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Medical food resolves metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors

Researchers at the University of Florida and Metagenics Inc. today announced that a program consisting of a breakthrough medical food combined with a low-glycemic, Mediterranean-style diet is almost twice as effective as one of the best diets alone for lowering risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S.

19 May 2011

Advantagene reaches SPA agreement with FDA for ProstAtak Phase 3 trial to prevent prostate cancer recurrence

Advantagene, Inc., a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of ProstAtak™, its lead agent for patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

19 May 2011

Repligen receives approval from FDA to commence RG3039 Phase 1 trial in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Repligen Corporation announced today that it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial of RG3039, a potential treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

19 May 2011

Caring Online offers comprehensive and informative website on adult eating disorders

Are you aware that eating disorders affect more than 10 million people in this country, and that bulimia, anorexia, binge eating and other destructive food behaviors are not exclusive to the youth? These serious and often deadly afflictions have become a growing problem with midlife adults and older, often more difficult to detect as adults are expected to have it "all together."

19 May 2011

Low calorie sweeteners offer effective solution to manage weight

The desire to eat sweet things does not need to be suppressed, just managed, according to health and nutrition experts meeting at the International Sweeteners Association's conference in Brussels today.

19 May 2011

Panel votes 20-0 for reformed labeling of kids’ pain & fever relieving medication

A federal advisory panel unanimously recommended that dosing for children's acetaminophen be based primarily on the child's weight rather than age. At present the dosing for children's products including acetaminophen- best known by the brand name Tylenol- is based on age, although many labels also contain information on dosing by weight as well. Acetaminophen is the most commonly used medicine meant to lower fever and relieve pain in children.

19 May 2011

VOA News, MSNBC look at food security

VOA News looks at the relationship between food security and trade barriers. "The Global Harvest Initiative says improving food and agricultural trade flows in the coming decades will help counter the effects of changing weather patterns, population shifts and limited natural resources," VOA News writes.

19 May 2011

APP receives FDA approval to market Gemcitabine HCI for Injection, USP in 2 g dosage

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Gemcitabine HCI for Injection, USP, in the 2 g dosage strength. APP will launch this presentation of Gemcitabine immediately.

19 May 2011

Two genes linked to worst cases of esophageal cancer

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have pinpointed two genes that are amplified in the worst cases of esophageal cancer, providing data to support a new investigational treatment that targets those same genes.

19 May 2011

Goat milk has nutritional characteristics beneficial to human health

Researchers at the University of Granada have found that goat milk has nutritional characteristics beneficial to health. They have determined that goat milk has many nutrients that make it similar to human milk.

19 May 2011

Abbott RealTime PCR assay for measuring HCV viral load receives FDA marketing approval

Abbott announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its RealTime PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test for measuring the viral load of hepatitis C (HCV), the leading cause of liver cancer in the United States.

19 May 2011

Biothera begins dosing in Imprime PGG and cetuximab combination Phase III trial for colorectal cancer

Biothera began dosing patients today in a Phase III trial evaluating Imprime PGG in combination with cetuximab as a potential new treatment for recurrent or progressive KRAS wild-type colorectal cancer.

19 May 2011

Early childhood food allergies increase risk of severe allergy-related conditions and asthma later in life

Early results from the largest cross-sectional national allergy study ever conducted, to be released later this month, demonstrate that food allergies commonly occur in infants and toddlers, while environmental allergies, such as to dust, ragweed and mold, are more common in older children and adults.

From Quest Diagnostics 18 May 2011

Affymetrix launches new menu of multiple genomic microarray tools

Affymetrix, Inc. today announced the availability of multiple genomic microarray tools that will further enable scientists in the applied research field.

18 May 2011

GOP intra-party divisions emerge over Medicare revamps

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., offered a forceful defense of his budget plan that includes a proposal to make major changes in the Medicare program after Newt Gingrich, the newly minted candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, ripped the plan.

18 May 2011

Study links video game playing with increased food intake in kids

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that almost 18% of US teens are obese. Although most experts agree that our growing obesity "epidemic" is driven by both inadequate physical activity and excessive caloric intake, implementing solutions is extraordinarily difficult.

18 May 2011

GAO report looks at U.S. aid for food emergencies, iWatch reports

According to a GAO report issued last week, "the USAID program designed for food emergencies now spends more than half of its funding to cover multi-year shortages that have become the norm. About 96 percent of the food aid supplied in 2010 went to 21 countries that have received U.S. food aid for four years or more," iWatch News reports.

18 May 2011

New denosumab Phase III trial data in high-risk prostate cancer presented at AUA conference

Data on the use of denosumab (Xgeva) to improve bone metastases-free survival in men with high-risk prostate cancer was presented at the American Urological Association conference today for the first time.

18 May 2011

Mobile phones could help improve diabetes management in under-developed countries

A new study by the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan suggests that mobile phones could help low-income patients across the globe manage diabetes and other chronic diseases.

18 May 2011

U.S. envoy to visit North Korea to assess food shortages

Robert King, the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues, will lead an official visit to North Korea next week to assess food shortages in the country, according to a Yonhap news agency article quoting a South Korean government source, Agence France-Presse reports.

18 May 2011

Food News and Research

Medical food resolves metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors

Advantagene reaches SPA agreement with FDA for ProstAtak Phase 3 trial to prevent prostate cancer recurrence

Repligen receives approval from FDA to commence RG3039 Phase 1 trial in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Caring Online offers comprehensive and informative website on adult eating disorders

Low calorie sweeteners offer effective solution to manage weight

Panel votes 20-0 for reformed labeling of kids’ pain & fever relieving medication

VOA News, MSNBC look at food security

APP receives FDA approval to market Gemcitabine HCI for Injection, USP in 2 g dosage

Two genes linked to worst cases of esophageal cancer

Goat milk has nutritional characteristics beneficial to human health

Abbott RealTime PCR assay for measuring HCV viral load receives FDA marketing approval

Biothera begins dosing in Imprime PGG and cetuximab combination Phase III trial for colorectal cancer

Early childhood food allergies increase risk of severe allergy-related conditions and asthma later in life

Affymetrix launches new menu of multiple genomic microarray tools

GOP intra-party divisions emerge over Medicare revamps

Study links video game playing with increased food intake in kids

GAO report looks at U.S. aid for food emergencies, iWatch reports

New denosumab Phase III trial data in high-risk prostate cancer presented at AUA conference

Mobile phones could help improve diabetes management in under-developed countries

U.S. envoy to visit North Korea to assess food shortages

Understanding cultivated meat and its global potential eBook

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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