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Scientists identify compounds that mimic calorie restriction

Investigators from an international consortium of research institutes, including the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, have identified compounds that mimic the effects of a low calorie diet without changing the amount of essential nutrients.

11 Aug 2004

Million-dollar grant to trial potential stem cell therapies to repair injured spinal cords

An Australian team headed by UNSW's Professor Phil Waite has won a million-dollar grant from the NSW Department of Health to trial potential stem cell therapies to repair injured spinal cords.

11 Aug 2004

New service-oriented laboratory focused on bioanalysis and pharmacokinetics

Oregon Health & Science University researchers will more quickly move benchtop discoveries toward drug discoveries with the help of a new, service-oriented laboratory focused on bioanalysis and pharmacokinetics.

11 Aug 2004

System for monitoring and promoting human rights for people with disabilities around the world

Thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), a York University-based group of international researchers are pressing ahead with plans to develop a system for monitoring and promoting human rights for people with disabilities around the world.

10 Aug 2004

Scientists have tricked subjects in an experiment into believing that a rubber hand was part of their own body

The findings about the brain’s awareness of its own body will hopefully lead to better understanding of disorders of self-perception, as for example in brain-damaged patients who no longer recognise their own limbs after stroke, or amputees who still experience pain from limbs that are no longer there.

10 Aug 2004

Bionomics BNO69 angiogenesis gene discovery published

Bionomics has announced that research conducted by Bionomics and its collaborators at the Hanson Centre of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science ("IMVS") in Adelaide, Australia, relating to Bionomics' proprietary angiogenesis drug target BNO69, has been published in the high ranking scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS).

10 Aug 2004

Trauma patients who test positive for methamphetamine are more likely to be admitted to the hospital

Methamphetamine use is a major health care problem in the United States, and rates of use appear highest in Hawaii, with 40 percent of people arrested in Honolulu testing positive for methamphetamine, according to the article. Methamphetamine can cause aggressive and erratic behavior, and severe exhaustion can result after a "high", which can last 6 to 12 hours or more.

10 Aug 2004

Discovery could revolutionise the way asthma is treated and managed, and possibly lead to an eventual cure

A major discovery by scientists at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research could revolutionise the way asthma is treated and managed, and possibly lead to an eventual cure.

9 Aug 2004

New scientific white paper outlines why the current policy on stem cell research must be expanded

On the third anniversary of the establishment of federal support for stem cell research, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, released a new scientific white paper today that outlines why the current policy must be expanded.

9 Aug 2004

Advances in biomedical imaging could lead to more sensitive screening tests for cancer-fighting drugs

Advances in biomedical imaging are allowing UC Davis researchers to use mice more effectively to study cancers comparable to human disease. The system can distinguish different stages of cancer and could lead to more sensitive screening tests for cancer-fighting drugs.

9 Aug 2004

Austrian researchers in a world first have successfully engineered an allergy vaccine

Austrian researchers in a world first have successfully engineered an allergy vaccine using a genetically modified version of the birch pollen allergen.

9 Aug 2004

Early news reports on carbs-breast cancer link may only serve to confuse the public

Early news reports about an AICR funded study published in the August 1 issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention contain imprecise language that may only serve to confuse the public.

9 Aug 2004

Liver transplantation outcomes have significantly improved for patients with hepatitis B

Since the early 1990s, therapeutic options for patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B have evolved to include HBV immune globulin (HBIG) and lamivudine.

9 Aug 2004

New treatment strategy for brain cancer

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have found that combining ionizing radiation with a secreted protein that selectively inhibits tumor cell growth and survival can target cancer cells and leave healthy cells alone, perhaps presenting a new approach for treating the deadliest type of brain tumor.

9 Aug 2004

Effects of oxidative stress on atherosclerosis

Heart disease and stroke are the first and third leading causes of death among men and women in the United States and account for 40 percent of all mortalities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

9 Aug 2004

Possible role for BK virus in development of prostate cancer

Now, new research by scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School suggests the intriguing possibility that this common virus also may play a role in prostate cancer – the second-leading cause of deaths from cancer in American men.

9 Aug 2004

New screening tool prevents wrong patients from receiving Parkinson's surgery

The allure of a new brain surgery technique to relieve the stiffness and shaking caused by Parkinson’s disease may lead to unnecessary operations, University of Florida researchers say, but a new screening tool they developed could prevent potentially dangerous procedures.

9 Aug 2004

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Scientists identify compounds that mimic calorie restriction

Million-dollar grant to trial potential stem cell therapies to repair injured spinal cords

New service-oriented laboratory focused on bioanalysis and pharmacokinetics

System for monitoring and promoting human rights for people with disabilities around the world

Scientists have tricked subjects in an experiment into believing that a rubber hand was part of their own body

Bionomics BNO69 angiogenesis gene discovery published

Trauma patients who test positive for methamphetamine are more likely to be admitted to the hospital

Discovery could revolutionise the way asthma is treated and managed, and possibly lead to an eventual cure

New scientific white paper outlines why the current policy on stem cell research must be expanded

Advances in biomedical imaging could lead to more sensitive screening tests for cancer-fighting drugs

Austrian researchers in a world first have successfully engineered an allergy vaccine

Early news reports on carbs-breast cancer link may only serve to confuse the public

Liver transplantation outcomes have significantly improved for patients with hepatitis B

New treatment strategy for brain cancer

Effects of oxidative stress on atherosclerosis

Possible role for BK virus in development of prostate cancer

New screening tool prevents wrong patients from receiving Parkinson's surgery

Research sheds new light on stepfamilies

Significant advance in the understanding of the hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Step closer to unravelling the mystery of medically unexplained pain such as chronic low back pain

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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