The Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), an institute of the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and VIVALIS (NYSE Euronext: VLS), a French biopharmaceutical company, announced today the discovery of two new…
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New method may eliminate colonoscopies
Predicting colon cancer in mice could eventually benefit humans Nobody enjoys colonoscopies, including mice. University of Missouri researchers are excited about the potential of using genetic biomarkers to predict colon cancer caused…
Molecular explanation to higher tendency for autism among males
George Washington University researcher, Dr. Valerie Hu, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and her team at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, have found that male and female sex hormones…
1 in 5 homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of diagnosis
One in five homeless people with tuberculosis die within a year of their diagnosis, according to a study led by St. Michael’s Hospital’s Dr. Kamran Khan. And that number remains unchanged over…
Vical announces issuance of U.S. Patent for cytomegalovirus vaccines
Vical Incorporated announced today the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7,888,112 covering DNA vaccines for cytomegalovirus (CMV) containing specific gene sequences and formulated with Vical’s Vaxfectin® adjuvant. Past development by others of…
Inexpensive drug therapy shows promise in treating premature infants with childhood blindness
A readily available, inexpensive drug therapy showed a significant benefit in treating premature infants with the worst and historically most difficult-to-treat cases of retinopathy of prematurity. The results of a multicenter clinical…
Over and under treatment of hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients lead to patient safety issues
The publication of the systematic review of intensive insulin therapy in hospitalized patients and the American College of Physicians (ACP) clinical guidelines for inpatient glucose control in the February 15th issue of…
U.S. Patent Office issues Notice of Allowance to Biomoda’s CyPath assay for cancer detection
Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. received Notice of Allowance for a U.S. Patent application on a quantitative method for scoring cells labeled with the CyPath® assay to determine whether cells are dysplastic…
Simultaneous knee replacement is linked with cardiovascular outcomes within 30 days
Replacing both knees in one surgery, or simultaneous total knee replacement (TKR) was associated with significantly fewer prosthetic joint infections as well as other revision knee operations within one year after surgery,…
Study finds damaging accumulation of tau proteins removed
Increasing puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase, the most abundant brain peptidase in mammals, slowed the damaging accumulation of tau proteins that are toxic to nerve cells and eventually lead to the neurofibrillary tangles, a major…
Spirulina Pacifica supplement may improve immune function, anemia in senior citizens
Cyanotech Corporation, world leader in microalgae-based health and nutrition supplements, announced today that researchers at the University of California at Davis have determined that microalgae-based Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica® may improve immune function…
Clinical trial finds atorvastatin may inhibit HIV progression, help in infection’s management
A recent multicenter clinical trial of atorvastatin, a type of cholesterol-lowering drug, found that although the drug did not inhibit plasma HIV RNA levels, it did inhibit expression of cellular markers of…
First evidence of neurotrophic factors improving status of degenerating dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s brains
Ceregene, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, reported today that its scientists and collaborators have published new experimental findings in support of its Parkinson’s disease program which appeared as the lead article in the…
Regional brain structural alterations associated with bipolar disorder
Lithium, introduced in the late 1940’s, was the first “wonder drug” in psychiatry. It was the first medication treatment for the manic and depressive episodes of bipolar disorder and it remains among…
Riverain Medical’s chest X-ray computer-aided detection technology detects smaller lung nodules
Riverain Medical, an industry leader and innovator in computer-aided detection (CAD) and advanced visualization technologies, today announced a poster presentation, “A Superior Chest X-Ray Computer-Aided Detection (CXR CADe) Application: A Reader Study,”…