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NEW TECHNIQUE SHOWS DEATH OF HEART CELLS IN HEART-ATTACK PATIENTS (P 209)
In this week's issue of THE LANCET, researchers from the Netherlands describe a new imaging technique capable of pinpointing areas of cell death in the hearts of patients who have had an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). In acute myocardial infarction, the blood supply to part of the... view more (2000-07-12)

New HIV study identifies high-risk subgroups of adolescents
A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School unveils profiles of adolescents at the greatest risk for HIV.   view more (2006-06-27)

Study links manic depression with brain tissue loss
People with bipolar disorder - or manic depression - suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found.   view more (2007-07-20)

Smoking marijuana impairs cognitive function in MS patients
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke marijuana are more likely to have emotional and memory problems.   view more (2008-02-14)

European Jeanne Loubaresse - Institut Curie Prize 2003 : Patrick Mehlen wins prize for his discovery of an original concept in apoptosis: dependence receptors
The European Jeanne Loubaresse-Institut Curie Prize for 2003 will be presented on 30 November 2004 at the Institut Curie by Professor Nicole Le Douarin, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences. The winner is Patrick Mehlen, CNRS Director of Research at the Léon-Bérard... view more (2004-12-02)

Using morphine to hasten death is a myth, says doctor
Using morphine to end a person's life is a myth, argues a senior doctor in a letter to this week's BMJ.   view more (2007-03-02)

More confusion over cellphone safety
UK CONTACT - Claire Bowles, New Scientist Press Office, London: Tel: +44(0)20 7331 2751 or email claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk Written by Duncan Graham-Rowe THE safety of cellphones has been brought into question once again by research that suggests radio waves from the devices could promote the growth... view more (2002-10-24)

Proteins are key to cell death in heart disease, stroke and degenerative conditions
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have gained deeper understanding of two members of a family of proteins called caspases that play a key role in promoting apoptosis, a process in which the cell responds to external signals by essentially committing suicide.   view more (2006-02-23)

DEATH RATE AMONG UK GULF WAR VETERANS (p17)
Armed forces personnel who served in the Gulf War report more current ill health than those who were not deployed. There has been concern expressed that they may also experience higher mortality rates. In this week's issue of The Lancet Gary J Macfarlane and colleagues report the findings of a... view more (2000-06-28)

Euthanasia does not seem to be under effective control in the Netherlands
The practice of voluntary euthanasia is not being effectively controlled in the Netherlands, suggests the evidence from research in the Journal of Medical Ethics. In the Netherlands physician-assisted death is still subject to criminal law, but has been widely practised and tolerated for well over... view more (1999-02-12)

Oxygen deprived brains repaired and saved
Scientists from Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute have found special proteins that protect the brain after it has been damaged by a lack of oxygen, which occurs in conditions such as stroke, perinatal asphyxia, near-drowning and traumatic brain injury.   view more (2006-08-25)

Mechanism identified for promising neurological drug
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have identified the mechanism by which minocycline, a medication currently being studied for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, protects brain and nerve cells from damage.   view more (2006-06-22)

Study finds 1 in 5 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from PTSD or major depression
Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan -- 300,000 in all -- report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slight more than half have sought treatment, according to a new RAND Corporation study.   view more (2008-04-18)

Which university course is healthiest?
The subject you study at university determines how healthy you will be in the future, suggests new research published in the August Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Peter McCarron and colleagues in Glasgow and Belfast followed up health records collected from male students at Glasgow... view more (2003-07-28)

SLU scientists have identified the first gene regulating programmed cell death in plant embryos
A research team at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, has succeeded in isolating a novel gene that regulates cell death in plant embryos. This is a world first. The team consists of scientists from the Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, headed by Peter Bozhkov and... view more (2004-06-01)

Drug aimed at Huntington's eases chorea, the disease's hallmark feature
A drug widely available in Europe and Canada - but not the United States - dramatically eases one of the most disabling symptoms of Huntington's disease, involuntary writhing movements known as chorea.   view more (2006-02-14)

UIC researchers evaluate lithium for pediatric bipolar disorder
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are participating in a national study to evaluate lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.   view more (2007-07-18)

South Dakota's abortion ban is a threat to women's health
In this week's BMJ, a senior doctor raises serious concerns over abortion law in the US state of South Dakota.   view more (2006-10-27)

Key study offers hope to patients with lung and joint disease
People who suffer from inflammatory conditions such as chronic diseases of the lung, joints and other organs could benefit from a new discovery by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.   view more (2006-09-05)

A Broken Stress Response System Can Contribute to Gleevec Resistance
New clues to why some kinds of leukemia are more aggressive and deadly than others are coming from research examining the types of genetic damage that allow some blood cells to grow out of control, scientists report.   view more (2006-04-21)

Science news from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
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Gene therapy completely suppresses ovarian cancer growth in animal model
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have used gene therapy to either completely abolish or significantly inhibit tumor progression in a mouse model of ovarian cancer.   view more (2006-06-05)

Inhibiting cell process may give cancer drug a boost
A molecule that interferes with the internal scaffolding that shapes the cell may kill cancer cells, retard the growth of tumors and give a boost to a common chemotherapy drug.   view more (2006-05-04)

Cancer related gene p53 not regulated as indicated by previous tissue culture research
The cellular cascade of molecular signals that instructs cells with fatally damaged DNA to self-destruct pivots on the p53 tumor suppressor gene.   view more (2005-06-28)

Honey-bee products in cancer treatment and prevention
Natural honey-bee products such as propolis, royal jelly, caffeic acid, honey and venom may have applications in cancer treatment and prevention, say Croatian researchers in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture this month.   view more (2004-12-02)
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