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Virus DNA uncoated with aid of host cell

They have been around since the dawn of time and are a model of evolutionary success: viruses. Viruses are extremely adaptable but they have a problem: They cannot reproduce, so they smuggle their genes into suitable host cells. In the case of some viruses, the viral DNA has to enter the cell nucleus to reproduce. This has been known for almost 50 years.

4 Oct 2011

New NIH grant to continue exploration of Fusobacterium nucleatum-associated Beta-Defensin Inducer

Research from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine to study an isolated agent from common oral bacteria may hold the answer as to how human beta defensins (HBDs)-nature's way of keeping oral microbes from entering the body and wreaking havoc with our health-can be used to create new treatments to block bacteria from entering through the epithelial linings on and in the body.

4 Oct 2011

Lung immune cells orchestrate the body's repair response following flu infection

There's more than one way to mop up after a flu infection. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in Nature Immunology that a previously unrecognized population of lung immune cells orchestrate the body's repair response following flu infection.

4 Oct 2011

Interactive video games appear to safely enhance physical therapy for ICU patients

Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical therapy for patients in intensive care units (ICU), new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.

4 Oct 2011

Interactive video games appear valuable for ICU patients

3 Oct 2011

Allied Health Professionals, RNs ratify new three-year contract agreement

More than 3,000 Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working in 10 of Ontario's Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) have voted to ratify a new three-year contract.

3 Oct 2011

Provisional settlement reached for Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals at CCACs

Ontario Nurses' Association President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN is pleased to announce that a tentative settlement has been reached for 3,000 Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working in 10 of Ontario's Community Care Access Centres.

1 Oct 2011

Study confirms that CNAP-PPV method offers precise therapy control during surgery

The well-established high tech company CNSystems once again attracts international attention with a big mile stone. The Bordeaux University Hospital (France) confirms that the validated CNAP blood pressure wave offers the possibility of precise therapy control during surgery.

1 Oct 2011

Takeda acquires Nycomed

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda", TSE: 4502) announced it has completed its acquisition of Nycomed A/S for 9.6 billion Euro on a cash-free, debt-free basis and made Nycomed a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda effective the same day. Dr. Frank Morich has been named CEO of Nycomed in addition to his current role as Executive Vice President (EVP), International Operations, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda America Holdings, Inc.

30 Sep 2011

FDA approves NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System to treat ALS

An electronic system that stimulates the nerve of the diaphragm muscles has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

30 Sep 2011

Two Influenza test kits receive FDA clearance for use in JBAIDS

Last week, the U.S. Army Office of the Surgeon General received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of two Influenza test kits for use on the Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System.

30 Sep 2011

Bulgaria’s decades old anti-smoking pill could be a cheap and effective answer to smoking cessation

A pill from Bulgaria during the Soviet era shows promise for helping millions of smokers cheaply and safely kick the habit, the first big clinical trial of it shows. It is unclear whether it will ever reach the market in the U.S. or Western Europe though.

29 Sep 2011

Study reports positive effect of RESPeRATE on CHF patients

InterCure Ltd., a medical device company publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, today announced that European Journal of Heart Failure, a peer reviewed medical journal of the European Society of Cardiology, published the results of a 72-patients, randomized, controlled study which demonstrated that device-guided respiratory modulation with RESPeRATE applied at the home setting can significantly relieve symptoms of heart failure in elderly patients.

29 Sep 2011

Scientists warn about climate-induced increase in death rates over the next 60 years

Scientists are warning that death rates linked to climate change will increase in several European countries over the next 60 yrs.

28 Sep 2011

Emissions from livestock farms cause lung patients living nearby to experience more exacerbations

Emissions from livestock farms cause asthma and COPD patients living nearby to experience more exacerbations, according to research presented today at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam.

28 Sep 2011

Postmenopausal HRT linked with increased risk of asthma hospitalisations in women

Women taking postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have an increased risk of severe asthma attacks requiring hospitalisation, scientists warn.

28 Sep 2011

MicroDose initiates MDT-637 Phase 1 trial in respiratory syncytial virus

MicroDose Therapeutx, Inc. today announced that the first human subject has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial of MDT-637, MicroDose's inhalable small molecule antiviral fusion inhibitor for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus.

28 Sep 2011

Asthmatic kids with type 1 diabetes have tougher time maintaining healthy sugar levels: Study

The reason why asthma might complicate pediatric diabetes care remains unclear, however, and is “something that needs to be explored more,” said Dr. Anita Swamy, a pediatric endocrinologist and medical director of the Chicago Children's Diabetes Center at La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago. She was not involved in the new study. The study appears in the October issue of Pediatrics.

27 Sep 2011

Patients with chronic conditions likely to change their preferences for CPR

Patients with chronic conditions are likely to change their preferences for receiving emergency procedures in the event of cardiac arrest, according to new findings.

27 Sep 2011

Elevation presents positive data from EP-101 Phase 2a study on COPD at ERS annual meeting

Elevation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new aerosol therapies for patients with respiratory diseases, announced today that it presented positive results from a Phase 2a study of EP-101 in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a large and growing disease characterized by significant unmet clinical needs, at the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Society.

27 Sep 2011

Respiratory News and Research

Virus DNA uncoated with aid of host cell

New NIH grant to continue exploration of Fusobacterium nucleatum-associated Beta-Defensin Inducer

Lung immune cells orchestrate the body's repair response following flu infection

Interactive video games appear to safely enhance physical therapy for ICU patients

Interactive video games appear valuable for ICU patients

Allied Health Professionals, RNs ratify new three-year contract agreement

Provisional settlement reached for Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals at CCACs

Study confirms that CNAP-PPV method offers precise therapy control during surgery

Takeda acquires Nycomed

FDA approves NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System to treat ALS

Two Influenza test kits receive FDA clearance for use in JBAIDS

Bulgaria’s decades old anti-smoking pill could be a cheap and effective answer to smoking cessation

Study reports positive effect of RESPeRATE on CHF patients

Scientists warn about climate-induced increase in death rates over the next 60 years

Emissions from livestock farms cause lung patients living nearby to experience more exacerbations

Postmenopausal HRT linked with increased risk of asthma hospitalisations in women

MicroDose initiates MDT-637 Phase 1 trial in respiratory syncytial virus

Asthmatic kids with type 1 diabetes have tougher time maintaining healthy sugar levels: Study

Patients with chronic conditions likely to change their preferences for CPR

Elevation presents positive data from EP-101 Phase 2a study on COPD at ERS annual meeting

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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