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Researchers explore brain estrogens to mitigate learning and memory problems

New studies being launched by neurobiologist Luke Remage-Healey at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will investigate how estrogens produced in the brains of young birds enhance their ability to learn songs during a critical window during development.

22 Jul 2014

Viruses designed to kill cancer cells could boost effectiveness of chemotherapy to arms, legs

Viruses designed to target and kill cancer cells could boost the effectiveness of chemotherapy to the arms and legs and help avoid amputation, a new study reports.

22 Jul 2014

NuAire's Laminar Airflow Workstations create bacteria-free, clean air environment

NuAire's AireGard ES NU-201 Table Top and NU-301 Console Horizontal Laminar Airflow Hoods provide a HEPA filtered clean work area that is ideal for operations requiring a particle-free, bacteria-free, clean air environment.

22 Jul 2014

ROS1 fusion genes found in young East Asian patients with lung adenocarcinoma

ROS1 fusion genes were successfully detected independent of gender or smoking history in young East Asian patients with lung adenocarcinoma, a histological subgroup in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), using multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) diagnostic tests.

22 Jul 2014

Randox Cystatin C facilitates early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease

As a more sensitive maker of renal dysfunction Randox Cystatin C offers several advantages over traditional creatinine assays.

From Randox Laboratories Ltd. 22 Jul 2014

Study shows correlation between education and nearsightedness

Education and behavior have a greater impact on the development of nearsightedness than do genetic factors: With each school year completed, a person becomes more nearsighted.

22 Jul 2014

Cost of Sovaldi and other specialty drugs worries states, pharmaceutical executives

News outlets continue to examine how Solvadi - usually an expensive cure for hepatitis-C - might affect budgets.

22 Jul 2014

Obamacare's health IT rules bring challenges, opportunities

The CEO of a huge software company finds out that the system isn't working perfectly. And, a profile of a company simplifying the system as well as a look at some "hazards" of electronic medical records. NPR reports on how the FDA uses insurance billing records to spot drug side-effects on a large scale.

22 Jul 2014

For Medicare, good news for future, changes in hospice rules

And a new report by a conservative group identifies Medicare Advantage cuts by congressional district.

22 Jul 2014

Unnatural DNA bases: an interview with Professor Floyd E. Romesberg, The Scripps Research Institute

The natural DNA bases that form the letters of DNA are usually referred to as G, C, A, and T. Those are only the first letters of the chemical names. They’re often called nucleotides by their scientific name and all of them have in common a phosphate part, a sugar part and a nucleobase part.

21 Jul 2014

Genomics testing in action: an interview with Kevin Haar, CEO, Appistry

The more connections are made between genes, disease and drugs, and the more that we continue to understand about those connections, the more critical genetic testing will become in modern medicine.

21 Jul 2014

Drug for reduction of abdominal fat in HIV patients may also reduce fatty liver disease

The only drug to receive FDA approval for reduction of the abdominal fat deposits that develop in some patients receiving antiviral therapy for HIV infection may also reduce the incidence of fatty liver disease in such patients.

21 Jul 2014

Scientist uses samples of beating heart tissue to test effect of drugs

A Coventry University scientist has developed a pioneering new way - using samples of beating heart tissue - to test the effect of drugs on the heart without using human or animal trials.

21 Jul 2014

State highlights: Concerns continue about Coakley-partners antitrust settlement; Maine's Lepage announces extra $13.1 million for nursing homes

Criticism of Attorney General Martha Coakley's antitrust pact with the state's largest health care system mounted Thursday as a watchdog panel warned a judge the proposed deal might not meet its goal of holding down medical expenses.

21 Jul 2014

Drugs News and Research

Researchers explore brain estrogens to mitigate learning and memory problems

Viruses designed to kill cancer cells could boost effectiveness of chemotherapy to arms, legs

NuAire's Laminar Airflow Workstations create bacteria-free, clean air environment

ROS1 fusion genes found in young East Asian patients with lung adenocarcinoma

Randox Cystatin C facilitates early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease

Study shows correlation between education and nearsightedness

Cost of Sovaldi and other specialty drugs worries states, pharmaceutical executives

Obamacare's health IT rules bring challenges, opportunities

For Medicare, good news for future, changes in hospice rules

Unnatural DNA bases: an interview with Professor Floyd E. Romesberg, The Scripps Research Institute

Genomics testing in action: an interview with Kevin Haar, CEO, Appistry

Drug for reduction of abdominal fat in HIV patients may also reduce fatty liver disease

Scientist uses samples of beating heart tissue to test effect of drugs

State highlights: Concerns continue about Coakley-partners antitrust settlement; Maine's Lepage announces extra $13.1 million for nursing homes

Researchers identify group of cells in brain that plays important role in Down syndrome

New material can extract atoms of rare or dangerous elements from air

New guidelines integrate biomedical advances and behavioral interventions for HIV people

Researchers use safer method to stimulate ovulation in women undergoing IVF treatment

Scientists reveal structure of protein involved in life and development of cancer

Combination drug therapy cures chronic hepatitis C in co-infected HIV patients

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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