KUWAIT, Dec 14 (KUNA) — Scientific centre has marked Monday launching of the upgrading project of the Aquarium Centre through adding new interactive monitors under the sponsorship of Aquarium’s director Mujbal Al-Mutawah,…
19-20 people die in Saudi Roads daily
14th December 2009 Saudi Arabia : An average of 20 people are killed in Saudi traffic accidents daily, making the country’s roads among the most unsafe in the world, local newspaper Arab…
GE Healthcare launches FTA DMPK cards for storage of study samples
GE Healthcare announced the launch of FTA DMPK cards for the collection and storage of blood samples for use in pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic (PK/TK) studies. This methodology stores the samples as dried…
New Research Predicts Longer Life Expectancy for Americans
CHICAGO USA, Dec. 14 — Current US government projections may significantly underestimate the future life expectancy of Americans, according to new research from the MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society published…
Le Whif Inhalable Chocolate Paves the Way for a Safer TB Vaccine
CreIn 2007, David Edwards, a biomedical engineer at Harvard University, gave his students a project: Develop a way to inhale food, rather than chewing and swallowing it. “They took a whiff of…
Heart cells display a behavior-guiding ‘nanosense’ on new lab-on-a-chip
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers, working with colleagues in Korea, have produced a laboratory chip with nanoscopic grooves and ridges capable of growing cardiac tissue that more closely resembles natural heart muscle. Surprisingly,…
UAE to Support Culturally Appropriate Midwifery Care
14th December 2009 Dubai, United Arab Emirates: According to a report from the Hammamet forum, held in Tunisia November 2006, evidence shows that the health and well-being of mothers and their babies…
Cytori’s Natural Celution for Breast Reconstruction
Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX: 6.48, -0.09) is a leading global innovator in the emerging field of regenerative medicine using adipose (fat) tissue as a rich source of adult stem cells capable of…
Company wants to ease colon cancer detection
14th December 2009 Madison USA: Kevin Conroy the CEO of Madison-based company, Exact Sciences Corp. says the number of deaths from colon cancer could be reduced significantly if people had an easy,…
Positive H1N1 Virus Animal Study May Support Use Of SinoFresh Nasal Spray As Preventative Measure
VENICE, FL, December 14, 2009 — SinoFresh Healthcare Products, Inc. announced the recent successful initial animal pilot study of the SinoFresh Nasal Spray product for use in preventing and decreasing the severity…
Kuwait provides maximum care for people with special needs
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Department for Caring for the Disabled said yesterday that Kuwait spares no effort to cater for its children with disabilities, providing them with shelter, medical, psychological, social care and…
Meet focuses on medical innovations – Qatar Health 2009
DOHA: The medical congress as part of the five-day Qatar Health 2009 opened here yesterday with seven medical tracks simultaneously. The congress saw medical experts from various parts of the world bringing…
HMC Doha plans Emergency Department expansion
DOHA: The Hamad Medical Corporation’s Emergency Department (ED) is set on major expansion projects in terms of infrastructure design and treatment procedures. The two projects — one expected to be completed in…
GCC leaders meet in Kuwait today
Kuwait: The six leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will gather for their 30th summit in Kuwait today to discuss the customs union and the railway project, as well as the…
Primary endpoint reached in Active Biotech’s TASQ Phase II clinical trial in prostate cancer patients
Lund, Sweden, December 14, 2009 – A first analysis of the primary endpoint based on data from at least six months’ treatment of more than 200 patients, has been performed in Active…