Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) is today launching a new research project that should make stem cell transplants more successful. A stem cell transplant is usually performed on adults with acute leukemia….
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Pittsburgh researchers awarded funds for testing brain-computer interfaces in patients with spinal cord injuries
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded funding for two projects that will place brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in patients with spinal cord injuries to test if it is possible for…
Cyclacel’s CYC065 CDK inhibitor demonstrates potential against breast cancer resistant to trastuzumab
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYCC) (Nasdaq:CYCCP) (Cyclacel or the Company), today announced the publication of preclinical data in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), demonstrating that cyclin E plays a…
Emotional response to challenging situations predict body’s response to stress
Your emotional response to challenging situations could predict how your body responds to stress, according to research published this month in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. “People who reported high levels…
RAF, Image Gently partner to raise awareness about radiation safety in pediatric imaging
Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF) has partnered with the Image Gently Campaign to increase awareness of opportunities to lower radiation dose when imaging children. Image Gently is an initiative of the Alliance…
Hearing Loss Clinic plans for Kenya mission trip to provide people with hearing instruments
The Hearing Loss Clinic, today announced plans for the eight day hearing mission trip to Mombasa, Kisumu, and Nairobi, Kenya projected to result in fitting more than 3,000 adults and children receiving…
Scientists investigate natural chemical compound in sea sponges to create novel anti-cancer drugs
Scientists in London are turning to sea sponges to help them learn more about anti-cancer drugs. Using his £106,079 grant from the Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) Dr Matthew Fuchter and…
CCS Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines help Canadian physicians better recognize, treat heart conditions
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines 2010 help Canadian physicians better recognize and treat a common heart condition that affects about 250,000 Canadians. Published today in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology,…
New approaches for controlling sleeping sickness caused by trypanosomes
The research could eventually lead to new approaches for controlling sleeping sickness in humans and wasting diseases in livestock which are caused by trypanosomes carried by the bloodsucking tsetse fly. Biologists believe…
Statin drug may help prevent blindness in diabetics
New University of Georgia research has found that a statin drug that is often known by the brand-name Lipitor may help prevent blindness in people with diabetes. In a study using diabetic…
Scientists discover axons can send signals to cell body
Neurons are complicated, but the basic functional concept is that synapses transmit electrical signals to the dendrites and cell body (input), and axons carry signals away (output). In one of many surprise…
Rinsing technique with betadine may reduce infection rate following total knee, hip arthroplasty
A rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total knee and hip joint replacement surgery according to a…
Researchers identify normal movement mechanisms of PrPC in brain
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the motors that move non-infectious prion proteins (PrPC) – found within many mammalian cells – up and down long,…
Micell initiates enrollment in DESSOLVE II MiStent Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System trial
Micell Technologies,™ Inc. today announced it has enrolled the first patient in the DESSOLVE II (DES with Sirolimus and a bioabsorbable pOLymer for the treatment of patients with de noVo lEsions in…
IOHO, sanofi-aventis partner for new training program to help patients with chronic disease
The Institute for Optimizing Health Outcomes and sanofi-aventis Canada are pleased to announce their partnership in a training program in Canada designed for healthcare practitioners who want to help patients better manage…