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Anticancer Drugs Might Be Of Benefit To Sickle-cell Patients
Although some individuals with the inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease benefit from treatment with hydroxyurea, which increases fetal hemoglobin expression, it does not work for all sickle-cell patients. Now, hope for a new therapy has been provided by the observation that the anticancer drugs lenalidomide and pomalidomide were more effective than hydroxyurea at inducing HbF expression by red blood cells derived in vitro from CD34+ cells from both healthy and sickle-cell individuals. Report On Health And Habits Of College Students Released
A comprehensive survey on the health of US college students has been completed. About 10,000 college students completed the survey. Although the study is focused on students from 14 campuses in Minnesota, the health findings here reflect national health trends for college students, according to researchers. Researchers Find Stem-cell Therapy Effective In Targeting Metastatic C
Patients with advanced cancer that has spread to many different sites often do not have many treatment options, since they would be unable to tolerate the doses of treatment they would need to kill the tumors. Pessimism And Depression Increase Dementia Risk
Individuals who do not have psychiatric problems but score very high on a personality test pessimism scale have a 30 percent increased risk of developing dementia several decades later. The same is true of individuals who score very high on the test's depression scale. The risk is even higher -- 40 percent more -- for individuals who score very high on both anxiety and pessimism scales. Short Sleep Duration Linked To Overweight Condition And Behavioral Pro
The duration of a child's sleep can vary, depending on the time of day, week and year. Further, children who don't get enough nightly sleep are more likely to be overweight and have behavioral problems. Happy Birthday, Arthur C. Clarke
The sci-fi author who penned 2001: A Space Odysseyturns 90 Sunday. To celebrate, we're running a poll: What's your favorite sci-fi novel? New Approach Assesses Risk Of Water-borne Pathogen Disease
UCSD School of Medicine, along with the University Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, have developed a novel approach for assessing the risk to humans of acquiring leptospirosis -- a severe, water-borne disease that is the common cause of severe jaundice, renal failure and lung hemorrhage in urban areas throughout the developing world -- from environmental water exposure. Common Component Of Fruits, Vegetables Kills Prostate Cancer Cells
A new study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other foods, kills prostate cancer cells. The study found that exposing prostate cancer cells to pectin under laboratory conditions reduced the number of cells by up to 40 percent. Flush the Awful Animation
The new Aardman-DreamWorks vehicle Flushed Away shows just how bad CG movies have become by being an exception to the rule. By Alonso Duralde. Bacteria Inside Red Mites Could Be Targeted To Control Poultry Pests
Bacteria which live symbiotically inside the blood-sucking pests called red poultry mites could be a new and effective target to prevent the spread of Salmonella and similar pathogens in chickens, turkeys and other table birds, according to scientists.
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