W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced the first clinical uses of the GORE® C3 Delivery System to deploy the GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis as a minimally invasive treatment for patients…
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Abu Dhabi diabetes treatment centre accredited
Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC) has received its second accolade for superior healthcare in less than a year. The Centre, established by Mubadala Healthcare in 2006 as part of its strategy…
ADFCA to sponsor food inspection diploma courses
Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority signed an agreement with the Higher Colleges of Technology to institute a diploma programme in food inspections targeting students from the Western Region. The programme will be…
Cases of asthma in children are down since smoking ban
The number of children being hospitalised by asthma in Scotland has fallen by hundreds since the smoking ban in public places was introduced. Glasgow University experts analysed data in the nine years…
Aspirin offers bowel cancer hope
A low daily dose of aspirin could ward off bowel cancer, experts have said. Even people not at high risk of the disease could benefit from the painkiller, with the positive effects…
Wintherix Announces Potent Small Molecule Wnt Activators For Bone Healing
Wintherix, LLC, a privately held biotechnology company focusing on bone healing and regenerative medicine, announced that WX04554, a potent small molecule activator of the Wnt pathway, has been designated as a lead…
Long-Standing Mystery Of Protein ‘Quality Control’ Mechanism Solved By Scripps Research Scientists
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have solved a long-standing mystery of how cells conduct “quality control” to eliminate the toxic effects of a certain kind of error in protein production. The…
Nurses fear Scotland could become ‘death tourism destination’
SCOTLAND could become a “death tourism destination” if Margo MacDonald’s assisted suicide bill becomes law, nurses have warned. Ms MacDonald is attempting to make Scotland the first part of the UK that…
High head count
The World Congress of Fertility and Sterility being told of the great benefits of IVF to mankind (your report, 14 September) is rather like a motor trade conference highlighting the great benefits…
‘One hour TB test’ developed by UK scientists
Scientists in the UK say they have developed an ultra-sensitive test which can detect the presence of the TB bacterium in one hour. Developers at the Health Protection Agency claim the test…
Debiopharm Group™ And Aurigene Nominate Development Candidate – A Novel Inhibitor Of An Undisclosed Oncology Pathway
Debiopharm Group™ (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of innovative prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, and Aurigene Discovery Technologies Ltd. (Aurigene), a…
New Data From Enlyton Supports Use Of An Antigen-Directed, Cancer-Specific Targeting Agent For PET-Based Imaging
Enlyton, Ltd., announced the publication of a cancer imaging study in which Enlyton’s antigen-directed, cancer-specific targeting agent demonstrated superior performance over the industry standard, 18F-FDG, in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of…
Physicians Against ObamaCare challenges AMA
As Americans learn what ObamaCare will mean for quality and access to medical services, “we are witnessing an ever-increasing chorus of Americans — from think tanks to tea partiers to accountants —…
AstraZeneca Enters Eye Disease Tie Up With UK University
U.K. drug maker AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) Monday said it teamed up with University College London to develop treatments for eye disease using stem cells. The company said scientists at the university’s Institute…
Dementia sufferers toll ‘to treble by 2051’
The number of people with dementia in Northern Ireland will almost treble in the next 40 years, according to new research. Alzheimer’s Society research shows that 16,000 people in Northern Ireland have…