OBGYN & Reproduction Week articles from June 2003

OBGYN & Reproduction Week archives from June 2003

Glucose challenge test optimized for gestational diabetes screening.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The glucose challenge test was optimized for gestational diabetes screening in Japanese women. According to published research from Japan, "A total of 2,651 consecutive native Japanese women who...

Feto-maternal microchimerism prevents T-cell reactions.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patients can safely receive T cell-replete stem cell grafts from haploidentical mothers. "Feto-maternal microchimerism suggests that immunologic tolerance exists between mother and fetus,"...

Protective effect against future pediatric allergies can be lowered by chemicals.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The amount of breast feeding protection against atopy may be lowered by the level of breast milk contaminants. "Despite the numerous studies on the possible protective effect of breast feeding...

Placental histology best method for pregnant women.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Placental histology is the best method for diagnosing malaria in pregnant women. Researchers in Australia "compared peripheral and placental blood films (made by different techniques) with placental...

Scientists probe link between caffeine consumption and low birth weight.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Universities of Leicester and Leeds have been commissioned by the Food Standards Agency to study the possible association between maternal caffeine consumption and low birth weight. The agency...

The serum IL-10/IL-12 ratio and sE-selectin is increased in wheezing infants.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wheezing infants and children with skin rash had different levels of serum markers such as IL-10, IL-12, and sE-selectin that appear to be indicative of future allergies. Published research from...

Season of birth, ethnicity may help determine weight and growth.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The season in which a baby is born may influence the baby's birth weight as well as how quickly the baby gains weight during the first 4 months of life. A study published in the May issue of the...

Isolated fetal ascites must include consideration of Wolman disease.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal ascites can be caused by Wolman disease and should be considered along with other possible causes before birth. According to recent research from Israel, "Wolman disease is a rare...

FDA approves enhanced labeling for liquid-based cytology.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TriPath Imaging, Inc., (TPTH) has received approval for expanded labeling claims from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include study data showing a 64.4% (p The enhanced labeling...

Patients want improved communication about sexual issues.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients want improved communication about sexual issues. "Gynecological cancer has been shown to affect women's sexual functioning, yet evidence suggests that healthcare professionals rarely...

Carcinosarcoma of the ovary is a rare yet aggressive variant.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Carcinosarcoma of the ovary is a rare yet aggressive variant. According to published research from England, "We report our experience in the management of patients with carcinosarcoma of the ovary,...

Hormonal function was normal after ovarian transplantation in rats.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hormonal function was normal after ovarian transplantation in rats. "The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of preserving ovarian function after heterotopic transplantation by...

Most pelvic tumors in adolescents should have multidisciplinary treatment.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most pelvic tumors in adolescents should have multidisciplinary treatment. "Malignant pelvic tumors in adolescents are rare. Cancers most commonly associated with adolescent women are ovarian...

Women with eating disorder histories report positive feelings after pregnancy.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with eating disorder histories report positive feelings after pregnancy. According to a study from Sweden, "in spite of the growing problems of eating disorders in society, no publications...

Perinatal mortality higher in pregnancies complicated by diabetes.
June 2, 2003... 2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Perinatal morbidity and mortality was higher in pregnancies complicated by diabetes in Sudan. According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, "To...

Fetal DNA in a mother's abdominal cavity could be used for prenatal diagnosis.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal DNA in a mother's abdominal cavity could be used for prenatal diagnosis. According to recent research from Italy, "there is increasing evidence that fetal cells are commonly shed toward the...

Factors limiting weight gain during pregnancy identified.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malaria infection and low CD4 cell counts are among the factors limiting weight gain in pregnant HIV-positive women. "Progression of HIV disease is often accompanied by weight loss and wasting,"...

Gemeprost is suited for cervical ripening before first-trimester termination.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gemeprost is suited for cervical ripening before first-trimester termination. "To study the effect and complication rate of lamicel versus gemeprost as pretreatment to vacuum aspiration for the...

HPV status was not associated with the clinical outcome of cervical neoplasia.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HPV status was not associated with the clinical outcome of cervical neoplasia. "One hundred and eighty-five Japanese women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) were enrolled in this...

More time with docs, clean rooms valued in prenatal care.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regardless of whether they use Medicaid or private insurance, black women want the same things in their prenatal care: plenty of time spent communicating with their doctors and comfortable and clean...

ASCO assesses updated trial results on Arimidex use for early breast cancer.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Technology Assessment Working Group of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) voted unanimously to support and maintain their recommendation issued last year regarding Arimidex...

