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Enzymes from king crab are an effective treatment for scalds, sores, and trophic ulcers

Chemist Galina Rudenskaya from the Moscow State University and her colleagues from small enterprise TRINITA have made an important discovery in medicine, thanks to funding extended by the RFBR and FASIE.

2 Jul 2004

New Welsh research centre to improve understanding of the psychosocial factors that influence illness, disease, recovery

The launch of a major new research centre at Cardiff University, Wales has been welcomed by senior figures from the worlds of health, politics, research and business.

2 Jul 2004

Gum disease vaccination aim of world-first research

Vaccinating people against gum disease will be the aim of world-first Melbourne research that today receives a $21.2 million boost from the Federal Government.

2 Jul 2004

People who suffer from severe depression have more nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls emotion

Studies of postmortem brains of patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) showed a 31 percent greater than average number of nerve cells in the portion of the thalamus involved with emotional regulation.

2 Jul 2004

Are vacuum assisted deliveries safe? yes according to the BMJ

Vacuum assisted deliveries are a safe alternative to forceps deliveries, despite a warning by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1998 that vacuum assisted deliveries may result in fatal complications, say researchers in this week's BMJ.

2 Jul 2004

Possible interactions of St John's wort with conventional drugs

Doctors and patients should beware of possible interactions of St John's wort with conventional drugs, but better information is needed to guide clinical practice, say researchers in this week's BMJ.

2 Jul 2004

Drop in systolic blood pressure may indicate imminent likelihood of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia

Journal of the American Heart Association reports that a significant drop in systolic blood pressure may indicate imminent likelihood of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia in some elderly people.

2 Jul 2004

Mucus may be the key to new treatments for cystic fibrosis

The surprising finding that people with cystic fibrosis (CF) produce too little airway mucus – rather than too much, as it commonly believed

1 Jul 2004

Research describes how nerve growth factor stimulates a sequence of proteins that promote nerve growth

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered key steps involved in regulating nerve growth and regeneration that may have implications for spinal cord research.

1 Jul 2004

Increased consumption of artificial sweeteners and of high-calorie beverages is not the sole cause of obesity, but it may be a contributing factor

Choosing a diet soft drink over a regular, sugar-packed beverage may not be the best way to fight obesity, according to new research from Purdue University.

1 Jul 2004

Children cured of acute lymphocytic leukemia after chemotherapy have a 5-20 times greater risk of developing secondary malignant neoplasm's

The alterations in the children's gene sequence remain embedded within their chromosomes and may pose elevated risk for development of second malignancies and other diseases later in life, cautioned Barry A. Finette, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Vermont.

1 Jul 2004

A Center for Human Genetics/Genomics has been established at the University of California

Established in UCSD Health Sciences, which includes the School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Center brings together UCSD faculty from multiple campus departments and schools including medicine, pharmacy, biology, biostatistics and mathematics.

30 Jun 2004

Protein research may help develop new antibiotics

New findings about a protein that keeps cells alive by opening and closing pores within a cell's membrane may open the door to the development of new antibiotics.

30 Jun 2004

New research offers clues into how the body controls appetite and food intake

Concurrent with the national obesity epidemic has been a rise in the discoveries about how the body controls appetite and food intake.

30 Jun 2004

Innovative research to apply microwave energy to the treatment of potentially deadly heart rhythm disorders

Innovative research by UTS engineers to apply microwave energy to the treatment of potentially deadly heart rhythm disorders has received an important boost from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

30 Jun 2004

An EU-funded research project will help to uncover the genetic factors linked to depression to develop new drug treatments

120 million people worldwide suffer from depression. An EU-funded research project launched recently will help to uncover the genetic factors linked to depression to develop new drug treatments.

29 Jun 2004

New £18M Medical Research Council facility

A new £18M Medical Research Council (MRC) facility to understand and compare the genetics of disease in mice and humans will be opened today, Wednesday 30 June, by Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Technology.

29 Jun 2004

$1.6 million ecological stoichiometry grant to study how certain nutrients affect the development of disease in humans and animals

Two University of Kansas and four Arizona State University researchers have received an almost $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how certain nutrients affect the development of disease in humans and animals.

29 Jun 2004

Relatively difficult for the AIDS virus to develop resistance to the drug, tenofovir, or the DAPY (diarylpyrimidine) family of compounds

HIV is a moving target, unpredictably changing direction to elude anti-AIDS drugs, but researchers at Rutgers are clearly on the track of solutions to combat HIV drug resistance.

29 Jun 2004

RNA enzyme research may lead to ways of monitoring fat metabolism and might even assist in the search for signs of life on Mars

Research aimed at teasing apart the workings of RNA enzymes eventually may lead to ways of monitoring fat metabolism and might even assist in the search for signs of life on Mars, according to University of Michigan researcher Nils Walter.

29 Jun 2004

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Enzymes from king crab are an effective treatment for scalds, sores, and trophic ulcers

New Welsh research centre to improve understanding of the psychosocial factors that influence illness, disease, recovery

Gum disease vaccination aim of world-first research

People who suffer from severe depression have more nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls emotion

Are vacuum assisted deliveries safe? yes according to the BMJ

Possible interactions of St John's wort with conventional drugs

Drop in systolic blood pressure may indicate imminent likelihood of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia

Mucus may be the key to new treatments for cystic fibrosis

Research describes how nerve growth factor stimulates a sequence of proteins that promote nerve growth

Increased consumption of artificial sweeteners and of high-calorie beverages is not the sole cause of obesity, but it may be a contributing factor

Children cured of acute lymphocytic leukemia after chemotherapy have a 5-20 times greater risk of developing secondary malignant neoplasm's

A Center for Human Genetics/Genomics has been established at the University of California

Protein research may help develop new antibiotics

New research offers clues into how the body controls appetite and food intake

Innovative research to apply microwave energy to the treatment of potentially deadly heart rhythm disorders

An EU-funded research project will help to uncover the genetic factors linked to depression to develop new drug treatments

New £18M Medical Research Council facility

$1.6 million ecological stoichiometry grant to study how certain nutrients affect the development of disease in humans and animals

Relatively difficult for the AIDS virus to develop resistance to the drug, tenofovir, or the DAPY (diarylpyrimidine) family of compounds

RNA enzyme research may lead to ways of monitoring fat metabolism and might even assist in the search for signs of life on Mars

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