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UT Southwestern participating in nationwide study on leading cause of vision loss for seniors

UT Southwestern Medical Center is participating in a nationwide study investigating whether modified combinations of vitamins, minerals and fish oil products can slow the progression of vision loss from age-related macular degeneration.

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1. UT Southwestern participating in nationwide study on leading cause of vision loss for seniors
   10-24-2006 · UT Southwestern Medical Center
   UT Southwestern Medical Center is participating in a nationwide study investigating whether modified combinations of vitamins, minerals and fish oil products can slow the progression of vision loss from age-related macular degeneration.
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2. New Nationwide Study Will Evaluate Effect Of Antioxidants And Fish Oil On Progression Of AMD
   10-12-2006 · ScienceDaily
   The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a nationwide study to see if a modified combination of vitamins, minerals, and fish oil can further slow the progression of vision loss from AMD, the leading cause of vision loss in the United States for people over age 60.
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3. 'Twinkle' eye test could improve AMD diagnosis
   10-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Scientists at UCL have developed a more reliable test for detecting vision loss in people with age-related macular disease, the leading cause of blindness in the UK and US. The method, which centers on a visual illusion, could lead to earlier self-diagnosis of sight deterioration -- encouraging patients to access medical assistance earlier on and potentially delay loss of vision.
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4. Immune cell age plays role in retinal damage in age-related macular degeneration
   11-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Studying a mouse model of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in older Americans, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found age is key in determining whether damaging blood vessels will form beneath the retina and contribute to vision loss.
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5. Therapeutic peptide frees the protein p73 to kill tumor cells
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   p53 suppresses tumor development by inducing tumor cell death. However, targeting p53 for the treatment of cancer is confounded by the fact that genetic mutations cause loss or inactivation of p53 in approximately 50 percent of human cancers. Now, a new study indicates that targeting the p53-related protein p73 in mice induces the regression of established tumors of human origin, leading to the suggestion that p73 might be a viable target for developing anticancer therapeutics.
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6. New nationwide study will evaluate effect of antioxidants and fish oil on progression of AMD
   10-12-2006 · EurekAlert!
   This new study, called the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2), will build upon results from the earlier Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). The original study results were released five years ago today. The study found that high-dose antioxidant vitamins and minerals (vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, zinc and copper), taken by mouth, reduced the risk of progression to advanced AMD by 25 percent, and the risk of moderate vision loss by 19 percent.
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7. U-M study offers new perspective on nitric oxide signaling in rheumatoid arthritis
   10-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have found evidence that challenges current thinking about the cause of rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that damages joints, causes pain, loss of movement and bone deformities in 2.1 million Americans
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   02-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
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9. Low vitamin D during pregnancy linked to pre-eclampsia
   09-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
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    Mutant forms of the protein EGFR are involved in lung cancer development in many individuals, but not all individuals express the same mutant EGFR. A new study shows that both a mouse EGFR-specific antibody (mAb806) and its humanized form (ch806) cause lung tumor regression in two mouse models of lung cancer, leading to the suggestion that ch806 might provide a new approach to treat patients with lung cancer driven by mutant forms of EGFR.
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