News tagged with bladder
Examining evolution from a cellular perspective
The evolutionary processes of unicellular and multicellular organisms are continually under debate. John Torday, Ph.D., a lead investigator at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed), has recently co-authored ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Genetic code cracked for a devastating blood parasite
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have cracked the genetic code and predicted some high priority drug targets for the blood parasite Schistosoma haematobium, which is linked to bladder cancer and HIV/ AIDS and causes the insidious ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Liver parasite lacks key genes for fatty acid synthesis: Genome sequencing of Clonorchis sinensis
The human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis affects more than 35 million people in South East Asia and 15 million in China. Infection by this parasite causes clonorchiasis. Repeated or chronic infection can lead to serious diseas ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Aggressive piranhas bark to say buzz off
Thanks to Hollywood, piranhas have a bad reputation and it would be a brave scientist that chose to plunge their hand into a tank of them. But that didn't deter Sandie Millot, Pierre Vandewalle and Eric Parmentier from the ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Digital imaging software to create a 'Google Earth' view of the bladder
Bladder cancer is the fourth-most-common cancer in men and one of the most expensive cancers to treat from diagnosis to death. After initial diagnosis and surgery, patients must return to the urologist at ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Genetic variation cuts bladder cancer risk, protects chromosome tips
A common genetic variation links to both bladder cancer risk and to the length of protective caps found on the ends of chromosomes, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported today at the AACR ...
Apr 02, 2011 |
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Social class makes no difference to water contamination risk
Wealthy, well educated people who choose to drink bottled water rather than water from public supplies may be no less exposed to potentially cancer-causing water contaminants, according to new research published in BioMed ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Mechanism for repairing bladder infection damage identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- The bladder is a supple, muscular organ with a well-defined task: Store urine and release it at an appropriate time. Unlike its workhorse neighbor, the intestine, it doesn’t need a lot of fussy cell ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Full bladder, better decisions? Controlling your bladder decreases impulsive choices
What should you do when you really, REALLY have to "go"? Make important life decisions, maybe. Controlling your bladder makes you better at controlling yourself when making decisions about your future, too, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Blood test may find markers of bladder cancer risk
Knowing that it is impossible to catalog all the carcinogenic exposures a person has had in life and then assess them, Brown University researcher Carmen Marsit is looking for a more precise way to predict individual susceptibility ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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New treatment to reduce the relapse rate in bladder cancer patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major bladder cancer trial, funded by Cancer Research UK, has shown that adding two commonly used chemotherapy drugs to traditional radiotherapy can reduce the chance of a patient's tumour coming back by ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Antibiotic slow growth of bladder, breast cancer cells
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that nitroxoline, an antibiotic commonly used around the world to treat urinary tract infections, can slow or stop the growth of human breast ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Gene test shows which bladder cancer patients may have cancer spread
Cancer scientists have designed the first molecular test to predict which bladder cancer patients may have cancer involvement in their lymph nodes at the time of surgery—which could help doctors determine which patients ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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A new approach to bladder-disease treatment
A bladder disease called interstitial cystitis affects at least a half-million people in the United States, mostly women, with perhaps an equal number undiagnosed. At present, there are no good options for ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Discovery: Some frogs eliminate foreign objects via their bladders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three species of Australian frogs have been found to be able to move transmitters implanted in them to their bladders for elimination. This process appears to be a unique way of eliminating ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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