New discovery to aid in diagnosis and...
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Boston – Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (kidney disease), which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.   

Boston – Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (kidney disease), which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.   

A trio of genome-wide studies – collectively the largest to date – has pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia.   

Previously, only a few genes had been associated with the formation of metastases in colorectal cancer.   

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that damage to nerve cells in people with multiple sclerosis accumulates because the body's natural mechanism for repair of the nerve coating called "myelin" stalls out.  

Researchers at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center are injecting a modified herpes virus into melanoma tumors, hoping to kill the cancer cells while also bolstering the body's immune defenses against the disease.  

Santa Barbara, Calif. –– Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Scientists say the discovery may lead to new drugs for the disease.  

A team of Penn State scientists has shed light on the processes that lead to certain human DNA mutations that are implicated in hundreds of inherited diseases such as tuberous sclerosis and neurofibromatosis type 1.   

A joint research group of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Turku, led by Professor Johanna Ivaska, has discovered a mechanism lung cancer cells use when spreading into the body to form metastases.   

Parents of special-needs child focus...
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Truman Cambra was only 3 weeks old when he woke up one morning with breathing difficulties.  

Truman Cambra was only 3 weeks old when he woke up one morning with breathing difficulties.  

Lehigh Acres resident Cindy Steever-Ziegler can't do anything by herself anymore.   

Starting today, a very special benefit run will begin near the Alabama-Georgia border and will eventually cross Lawrence County.  

Randy Mott would love to hear from you.  

Dan Pifer was on the waiting list for a kidney transplant when he faced a startling realization: About half of patients age 60 and older on that list will die before a deceased donor’s organ becomes available.  

Nick Vujicic is a true athlete. He plays football, he swims, he surfs and plays golf - all without the use of arms or legs.  

ANDERSON — Tears still form on Mary Ann Manley’s face, and the faces of her husband and daughters, when she talks about an experience she had six months ago. It was the middle of the night, and she needed to get up.  

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- A young Minnesota boy is one of only about 300 people in the world with a rare disease that leaves him paralyzed, sometimes for days.