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March 3, 2010 |
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Ted Johnson, MD, MPH |
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Listen to Sound Science as geriatrician Ted Johnson, MD, MPH, describes the differences in the way individuals age. Markers of inflammation may help explain why some aging individuals develop weakness and some don't, and how frailty often leads to falls. Read and listen... |
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
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Discovering the Origins of Deadly Aneurysms |
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Galectin 8 attacks E. coli that display blood-type molecules |
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Galectins Cover Immune Blind Spot |
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Reversing Resistance to Breast Cancer Drugs
Breast cancer patients testing positive for the protein HER2 usually respond very well to the drug Herceptin. About 10 percent of patients, however, are initially resistant to Herceptin, and almost all become resistant if cancers metastasize. An investigational drug seems to help resensitize cancer cells to Herceptin. Read more... |
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Herceptin monoclonal antibody |
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A cluster of HIV in downtown Atlanta includes 60 percent of the four-county metro area's HIV cases. Researchers found a prevalence rate of 1.34 percent in the concentrated area, which fits the WHO description of a "generalized epidemic" (over 1 percent). Read more...
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