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Anti-cancer Drug Shows Early Promise In Pulmonary Hypertension
A drug used to treat kidney cancer can prevent the development of pulmonary hypertension in rodents. There is no curative therapy for this condition. Seeing the Difference: A Project on Viewing Death and Dying in Interdi
"Artists, humanists, and medical professionals discuss what it means to die in America in the 21st century."Contains transcripts and video of excerpts from a 2000 U.C. Berkeley institute designed to "work toward the conceptualization of new forms of empathy towards those who face imminent death"by sharing perceptions of death across disciplines. Includes links to related sites. From the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley. Penn Study Suggests New Model For Testing And Discovery Of Anti-HIV Dr
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are the first to show that a mouse protein, whose human equivalent is related to defense against HIV-1, inhibits the infection and spread of a mouse tumor virus. The study provides a new model for the discovery and evaluation of anti-HIV drugs. Structure of key protein in common HIV subgroup uncovered
Scientists have provided the first-ever glimpse of the structure of a key protein -- gp120 -- found on the surface of a specific subgroup of the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV-1. In addition, they demonstrated that a particular antibody to gp120 makes contact not only with the protein, but with the CD4 receptor that gp120 uses to gain entrance into the body's T cells. Sweat Is Good Indicator Heart Attack May Be Coming
Sweating during physical activity or in hot weather is healthy. But when individuals begin perspiring while experiencing discomfort in their chest, arm, neck or jaw -- with little or no exertion -- it could be the onset of a heart attack, according to a new study at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Different Areas Of The Brain Respond To Belief, Disbelief And Uncertai
Using fMRI, researchers have identified clear differences in the areas of the brain involved in belief, disbelief, and uncertainty. This finding has implications for the detection of deception, for the control of the placebo effect during drug design, and for the study of any higher cognitive phenomenon in which the differences among belief, disbelief and uncertainty might be relevant. New Prosthetic Devices Will Convert Brain Signals Into Action
Researchers have developed a new algorithm to help create prosthetic devices that convert brain signals into action in patients who have been paralyzed or had limbs amputated. The Natural Death Centre
The website for this British organization promoting "inexpensive, family-organised, and environmentally-friendly funerals"features information about natural (or woodland or green) burial grounds and alternatives for simple and green funerals. Includes annotated links to funeral companies and organizations (in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand) that offer natural burial options, links to news coverage, and related information. Pretreating Rogue Cancer Cells With Aspirin Cripples Their Resistance
In a study published in the Dec. 9 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh researchers report that aspirin, combined with a promising new cancer therapy known as TRAIL, can induce cancer cells that were previously resistant to TRAIL therapy to self-destruct. The investigators say that aspirin could become a routine, low-cost therapy for helping to prevent the recurrence of many aggressive cancers, such as prostate and colon cancers. Population Trends, Practices And Beliefs Could Have Adverse Effect On
A review of research on the prevalence of HIV in the Middle East and North Africa has found that whilst cultural and religious practices may be behind a low prevalence of HIV in the region, they could potentially contribute to increasing the spread of HIV.
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