A rare leiomyosarcoma occurs in the ovarian vein.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rare leiomyosarcoma occurs in the ovarian vein. According to recent research from France, "Venous leiomyosarcomas are rare tumors, generally originating from the inferior vena cava. "Only...

Social factors displace delayed care as a risk for low-birth-weight deliveries.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Social factors displace delayed prenatal care as a risk for low-birth-weight deliveries. According to recent research from the United States, "to determine if the timing of prenatal care is...

Study: No link between prenatal exposure to mercury in fish, impaired neurodevelopment.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent study published in the British medical journal The Lancet, researchers report that, "there is no evidence of neurodevelopmental risk from prenatal methylmercury exposure resulting soley from...

Written information cards improve women's knowledge about epidural anesthesia.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Written information cards improve women's knowledge about epidural anesthesia. According to a study from England, "there is evidence that despite a distressed appearance, women in labur should be...

HRT is safe, effective for prevention, treatment in older women.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly women with osteoporosis can significantly and safely improve their bone mass with a combination therapy of hormone replacement and the bisphosphonate alendronate (Fosamax). "Our study found...

NanoMate System may be used in new diagnostic.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Correlogic Systems, Inc., the developer of promising new cancer detection tests that use just a single drop of blood from a patient, has entered into an agreement with Advion BioSciences to explore the...

Intermittent inhaled sevoflurane deadens labor pains.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intermittent inhaled sevoflurane deadens labor pains. "Continuous and intermittent administration of inhalational anesthetics has been successfully employed for treating pain during labor. We...

Art, science of developing formulations for vaginal microbicides presented.
June 9, 2003... 2003 JUN 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Getting a false negative because of an incorrect HIV formulation was among the many topics discussed by Gordon Dow at a presentation on vaginal topical microbicide development. His program was...

Maternal lead exposure during pregnancy impacts infant intelligence.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal lead exposure during pregnancy impacts infant intelligence According to a study from the United States, "a sample of 7-month-old African-American infants, exposed to maternal blood lead...

Nicotine consumption before and during pregnancy increases Caesarean risk.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nicotine consumption before and during pregnancy increases Caesarean risk. "The associations between cigarette smoking before and during pregnancy and maternal body size (pre-pregnancy weight...

Insulin secretion and sensitivity in gestational diabetes studied.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in gestational diabetes was compared to those for pregnant women without diabetes. "The purpose of this study was to evaluate insulin sensitivity, P-cell...

Vanishing twin syndrome probably doesn't account for cerebral palsy.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from England, "it has been hypothesized that cerebral palsy of unknown etiology is the result of the death of an unrecognized co-twin a vanishing twin in early gestation. We...

New research calls for heightened awareness of PTSD following childbirth.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research by psychologist Dr. Stephen Joseph at the University of Warwick reveals that women who experience traumatic childbirth can develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a...

Maternal vaccination against nicotine reduces nicotine to the fetal brain.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maternal vaccination against nicotine reduced nicotine distribution to the fetal brain in rats. "Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with a variety of adverse fetal outcomes. Nicotine...

Papillary serous adenocarcinoma was less likely to express vimentin.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Papillary serous adenocarcinoma was less likely to express vimentin. "Adenocarcinomas of the uterine cervix show a wide range of morphological features, and can be confused with endometrial...

ART provides bright future for HIV-positive men but less successful for women.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Assisted reproduction can safely help HIV-positive men to become fathers without infecting their partners, according to new research from French fertility experts. But, the news is not so good for...

Sleep disorder linked to common, serious heart rhythm problem.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A heart rhythm disturbance that affects more than 2 million Americans is twice as likely to recur in patients with untreated sleep apnea, according to a Mayo Clinic study Atrial fibrillation (AF)...

Positive results reported for ABI-007.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc., (APPX) said that results of two phase II studies were to be presented at the 2003 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting held in Chicago....

Vascular endothelial growth factor influences early heart valve development.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vascular endothelial growth factor influences early heart valve development. According to recent research published in the journal Anatomical Record Part A - Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and...

Gene overexpression increased from low- to high-grade lesions to cancer.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene overexpression increased from low- to high-grade lesions to cervical cancer. "The Pap test has effectively reduced the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer," investigators in the United...

Sample preparation optimization markedly improves commercial assay sensitivity.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Optimization of a commercial test for Chlamydia trachomatis markedly improves assay sensitivity. A study from Switzerland aimed "to evaluate the performance of an improved sample preparation...

