Health & Medicine Week articles from October 2003

Health & Medicine Week archives from October 2003

Sensory cells for hearing and balance are fast developing.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The functional development of hair cells in the inner ear that mediate hearing and balance takes place over a period of just 1 day in mouse embryos, according to a study by a research team at the...

JCAHO creates two options to address legal disclosure concerns.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced in September 2003 two options designed to address legal disclosure concerns related to the Periodic Performance Review...

HHS, public health partners unveil campaign to promote proper antibiotic use.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a consortium of national health organizations have urged consumers to be cautious about their use of antibiotics as the cold and flu season...

North American mammographers prone to more false positives, study finds.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Community-based mammography screening programs in North America are yielding a higher percentage of abnormal mammograms than corresponding programs in other countries, but without any apparent benefit...

Teams will integrate genomic, clinical, and epidemiological data.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Like a puzzle with key pieces missing, gene-expression data provide medical researchers with a critical, but incomplete, story of how complex diseases develop. The other parts of the story only can be...

Client-nurse practitioner interactions drive resource exchanges.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Client-nurse practitioner interactions drive resource exchanges. "Empirical research has thoroughly documented the success of nurse practitioners (NPs) in terms of patient satisfaction and...

Smallpox vaccines may protect against HIV.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smallpox vaccinations may also provide protection against the virus that causes AIDS, according to researchers at George Mason University. The findings are only preliminary and based on a very small...

Study will test antiviral drug tenofovir to prevent HIV infection.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California San Francisco (UCSF) researchers have been funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health to study the antiretroviral drug tenofovir as a potential pre-exposure prophylaxis in...

Incyte enters licensing agreement for a phase II HIV drug.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Incyte Corp. (INCY) and Pharmasset, Ltd., announced that they have entered into a collaborative licensing agreement to develop and commercialize the antiretroviral drug Reverset, also known as RVT,...

Study: Patients can benefit from simplified antiretroviral treatments.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A large study shows that simplified antiretroviral treatment regimens containing Viramune (nevirapine) or efavirenz offer comparable efficacy and safety in patients who switched from a protease...

Some Acanthamoeba strains are different enough to need reclassification.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two Acanthoamoeba polyphaga strains are different enough to need reclassification, and they may even have different pathogenicity. "The genus Acanthamoeba includes more than 20 morphological...

FDA clears BLU-U Blue Light Photodynamic Therapy Illuminator.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (DUSA) reported that on September 9, 2003, it received 510(k) marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the BLU-U Blue Light Photodynamic...

Peptide studied in acne patients.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Helix BioMedix announced the completion of a preliminary study designed to evaluate the efficacy of one of the company's proprietary peptides, HB64, in reducing the severity of mild to moderate acne...

Abington Memorial Hospital earns magnet designation.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nursing service at Abington Memorial Hospital has received one of the nation's highest forms of recognition for excellence. Magnet designation is being awarded to Abington Memorial Hospital,...

Functional FAS promoter polymorphisms are associated with increased risk of AML.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Functional FAS promoter polymorphisms are associated with increased risk of AML. "The FAS (TNFRSF6/CD95/APO-1) gene is silenced in many tumor types, resulting in an inability to respond to...

Antibiotics don't help heart in study.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibiotics failed to ward off heart trouble in the biggest study yet to test the theory that low-level infections play a major role in triggering heart attacks. But researchers said they are not yet...

Chest pain units improve the treatment of heart attacks.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chest pain accounts for a considerable number of consultations in emergency departments. Among several other causes of chest pain, heart attacks need to be ruled out promptly since a fast diagnosis...

Heart may heal with help from oxygen-sensitive genes, new study suggests.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have uncovered a mechanism that the heart may use to repair tissue damaged during a heart attack. A new study reveals that oxygen is the trigger that helps specific genes in...

TT virus load corresponds with disease and immune cell imbalance in children.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with acute respiratory disease often test positive for TT virus viremia; greater disease is associated with lower T-cell, higher B-cell counts. "TT virus (TTV) produces chronic plasma...

Role of signal regulation by G-proteins in opioid dependence reviewed.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have published a review of the role of signal regulation by G-proteins in opioid dependence in a recent issue of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. According to a...

Young women who take ecstasy face the risk of extremely low sodium levels.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young women who take ecstasy face the risk of extremely low sodium levels. "We present a case of acute, symptomatic hyponatremia in a young woman that developed after use of...

Adenovirus type 11 uses CD46 as a cellular receptor.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenovirus type 11 uses CD46 as a cellular receptor. According to a study from Sweden, "The 51 human adenovirus serotypes are divided into six species (A to F). Many adenoviruses use the...

