Isotechnika Pharma Inc. (TSX: ISA) announced today that Lux Biosciences, Inc. (Lux) has commenced its pivotal Phase 3 trial using voclosporin for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis, a leading cause of vision…
PHA partners with NORD, EURORDIS to raise global awareness about PH
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, under-diagnosed disease that can strike people at any time, affecting newborns to the elderly or anyone in between. To raise global awareness of this invisible disease,…
New rapid and inexpensive test can effectively identify never-smoking group with lung adenocarcinoma
An inexpensive and rapid testing method can effectively identify a sub-group of never-smoking lung cancer patients whose tumors express a molecule associated with increased risk of disease progression or recurrence, US researchers…
Survey: 72% of locked-in syndrome patients are happy
Most “locked-in syndrome” patients say they are happy, and many of the factors reported by those who say they are unhappy can be improved, suggest the results of the largest survey of…
FSMB symposium to discuss telemedicine’s future and its impact on health care
National health care experts and policy makers will gather March 10 at a major symposium hosted by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) to discuss telemedicine’s future and its impact on…
Feasibility study to test scalp cooling device in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
A feasibility study to test the use of a scalp cooling device that breast cancer patients will wear while undergoing chemotherapy treatment will be conducted at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center….
FN-EDA protein can reduce damage after heart attack
Scientists have identified a protein that plays a key role in debilitating changes that occur in the heart after a heart attack, according to research reported in Circulation Research: Journal of the…
Collision of fast and slow protein-trains cause major DNA derailment
Scientists have published results that will forever change the way researchers view the interplay between gene expression, DNA replication and the prevention of DNA damage. DNA damage, if not kept in check,…
Study: Low Vitamin D levels can cause allergies in children
A study of more than 3,000 children shows that low vitamin D levels are associated with increased likelihood that children will develop allergies, according to a paper published in the February 17…
High radiation doses can increase risk of cancer in dialysis patients
High radiation doses put a significant number of dialysis patients at increased risk of cancer, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology…
Salix anticipates receipt of FDA’s CRL for XIFAXAN 550 mg sNDA
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that based on a telephone conversation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held last evening, the Company anticipates receiving a Complete Response Letter (CRL)…
Unigene accelerates UGP281 anorexigenic peptide to treat obese patients
Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE) announced today that the Company is accelerating the development of its lead proprietary anorexigenic peptide, UGP281. An anorexigenic peptide is one that diminishes or controls appetite and…
bioMérieux, Ipsen partner to develop personalized medicine for cancer
Ipsen (Paris:IPN) (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) and bioMérieux (Euronext: BIM) today announced that they have entered into a partnership to create a global collaboration in theranostics, with a focus on hormone-dependent cancers….
Research: Loss of CMAH’s function may make humans more prone to obesity and diabetes
As if the recent prediction that half of all Americans will have diabetes or pre-diabetes by the year 2020 isn’t alarming enough, a new genetic discovery published online in the FASEB Journal…
Experts at ICAO warn about risk of cardiometabolic consequences in overweight individuals
Experts meeting at the 2nd International Congress on Abdominal Obesity (ICAO) today issued a warning that millions of individuals around the globe are at risk from the cardiometabolic consequences of being overweight….