Marijuana :: Hashish & marijuana may help to fight inflammation & allergies
Endocannabinoids seem to play an important role in regulating inflammation processes. Scientists from the University of Bonn have discovered this in experiments on mice.
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Chemotherapy :: Brain-boosting pill alleviates post-chemotherapy fogginess
A drug described by some people as a “genius pill”for enhancing cognitive function provided relief to a small group of Rochester breast cancer survivors who were coping with a side effect known as “chemo-brain,”according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study.
Neurology :: Neuroblastoma expert to discuss research, development of novel treatment options
Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics, has spent the past two decades researching neuroblastoma, a cancer that grows from immature nerve cells. She will discuss the status of research and development of novel treatment options for the cancer, the most common solid tumor of childhood, at 4 p.m. Friday in the Case Methods Room (1-9576).
Lymphoma :: Overall survival and length of disease remission with GSK’s BEXXAR
GlaxoSmithKline plc [LSE and NYSE: GSK] announced long-term efficacy data from a Phase II trial of a single one-week course of frontline treatment with the BEXXAR? Therapeutic Regimen (Tositumomab and Iodine I-131 Tositumomab) in 76 patients with newly diagnosed advanced follicular non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma (NHL).
Diabetes :: FDA approves Continuous 7-Day Glucose Monitoring System
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a device that measures glucose levels continuously for up to seven days in people with diabetes.
Health :: Possible new strategy for treating rare muscle disease, kidney disorders
Based on clues provided by a study with transgenic mice, a research group at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has developed a strategy that will be tested as the first treatment for people with hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM), a rare, degenerative muscle disease.
Stem Cell :: Researchers turn normal tissue cells into embryonic stem cells
Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to take normal tissue cells and reprogram them into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, the cells that are able to give rise to every cell type found in the body.
Stem Cell :: Reprogrammed fibroblasts identical to embryonic stem cells
Embryonic stem cells are unique because they can develop into virtually any kind of tissue type, an attribute called pluripotency. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (?therapeutic cloning?) offers the hope of one day creating customized embryonic stem cells with a patient?s own DNA. Here, an individual?s DNA would be placed into an egg, resulting in a blastocyst that houses a supply of stem cells. But to access these cells, researchers must destroy a viable embryo.
Vitamin D :: Vitamin D reduces cancer risk
Most Americans and others are not taking enough vitamin D, a fact that may put them at significant risk for developing cancer, according to a landmark study conducted by Creighton University School of Medicine.
Stem Cell :: Consumer Advocates praise Congress for approving Stem Cell Research Funding Bill
News that scientists have derived cells that behave like stem cells from the skin of a mouse is a major scientific breakthrough that underscores the need to continue human embryonic stem cell research, The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said.