A team of cardiologists from the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) have recently started enrolling patients for the Neovasc ReducerTM, designed to treat patients with refractory angina. This innovative treatment method, the first…
People With Schizophrenia More Likely To Have Multiple Copies Of A Gene On Chromosome 7
A rare genetic malfunction which only affects 0.3% of patients may eventually lead the way to better treatment for some individuals with schizophrenia, say scientists from the University of California, San Diego,…
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Can Affect Quality Of Life Even When Thyroid Gland Function Is Normal
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT), an inflammatory disorder of the thyroid, is the most common cause of hypothyroidism, but a study has suggested that even when thyroid function is normal, HT may increase symptoms…
Discovery Of Killer Cells Has Potential For Targeted Cancer Therapies
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important discovery concerning how fledgling cancer cells self-destruct, which has the potential of impacting on future cancer therapies. The Trinity research group, led by…
Validation Of A Gene Expression To Distinguish Metastasizing From Non-Metastasizing Head And Neck Cancers
The validation of a test, based on gene expression and predicting the tumours that will metastasize in lymph nodes of head & neck cancers, was presented today at the 3rd International Conference…
Heparin A Key Role Player In Allergy And Inflammatory Reactions
Heparin plays a key role in allergic and inflammatory reactions driven by mast cells, scientists from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows in an international collaboration involving colleagues from Germany and Switzerland. The…
Protein And MicroRNA Block Cellular Transition Vital To Metastasis
Like a bounty hunter returning escapees to custody, a cancer-fighting gene converts organ cells that change into highly mobile stem cells back to their original, stationary state, researchers report online at Nature…
Researchers Have Found How Brain Cells Control Their Movement To Form The Cerebral Cortex
A study led by Academy Research Fellow Eleanor Coffey identifies new players that put the brakes on. They show in mice that lack the star player “JNK1”, that newborn neurons spend less…
HMC gets up to 30 neurological cases a week
Bringing together an outstanding panel of local and international speakers and neurology professionals presenting the latest updates in the field of neurological sciences, the sixth Qatar Neurology Symposium opened at HMC yesterday….
Specialized dental clinic to be opened in Jeddah
The Ministry of Health plans to open specialized dental centers in all parts of the Kingdom, a ministry official said on Wednesday. “One of them is the new specialist center in north…
SKMC to organize Public Health Talk on Teenagers’ Mental Health
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic, will organize a public health talk about teenagers’ mental health, emotional and sexual changes on 1 March 2011 at the Behavioral Sciences Pavilion…
Gene Mutation In Schizophrenia Offers A New Target For Drug Therapies
In a major advance for schizophrenia research, an international team of scientists led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and involving Trinity College Dublin researchers has identified a…
Developing countries facing cancer crisis
Cancer is an enormous – and growing – global public-health problem. And, of the 7.6mn cancer deaths every year, 4.8mn occur in the developing world. A disease formerly considered more pervasive in…
Sigma® Life Science Launches Pre-designed CompoZr® Knockout Zinc Finger Nucleases For Entire Human Genome
Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced the release of its pre-designed CompoZr Knockout Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs) technology to knockout any…
FDA Approves Edarbi To Treat High Blood Pressure
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Edarbi tablets (azilsartan medoxomil) to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in adults. Data from clinical studies showed Edarbi to be more effective in lowering 24-hour…