Study to examine effectiveness for mentally ill patients.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health has awarded a Duke University Medical Center team $1.98 million in research funding to study the use and effectiveness of "psychiatric advance directives...

Vaginal natamycin treatment during pregnancy does not harm the fetus.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaginal natamycin treatment during pregnancy does not harm the fetus. "The aim of this study was to investigate the teratogenicity of vaginal natamycin treatment during pregnancy, because the data...

Rheopheresis reduces vessel-linked eye disease.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rheopheresis reduces vessel-linked eye disease. According to recent research published in the journal Transfusion and Apheresis Science, "in the majority of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...

Longevity's healthcare costs reassessed.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More "golden years" do not cost the health care system more: Whether people are healthy at age 70 and live independently for many more years or are sickly and die sooner, their medical costs are about...

Alcohol drinking patterns differentially affect central adiposity.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alcohol drinking patterns differentially affect central adiposity as measured by abdominal height. "Alcohol drinking in light-to-moderate amounts has been associated with reduced coronary heart...

Chronic drinking increases cortisol during intoxication and withdrawal.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cortisol, known as a "stress hormone," plays an important role in the regulation of emotion, cognition, reward, immune functioning, and energy utilization. A study published in Alcoholism: Clinical...

Researchers study effects of alcohol abuse on lungs through $7 million NIH grant.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As part of a recently launched study funded by a $7 million grant from the Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism branch of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, researchers at Emory University School of...

Experimental drug for allergic rhinitis studied in multidose safety trial.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (RIGL) has initiated a multidose safety trial of R112, an experimental drug to treat allergic rhinitis, to establish the longer-term, multi-dose safety of R112 in various...

New research in allergic inflammation and anti-IgE therapy unveiled.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research on allergic diseases and patient care was released at the World Allergy Organization's (WAO) Congress in Vancouver, Canada, which took place September 6-12, 2003. Respiratory allergies...

SOCS-3 expression is tied to asthma, allergy, IgE production, TH2 response.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SOCS-3 expression relates to TH2 response maintenance, serum IgE in allergy, and asthma and atopic dermatitis disease; may be a candidate for immunotherapeutic targeting. "Members of the suppressor...

NOS1 polymorphism linked to atopy, but not exhaled NO levels in healthy children.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutations in the NOS1 gene are linked to atopy - but not exhaled nitric oxide levels (FENO) - in healthy children. FENO "is raised in atopy. The mechanism for this is unclear," according to...

Experts concerned about insurance coverage of second-generation antihistamines.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Julie B. Henderson, senior medical editor - A trio of allergists believes the reduction or elimination of prescription coverage for second-generation antihistamines by managed care companies is...

Murine CRTH2 is functional orthologue of human receptor.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Murine CRTH2 is the functional orthologue of its human counterpart. According to published research from Japan, "CRTH2, the second receptor for prostaglandin D-2 (PGD(2)), is thought to play a role...

Alzheimer disease hypothesis based on transcriptional dysregulation.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher has proposed an Alzheimer disease hypothesis based on transcriptional dysregulation. According to recent research from the United States, "Alzheimer disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative...

Biochemicals in spinal fluid may aid in diagnosis.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measuring the ratio of two biochemicals in spinal fluid may help in evaluating patients with dementia and aid in diagnosing Alzheimer disease (AD), according to new research. Diagnosing AD and...

Brief telephonic questionnaire detects early signs of dementia.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have developed a brief telephonic questionnaire that reliably distinguishes between people with signs of dementia and people with normal cognitive function. The questionnaire provides a...

Structure of fibrous crystals formed by Alzheimer's peptide reported.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The structure and texture of fibrous crystals formed by Alzheimer's A beta(11-25) peptide fragment have been reported in a recent issue of the journal Structure. According to recent research from...

Novel drug candidate shows promise in treating neurodegenerative diseases.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (PCYC) announced the presentation of promising findings from preclinical studies of a novel drug candidate to treat neurodegenerative diseases based on its proprietary texaphyrin...

Bypass surgery may relieve chest pain better than angioplasty plus stent.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bypass surgery is better than stent-assisted angioplasty at relieving chest pain and improving quality of life in the year after the procedure, researchers report. The study is the first randomized...

Heart patients may benefit from VEGF gene transfer.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heart patients may benefit from VEGF gene transfer. According to a study from the United States, "this phase I open label, dose-escalating study shows that gene transfer of vascular endothelial...

