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Bone Marrow is the soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of most bones. It produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.

Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.

22 Aug 2012

Radiation therapy alone no longer the best choice for early follicular lymphoma

A University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, challenges treatment guidelines for early stage follicular lymphoma, concluding that six different therapies can bring a remission, particularly if the patient is carefully examined and staged at diagnosis.

22 Aug 2012

Arteriocyte receives NIH grant for use of NANEX platform in bone marrow transplant

Arteriocyte, a leading clinical stage biotechnology company developing cellular based therapies to treat human diseases, announced today the successful award of another grant by the National Institute of Health for the use of the NANEX platform in Hematopoietic Reconstitution Using Ex Vivo Expanded Umbilical Cord Blood CD34+ Stem Cells.

22 Aug 2012

Mayo Clinic receives approval for construction of new building on Phoenix campus

Mayo Clinic has been granted approval for construction of a 217,200 square-foot building on its Phoenix campus, a major expansion that will create a single-site, integrated Cancer Center. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center with a multi-site, national presence, which allows us to serve a broad and diverse group of patients.

21 Aug 2012

ARIAD initiates multi-center ponatinib Phase 1/2 clinical trial for CML in Japan

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the initiation of a multi-center Phase 1/2 clinical trial in Japan of ponatinib, the Company's investigational BCR-ABL inhibitor.

20 Aug 2012

Proteonomix receives FDA approval to commence UMK-121 Phase 1 trial in end-stage liver disease

Proteonomix, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics based upon the use of human cells and their derivatives, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted permission to the Company to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial with its mobilization technology UMK-121.

15 Aug 2012

Combination of novel drug therapy and PSA test can effectively detect prostate cancer

Researchers have successfully developed and tested a new prostate cancer screening method that uses the combined power of a novel drug therapy and changes in PSA levels over time to identify men with a high PSA who are more likely to have aggressive prostate cancer despite negative biopsies.

12 Aug 2012

Promising stem cell therapy may prevent osteoarthritis after joint injury

Duke researchers may have found a promising stem cell therapy for preventing osteoarthritis after a joint injury.

10 Aug 2012

FDA approved drug to treat Ph- acute lymphoblastic leukemia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Marqibo (vincristine sulfate liposome injection) to treat adults with a rare type of leukemia called Philadelphia chromosome negative (Ph-) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is a rapidly progressing form of blood and bone marrow cancer that is more commonly diagnosed in children than adults.

10 Aug 2012

Longer looks: Waking up to the need for sleep

Among the more than 11,000 dearly departed inhabitants of Southeast Portland's Multnomah Park Cemetery, friends Eric Cordingley and David Anderson have their favorites: a reputed French madam, a young Norwegian institutionalized for being gay, and Louis Napoleon Lepley -- or, as they call him, "Louis the cannibal." Intriguing as their individual stories may be, together they help tell a bigger, darker tale

10 Aug 2012

Researchers develop and test new prostate cancer screening method

9 Aug 2012

Researchers help quell parents' worry about why infants seem to get sick so often

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System are helping to quell parents' worry about why infants seem to get sick so often.

8 Aug 2012

New research center to expedite study of gene transfer approach

In an alliance aimed at bringing a new, personalized immunotherapy approach to patients with a wide variety of cancers, the University of Pennsylvania and Novartis announced today an exclusive global research and licensing agreement to further study and commercialize novel cellular immunotherapies using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technologies.

6 Aug 2012

Novartis, Penn partner to study and commercialize novel cellular immunotherapies for cancer

6 Aug 2012

Possible molecular link between circadian rhythm disturbances and increased inflammatory response

Scientists have known for some time that throwing off the body's circadian rhythm can negatively affect body chemistry. In fact, workers whose sleep-wake cycles are disrupted by night shifts are more susceptible to chronic inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancer.

2 Aug 2012

Obesity also affects sexual and urinary health in men

As a man's waistline grows, so can his experience with sexual dysfunction and frequent urination, say researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The study, published in the August issue of the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI), is the first to comprehensively show that obesity in men affects not just their hearts and metabolism, but also their sexual and urinary health.

31 Jul 2012

Australia's top medical researchers for 2012 announced

Finalists for one of Australia’s longest running and most prestigious awards for medical research were announced today. This year’s winner will join a list of alumni winners that includes many of the country’s most respected scientists.

31 Jul 2012

Stem cell therapy holds promise for craniofacial bone repair

In the first human study of its kind, researchers found that using stem cells to re-grow craniofacial tissues-mainly bone-proved quicker, more effective and less invasive than traditional bone regeneration treatments.

31 Jul 2012

Burn wound MSCs potential source for skin grafting

Study findings suggest that burn wound eschar-derived mesenchymal cells represent a population of multipotent stem cells, which could be a new resource for engineering approaches to heal burn wounds.

30 Jul 2012

New study sheds light on exactly how cigarette smoke causes osteoporosis

Almost 20 years after scientists first identified cigarette smoking as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures, a new study is shedding light on exactly how cigarette smoke weakens bones. The report, in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, concludes that cigarette smoke makes people produce excessive amounts of two proteins that trigger a natural body process that breaks down bone.

28 Jul 2012

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Blood cells returned to stem cell state by Johns Hopkins researchers

Radiation therapy alone no longer the best choice for early follicular lymphoma

Arteriocyte receives NIH grant for use of NANEX platform in bone marrow transplant

Mayo Clinic receives approval for construction of new building on Phoenix campus

ARIAD initiates multi-center ponatinib Phase 1/2 clinical trial for CML in Japan

Proteonomix receives FDA approval to commence UMK-121 Phase 1 trial in end-stage liver disease

Combination of novel drug therapy and PSA test can effectively detect prostate cancer

Promising stem cell therapy may prevent osteoarthritis after joint injury

FDA approved drug to treat Ph- acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Longer looks: Waking up to the need for sleep

Researchers develop and test new prostate cancer screening method

Researchers help quell parents' worry about why infants seem to get sick so often

New research center to expedite study of gene transfer approach

Novartis, Penn partner to study and commercialize novel cellular immunotherapies for cancer

Possible molecular link between circadian rhythm disturbances and increased inflammatory response

Obesity also affects sexual and urinary health in men

Australia's top medical researchers for 2012 announced

Stem cell therapy holds promise for craniofacial bone repair

Burn wound MSCs potential source for skin grafting

New study sheds light on exactly how cigarette smoke causes osteoporosis

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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