Unigene Laboratories, Inc. announced today that Novartis has released information on the first of two studies on oral calcitonin for the treatment of osteoarthritis conducted by its license partner Nordic Bioscience. The…
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Celtic receives US patent for methods to treat breast, colon cancer
Celtic Pharmaceutical Holdings L.P. (“Celtic Pharma”) today announced that the U.S. Patent Office has issued U.S. patent 7,816,323, for novel methods to treat breast and colon cancers using a combination therapy of…
New strain of swine flu emerges
The H1N1 swine flu virus may be starting to mutate, and a slightly new form has begun to predominate in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, researchers reported on Thursday. More study is…
Mammogram was painless and took just 10 minutes
On the way to the hospital to have my first mammogram, I was feeling a bit nervous. Some women say that the procedure is painful and uncomfortable; needless to say I wasn’t…
Prostate Cancer Patients Are At Increased Risk Of Precancerous Colon Polyps
Men with prostate cancer should be especially diligent about having routine screening colonoscopies, results of a new study by gastroenterologists at the University at Buffalo indicate. Their findings show that persons diagnosed…
Brain Might Be Key To Leptin’s Actions Against Type 1 Diabetes
New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggest a novel role for the brain in mediating beneficial actions of the hormone leptin in type 1 diabetes. “Our findings really pave the…
Alcohol Increases Reaction Time And Errors During Decision Making
There has been an abundance of research on the effects of alcohol on the brain, but many questions regarding how alcohol impairs the built-in control systems are still unknown. A new study…
New Theory Links Depression To Chronic Brain Inflammation
Chronic depression is an adaptive, reparative neurobiological process gone wrong, say two University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers, positing in a new theory that the debilitating mental state originates…
Americord Registry Becomes First Cord Blood Bank To Offer Placenta Preservation, Advancing Cord Blood Stem Cell Therapy Options
Americord Registry announced its breakthrough placenta stem cell preservation process, the first of its kind, as a new and significantly more effective alternative to private cord blood stem cell banking. The new…
Type 1 Gaucher Disease: Cheaper, More Effective Treatment Possible
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that new disease pathways involving more than one cell type leads to Type 1 Gaucher disease, a rare genetic disorder in which fatty substances…
Gene Activity In The Brain Depends On Genetic Background
Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have found that the same genes have different activity patterns in the brain in individuals with different genetic backgrounds. These findings may help to…
Can We Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier?
One key problem with treating people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the fact that it is often very difficult to detect the disease when it is in the early stages of progression….
Novel Regulatory Process For T Cells May Help Explain Immune System Diseases
A newly identified regulatory process affecting the biology of immune system T cells should give scientists new approaches to explore the causes of autoimmunity and immune deficiency diseases. In findings posted online…
In Patients With Gum Disease, Osteoporosis Drug Builds Bone
A drug marketed to grow bone in osteoporosis patients also works to heal bone wounds in gum disease patients, a University of Michigan study suggests. “This new approach for the treatment of…
First Direct Evidence That Response To Alcohol Depends On Genes
Many studies have suggested that genetic differences make some individuals more susceptible to the addictive effects of alcohol and other drugs. Now scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National…