BioClinica has signed a three-year, multi-million dollar agreement for EDC technology and data management services with a global, multi-billion dollar division of a Top 10 pharmaceutical company. BioClinica has said that its…
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Knowledge about ecology of disease limits spread of infection
Common frog (Rana temporaria) populations across the UK are suffering dramatic population crashes due to infection from the emerging disease Ranavirus, reveals research published in the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) journal…
Community is the cornerstone of Aids battle
Dr Khadija Mualla, HIV/Aids Practice Leader and Regional Coordinator for Arab States, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), works tirelessly to check the epidemic in the region. However, it’s not just HIV and…
list of hospitals facing A&E and maternity closures and cutbacks
Despite pledges that the NHS would be ring-fenced from government cuts, dozens of A&E and maternity units have been earmarked for closure or mergers. Here, The Sunday Telegraph discloses the cuts made…
Tobacco consumption raises risk of death in comparison with non-smokers
Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) estimate that each pack of cigarettes really costs €107 for men and €75 for women, when premature death is taken into account. These figures…
Japanese MHLW approves CryoLife’s BioGlue Surgical Adhesive for aortic dissections
CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, today announced that its BioGlue Surgical Adhesive has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor…
Clue To Unusual Drug-Resistant Breast Cancers Found
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found how gene expression that may contribute to drug resistance is ramped up in unusual types of breast tumors. Their…
Stem Cells Repair Damaged Spinal Cord Tissue
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown how stem cells, together with other cells, repair damaged tissue in the mouse spinal cord. The results are of potential significance to the development of therapies…
Study Finds Missing Self-Injury Behavior In Youths With Eating Disorders
An alarming number of adolescents already battling eating disorders are also intentionally cutting themselves, and health-care providers may be failing to diagnose many instances of such self-injury, according to a new study…
First Structure Of A Class Of Proteins That Help Guide Blood Cell Movement Revealed: Findings May Lead To New Drugs For Cancer, Immune Disorders Aids
Researchers have determined the structure of a protein that helps guide blood-forming stem cells, or hematopoetic stem cells. The protein is also one of the main receptors used by the human immunodeficiency…
Promising Targeted Therapy For Her2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
A new type of breast cancer treatment has shown encouraging activity as a first-line therapy in HER2-positive metastatic disease, researchers reported at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology…
Study Links Large Waist Size To Higher Diabetes Rates Among Americans
A higher rate of diabetes seen among adult Americans when compared to peers in England is explained primarily by a larger waist size rather than conventional risk factors such as obesity, according…
University Of Arkansas To Host National Breast Cancer Workshop
Leading national researchers in the fight against breast cancer will convene Oct. 26-29 for the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research Workshop at the University of Arkansas. More than 70 scientists from…
Study To Determine Whether Leptin Helps Type 1 Diabetes Patients
A clinical trial at UT Southwestern Medical Center aims to determine whether adding the hormone leptin to standard insulin therapy might help rein in the tumultuous blood-sugar levels of people with type…
Synapse Biomedical Receives FDA Humanitarian Use Device Designation For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Synapse Biomedical Inc. announces that they have received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designation of the NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS)™ as a Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) for amyotrophic lateral…