Progesterone may be involved in regulation of beta-catenin expression.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Progesterone may be involved in regulation of beta-catenin expression in endometrial carcinoma. According to recent research from Japan, "Ovarian hormones are considered to be capable of...

Breast cancer metastasized to tamoxifen-associated endometrial polyps.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast cancer metastasized to tamoxifen-associated endometrial polyps. According to a study from Northern Ireland, "Two cases of lobular breast carcinoma metastatic to an endometrial polyp are...

Human kallikrein 13 is expressed in a wide variety of normal tissues.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The human kallikrein 13 is expressed in many body tissues; however, it is primarily related to endocrine organs and specialized epithelium. "The human tissue kallikrein 13 gene (KLK13), encoding...

Labeling changes for estrogen/progestin may be indicated following new findings.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that the results of a Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study on the effects of combined estrogen with progestin therapy on the incidence of dementia and...

Phase II/III trial for estradiol topical gel completed.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antares Pharma, Inc., (ANTR) announced that its licensee for its estradiol topical gel product in the United States, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BISP), has successfully completed its phase II/III...

Birth center prenatal care and delivery a safe alternative for low-risk moms.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women who deliver their babies in a birth center under the collaborative care of a nurse-midwife-obstetrician team, rather than in a traditional hospital setting are less likely to require...

Doctors miss chances to help pregnant women quit smoking.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors are missing opportunities to help pregnant women quit smoking, a national survey of physicians reveals. "Although physicians frequently identified the smoking status of pregnant women,...

Print material content and design is unrelated to pamphlet effectiveness.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Print material content and design is unrelated to pamphlet effectiveness. According to published research from Australia, "Printed materials are widely used in cancer education. There are a...

Transport system x(c)(-) has an important role in CDDP resistance in cell lines.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transport system x(c)(-) has an important role in CDDP resistance in cell lines. "Transport system x(c)(-) is a member of plasma membrane heterodimeric amino-acid transporters and consists of two...

Black women face worse prognosis than white women.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- White women have a higher incidence of uterine corpus cancer than black women, but blacks have higher mortality. Two factors that may account for these data are that blacks have a higher incidence of...

Lawmakers to increase federal funding for gynecological research.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) introduced H.R. 2157, the Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act of 2003, in the United States House of Representatives. This legislation would...

Eating disorders affecting more women in mid-life.
June 16, 2003... 2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The onset of eating disorders usually occurs early in life, but a troubling trend has begun to develop. More women are becoming affected during mid-life and in their senior years. National trends...

Soluble VEGF receptor levels rise in the sera of women with preeclampsia.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Soluble VEGF receptor levels rise in the sera of women with preeclampsia. "Hoping to get more insight into a role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a putative substance involved in the...

Angiogenesis can't compensate for placental arterial changes at high altitudes.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiogenesis can't compensate for placental arterial changes at high altitudes. "Uterine blood flow and birth weight are reduced and the risk of pre-eclampsia is increased in high-altitude...

Cadherin-11 modulates human trophoblastic cell differentiation in vitro.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cadherin-11 modulates human trophoblastic cell differentiation in vitro. According to recent research published in the journal Developmental Biology, "E-cadherin and cadherin-11 are two members of...

Mifeprestone increases progesterone receptor in fallopian tubes and endometrium.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mifeprestone given postovulation can have a contraceptive effect by increasing receptor in the endometrium, affecting implantation. According to a study from Sweden, "The distribution of...

Criteria for gestational diabetes in adults may not apply to adolescents.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes in adults may not be applicable to pregnant adolescents. According to recent research published in the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology &...

Spontaneous abortion is more likely in young women with older male partners.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from France, "couples in industrialized countries tend to delay attempting to have children, which may lower their chances of live birth." French researchers,...

Highly specific antibodies to cell wall beta-glucans are in normal human sera.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some normal human antibodies found in commercial pooled gamma globulin are highly specific for Candida cell wall beta-glucan. Published research from Japan covered the development of "a protocol...

Women in Illinois to receive insurance coverage for contraceptives.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Illinois House Bill 211 will require insurance plans that already cover prescription drugs and devices to also cover all U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved prescription contraceptive...

ACIS to be used in two trials to detect rare cancer cells.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ChromaVision Medical Systems, Inc., (CVSN), a provider of automated cell-imaging systems and manufacturer of the ACIS system, announced that researchers conducting two multicenter clinical trials will...

