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Drug helps against certain breast cancers

Home / News / March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11 / Drug helps against certain breast cancers

In some patients, the drug trastuzumab, also called Herceptin, slows breast cancer that has spread to other organs. (p. 167)

Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11
Found in: Biomedicine
Narcoleptic dogs still have their day

Home / News / March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11 / Narcoleptic dogs still have their day

Evidence from studies with dachshunds and poodles is suggesting that these small breeds may serve as better models than larger dogs, such as Labrador retrievers, for the more genetically complex narcolepsy in people. (p. 166)

Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11
Found in: Biomedicine
Cancer cells have a ticket to ride

Home / News / March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11 / Cancer cells have a ticket to ride

Cancer cells may spread using the same system that immune system cells use to move through the body. (p. 175)

Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11
Found in: Biomedicine
Gene links eyelids and early menopause

Home / News / March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11 / Gene links eyelids and early menopause

A gene that orchestrates ovary and eyelid development may be the key to early-onset menopause. (p. 175)

Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11
Found in: Biomedicine
New drug to treat blood poisoning

Home / News / March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10 / New drug to treat blood poisoning

For the first time, a drug has reduced deaths from severe sepsis, a life-threatening immune reaction occurring in 750,000 people in the United States each year. (p. 155)

Published: March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10
Found in: Biomedicine
Less morphine may be more

Home / News / March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10 / Less morphine may be more

In mice, very low doses of morphine combined with even lower doses of a drug that usually blocks morphine's effect can give greater pain relief than higher doses of morphine alone. (p. 155)

Published: March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10
Found in: Biomedicine
Two genes tied to common birth defect

Home / News / March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10 / Two genes tied to common birth defect

Researchers report that defects in either of two specific genes may be responsible for DiGeorge syndrome, the second most common cause of congenital heart defects in newborns. (p. 151)

Published: March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10
Found in: Biomedicine
Sedentary Off-hours Link to Alzheimer's

Home / News / March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10 / Sedentary Off-hours Link to Alzheimer's

People who have Alzheimer's disease in old age were generally less active physically and intellectually between the ages of 20 and 60 than were people who don't have the disease. (p. 148)

Published: March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10
Found in: Biomedicine
Mice reveal new, severe form of allergy

Home / News / Mice reveal new, severe form of allergy

Researchers studying an induced condition in mice akin to multiple sclerosis have stumbled across a situation in which mice suffered a severe allergic reaction to injected protein fragments that mimic one their own proteins.

Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2001
Found in: Biomedicine
Fat harbors cells that could aid joints

Home / News / March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9 / Fat harbors cells that could aid joints

Researchers have found a way to trick fat into generating cartilage. (p. 134)

Published: March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9
Found in: Biomedicine
Vaccine may prevent some cervical cancers

Home / News / March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9 / Vaccine may prevent some cervical cancers

A new vaccine spurs people to produce a strong immune response against human papillomavirus, a virus that can infect both men and women and causes cervical cancer in women. (p. 132)

Published: March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9
Found in: Biomedicine
AIDS-treatment guidelines revised

Home / News / February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8 / AIDS-treatment guidelines revised

A panel of scientists has changed the guidelines for prescribing medication for HIV-infected patients, considerably lowering the suggested T-cell-count and HIV-copy thresholds. (p. 127)

Published: February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8
Found in: Biomedicine
AIDS drug performs well in early test

Home / News / February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8 / AIDS drug performs well in early test

A new drug called T-1249, which keeps the AIDS virus from fusing with immune cells, proves largely safe in people. (p. 127)

Published: February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8
Found in: Biomedicine
Some HIV patients getting transplants

Home / News / February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8 / Some HIV patients getting transplants

Organ transplants succeed in some HIV-infected people, spurring further research into this practice. (p. 127)

Published: February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8
Found in: Biomedicine
Anti-HIV mutation poses hepatitis risk

Home / News / February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8 / Anti-HIV mutation poses hepatitis risk

A genetic mutation that protects people from AIDS may also make them susceptible to hepatitis C. (p. 127)

Published: February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8
Found in: Biomedicine

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