Health and Medical Features

HEALTH AND MEDICAL TELEVISION NEWS FEATURES

from the CWRU-TV News Service

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GENETICALLY LOWERING CHOLESTEROL (2:24) -- Medical researchers at Case Western Reserve University have successfully used DNA therapy to lower dangerous levels of harmful LDL cholesterol in lab studies. Dr. Richard Hanson, leader of the research, says DNA could be delivered like a drug to treat a variety of human health conditions in the near future.

SOT #1: Jose Carlos Perales, CWRU genetics researcher

SOT #2: Dr. Richard Hanson, CWRU Chairman and Professor of Biochemistry

ALZHEIMER'S GENDER DIFFERENCE (1:46) -- A Case Western Reserve University study has found that elderly women with Alzheimer's Disease lose language skills more profoundly than men as the disease progresses, but that the problem goes mostly undetected because current tests do not account for differences in gender.

SOT: Danielle Ripich, CWRU Prof., Communication Sciences

BIOLOGICAL BANDAGES (2:19) -- One of the oldest weapons in the physician's arsenal is about to take a high-tech turn with the invention of the genetically engineered biological bandage. The bandage delivers genetically engineered cells to a wound site, speeding healing by stimulating natural growth-factor. The bandage will be especially useful in treating diabetics and the elderly.

SOT #1: Richard Eckert, CWRU Physiology & Biophysics

SOT #2: Irwin Schafer, CWRU Professor of Medicine

APNEA DISCOVERY (2:14) -- Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry have developed the Craniofacial Risk Index. The index uses a series of X-rays to determine when bone structure of the head and face is the cause of obstructive sleep apnea. They've also developed a simple mouthpiece that, when worn during sleep, prevents snoring and dangerous oxygen deprivation caused by obstructive sleep apnea.

SOT: Mark Hans, D.D.D., CWRU Orthodontics

LIVER CANCER VACCINE (2:08) -- Case Western Reserve medical researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that cures liver cancer in rats. This new method of tagging cancer cells so the body's immune system can attack them could lead to vaccines that will treat a variety of human cancers.

SOT #1: Man-Sun Yu, CWRU Professor of Pathology

SOT #2: Ya-Jun Go, CWRU Cancer Researcher (developed cancer vaccine)

CANCER-FIGHTING TEA LEAVES (1:41) -- Researchers at Case Western Reserve are brewing a lot of tea lately, thirsting for leads in the fight against cancer. Following a trail of data from the Far East suggesting the cancer-fighting properties of green tea, researchers have found a compound in the tea that inhibits the growth of tumors in laboratory mice.

SOT: Hasan Mukhtar, CWRU Cancer Researcher

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