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Dell, Terascala and TGen to install genomic data management solution at NCI

Dell, Terascala and the Translational Genomics Research Institute are installing state-of-the-art computing and programing specialized for human genome investigations at the National Cancer Institute.

10 Sep 2014

Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to support emergency efforts to control Ebola epidemic

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it will commit $50 million to support the scale up of emergency efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and interrupt transmission of the virus.

10 Sep 2014

Sanofi contributes $2.5 million to CCNA for dementia research

Sanofi announced today its $2.5 million contribution to co-fund the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, a partnership officially launched in Montreal today in the presence of The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health.

10 Sep 2014

USFDA clears Caya- contoured diaphragm for marketing in the United States

The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has cleared the Caya- contoured diaphragm for marketing in the United States, bringing women one step closer to a new option for safe and effective non-hormonal contraception.

10 Sep 2014

Fogarty receives three grants for research focused on biodiversity conservation

In addition to diseases for which there are ineffective or no cures, key pathogens are becoming increasingly drug-resistant.

10 Sep 2014

Weak spot in complex life cycle of malaria could prevent spread of deadly disease

A new study has revealed a weak spot in the complex life cycle of malaria, which could be exploited to prevent the spread of the deadly disease.

10 Sep 2014

Study shows xenon gas treatment reduces brain damage after head injury

Treatment with xenon gas after a head injury reduces the extent of brain damage, according to a study in mice.

10 Sep 2014

New project aims at delivering innovative test to improve safety of chemical products, drugs

The Genotrace project, combining targeted research and technology transfer, aims at delivering an innovative test to improve the safety of chemical products, drugs, human and animal food and the environment.

10 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: Health law is not affordable; narrow doctor networks may not sacrifice quality

The Affordable Care Act attempts to help low- and middle-income families avoid some of the tough sacrifices that would be necessary to purchase health insurance without assistance.

10 Sep 2014

Scientists identify how molecular motor essential for human development works

Another mystery of the human body has been solved by scientists who have identified how a molecular motor essential for human development works.

10 Sep 2014

DEA announces that unused prescription pills can be returned to pharmacies

Seeking to combat growing drug abuse problems, federal authorities will allow patients and their relatives to take excess pills, such as opioid painkillers, to hospitals, clinics and pharmacies or to mail them to authorized sites.

10 Sep 2014

Study shows importance of adding illness behavior in evaluation of patients with hormone disorders

Nicoletta Sonino and associates, in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, point to the importance of including illness behavior (the ways in which people experience, perceive, evaluate and respond to their own health status) in the evaluation of patients with hormone disorders.

10 Sep 2014

People can become addicted to eating but not to consuming foods high in sugar or fat

People can become addicted to eating for its own sake but not to consuming specific foods such as those high in sugar or fat, research suggests.

10 Sep 2014

Researchers pave way for development of new generation of chemotherapy drugs

A new mechanism to inhibit proteasomes, protein complexes that are a target for cancer therapy, is the topic of an article published in the journal Chemistry & Biology.

10 Sep 2014

Unusual kind of immune cell in tongue appears to play pivotal role in prevention of thrush

An unusual kind of immune cell in the tongue appears to play a pivotal role in the prevention of thrush, according to the researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine who discovered them.

9 Sep 2014

Kinex Pharmaceuticals acquires QuaDPharma

Kinex Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of QuaDPharma, LLC., a Western New York based privately-held company specializing in pharmaceutical manufacturing, analytical and support services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

9 Sep 2014

Belgian receives research grant from Jeffrey Modell to help cure IPEX syndrome

For the first time the Jeffrey Modell Foundation is giving a research grant to a Belgian laboratory. The team of Adrian Liston from VIB-KU Leuven will use the grant to develop a gene therapy to cure children that suffer from IPEX syndrome, a rare and fatal autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues and organs.

9 Sep 2014

Researchers aim to safely and quickly suppress food allergies in human

In mice, the answer appears to be "yes," but making sure the same can happen in humans is a task that Fred Finkelman, MD, professor of medicine and pediatrics in the University of Cincinnati's (UC) College of Medicine and a researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is attempting to tackle.

9 Sep 2014

Miriam Hospital receives grant from NIH to prevent spread of sexually transmitted HIV in women

The Miriam Hospital is part of a research collaboration that has received a $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an intravaginal ring (IVR) that can deliver powerful antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted HIV in women.

9 Sep 2014

Internal water channels can pave way for novel approaches in drug development

G protein-coupled receptors are the largest class of cell surface receptors in our cells, involved in signal transmission across the cell membrane.

9 Sep 2014

Drugs News and Research

Dell, Terascala and TGen to install genomic data management solution at NCI

Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to support emergency efforts to control Ebola epidemic

Sanofi contributes $2.5 million to CCNA for dementia research

USFDA clears Caya- contoured diaphragm for marketing in the United States

Fogarty receives three grants for research focused on biodiversity conservation

Weak spot in complex life cycle of malaria could prevent spread of deadly disease

Study shows xenon gas treatment reduces brain damage after head injury

New project aims at delivering innovative test to improve safety of chemical products, drugs

Viewpoints: Health law is not affordable; narrow doctor networks may not sacrifice quality

Scientists identify how molecular motor essential for human development works

DEA announces that unused prescription pills can be returned to pharmacies

Study shows importance of adding illness behavior in evaluation of patients with hormone disorders

People can become addicted to eating but not to consuming foods high in sugar or fat

Researchers pave way for development of new generation of chemotherapy drugs

Unusual kind of immune cell in tongue appears to play pivotal role in prevention of thrush

Kinex Pharmaceuticals acquires QuaDPharma

Belgian receives research grant from Jeffrey Modell to help cure IPEX syndrome

Researchers aim to safely and quickly suppress food allergies in human

Miriam Hospital receives grant from NIH to prevent spread of sexually transmitted HIV in women

Internal water channels can pave way for novel approaches in drug development

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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