Fibrinolytic factors are not useful in predicting risk of thromboembolism.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fibrinolytic factors are not useful in predicting risk of venous thromboembolism. According to recent research from the United States, "Prior research has conflicted on whether increased levels of...

Fucoidan and heparin enhance growth factor-induced tube formation.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from France, "basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) activates its high-affinity receptors (FGFRs) but also acts through interaction with heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG)....

Myocardin "necessary and sufficient" for vascular smooth muscle cell development.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Myocardin plays an indispensable role in the development of vascular smooth muscle. "Formation of the vascular system requires differentiation and patterning of endothelial and smooth muscle cells...

Basis of lisinopril-binding specificity in human ACE reported.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists present the structural basis of the lisinopril-binding specificity in N- and C-domains of human somatic angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE)in a recent issue of Biochemical and Biophysical...

Adult human blood stem cells can build human blood vessels in mice.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Florida (UF) scientists have scored another first in a string of advances using stem cells, this time showing they can inject mice with adult stem cells from human blood and spur human...

Fasting plasma ghrelin levels examined in subtypes of anorexia nervosa.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The fasting plasma ghrelin levels in subtypes of anorexia nervosa were reported in a recent issue of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. "Ghrelin has a role in regulating eating behavior and...

Innovative Medical enters partnership to develop, market Axenohl-based products.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Innovative Medical Services (PURE) has signed an agreement with Therapeutics, Inc., a drug development company based in La Jolla, California, for the development and commercialization of U.S. Food and...

Clarithromycin has no effect on inflammatory markers in atherosclerosis.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clarithromycin has no effect on inflammatory markers in atherosclerotic, coronary artery disease patients. "Atherosclerosis can, to a certain extent, be regarded as an inflammatory disease. Also,...

Initiative achieves significant antibiotic prescription cost savings.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Health Action Council of Northeast Ohio and Caremark, Inc., have demonstrated that prescription drug expenses, one of the fastest growing components of healthcare costs, can be reduced while...

Heat elution chromatography is a new antibody purification method.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new method of antibody purification is based on capture and release by M protein at different temperatures. According to recent research from Sweden, "A tremendous increase has taken place over...

Marine-derived anticancer agents are evaluated in clinical trials.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Marine-derived anticancer agents are evaluated in clinical trials. According to a study from Brazil, "Anticancer agents may be derived either from the isolation of an active lead compound occurring...

Immunotherapeutic approaches to prostate cancer therapy are improving.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunotherapeutic approaches for prostate cancer increase with knowledge of how to stimulate anticancer immune responses. According to a study from the United States, "The components of an...

T-cell receptor signaling for hours is necessary for maximal immune response.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antigen presentation involves continuous T-cell receptor signaling for hours to have highest IL-2 production and cell proliferation. "Although signals through the T-cell receptor (TCR) are...

Actinonin might be useful in increasing neutrophil response against bacteria.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Actinonin might be useful in increasing production of unique bacterial proteins that neutrophils respond to. According to recent research from Sweden, "Bacterial protein synthesis starts with a...

Costs of antibacterial resistance outlined.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The costs of antibacterial resistance have been outlined. "Despite increasing bacterial resistance to existing drugs, investment in antibacterial discovery and development efforts appears to be...

Consuming dietary antioxidant supplements has pros and cons for any population.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Consuming dietary antioxidant supplements has pros and cons for any population. "The health-related effects of interactions between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and dietary antioxidants and the...

Antipsychotic drugs linked to type 2 diabetes.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evidence from a large health plan database indicates an association between antipsychotic medications and type 2 diabetes. According to a study from the United States, "Case evidence suggests that...

Up to 10,000 Ugandans with AIDS to receive antiretroviral medications.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Republic of Uganda's Minister of State for Health announced in Washington, DC, a groundbreaking initiative to offer life-extending antiretroviral (ARV) medications to as many as 10,000 Ugandans...

Company announces discovery of positively charged cardiolipin.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NeoPharm, Inc., (NEOL) announced that it has discovered new analogs of cationic (positively charged) cardiolipin for use in the company's NeoLipid liposomal system. Results were presented via...

Limitin is similar to but distinct from interferon-alpha as hepatitis C therapy.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Limitin is similar to but distinct from interferon-alpha as hepatitis C therapy. According to recent research from Japan, "limitin has sequence homology with alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) and...

High blood pressure, fatty deposits are "bit players" in bulging arteries.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Contrary to long-accepted conventional wisdom and to current theories, high blood pressure and other risk factors for plaque buildup are not major factors in the dangerous ballooning of blood vessels...

