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When wounds won’t heal, therapies spread — to the tune of $5 billion

Carol Emanuele beat cancer. But for the past two years, she has been fighting her toughest battle yet. She has an open wound on the bottom of her foot that leaves her unable to walk and prone to deadly infection.

3 Aug 2017

UCLA research in sarcoma provides much-needed roadmap for personalizing therapies

Sarcoma is a rare and deadly form of cancer occurring in the bones and connective tissue that affects individuals of all ages.

3 Aug 2017

Scientists reveal new method to reprogram specific T cells

When the immune system is imbalanced, either due to overly-active cells or cells that suppress its function, it causes a wide range of diseases, from psoriasis to cancer.

2 Aug 2017

Takeda and Cardurion announce creation of new cardiovascular development partnership

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Cardurion Pharmaceuticals today announced the creation of a new cardiovascular development partnership.

2 Aug 2017

Cherwell releases quick guide on cleanroom decontamination

Cherwell Laboratories, specialist suppliers of products for environmental monitoring, cleanroom bio-decontamination and process validation, has published a booklet titled “The Pharmaceutical Lab’s Pocket Guide to Cleanroom Decontamination”.

2 Aug 2017

Shaping the future of oncology treatment

Victories Over Cancer is about enabling those affected by cancer to enjoy more of life’s meaning full moments and making cancer more manageable. At Janssen, we're really thinking about the elimination of cancer, and we take a very deliberate approach to that.

2 Aug 2017

Expert highlights CRISPR’s applications, limitations, and ethical concerns

"Good morning, doctor, I am here for my gene editing appointment." In the future, could this be a greeting heard in physician offices around the world? With the introduction of CRISPR technology, genetic material can now be more easily and precisely edited, even creating changes that can subsequently be inherited by offspring.

1 Aug 2017

Natural compounds in thyme and oregano may offer treatment for cachexia

Fresh thyme and oregano offer a savory touch to a tasty dish, but a University of Iowa researcher recently discovered natural compounds in the herbs that may offer a treatment for cachexia or "wasting syndrome" as it is more commonly known.

1 Aug 2017

Survey explores how Ohio's ED administrators perceive role of state opioid prescribing guidelines

A survey led by a team of researchers at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center reports that the majority of Ohio's emergency department administrators and physicians are in support of the most recent state guidelines for prescribing opioids, but challenges still exist in implementation.

1 Aug 2017

New partnership uses artificial intelligence methods to develop solutions for preventing early aging

Center for Healthy Aging at the University of Copenhagen today announced a research collaboration with a company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) to develop solutions for preventing early aging.

1 Aug 2017

Experiments in big animals show efficacy of new non-toxic MRI contrast agent

The top causes of death worldwide, ischemic heart diseases and stroke, together with another major source of illness, that is cancer, require proper imaging of blood vessels.

31 Jul 2017

Mettler Toledo announce online seminar on continuous flow chemistry

METTLER TOLEDO has announced a new online seminar, titled Flow Chemistry Development and Scale-up. Each presentation includes examples of how simple PAT tools have become integrated into continuous flow chemistry to expedite process development. Each presenter will share a series of technical case studies.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 31 Jul 2017

Bringing highly potent cell therapy products to market

There are two main challenges and both relate to manufacturing. The first one is to make sure you can manufacture therapies with reasonable costs and the second one is to make sure that you can balance the capacity you need with the demands.

31 Jul 2017

Juvenescence AI to develop first compounds generated by Insilico's deep-learned drug discovery engines

Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based leader in artificial intelligence for drug discovery and biomarker development, is pleased to announce a multi-year drug development agreement with the biotechnology company Juvenescence AI Limited.

28 Jul 2017

Roche receives FDA clearance for new Troponin T test to detect patients with suspected heart attack

Roche announced that it has received the 510(k) clearance for its Elecsys Troponin T Gen 5 STAT (TnT Gen 5 STAT) blood test for patients with a suspected heart attack.

27 Jul 2017

Roche receives FDA clearance for new high-volume testing immunoassay solution

Roche announced today that its new, dedicated high-volume testing immunoassay solution for the cobas 8000 modular analyzer series, the cobas e 801 module, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

27 Jul 2017

New discovery could aid in synthesis of radiotracers for use with PET scanning

Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical imaging and drug development.

27 Jul 2017

Stem cell-based method selectively targets cancerous tissue while preventing toxic side effects

A stem cell-based method created by University of California, Irvine scientists can selectively target and kill cancerous tissue while preventing some of the toxic side effects of chemotherapy by treating the disease in a more localized way.

27 Jul 2017

Study identifies key component that allows deadly bacteria to spread antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for 11,300 deaths a year in the United States alone -- a figure that corresponds to half of all deaths caused by gram-positive resistant bacteria in that country.

26 Jul 2017

Researchers provide evidence supporting need for gender-specific anti-inflammatory drugs

Perhaps you have come across the titles 'Men are from Mars, women are from Venus' or 'Why men don't listen and women can't read maps': just two of the many books and articles -- some enlightening or amusing and others irritating -- that theorise about fundamental differences between men and women.

26 Jul 2017

Pharmaceuticals News and Research

When wounds won’t heal, therapies spread — to the tune of $5 billion

UCLA research in sarcoma provides much-needed roadmap for personalizing therapies

Scientists reveal new method to reprogram specific T cells

Takeda and Cardurion announce creation of new cardiovascular development partnership

Cherwell releases quick guide on cleanroom decontamination

Shaping the future of oncology treatment

Expert highlights CRISPR’s applications, limitations, and ethical concerns

Natural compounds in thyme and oregano may offer treatment for cachexia

Survey explores how Ohio's ED administrators perceive role of state opioid prescribing guidelines

New partnership uses artificial intelligence methods to develop solutions for preventing early aging

Experiments in big animals show efficacy of new non-toxic MRI contrast agent

Mettler Toledo announce online seminar on continuous flow chemistry

Bringing highly potent cell therapy products to market

Juvenescence AI to develop first compounds generated by Insilico's deep-learned drug discovery engines

Roche receives FDA clearance for new Troponin T test to detect patients with suspected heart attack

Roche receives FDA clearance for new high-volume testing immunoassay solution

New discovery could aid in synthesis of radiotracers for use with PET scanning

Stem cell-based method selectively targets cancerous tissue while preventing toxic side effects

Study identifies key component that allows deadly bacteria to spread antibiotic resistance

Researchers provide evidence supporting need for gender-specific anti-inflammatory drugs

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