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Lung ultrasound could help determine if pregnant woman with preeclampsia is at risk for respiratory failure

18 Mar 2014

Professor receives 2014 Rolf Luft Award for research on diabetes and endocrinology

Dr. Roger Unger, Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center has been awarded the 2014 Rolf Luft Award for his identification of glucagon as a pancreatic hormone that raises blood sugar levels, having the opposite effect of insulin.

18 Mar 2014

GenSpera enrolls first patient in Phase II trial of compound G-202 in patients with glioblastoma multiforme

GenSpera, Inc. (OTCQB:GNSZ) announced that the first patient was enrolled in the Phase II clinical trial of its lead compound, G-202, in patients who have glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most prevalent type of primary brain cancer.

18 Mar 2014

Sparton completes all-cash transaction to acquire Aubrey Group

Sparton Corporation announces that it completed an all-cash transaction to acquire Aubrey Group, Inc., an $8 million revenue business, on March 17, 2014. Aubrey will continue to service its current and future customers out of its Irvine, CA location.

18 Mar 2014

State highlights: States urge some retailers to end tobacco sales; abortion in N.D., Ark.; Conn. assisted suicide

A selection of health policy stories from North Dakota, Arkansas, Connecticut, New York, California, Missouri, Arizona and Minnesota.

18 Mar 2014

New standard for U.S. heart transplantation

The Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute has set a new standard for U.S. heart transplantation by completing 117 adult heart transplants and two adult heart-lung transplants, for a total of 119 adult heart transplants in a single year. The previous number set in 2005, was 98 adult heart transplants performed in one year.

18 Mar 2014

Merck Millipore announces joint development agreement with Sysmex Corporation

Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, today announced a clinical research, licensing and joint development agreement with Sysmex Corporation of Japan.

From Sysmex America, Inc. 18 Mar 2014

Study: Identifying biomarkers could lead to earlier detection of preeclampsia

Identifying biomarkers could lead to earlier detection of preeclampsia, which in turn can lead to healthier mothers and children, according to a collaborative study from the Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR) and the MR Cancer Group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

18 Mar 2014

Researchers provide new blood test for early detection of stomach cancer

University of Adelaide research has provided new hope for the early detection of stomach cancer with the identification of four new biomarkers in the blood of human cancer patients.

18 Mar 2014

Study: Men are more likely to receive faster care for heart attacks and angina than women

A new study indicates that in younger adults experiencing heart attacks and angina, men are more likely to receive faster care compared with women. The study, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) also found that gender-related factors affected access to care for both men and women.

18 Mar 2014

Patients with both HIV and hepatitis C have 80% higher rates of serious liver disease

A new study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that the risk of hepatitis C-associated serious liver disease persists in HIV patients otherwise benefitting from antiretroviral therapy (ART) to treat HIV.

18 Mar 2014

Pierre Fabre Dermatologie receives FDA marketing authorization for pediatric drug Hemangeol

Pierre Fabre Dermatologie has obtained marketing authorization from the FDA for the pediatric drug Hemangeol (propranolol hydrochloride), which is the first and only approved treatment for "proliferating infantile hemangioma requiring systemic therapy".

18 Mar 2014

Researchers discover how STAT3 protein breaches antitumor mechanism prior to cancer development

A Stony Brook University-led international team of infectious disease researchers have discovered how a cellular protein, called STAT3, which is overactive in a majority of human cancers, interferes with an antitumor mechanism in cells and therefore promotes the growth of cancer.

18 Mar 2014

New sweetener from tequila plant may aid diabetes, weight loss

A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers said here today.

18 Mar 2014

Proteomics identifies possible RCC biomarkers

Proteomic analysis has identified significant differences between the proteins expressed in renal cell carcinoma samples and in healthy renal tissue, UK researchers report.

17 Mar 2014

Prehypertension bodes ill for stroke risk

A meta-analysis confirms that having blood pressure at the upper end of the normal range increases people’s risk of a stroke.

17 Mar 2014

Study shows only 23% of seasonal and pandemic flu caused symptoms

Around 1 in 5 of the population were infected in both recent outbreaks of seasonal flu and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, but just 23% of these infections caused symptoms, and only 17% of people were ill enough to consult their doctor.

17 Mar 2014

Building muscle mass important in decreasing metabolic risk

New UCLA research suggests that the more muscle mass older Americans have, the less likely they are to die prematurely. The findings add to the growing evidence that overall body composition - and not the widely used body mass index, or BMI - is a better predictor of all-cause mortality.

17 Mar 2014

Researchers develop therapy to attack cervical cancer tumors

One of the most promising technologies for the treatment of various cancers is nanotechnology, creating drugs that directly attack the cancer cells without damaging other tissues' development.

17 Mar 2014

Researchers develop new software to aid cardiovascular risk diagnosis based on fundus image processing

Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València, the Hospital General de Valencia and the Ophthalmology Unit of the Foundation for the Health and Biomedical Research of the Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO-Oftalmología Médica) have developed a new software to aid cardiovascular risk diagnosis based on fundus image processing.

17 Mar 2014

Blood News and Research

Lung ultrasound could help determine if pregnant woman with preeclampsia is at risk for respiratory failure

Professor receives 2014 Rolf Luft Award for research on diabetes and endocrinology

GenSpera enrolls first patient in Phase II trial of compound G-202 in patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Sparton completes all-cash transaction to acquire Aubrey Group

State highlights: States urge some retailers to end tobacco sales; abortion in N.D., Ark.; Conn. assisted suicide

New standard for U.S. heart transplantation

Merck Millipore announces joint development agreement with Sysmex Corporation

Study: Identifying biomarkers could lead to earlier detection of preeclampsia

Researchers provide new blood test for early detection of stomach cancer

Study: Men are more likely to receive faster care for heart attacks and angina than women

Patients with both HIV and hepatitis C have 80% higher rates of serious liver disease

Pierre Fabre Dermatologie receives FDA marketing authorization for pediatric drug Hemangeol

Researchers discover how STAT3 protein breaches antitumor mechanism prior to cancer development

New sweetener from tequila plant may aid diabetes, weight loss

Proteomics identifies possible RCC biomarkers

Prehypertension bodes ill for stroke risk

Study shows only 23% of seasonal and pandemic flu caused symptoms

Building muscle mass important in decreasing metabolic risk

Researchers develop therapy to attack cervical cancer tumors

Researchers develop new software to aid cardiovascular risk diagnosis based on fundus image processing

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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