Researchers Show Ustekinumab For Psoriasis Is Effective

Research published in two articles in this week's The Lancethas demonstrated that moderate-to-severe psoriasis can be effectivelytreated with the drug ustekinumab. In these PHOENIX trials, the authorshave also shown that treatment every 12 weeks maintains efficacy inmost people.

Reducing Global Demand For Food And Fuel By Reducing Obesity

A Correspondence letter published in The Lancetcalls attention to the relationship between transportation and food.Dr. Phil Edwards and Dr.

An Analysis Of Diversity Initiatives In Medical Schools In The UK

In order to succeed in medicine, top scores in preparative classes arenot always necessary, according the authors of a paper released on May16, 2008 in BMJ.

Lasers To Align Molecules At Argonne

Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron x-ray diffraction.Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have devised a way to eliminate the need for crystallization by using lasers to align large groups of molecules.

Multiple Ancient Origins Of Neoteny In Lycidae Coleoptera : Consequences For Ecology And Macroevolution

Trilobite larvae are spectacular, primitive looking insects, recognised as the females of particular net-winged beetles (Lycidae). They are neotenics (= remaining young) which do not pupate and remain obligatory larviform when sexually mature.

Searching For Candidate Speciation Genes Using A Proteomic Approach: Seminal Proteins In Field Crickets

For decades, evolutionary biologists have sought to discern the types of genetic changes that lead to the creation of new species. To date, very few "speciation genes" have been identified. These "speciation genes" help to create and preserve species boundaries by preventing the production of hybrids.

Spotlight On A Key Player In The Dance Of Chromosomes

Cell division is essential to life, but the mechanism by which emerging daughter cells organize and divvy up their genetic endowments is little understood. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and Columbia University report on how a key motor protein orchestrates chromosome movements at a critical stage of cell division.

Cardiovascular Researchers Use MEDIHONEY TM On Sternal Infections Following Open-Heart Procedures

Derma Sciences (OTC Bulletin Board: DSCI), a provider of advanced wound care products, announced that a group of cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons from the University of Wurzburg, Germany, have used MEDIHONEY(TM) dressings to successfully treat 8 patients with deep sternal wound infections (DSWI), a condition that sometimes arises after open-heart surgeries.

Adding Breast Ultrasound Screening To Mammography Reveals Cancers Not Seen On Mammography Alone In Women At Increased Risk For Breast Cancer

In women at increased risk for breast cancer, adding a screening ultrasound examination to routine mammography revealed 28 percent more cancers than mammography alone.

SPIRIT III Results Reaffirm Strong Performance Of Boston Scientific PROMUS TM And TAXUS R Express R Stents

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) welcomed two-year results from the SPIRIT III clinical trial, which continue to reaffirm the proven long-term safety and efficacy of the market-leading TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System and reinforce the growing body of.