Updated phase I data on OncoVEX GM-CSF presented.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioVex announced that it presented updated interim phase I results from the clinical trial of its lead oncology product candidate, OncoVEX GM-CSF, in patients with breast cancer and melanoma at the...

Labetuzumab, chemotherapy combination yields positive preclinical results.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics, Inc., (IMMU) announced that preclinical trial results of its patented humanized antibody against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), labetuzumab, were presented at the 39th annual meeting of...

Trial results for Theratope vaccine presented.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomira, Inc., (BIOM) of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and its collaborator, Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, announced that Biomira's phase II study of Theratope vaccine in the treatment of metastatic...

Prenatal alcohol exposure causes impaired glucose tolerance in the offspring.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal alcohol exposure causes impaired glucose tolerance in the offspring. According to a study from Canada, "Low birth weight in humans predisposes to obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and type...

Treatments preserve ovarian function in young women with cancer.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two studies by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have identified treatments that appear helpful in preserving ovarian function in premenopausal women with cancer. ...

Mammalian sperm have a unique arrangement of DNA, mRNA, and proteins in nucleus.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mamalian sperm have a unique arrangement of proteins, DNA, and mRNA in its nucleus at the point it is ready to fertilize an egg. According to a study from France, "A dramatic remodeling of sperm...

Racial and ethnic differences have small roles in prenatal testing decisions.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Racial and ethnic differences have small roles in prenatal testing decisions. "The purpose of this cross-sectional study of 999 socioeconomically and racially/ethnically diverse pregnant women was...

T cells respond to tumor-associated antigens in colorectal cancer, not breast.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Colorectal cancer patients respond to tumor associated antigens with specific T cells, but breast cancer ones do not. "There is increasing evidence that tumors elicit specific T-cell responses in...

Phytoestrogens not effective in relieving hot flashes.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Finnish study has found that pure phytoestrogens did not alleviate menopausal symptoms in breast cancer patients. Phytoestrogens, little studied but popularly used to treat menopausal symptoms,...

Animal models are very useful as predictors in infant formula research.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One of the ways that new infant formula is tested for allergenicity is by way of carefully developed animal models. "Food allergies occur in about 5-10% of the overall infant and small child...

Oral contraceptives increase obesity risk in Thai women.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Women in northeast Thailand who use oral contraceptives had a significantly higher body mass index and higher blood pressure compared to women who...

An increased incidence of ovarian cancer in Japan caused caused by increase in carcinoma.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An increased incidence of ovarian cancer was caused by the increase in carcinoma. "The incidence of ovarian cancer among Japanese has increased since the 1970s. Histologic diversity is a...

Tumor cells may remodel their microenvironment to increase their survival.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor cells may remodel their microenvironment to increase their survival. "The mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer are poorly understood. Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) profiling of...

PCOS increases risk of heart disease in women.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) - a condition that affects nearly 10% of reproductive aged women - are at an increased risk for developing atherosclerosis. Coronary heart disease is...

Low-dose aspirin during pregnancy may lower risk of pre-eclampsia.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials finds that a daily low dose of aspirin therapy among high-risk women significantly reduces the risk of perinatal death and pre-eclampsia,...

California collaborative looks at benefits of antenatal steroids.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thanks to a unique, statewide hospital collaborative, more California hospitals are providing better prenatal care for at-risk mothers to protect their premature babies, according to a new report. ...

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors lower motility by decreasing tyrosine phosphorylation.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human sperm motility appears to be lowered by tyrosine kinase inhibitors. "Tyrosine phosphorylation has recently been associated with capacitation and suggested as a regulator of sperm movement,...

Cryptorchid and intersex disorder boys can be evaluated without hCG stimulation.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Testicular evaluation in normal cryptorchid and intersex disorder boys can be done with tests for anti-Mullerian hormone and inhibin B, with no need for hCG stimulation. "In normal clinical...

Epothilone shows activity in metastatic breast cancer, lung cancer.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BMS-247550, an investigational tubulin polymerizing agent under development by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), demonstrated activity in metastatic breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer...

Accurate diagnosis of early-stage disease requires lymph-node check.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that the accurate diagnosis of early-stage endometrial cancer requires that the abdominal lymph nodes always be removed and...

A rare uterine neoplasm resembles an ovarian sex cord tumor.
June 23, 2003... 2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rare uterine neoplasm resembles an ovarian sex cord tumor. According to recent research published in the Saudi Medical Journal, "Uterine neoplasm resembling an ovarian sex cord tumor is a rare...