Bone
07 Sep 2007
Prosthetic Ears Fashioned for Young Son of Olympic Medallist
For the past week, 5-year-old Jorden Flowers, hands flashing through the air, has excitedly signed the words as he arrives at the University of Florida College of Dentistry: “New ears!” One of a set of fraternal twins born 10 weeks prematurely and weighing less than 3 pounds, Jorden had no…
Blood
14 Aug 2007
Drug Trialling
Drug trialling is research performed to test how well medicines work to treat certain diseases, and if they cause side effects or adverse events.
Blood
14 Aug 2007
Virtual Medical Centre: Welcome
Dr Andrew Dean welcomes you to Virtual Medical Centre.
Cancer
07 Aug 2007
Genetically Modified Skin Cells Help Fight Neuroblastoma
A new paper confirms that using the immune system to treat neuroblastoma may be a fruitful approach and describes a new way of delivering the treatment for such tumours, that would involve using a patients own genetically modified skin cells. (British Journal of Cancer, published online.) Neuroblastoma is the single…
Children's health
06 Jul 2007
World First Investigation into the Effects of Burns Trauma on the Heart
Dr Jenny Paratz, a research scientist within the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital’s Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, along with burns surgeons, intensive care doctors and cardiologists, is beginning a study into a previously underdeveloped area of burns research relating to myocardial dysfunction in patients who have suffered…
Children's health
19 Jun 2007
UT Southwestern Establishes First U.S. Morphea Registry and DNA Repository for Both Adults and Children
Dermatologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are establishing a DNA repository aimed at people with morphea, a poorly understood, incurable and sometimes disfiguring disease that causes patches of skin to thicken and harden. Once established, the facility will be the only morphea DNA repository for both adults and children in…
Children's health
18 Jun 2007
Allergy and Eczema: a New Explanation
The rising incidence of allergy and allergic diseases in the developed world might be attributable to excessive washing with harsh soaps and abrasive skin care products which strip away a protective layer of skin. Researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health/Great Ormond Street Hospital propose a new mechanism to…
Bone
13 Jun 2007
Gene for Goltz Syndrome Identified by Researchers
The gene mutation that results in Goltz syndrome, also called Focal Dermal Hypoplasia – a developmental disorder affecting skin, bone, eyes and other body systems – occurs in a gene called PORCN, which is involved in the secretion of proteins necessary for proper signalling within the cell that leads to…
Cancer
17 May 2007
Surgical Treatment of a Skin Cancer or Other Lesion
Surgical removal of skin cancer lesions is a common skin cancer treatment performed by GPs to remove cancerous growth and prevent regrowth.
