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Researchers Advance Fight Against Leading Infectious Cause Of Congenital Birth Defects
Date: Mar-15-2013La Jolla Institute and Cardiff University Discovery Aids Efforts Toward Cytomegalovirus Vaccine A virus most people probably have never heard of, but that the majority of us carry, is the No. 1 infectious cause of congenital birth defects in the U.S. today. Because of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during in utero development, 1 in 750 children are born with or develop permanent disabilities such as hearing loss or brain damage. But efforts to develop a first-ever CMV vaccine are gaining ground...
Lower Incidence Of Genital Warts In Young Girls
Date: Mar-15-2013The incidence of genital warts, or condylomata, declined by 93 per cent in girls given the HPV vaccine before the age of 14, according to a Swedish national registry study. The study was carried out by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Using a selection of population-based registries, the researchers at Karolinska Institutet studied 124,000 girls and women in Sweden between 10 and 44 years old who had received the HPV vaccine against condyloma and cervical cancer at some time between 2006 and 2010...
Structured Weight Loss Program Helps Kids From Low-Income Families Lower BMI
Date: Mar-15-2013According to New Study in Academic Pediatrics Overweight and obese children in low-income households can meet or exceed the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity when given access to a structured weight management program, according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics...
Weight Loss May Prevent, Treat Osteoarthritis In Obese Patients
Date: Mar-15-2013Obesity may trigger biomechanical changes, pathways that contribute to osteoarthritis Weight loss may prevent and significantly alleviate the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a progressive disease of the joints known as "wear and tear" arthritis, according to a literature review appearing in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). According to the article, obesity actually may trigger the biomechanical and inflammatory changes that cause osteoarthritis, and the pain and loss of mobility associated with the condition...
New Therapeutic Opportunities For Rare Diabetes
Date: Mar-15-2013Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have determined the complete three-dimensional structure of a protein called HNF-4α. HNF-4α controls gene expression in the liver and pancreas, switching genes on or off as needed. People with mature onset diabetes of the young (MODY1), a rare form of the disease, have inherited mutations in the HNF-4α protein. This first-ever look at HNF-4α's full structure, published March 13 in Nature, uncovers new information about how it functions...
Hyper And Micro-Gravity Affect Processes Involved In Reproduction, Brain Diseases And Cancer
Date: Mar-15-2013University of Montreal researchers found that changes in gravity affect the reproductive process in plants. Gravity modulates traffic on the intracellular "highways" that ensure the growth and functionality of the male reproductive organ in plants, the pollen tube. "Just like during human reproduction, the sperm cells in plants are delivered to the egg by a cylindrical tool...
People Rate Overheard Phone Calls More Likely To Distract Than Other Background Conversations
Date: Mar-15-2013A one-sided cellphone conversation in the background is likely to be much more distracting than overhearing a conversation between two people, according to research published March 13 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Veronica Galvan and colleagues from the University of San Diego. The authors studied the effects of overhearing either one side of a cell phone call or a chat between two people on the attention and memory of people who overheard these conversations. Participants in the study were asked to complete a task involving anagrams...
Certain Cognitive Skills May Be Enhanced By Video Game 'Exercise' On Tasks That Use Similar Mental Processes
Date: Mar-15-2013Playing video games for an hour each day can improve subsequent performance on cognitive tasks that use similar mental processes to those involved in the game, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Adam Chie-Ming Oei and Michael Donald Patterson of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Non-gamer participants played five different games on their smartphones for an hour a day, five days of the week for one month. Each participant was assigned one game...
Blocking Immune Response May Enhance Viral Therapy Against Solid Tumors
Date: Mar-15-2013Following several years of study, investigators have found more evidence that viral therapy to treat solid tumors can be enhanced by blocking the body's natural immune response. Oncolytic viruses have shown promise as anticancer agents, with variations of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) among the most commonly used. However, many studies have shown that the effectiveness of viral therapy to eradicate tumors has not been as successful with patients as it has been in the lab...
Texting Whilst Driving Is As Dangerous As Being Twice Over The Limit
Date: Mar-15-2013Scientists from various Australian universities in collaboration with the University of Barcelona have compared the effects of mobile use while driving with the effects of alcohol using a simulation. Their experiment demonstrates that using a handsfree kit or sending text messages is the same as being above the legal alcohol limit...
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