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RCPSG's Faculty of Travel Medicine selects Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease as official journal

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, in partnership with the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, announces that Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease has been chosen to become the official journal of RCPSG's Faculty of Travel Medicine.

22 Apr 2010

IL-10 Gene Therapy helps repair damaged lungs found unfit for transplant

Promising research brings hope for the almost two thousand lung transplant candidates who currently make up The United Network for Organ Sharing's (UNOS) wait list. A new technique that uses gene therapy to help repair damaged lungs previously found unfit for transplant shows promise for addressing the critical shortage of healthy donor organs.

22 Apr 2010

Pharmaceutical industry faces rapidly changing future: Pharma CI Conference

The pharmaceutical industry finds itself facing a rapidly changing future in light of the health care bill and the evolving pharmaceutical marketplace. There's never been a time when demand has been so intense for the most accurate and up-to-date information about the pharmaceutical industry, especially pharmaceutical competitive intelligence.

22 Apr 2010

Researchers receive grant to help people living with mental illness tackle tobacco dependence

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have won government funding to improve the services which help people living with serious mental illness to tackle their tobacco dependence.

22 Apr 2010

Larger sized intravenous anesthetic diazepam incubated in isolation with Aβ peptide does not promote aggregation

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people worldwide and has become a major global concern. Uncontrolled oligomerization (aggregation) of Aβ peptide is the hallmark of AD and it is believed to be causally related to AD pathomechanism.

22 Apr 2010

KSERA research project focuses on COPD patients

To enable elderly people to live at home as long as possible, a group of European researchers, coordinated from Eindhoven University of Technology, will link robots and 'smart homes'. The robot, a 'sensible family friend', will ensure that home is a nice place to stay. And that patients do the right things.

22 Apr 2010

Need for better understanding potential dangers of prescription painkillers

In response to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine called "Hospitalizations for Poisoning by Prescription Opioids, Sedatives, and Tranquilizers," the Waismann Method of Opiate Detoxification is urging Americans to take measures to better understand and recognize the potential dangers and addictive nature of prescription painkillers.

22 Apr 2010

Removable methyl groups on specific genes of autistic individuals that led to gene silencing identified

A new study by researchers at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences' Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology raises hope that autism may be more easily diagnosed and that its effects may be more reversible than previously thought.

22 Apr 2010

Martial arts training may help osteoporosis sufferers fall more safely: BMC Research Notes

Martial arts could be the key to helping osteoporosis sufferers fall more safely. A study published in the open access journal BMC Research Notes has found that martial arts training can likely be carried out safely.

22 Apr 2010

Understanding genetic causes of mental retardation

This remarkable publication focuses on the importance of genetics in mental retardation, investigating the extent to which molecular diagnostic capability and the understanding of genetic causes have improved over recent years. As a result, clinical evaluation and diagnostic laboratory practice are now undergoing an unprecedented period of change.

22 Apr 2010

International Day for Fighting Infection focuses on hospital infection control

Hospital acquired infections are the focus for the 3rd International Day for Fighting Infection, being marked on St. George’s Day, as experts meet to look at the evolution of infection control in hospitals.

22 Apr 2010

New insight into mechanism regulating early mammalian development

Scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have recently generated significant single cell expression data crucial for a detailed molecular understanding of mammalian development from fertilization to embryo implantation, a process known as the preimplantation period. The knowledge gained has a direct impact on clinical applications in the areas of regenerative medicine and assisted reproduction.

22 Apr 2010

ISHLT announces new guidelines for heart transplant recipients

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) today announces new guidelines to standardize care for heart transplant patients worldwide. The guidelines demonstrate a united effort to decrease complications, improve outcomes and increase patient survival rates among heart transplant recipients. The guidelines will be presented during today's symposium The ISHLT Guidelines for Heart Transplant Recipients: Towards an International Consensus at the ISHLT 30th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions at the Hilton Chicago.

22 Apr 2010

Canadian physicians have increased the use of clinical and pharmaceutical information: Study

New results from the Essential Physician Version 2.0 study indicate primary care physicians are changing the way they access and use clinical and pharmaceutical information. Physicians increasingly access online resources for relevant information they need on demand, even during and between patient visits.

22 Apr 2010

Syntagon contract research organisation announces strategic pricing initiative

Leading contract research organisation, Syntagon, has unveiled a strategic pricing initiative that will see substantial cost savings for biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers taking compounds into phase I and phase II clinical trials.

22 Apr 2010

GfK Kynetec announces acquisition of AIS

GfK Kynetec, the global leader in market research for the crop protection, biotechnology and animal health industries, announced today the acquisition of the non-crop business of Agricultural Information Services, London, UK. The acquisition enables GfK Kynetec to serve as the sole supplier of detailed data on the total global usage of crop protection products - within agriculture and in all other applications.

22 Apr 2010

World Bank report shows some MDG progress, country-level advancement 'uneven'

The world is on track to meet the poverty reduction target of the Millennium Development Goals, but sub-Saharan Africa still lags behind, according to the World Bank's World Development Indicators 2010 report, released Tuesday, VOA News reports (Hennessey, 4/20).

22 Apr 2010

Cybex International defends intellectual property rights related to patented Plate Loaded Leg Press

Cybex International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of premium exercise equipment, announced today that it has decisively responded to infringements of its intellectual property rights related to its patented Plate Loaded Leg Press and the company's pending patent applications for the Bravo Functional Trainer.

22 Apr 2010

New studies on cancer prevention presented at 101st AACR Annual Meeting 2010

Interest in cancer prevention is increasing as scientists continue to learn new information and confirm what was already suspected.

22 Apr 2010

GUMC researchers awarded grant to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs

A Georgetown University Medical Center research team has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs based on an unconventional theory about nicotine addiction. Kenneth Kellar, PhD, a professor of pharmacology at GUMC is principal investigator of the five year grant totaling $4.6 million.

22 Apr 2010

Research News and Research

RCPSG's Faculty of Travel Medicine selects Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease as official journal

IL-10 Gene Therapy helps repair damaged lungs found unfit for transplant

Pharmaceutical industry faces rapidly changing future: Pharma CI Conference

Researchers receive grant to help people living with mental illness tackle tobacco dependence

Larger sized intravenous anesthetic diazepam incubated in isolation with Aβ peptide does not promote aggregation

KSERA research project focuses on COPD patients

Need for better understanding potential dangers of prescription painkillers

Removable methyl groups on specific genes of autistic individuals that led to gene silencing identified

Martial arts training may help osteoporosis sufferers fall more safely: BMC Research Notes

Understanding genetic causes of mental retardation

International Day for Fighting Infection focuses on hospital infection control

New insight into mechanism regulating early mammalian development

ISHLT announces new guidelines for heart transplant recipients

Canadian physicians have increased the use of clinical and pharmaceutical information: Study

Syntagon contract research organisation announces strategic pricing initiative

GfK Kynetec announces acquisition of AIS

World Bank report shows some MDG progress, country-level advancement 'uneven'

Cybex International defends intellectual property rights related to patented Plate Loaded Leg Press

New studies on cancer prevention presented at 101st AACR Annual Meeting 2010

GUMC researchers awarded grant to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs

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