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Urine LAM-ELISA's sensitivity of 50.7% in identifying TB disappoints

Urine LAM-ELISA does not appear to be useful as an independent diagnostic test for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). A trial of the new diagnostic, described in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that it was only capable of identifying 50.7% of TB cases.

28 Aug 2009

Polymedix And UMass receive Phase I STTR contract for research on drug-resistant bacteria treatments

PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC BB: PYMX, www.polymedix.com), an emerging biotechnology company developing acute care products for infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders, and the University of Massachusetts, have received a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract in the amount of $100,000 to support research to identify lead antimicrobial compounds to effectively treat multi-drug resistant and biofilm-embedded bacteria.

28 Aug 2009

Enzymes could be targeted to kill dangerous pathogens

Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Maryland have demonstrated that an enzyme that is essential to many bacteria can be targeted to kill dangerous pathogens.

28 Aug 2009

The Research Partnership study reveals that diabetes can have a major effect on people's lives

A new research study carried out by The Research Partnership reveals that living with diabetes can have a major effect on people's lives, with just under half (44%) of type 2 patients reporting that the condition has impacted on either their ability or their desire to have sex.

28 Aug 2009

Pelosi appeals for $100,000 to counter GOP 'Smears' on health overhaul efforts

Roll Call reports: "Hoping to boost Democratic Congressional Committee fundraising before the August Federal Election Commission deadline, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released an appeal Thursday with a goal of bringing in $100,000 in new donations by Monday to help fight for health care reform."

28 Aug 2009

Mental health advocates demand more psychaitric beds in North Carolina

Mental health advocates are calling attention to what they see as a need for more psychiatric beds in North Carolina.

28 Aug 2009

Carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue according to a research study

Carbon nanotubes hold many exciting possibilities, some of them in the realm of the human nervous system. Recent research has shown that carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue or ferry drugs used to repair damaged neurons associated with disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and perhaps even paralysis.

28 Aug 2009

Iowa researchers modify siRNA for impacting targeted cells in cancer treatment

Small interfering RNA (siRNA), a type of genetic material, can block potentially harmful activity in cells, such as tumor cell growth. But delivering siRNA successfully to specific cells without adversely affecting other cells has been challenging.

28 Aug 2009

NIH awards $3.5-million grant to Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy Consortium for research on fatal genetic disorders

In a victory for families who dug into their own pockets to fund new research, the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $3.5-million grant to the Boston-based Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy Consortium to prepare a gene therapy for human clinical trials in a bid to halt the fatal genetic disorder.

28 Aug 2009

Forest Laboratories to host a conference call for discussing the results of Daxas Phase III clinical trials

Forest Laboratories, Inc., an international manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical products and Nycomed, a privately owned pharmaceutical company, will host a conference call at 7:15 AM EDT on Friday, August 28, 2009.

28 Aug 2009

NIH panel releases report on the pertinence of family health history information in improving health

Though most Americans are familiar with completing a questionnaire about their family health history when visiting health care providers, an independent panel was convened by the National Institutes of Health this week to critically assess exactly what we know and what we need to learn about how this process relates to improving health.

28 Aug 2009

Springer signs agreement with The Endocrine Society to co-publish a new journal

Springer, one of the leading publishers in the fields of science, technology and medicine, has signed an agreement with The Endocrine Society to co-publish a new journal, Hormones & Cancer, starting in January 2010.

28 Aug 2009

FDA provides marketing clearance for the spinal implant developed by Sanford Health

Sanford Health, a comprehensive health care provider in the Upper Midwest, announced today a spinal implant developed by Sanford Clinic Neurosurgeon, Wilson Asfora, MD, Sanford Clinic Neurosurgery & Spine, has received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) market clearance as a lumbar intervertebral body fusion device.

28 Aug 2009

Caucasians have a higher rate of HBV recurrence compared to Asian Americans and African Americans

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1.5 to 2 million Americans are infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Prior studies have shown there to be significant racial differences in access to and outcomes of liver transplantation. Recently, doctors from across the U.S. conducted a multicenter retrospective-prospective study of the waitlist status and outcomes of liver transplant patients with HBV infection.

28 Aug 2009

Opinion piece outlines new model for foreign aid

President Obama's "comments on foreign aid [in Ghana] make it all the more surprising that the only real change in our foreign assistance programs under his administration so far is in indicated spending" - Carol Adelman, director of the Center for Global Prosperity at the Hudson Institute, and Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economy scholar at the American Enterprise Institute - write in a Weekly Standard opinion piece.

28 Aug 2009

Kenya launches malaria campaign; PBS' newshour airs segment on drug-resistance in Cambodia

Kenya on Thursday launched a national malaria campaign to encourage Kenyans to sleep under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) every night to prevent infection, the Daily Nation reports.

28 Aug 2009

Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Maryland health programs will suffer especially deep cuts in the state's effort to patch a $454 million shortfall, the latest in a series of budget problems, the Washington Post reports.

28 Aug 2009

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has asked leaders from the largest insurers in America to testify in mid-September about the industry's "coverage, costs and claim denials," Reuters reports.

28 Aug 2009

Gen-Probe commences its PROGENSA PCA3 assay clinical trial

Gen-Probe Incorporated announced today that the Company has begun a clinical trial intended to secure U.S. regulatory approval of its PROGENSA(R) PCA3 assay, a new molecular test that may help determine the need for a repeat prostate biopsy.

28 Aug 2009

USPTO awards two new patents to Nerites

Nerites Corporation announced Thursday that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued two new patents covering the company’s technology. These “composition of matter” patents provide underlying intellectual property protection for surgical adhesives, films, and coatings. Nerites’ scientists create synthetic mimetics of the protein components used by marine mussels to stick to rocks under water.

28 Aug 2009

Research News and Research

Urine LAM-ELISA's sensitivity of 50.7% in identifying TB disappoints

Polymedix And UMass receive Phase I STTR contract for research on drug-resistant bacteria treatments

Enzymes could be targeted to kill dangerous pathogens

The Research Partnership study reveals that diabetes can have a major effect on people's lives

Pelosi appeals for $100,000 to counter GOP 'Smears' on health overhaul efforts

Mental health advocates demand more psychaitric beds in North Carolina

Carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue according to a research study

Iowa researchers modify siRNA for impacting targeted cells in cancer treatment

NIH awards $3.5-million grant to Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy Consortium for research on fatal genetic disorders

Forest Laboratories to host a conference call for discussing the results of Daxas Phase III clinical trials

NIH panel releases report on the pertinence of family health history information in improving health

Springer signs agreement with The Endocrine Society to co-publish a new journal

FDA provides marketing clearance for the spinal implant developed by Sanford Health

Caucasians have a higher rate of HBV recurrence compared to Asian Americans and African Americans

Opinion piece outlines new model for foreign aid

Kenya launches malaria campaign; PBS' newshour airs segment on drug-resistance in Cambodia

Latest Md. budget cut rips into health care programs

Kucinich asks insurers to testify on coverage, costs after recess

Gen-Probe commences its PROGENSA PCA3 assay clinical trial

USPTO awards two new patents to Nerites

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