Novel mechanisms of apoptosis induced by histone deacetylase inhibitors.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel mechanisms of apoptosis can be induced by histone deacetylase inhibitors. "Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) are a new class of chemotherapeutic drugs able to induce tumor cell apoptosis...

PS-341 enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis by increasing the cleavage of caspase 8.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PS-341 enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis by increasing the cleavage of caspase 8. "We demonstrate that PS-341, a small molecule inhibitor of the proteasome, markedly sensitizes resistant prostate,...

Pifithrin-alpha promotes p53-mediated apoptosis in JB6 cells.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pifithrin-alpha promotes p53-mediated apoptosis in JB6 cells. According to recent research from the United States, "Recently, blockage of p53-dependent transcriptional activation and apoptosis by...

Rel/NF-kappa B regulates B-cell apoptosis dependent on signals, cell stage.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rel/NF-kappa B regulates B cell apoptosis based on both signals and cell differentiation stage. According to a study from Australia, "Among the transcriptional mediators of the various signal...

Invasive arterial catheter use reduced due to blood pressure monitoring systems.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medwave Inc. (MDWV), developer of sensor-based, noninvasive blood pressure measuring solutions, reported that anesthesiologists at Northwest Medical Center of Tucson, Arizona, recently informed Medwave...

Engineered collagen scaffolds induce different growth rates of chondrocytes.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Engineered collagen scaffolds for articular cartilage reconstruction induce different growth rates of human chondrocytes. "Articular cartilage defects do not heal. Biodegradable scaffolds have been...

Better outcomes and cost savings for life-threatening fungal infections.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented at the 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) showed that the antifungal treatment voriconazole, a second-generation triazole, is more effective and...

Report finds healthcare system's "quality gaps" cause 57,000 deaths annually.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report shows that the U.S. healthcare system is riddled with "quality gaps" that prevent millions of Americans from receiving "best practice" care. These gaps, the result of factors such as...

Amelioration of asthma symptoms reported with anti-C5 therapy.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ALXN) is reporting that anti-C5 monoclonal antibody therapy blocked the development of bronchial inflammation and reduced airway hyperresponsiveness in preclinical models...

Asthma attacks at school are disruptive to routine, under-diagnosed.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a national sample of members surveyed from the National Association of School Nurses, asthma is more disruptive of school routines than any other chronic condition and has a significant...

Farm life may inhibit development of allergies and asthma.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children growing up on farms may have less of a chance of developing allergies and asthma, according to a study published in the September 2003 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The study...

Improved air quality reduces asthma.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by the U.K. Health Protection Agency (HPA) shows how hospital admission rates from asthma were reduced by approximately 30% after a local iron foundry decreased the level of emissions into the...

Link to behavioral problems in children found.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with asthma are more likely to have behavioral problems, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Manchester. Dr. Rachel Calam, senior lecturer in clinical...

Long-term use of inhaled steroids may increase risk of cataracts.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term use of inhaled steroids to prevent asthma symptoms may increase the risk of cataracts, suggests new research. Previous research has indicated that systemic steroids increase the risk of...

Nocturnal asthma may be worsened by melatonin.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hormone melatonin may be a factor in the worsening of nocturnal asthma, according to a study published in the September Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI). Melatonin, a hormone...

Discovery points to new way to control atherosclerosis.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered a genetic switch that can drastically reduce fatty deposits in the coronary arteries of mice. According to the researchers, the switch is...

New insight offered into the genetics of congenital heart disease.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using a sophisticated approach to alter gene activity in the embryo, scientists have identified a potential culprit for one of the most common human congenital heart malformations, AVCD...

Autoimmune enteropathy can have autoantibodies to intestinal goblet cells.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A case with anti-intestinal goblet cell autoantibodies but without anti-enterocyte autoantibodies is classified as autoimmune enteropathy. According to a study from Japan, "This report describes a...

Minocycline therapy for acne can induce cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Minocycline therapy for acne can induce antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa. According to a study from France, "Minocycline is an antibiotic widely used in the...

Folkman honored for hypertension research.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Judah Folkman, MD, is the winner of this year's Novartis Award for Hypertension Research. He is a pioneer in the field of angiogenesis. His work has led to a better understanding of how angiogenesis is...

HIV researcher at Rush awarded grant from Doris Duke Foundation.
October 6, 2003... 2003 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Doris Duke Foundation has awarded a 2-year, $200,000 grant to immunologist Alan Landay, PhD, from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The grant allows Landay and his international team of...