platelets led to localization of novel platelet proteins in human atherosclerotic lesions. "Proteins secreted by activated platelets can...

Advanced scanning being used for brain disorder.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Only Michael Berman's small thumbs move inside the giant MRI machine, pushing buttons in a video game-like test as the scanner measures how the youngster's brain processes light and motion. At 6, he's...

Brain areas identified that "decode" emotions of others.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Queen's University psychologists have discovered that our ability to assess how other people are feeling relies on two specific areas of the brain. The findings, published in the Journal of...

Collaboration to test theories concerning the mechanism of childhood autism.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Target Discovery Inc. and PrecisionMed Inc. have entered into a research collaboration designed to test competing theories concerning the mechanism of childhood autism. Specifically, the research...

Semi-automatic defibrillators are simple to operate and effective.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Semi-automatic defibrillators have proven effective and should now be more widely available. According to a study from Monaco, "While cardiac arrest in hospital poses few immediate management...

Bird flu now affecting 25 farms in British Columbia.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of farms infected with bird flu inside British Columbia's Fraser Valley high-risk area has increased to 25, officials said April 12, 2004. The increase, with three new infected sites...

Bird flu outbreaks create concern about human infection.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The occurrence of avian influenza in humans is a reminder of the vulnerability of people to an emerging pandemic, Mayo Clinic researchers warn. Mayo Clinic researchers reviewed the latest outbreak...

Microbes that produce hydrogen peroxide reduce obstetrical complications.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microbes that produce hydrogen peroxide reduce obstetrical complications. According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, "lactobacilli, principally the strains that...

E. coli LPS induces heat shock protein 25 in intestinal cells.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharides induce heat shock protein 25 in intestinal epithelial cells through mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation. According to a study from the United...

Pasteurella multocida contains multiple hemoglobin-binding proteins.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pasteurella multocida contains multiple immunogenic hemin- and hemoglobin-binding proteins. According to a study from Spain, "Iron-dependent outer membrane proteins (IROMPs) play an important role...

The Beryl Companies to handle inquiries about new bariatric surgery program.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Southwest Medical Center has selected The Beryl Companies to be its outsourcing partner to handle telephone inquiries about its new bariatric surgery program. Beryl is the nation's premier...

ValueOptions behavioral health service center earns NCQA accreditation.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced 3-year, full accreditation of ValueOptions' Great Lakes Managed Behavioral Health Service Center, which is the second consecutive full...

Patient history is crucial in evaluating and treating BPH.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Effective treatment of lower urinary tract pathology depends greatly on patient history, researchers say. "Lower urinary tract symptoms are common among men and a frequent reason for referral to an...

Study demonstrates improvements in BPH symptoms with AVODART.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New clinical study findings showed that men with symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also known as enlarged prostate, taking AVODART for 4 years had sustained, long-term improvement in three...

Arteriovenous bundles are more practical for generating engineered skin flaps.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arteriovenous bundles are more practical for generating engineered skin flaps. According to published research from Japan, "this study was designed to clarify which vascular carrier, the...

Engineered fibrin matrices boost the study of angiogenesis-linked therapy.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Engineered fibrin matrices boost the study of angiogenesis-linked therapy. According to published research from Switzerland, "with the rapid increase in approaches to pro- or anti-angiogenic...

New models depict endothelial patterning during tubulogenesis.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New models depict endothelial patterning during tubulogenesis. "In vitro angiogenesis assays have shown that tubulogenesis of endothelial cells within biogels, like collagen or fibrin gels, only...

New techniques embed pDNA in collagen scaffolds more effectively.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New techniques embed pDNA in collagen scaffolds more effectively. According to a study from Israel, "collagen matrices can be used as non-viral biocompatible gene carriers for localized implantable...

Reengineered salivary glands act as bioreactors for systemic gene therapies.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reengineered salivary glands act as bioreactors for systemic gene therapies. According to published research from the United States, "the use of critical-for-life organs (e.g., liver or lung) for...

Scientists ask Boston officials to nix bioterror lab, citing public health risk.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nearly 150 scientists and scholars asked city officials April 13, 2004, to block the building of a bioterrorism lab in the heart of the city, saying it could pose "catastrophic risks" to the community....

Pets could be warning signs of bioterrorism attack.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first casualties of bioterrorism attack could be pets, not humans, said a state bioterrorism education coordinator touring Massachusetts to encourage people to learn how to recognize signs of...

FGFR3 and P53 are often seen in bladder cancer.
May 3, 2004... 2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Factor growth receptor 3 and P53 mutation may be two separate genetic pathways in the pathogenesis of bladder cancer, researchers say. According to published research from Netherlands, "Fibroblast...