In a previous study, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who failed to respond to methotrexate were shown to experience positive results with fostamatinib disodium (R788), an oral spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitor that…
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Molecular Mechanism Links Stress With Predisposition For Depression
A new study provides insight into how stress impacts the brain and may help to explain why some individuals are predisposed to depression when they experience chronic stress. The research, published by…
International Community Called Upon To Stop The Runaway Train Of Cancer In Africa
To coincide with World Cancer Day 2011, on 4 February, the Africa Oxford Cancer Foundation (AfrOx) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) are working together to raise international awareness of…
How Fatness Gets Forecast In The Womb
Children born of mums with gestational diabetes will tend to become fat, say Sydney scientists, and the worse mum’s sugar levels during pregnancy, the fatter they will be. In Australia, roughly 8-10%…
UNC Co-Leads Study To Identify Risks For Dementia, Cognitive Decline
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers are co-leading a national study to examine whether middle-aged people’s physical health influences their risk of dementia later in life. The study aims to…
Scientists Link Protein To The Insulation Of The Nervous System’s Wiring
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have pinpointed a crucial function for a key player in the development of the nervous system. They found that this player –…
Study Reveals How Fusion Protein Triggers Cancer
What happens when two proteins join together? In this case, they become like a power couple, where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. API2 and MALT1 are two…
Prototype Drug Targets Metabolism, Halts Disease That Limits Bone Marrow Transplantation
A prototype drug already shown to hold promise for treating autoimmune disorders like lupus, arthritis and psoriasis halts established graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in mouse models of bone marrow transplantation, research at the…
Newborn Screening Increases Survival Outcome For Patients With Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) occurs in just one out of every 50,000 to 100,000 births in the United States, yet it is the most serious primary immunodeficiency disorder.[1] A study published in…
New Test Discovered To Better Predict Breast Cancer Outcomes
Researchers from McGill University’s Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC), the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School have…
Smoking Might Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Women who smoke might be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer, according to a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, CNN reports. However, the added risk is minimal…
Siemens To Offer Fully Automated Total Vitamin D Assay On ADVIA Centaur(R) Systems
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics ADVIA Centaur Vitamin D Total assay* has been CE-marked for use on the ADVIA Centaur/XP Immunoassay Systems. The company is offering a fully automated Vitamin D total assay that…
Early Oral Health Care Is Important To A Child’s Development
Good oral health is a key component of good overall health in children, which is why an early visit to the dentist is very important, says Temple University pediatric dentist Mark Helpin….
New Study Identifies Frequent Causes Of Analgesic Medication Errors
The frequency of analgesic drug errors in hospitals is nearly 3 per 1,000 prescriptions, based on a study performed in a 631-bed tertiary care facility and published in The Journal of Pain,…
Training The Brain To Think Ahead In Addiction
The growing numbers of new cases of substance abuse disorders are perplexing. After all, the course of drug addiction so often ends badly. The negative consequences of drug abuse appear regularly on…