Degenerative disease disabling Powell River Peak Wed, 11 Apr 2007 8:02 PM PDT CHARTING A DISEASE: The course of multiple sclerosis is often difficult to predict, but the United States Multiple Schlerosis Society identified four subtypes in the mid-'90s.

Jefferson Immunology Researchers Show Blood-brain Barrier Damage Could Affect MS Severity Medical News Today Wed, 11 Apr 2007 2:04 PM PDT Immunology researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson studying a multiple sclerosis (MS)-like disease in mice have shown that the amount of "damage" to the central nervous system's protective blood-brain barrier - in essence, opening it - almost always correlates to the severity of the disease. [click link for full article]

A Preliminary Study Shows Stem Cells Fight Diabetes US News & World Report Thu, 12 Apr 2007 7:11 AM PDT Adult stem cells transplanted into people with type 1-diabetes show potential as a treatment, according to a preliminary study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "It's a very promising step forward, but I would never use the word cure," says Richard Burt, the director of the department of immunotherapy at Northwestern University and one of the study's authors.

Child Dies, But Organs Save Two Others In Miami CBS 4 Miami Wed, 11 Apr 2007 8:41 PM PDT The death of a nine-year-old boy who died from cerebral palsy has given hope to two other children, with miracles made by the doctors at Jackson Children's Hospital.

Stem Cells May Reverse Diabetes RedNova Thu, 12 Apr 2007 4:00 AM PDT By Karen Kaplan Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the progression of Type-1 diabetes can be halted -- and possibly reversed -- by a stem-cell transplant that preserves the body's diminishing ability to make insulin, according to a study published today.

Leading Lawmakers From Both Parties Working To Reach Agreement On Legislation That Would Permit FDA Approval Of Generic ... Medical News Today Thu, 12 Apr 2007 2:04 AM PDT Democratic and Republican congressional leaders "are working feverishly on legislation that could give consumers access to lower-cost copies of biotechnology drugs that now cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year," the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 4/8). Companion bills (HR 1038 and S 623) introduced earlier this year by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Sens. [click ...

Diabetes Patients' Own Stem Cells Put Insulin Shots Aside RedNova Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:00 PM PDT By Lindsey Tanner CHICAGO - Could their own stem cells allow people with Type 1 diabetes to live without daily insulin shots? A small but promising experiment in Brazil suggests the answer someday might be yes.

Home health-care worker hearing continued Delaware County Times Thu, 12 Apr 2007 0:03 AM PDT UPPER DARBY -- The preliminary hearing for the Darby woman accused of stealing the identity of an ailing woman in her care was continued in district court until May 2 because the defendant did not have an attorney. Antoinette "Tony" Colclough, 43, aka Antoinette Ross and Antoinette Johnson, of the 100 block of Spring Valley Road, has been jailed since mid-February for allegedly racking up an ...

New Role For Sugars: Research Shows Connections Between Sugar Modifications In Cells And Cancer
Medical News Today Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:04 PM PDT
In a ground-breaking study published in the top journal, Cell, Dr. James Dennis, senior investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, has discovered a new role for sugars on proteins.Every cell in the human body is controlled by signaling networks that are responsive to external stimuli. The stimuli are received by protein receptors on the cell surface. [click ...