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Children's Hospital scientists identify possible target for prevention and treatment of pneumonia
02-11-2008 · EurekAlert!Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a key protein target that may be a crucial factor in the development of a vaccine to prevent and new therapies to treat pneumonia, the leading killer of children worldwide.
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- Study by Pittsburgh researchers identifies possible vaccine target for chlamydia
09-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a potential target for the development of a vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis, the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the world.
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- Researchers identify molecule that causes destructive lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis patients
11-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a protein that is critical to the development of inflammation during lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis. The identification of this protein, called interleukin-23, is an important finding that gives researchers a specific target for developing new therapies.
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- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell creates world-class cancer center
02-05-2008 · EurekAlert!
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has created an expanded cancer program dedicated to advancing research, prevention and treatment of the disease. The new Cancer Center is led by renowned cancer physician-scientist Dr. Andrew Dannenberg.
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- Pittsburgh scientists identify human source of stem cells with potential to repair muscle
09-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
For the first time, scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have discovered a unique population of adult stem cells derived from human muscle that could be used to treat muscle injuries and diseases such as heart attack and muscular dystrophy.
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- Scientists identify cells responsible for relapse after treatment in common childhood cancer
03-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers led by Professor Murray Norris in the Molecular Diagnostics Program at the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia used a highly sensitive technique to characterize the small population of unique leukaemia cells responsible for relapse in patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), the most common cancer in children.
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- Casting the molecular net
06-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a new computational method called NetworKIN. This method uses biological networks to better identify relationships between molecules. In a cover story featured in the June 29, 2007, edition of the journal Cell, the scientists report insights into the regulation of protein networks that will ultimately help to target human disease.
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- Scientists discover novel way to remove iron from ferritin
11-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study led by Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute senior scientist, Elizabeth Theil, PhD, is the first to suggest that a small protein or heptapeptide could be used to accelerate the removal of iron from ferritin. The results of this study may help scientists develop new medications that dramatically improve the removal of excess iron in patients diagnosed with blood diseases such as B-Thalassemia (Cooley's anemia) or sickle cell disease.
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- Alzheimer's prevention role discovered for prions
07-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer’s disease. The possible function for the mysterious proteins was discovered by a team of scientists led by Medical Research Council funded scientist Professor Nigel Hooper of the University of Leeds.
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- Model found to determine cause, possible treatment of nerve tumors
02-04-2008 · EurekAlert!
A multi-institutional study led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has led to new insights and a model to help unravel the cause of fibrous, noncancerous nerve tumors called neurofibromas, which can lead to disfigurement and in rare cases death by compressing vital organs. Writing for the February Cancer Cell, researchers said their findings also provide a way to test therapies that could eventually help patients with limited options for treating the disease -- Neurofibromatosis type 1.
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- St. Jude announces breakthrough in eye cancer treatment
11-01-2006 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated in a mouse model a new, locally applied treatment for the eye cancer retinoblastoma that not only greatly reduces the size of the tumor, but does so without causing the side effects common with standard chemotherapy.
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