Gene therapy halts brain disease Nov 6, 2009
Its development has suffered a number of setbacks, including the death 10 years ago of an American teenager in one experiment and two cases of leukemia in boys treated for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in 2002 ... A study published in October showed success with gene therapy in a type of inherited blindness call Leber congenital amaurosis and in January a follow-up study of SCID children concluded that eight of 10 treated seemed to be cured. (MSNBC -- Health)
SCID Kids Leading Healthy, Normal Lives 25 Years After 'Bubble Boy' Oct 14, 2009
SCID Kids Leading Healthy, Normal Lives 25 Years After 'Bubble Boy ... SCID Kids Leading Healthy, Normal Lives 25 Years After 'Bubble Boy ... David was born with severe combined immune deficiency, or SCID, a condition that robbed him of an immune system. (Science Daily)
Nigeria: B-I-Z-a-R-R-E!! Church Where People Strip Naked Sep 8, 2009
However, the bubble there, here the bubble burst recently after a Pastor in the church, Friday Oforegbu, could no longer withstand the excruciating pains of 17 strokes of the armoured cable and peppery substance rubbed on his body that he had to ran to the X-Squad at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, for refuge. Sources said Pastor Oforegbu's grievances was further aggravated after his wife, Jocintha, was assigned to one brother Paul, which meant he could no longer... (allAfrica.com)
If Bipolar Disorder Is Over-diagnosed, What Are The Actual Diagnoses? Jul 30, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 29, 2009) A year ago, a study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers reported that fewer than half the patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received an actual diagnosis of bipolar disorder after using a comprehensive, psychiatric diagnostic interview tool --the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) ... Under the direction of lead author Mark Zimmerman, MD, director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital, the researchers'... (Science Daily)
Nigeria: Sectarian Violence Under Control, Says President Jul 29, 2009
Said he: "We have heightened the level of security and have also fully mobilised the divisions, Area Commands, the Criminal Investigative Bureau (CIB) and the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Departments of the Command". Even though he noted that the on-going crisis was not ethnic or religious, he said close surveillance would be concentrated on volatile areas such as Ajegunle, Idi-Araba, Mile 12, Obalende, Ijora and others. (allAfrica.com)
A simpler definition for major depressive disorder Jul 24, 2009
Using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID), the researchers conducted a study of more than 2,500 patients. The patient population consisted of 1,100 psychiatric outpatients, 210 pathological gamblers who presented for treatment and 1,200 candidates for bariatric surgery. (EurekAlert!)
Michael First: Computing Chemistry, Then Psychiatry Jun 16, 2009
He's the lead author of the questionnaire used by researchers to probe psychiatric symptoms, known as the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID) for (aka the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, used to classify mental illnesses). Just as First's old computer program took an input of a chemical name and analyzed the parts to produce a structure, SCID "the most widely used psychiatric research diagnostic interview," Spitzer says helps use the available data to reach a diagnosis. (Scientific American)
Making Gene Therapy Safer Using Self-inactivating LTRs Apr 3, 2009
10, 2008) Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), sometimes called 'Boy in the bubble syndrome', is a genetic disorder in which the patient lacks most types of immune cell. Almost 10 years ago, two. (Science Daily)
Boy In The Bubble Remembered For Remarkable Legacy Feb 24, 2009
David had severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID, an inherited condition in which someone lacks the white blood cells that fight infection. It afflicts 40 to 50 babies born every year in the United States and is fatal within a year or two without treatment. (KWTX.com, TX)
Restoring Function Of A Mutant Gene Without Altering DNA Might Be Possible Feb 13, 2009
18, 2008) Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is an inherited disease sometimes known as "boy in the bubble syndrome," because the patient lacks one or more type of immune cell, making them very. . (Science Daily)
Validation of the Finnish version of the SCOFF questionnaire among young adults aged 20 to 35 years. Feb 8, 2009
All screen positives and a random sample of screen negatives were invited to SCID interview. Altogether 541 subjects participated in the SCID interview and had filled in the SCOFF questionnaire. (BioMed Central)
