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Infectious Disease Researchers Develop Basis For Experimental Melanoma
While investigating a fungus known to cause an infection in people with AIDS, two grantees of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, unexpectedly discovered a potential strategy for treating metastatic melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. The treatment approach, which involves combining an antibody with radiation, has since been further developed and is expected to enter early-stage human clinical studies in 2007. Playing Games With Vista
Vista Thunderdome: Two dozen games enter. How many leave? In Game|Life. NCI Begins Validation Study Of New Test To Detect Early--Stage Liver C
A two-year study to validate a test to detect early-stage liver cancer has been initiated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, at six centers across the United States. This test, conceived with the assistance of NCI's Early Detection Research Network (EDRN), looks at whether a substance called des-gamma carboxyprothrombin (DCP) can identify those at risk for liver cancer. Mutant Gene Linked To Treatment-Resistant Depression
A mutant gene that starves the brain of serotonin, a mood-regulating chemical messenger, has been discovered and found to be 10 times more prevalent in depressed patients than in control subjects, report researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). CES Highlights: Tiny MP3 Players, Massive TVs and Sexy Phones
Overwhelmed by the tsunami of news coming out of CES? Don't worry: We put together this short summary of the highlights from Day 1 of the gadget-lovers' tradeshow. What The Eye Doesn't See: Birds Can Be Deceived By Camouflage In The S
The first experimental evidence that birds can be deceived by camouflage in the same way that humans are deceived, is published in Nature [3 March 2005]. UCI Neurobiologists Find Treatment To Block Memory-related Drug Cravin
A novel chemical compound that blocks memory-related drug cravings has the potential to be the basis of new therapies to aid drug-addiction recovery efforts, UC Irvine neurobiologists have found. Researchers Find New Agent Inhibits Leukemia Cell Survival
A team of researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center has discovered an entirely new mechanism of action for a novel pharmacological agent currently in clinical trials in patients -- the kinase inhibitor BAY 43-9006 -- which was designed to disrupt the survival pathways of tumor cells. Survey of Mexican Migrants, Part Two: Attitudes About Voting in Mexica
This survey, released in March 2005, reports that of the "nearly 5,000 Mexican migrants who were interviewed while applying for identity cards at Mexican consulates in the United States ... an overwhelming majority would vote in Mexican elections scheduled for next year if they had the opportunity."Includes a summary and the complete report. From the Pew Hispanic Center. Soy Isoflavone May Inhibit Common Gastrointestinal Illness In Infants
The soy isoflavone genistin -- at concentrations present in soy infant formula -- may reduce a baby's susceptibility to rotavirus infections by as much as 74 percent, according to a new study.
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