Resistance mutation found for Gleevec
Higher doses may save some patients -- are multipronged therapies next?
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Combined kidney and bone marrow transplantation allows patients to discontinue anti-rejection drugs
Researcher reports progress of clinical trial to International Transplantation Society
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Scientists discover chemical switch that determines muscle fiber type
Might some day enable physicians to give weakened patients a drug to build up muscular endurance without exercise
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Medical student engineers protein to dissolve blood clots
Research has implications for treatment of strokes and heart attacks
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How the brain keeps extra calories from becoming extra pounds
Key is turning calories into heat instead of fat
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Diabetes treatment linked to increased blood pressure
In animal studies, drugs under development caused increased heart rate and elevated blood pressure
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Early administration of clot-buster drug may improve outcome for heart attack patients
Drug should be given in ambulance, researcher says
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Maternal bone lead levels pose toxic prenatal risk
Fetal exposure, not just childhood environment, associated with infant mental impairment
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Statistical work helps calm worries about anti-AIDS drugs and pregnancy
Drug cocktails for HIV-1 infection do not appear to increase risk of premature delivery, low birth weight
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Researchers identify protein linked to tumor invasion
Could provide scientists with promising new target for drug development
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Investigators discover method to stimulate brain rewiring after stroke
Substance helps stroke-impaired rats "rewire" their brains
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Six new breast cancer-susceptibility genes found
Error in genes can increase individual's chances of developing breast cancer
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One in five women iron deficient, many children also at risk
Iron deficiency anemia affects as many as 600-million people worldwide
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Imaging test may detect gene for genetic cardiac disease
New tissue imaging test may allow for earlier diagnosis
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Researchers use therapeutic cloning to create functional tissue in cows
Cloned cells organize into muscle, heart and kidney tissue; animals show no rejection
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Researchers uncover remaining critical insulin gene regulatory factor
Discovery opens up new research avenues for developing insulin-producing cells to treat diabetes
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New molecular model increases longevity and could allow you to eat cake, too
Life extension seen from calorie restriction can be gained other ways
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Endostatin shows no toxicity and some clinical activity in latest report on phase I trial
Shrunk tumors in two of 28 advanced cancer patients
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Old-line antibiotic seen to save neurons
Findings may be applied to stroke, neurodegenerative disease
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Staying healthy amidst bacterial “Overkill”
Public Health professor presents practical guide to living with germs
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New radio wave treatment corrects back disorders
Offers alternative to drugs, open-spine surgery
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Harvard researchers take aim at asthma
Examine Boston housing projects for clues to battle epidemic
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Heart attack patients may benefit from drinking tea
44 percent lower death rate reported for heavy tea drinkers
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Peripheral ‘Swatch’ watches are powerful force in modulating body’s circadian rhythms
Discovery that clocks in organs use different genes could affect circadian medicine
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