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New Invention Aims To Boost Confidence Of Eye Loss Victims
Date: Apr-10-2013Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have created an artificial eye with a cosmetic pupil that can dilate and contract in response to light. Using smart materials, the prototype aims to solve the longstanding problem of eye loss victims having two different sized pupils at night or in bright sunshine. Although artificial eyes today often appear lifelike, none on the open market feature a pupil which can change in size like a real eye. The intention is to increase confidence in people who use prosthetic eyes by making their artificial eye as lifelike as possible...
Bavarian Nordic Agrees On Interim Analysis With The FDA And Provides An Update On Its PROSPECT Phase 3 Trial
Date: Apr-10-2013Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) have announced that the Company plans to conduct an interim analysis of the on-going PROSPECT Phase 3 trial of PROSTVAC® in prostate cancer patients with metastatic disease. The updated statistical analysis plan for the trial, which was recently accepted by the FDA, now includes pre-specified interim analyses of data that will be performed to evaluate whether the trial should continue as planned or potentially be stopped early for efficacy...
Surprising Discovery Important For The Understanding Of Vascular Stenosis And For Technical Spinning Processes
Date: Apr-10-2013When small particles flow through thin capillaries, they display an unusual orientation behaviour. This has recently been discovered by a research team led by Prof. Stephan Forster and Prof. Walter Zimmermann (University of Bayreuth, Germany) at the X-ray sources DORIS III and PETRA III of the research centre DESY in Hamburg, Germany. The discovery is of major importance for spinning processes designed for the production of synthetic fibres, and for the understanding of vascular stenosis...
Shedding Light On Gout: Repair Of Protein Pump Possible
Date: Apr-10-2013Johns Hopkins scientists have found out how a gout-linked genetic mutation contributes to the disease: by causing a breakdown in a cellular pump that clears an acidic waste product from the bloodstream. By comparing this protein pump to a related protein involved in cystic fibrosis, the researchers also identified a compound that partially repairs the pump in laboratory tests. The mutation in question, known as Q141K, results from the simple exchange of one amino acid for another, but it prevents the protein ABCG2 from pumping uric acid waste out of the bloodstream and into urine...
Fly Mutation Offers Clues To Potential Treatment For Motor Neuron Diseases Such As Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Date: Apr-10-2013A team of researchers, led by Marc Freeman, PhD, an early career scientist with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and associate professor of neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have discovered a gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster that, when mutant, blocks the self-destruction of damaged axons, which could hold clues to treating motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...
59% Increased Risk Of Miscarriage For Women Living Under Rocket Fire
Date: Apr-10-2013Several studies have examined the impact of stress on a pregnancy - both chronic stress, such as workload, and acute stress associated with traumatic events like the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They conclude that stress can lead to adverse birth outcomes, including miscarriage and premature birth. Few studies, however, assess the impact of continuous military or political stress throughout a pregnancy, says Prof...
Risk Posed By Lung Nodules Identified And Stratified By New Software
Date: Apr-10-2013A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Mayo Clinic has developed a new software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a common type of cancerous nodule in the lungs. Results from a pilot study of the computer-aided nodule assessment and risk yield (CANARY) are published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. "Pulmonary adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer and early detection using traditional computed tomography (CT) scans can lead to a better prognosis," says Tobias Peikert, M.D., a Mayo Clinic pulmonologist and senior author of the study...
TBI Increases Odds For Depression, Behavior Impulsivity, PTSD In Patients With Nonepileptic Seizures
Date: Apr-10-2013A new study by a Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that traumatic brain injury (TBI) can significantly increase the odds of having major depression, personality impulsivity and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). The paper, by W. Curt LaFrance Jr., M.D., M.P.H., director of neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology, is published online in advance of print in the journal Epilepsia. "Some patients who sustain a TBI develop seizures," LaFrance said...
Our Experience Of Acute Or Short-Term Stress Is Shaped By How We Interpret Physical Cues
Date: Apr-10-2013Fear of public speaking tops death and spiders as the nation's number one phobia. But new research shows that learning to rethink the way we view our shaky hands, pounding heart, and sweaty palms can help people perform better both mentally and physically. Before a stressful speaking task, simply encouraging people to reframe the meaning of these signs of stress as natural and helpful was a surprisingly effective way of handling stage fright, found the study published online in Clinical Psychological Science...
Complications In Diabetes Treatment Can Be Avoided When Patients Cooperate With Their Doctor
Date: Apr-10-2013Patients who cooperate with their general practitioner and set personal goals for treatment while receiving continuous feedback from their doctor can reduce their risk of complications by up to 20 percent. This is one of the research results of a Danish study just published, "Diabetes care in general Practice". "It is irrational to treat everybody the same way...
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