Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced the Phase I clinical study assessing Inovio’s PENNVAX™-B DNA vaccine…
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Why Breast Cancer Patients Feel Pretty
blue sky scrubs are making cancer patients feel good about themselves. Through Project Blue Sky, blue sky scrubs is able to provide patients with a fashion forward way to cover the most…
New Look At Protein Recycling And The Disease Process
Ubiquitination is a key part of the process by which proteins are broken down and recycled within human cells. But understanding how ubiquitination works and its role in disease has eluded researchers…
Proposal By WHO To Eliminate AIDS In South Africa Is Flawed
In 2008, Reuben Granich and his colleagues at the World Health Organization published a paper in the medical journal The Lancet that proposed a new strategy for combating HIV in South Africa,…
Cyber-bullying causes more depression
WASHINGTON – Cyber-bullying may be even harder on the victims than physical beatings or name-calling, US researchers reported on Tuesday. And unlike traditional bullies, cyber-bullies seem to be less depressed than their…
Targeted Therapy Decreases Progression Rate In Thyroid Cancer
The drug pazopanib may help revolutionize the care of patients with metastatic, rapidly progressive differentiated thyroid cancers, say researchers at Mayo Clinic who are publishing findings of a phase II clinical trial…
Fraunhofer USA CMB Plant Produced H1N1 Vaccine Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) announced it has initiated the first human trial of plant-produced H1N1 influenza vaccine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Clinical Trials Center (WRAIR-CTC)….
Genentech Provides Update On Avastin For Advanced Breast Cancer
Genentech, Inc., a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced that information submitted by the company to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the review of…
Kids And Diabetes Risk: Do Chromosomes Hold New Clues?
Children who have a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes might be identified earlier by way of tell-tale genetic indicators known as biomarkers. Some of those new biomarkers might be pinpointed…
CytoGenix, Inc. Initiates Ferret Testing Expecting Positive Results For Avian Flu Vaccine Study
CytoGenix, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CYGX) announced that it has initiated the process of testing CytoGenix’s novel liner DNA technology on ferrets, with the expectations of a positive result, furthering the development of the…
HHS urged not to cover contraception or sterilization in health plans
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should not require coverage of contraception or sterilization in group and individual health plans as part of “preventive” services for women, said representatives of…
NIH awards grant to discover drug for alcoholism
NIH awards grant to Joydip Das to find where alcohol interacts in the brain With the ultimate goal to discover a drug that one day treats alcoholism, a University of Houston (UH)…
‘Pacemaker For Pain’ Just One Option Heralded As Drug-Free Alternative
The truth is for people suffering from chronic pain there are alternative therapies to prescription medication. Pain physicians continue to find neurostimulation an effective treatment for patients suffering with chronic pain. This…
Lack of exercise makes your face look older
We all know a lack of exercise can make us look fatter but scientists revealed today that not working out can actually make us look older too. Scientists at the University of…
Obesity epidemic simply caused by eating too much
The obesity epidemic has nothing to do with modern sedentary lifestyles and is entirely down to eating too much, a leading academic has claimed. Despite appearances, overall physical activity levels have remained…