Cancer researchers have discovered an important protein, produced naturally inside cells, that appears to suppress the growth of prostate cancer cells in the laboratory. The findings, published tomorrow in the journal Cancer…
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Novel Immune System-Based Gene Therapy Induces Strong Responses In Metastatic Melanoma, Sarcoma
Researchers have found that a novel form of personalized therapy that genetically engineers a patient’s own anti-tumor immune cells to fight tumors could treat metastatic melanoma and metastatic synovial cell sarcoma, representing…
Childhood Obesity Linked With Health Habits, Not Heredity
Are some children genetically tuned to be overweight, or is lifestyle to blame for childhood obesity? Check-ups of 1,003 Michigan 6th graders in a school-based health program showed children who are obese…
New HPA Guidance On Tackling Emerging Antibiotic Resistance, UK
New guidance has been developed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), in conjunction with the Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), to advise on the management of patients…
Histamine Plays An Important Role As An Immune Modulator, A Significant Finding For Multiple Sclerosis Research
If you think histamines are your nemesis during allergy season, here’s something that might change your perspective. New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that histamine could be an…
A New Acute Cardiac Care Test From Randox Offers The Potential To Save Lives And Millions Of Pounds To The NHS
Randox Laboratories Ltd. will demonstrate its innovative Cardiac Array and MultiStat at the Healthcare Innovation Expo, taking place at London’s ExCel centre on the 9th and 10th of March, 2011. This technology…
Scientists successfully crystallise key norovirus enzyme
With the number of norovirus infection cases rising across the country, scientists from the University of Southampton have successfully crystallised a key norovirus enzyme, which could help in the development of a…
Scientists Convert Skin Cells To Beating Heart Cells
Scripps Research Institute scientists have converted adult skin cells directly into beating heart cells efficiently without having to first go through the laborious process of generating embryonic-like stem cells. The powerful general…
Sprint Fidelis ICD leads fail more often in younger patients with hereditary heart disease
The recalled Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads (Medtronic) failed more often in younger patients, women, and individuals with hereditary heart disease, according to a multicenter study published online Jan. 17 in…
Older Americans treated in Michigan ICUs see vast decrease in likelihood of dying
Older Americans who were treated in Michigan intensive care units (ICUs) saw larger decreases in their likelihood of dying while hospitalized than similar ICU patients in other Midwestern hospitals, according to a…
Free radicals may damage eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
Scientists have found that free radicals (unstable molecules that cause the death of cells as the body ages) may also cause the damage in the eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal…
Yale University scientists synthesize lomaiviticin that appears to destroy cancer stem cells
A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target…
Avantra Biosciences selects TGen Drug Development for new biomarker quantitation platform
Avantra Biosciences today announced the selection of TGen Drug Development (TD2) as a key test site for Avantra’s new biomarker quantitation platform. Avantra, based near Boston in Woburn, Mass., has created an…
Widespread screening or ultrasound for blocked neck arteries not necessary to determine stroke risk
New multi-agency guidelines recommend against widespread screening for blocked neck arteries, using ultrasound to detect the condition only in people with symptoms or other stroke risk factors. — For people with severely…
Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program appears to reduce hospital deaths by 10%
A Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program that virtually eliminated bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units throughout Michigan appears to have also reduced deaths by 10 percent, a new study suggests. Although prior…