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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

Hawthorn announces licensing deal with University of Pittsburgh for novel monoclonal antibodies for cancer

Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced a global licensing deal with the University of Pittsburgh covering a series of novel monoclonal antibodies for cancer. The antibody portfolio targets a variety of cancers through the cell surface chondrotin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4), which plays an important role in signaling pathways regulating tumor cell survival, growth, and motility.

17 May 2010

Cortex first-quarter net income increases to $0.08 per share

Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported net income of approximately $5,596,000, or $0.08 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 compared with a net loss of $3,168,000, or $0.07 per share for the corresponding prior year period, with the difference reflecting revenues from the Company's March 2010 transaction with Biovail Laboratories International SRL (Biovail).

17 May 2010

Halozyme Therapeutics announces delivery of notice of breach to Baxter Healthcare

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the delivery of a notice of breach to Baxter Healthcare Corporation due to Baxter's failure to provide HYLENEX (hyaluronidase human injection) in accordance with the terms of the parties' existing development and supply contracts.

17 May 2010

Scientists find clues to how our brains work

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have found a specific chemical compound secreted by many predators that makes mice behave fearfully. The research helps scientists better understand animal behavior, and may eventually lead to new insights into how sensory information is processed in human brains.

17 May 2010

Sports physicals keep athletes healthy to play and avoid tragic occurrences, says sports medicine expert

While seemingly invincible teenage athletes at the height of good health and fitness aren't likely candidates for doctor's visits, even the fit need to visit a physician before practice. Sports physicals, often called pre-participation sports examinations, are key to making sure athletes are healthy enough to play and avoiding tragic occurrences, like sudden cardiac death, says a Saint Louis University sports medicine expert.

17 May 2010

Blood-flow fMRI to be used to study brain-wide impact of neural circuitry changes

Like a motorist who knows that the "check engine" light indicates something important but ill-defined is happening, neuroscientists have relied heavily on an incompletely understood technology called functional magnetic resonance imaging to show them what the brain is doing when people respond to different stimuli.

17 May 2010

People who live in urban areas tend to have higher blood pressure: Researchers

People who live in urban areas where particulate air pollution is high tend to have higher blood pressure than those who live in less polluted areas, according to researchers from the University of Dusiburg-Essen in Germany.

17 May 2010

Carcinogenic potential of mobile phone use not clear cut

The most comprehensive international study to date on the association between mobile phone use and brain cancers has not shown a strong causal link between the two but research on their relationship needs to continue, Professor Bruce Armstrong from the School of Public Health says.

17 May 2010

No increase in risk of glioma or meningioma with use of mobile phones: INTERPHONE project

The International Journal of Epidemiology today published a combined data analysis from a multi national population-based case-control study of glioma and meningioma, the most common types of brain tumour. This is the first in a series of combined data analyses of head and neck tumours published as part of the internationally coordinated INTERPHONE project.

17 May 2010

Mechanism in newborn's memory centre that adjusts brain maturation for information processing discovered

With their French colleagues, researchers at the University of Helsinki have found a mechanism in the memory centre of newborn that adjusts the maturation of the brain for the information processing required later in life. The study was published this week in an American science magazine The Journal of Neuroscience.

15 May 2010

Athersys presents data supporting MultiStem programs

Athersys, Inc. today presented data supporting its MultiStem® programs in cardiovascular disease, neurological disease and immune system modulation, and highlighted advancements in other areas, including progress in its drug development program in the area of obesity.

15 May 2010

Protox announces positive top-line results from the TRIUMPH study in first quarter 2010

Protox Therapeutics Inc. a leader in the development of receptor targeted fusion proteins, today released financial results for the first quarter 2010, ended March 31, 2010. "The first quarter of 2010 marked significant achievements for the company, namely the announcement of positive top-line results from the TRIUMPH study and the subsequent completion of a five million dollar financing," said Dr. Fahar Merchant, President and CEO of Protox.

15 May 2010

Foundation Venture Capital Group makes initial investment of $175,000 to develop test to diagnose AD

As many as 5.3 million Americans, and 35 million people worldwide, are living with Alzheimer's disease, a devastating neurodegenerative illness characterized by memory loss, cognitive decline and widespread destruction of neurons in the brain. Today, there is no definitive diagnosis for the disease, and no treatment to cure it.

15 May 2010

UC researchers explore dynamics of bacterial evolution

Researchers found that as dominant members of the population surrendered to host immune defenses, they were replaced by a hyperaggressive, mutant minority population that thrived and took over the abandoned community to become the new majority.

15 May 2010

Human Pheromone Sciences first-quarter net revenues increase 12% to $185,000

Human Pheromone Sciences, Inc. today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Net revenues of $185,000 represented a 12% increase from the revenues of $165,000 in the prior year period, and resulted in a net loss of $98,000 ($.02 per share) as compared with net loss of $181,000 ($.04 per share) for the same period in 2009.

15 May 2010

American Shared Hospital Services first-quarter revenue decreases 2% to $4,088,000

AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES, a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2010.

14 May 2010

New way to coax embryonic stem cells and reprogrammed adult cells to develop sensory cells

After ten years of effort, researchers reporting in the May 14th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, say they have found a way to coax embryonic stem cells as well as reprogrammed adult cells to develop into sensory cells that normally reside in the mammalian inner ear. Those mechanosensitive sensory hair cells are the linchpin of hearing and balance.

14 May 2010

Multivitamin and mineral supplements improve mood, mental performance in healthy males: Study

The effects of multivitamins are most often researched in the elderly. This is one of very few studies to assess the relationship between supplementation with vitamins/minerals and psychological functioning in healthy groups of non-elderly adults. This study shows how a proprietary multivitamin and mineral supplement improves mood and mental performance while also reducing stress, mental tiredness and fatigue in healthy males.

14 May 2010

Children with epilepsy say their quality of life is comparable to that of healthy siblings

Children with epilepsy often face multiple challenges - not only seizures but learning, cognitive and school difficulties, side effects from medication, and, not surprisingly, social stigma from their peers.

14 May 2010

Stanford researchers make hair-cell-like cells in a petri dish

Deep inside the ear, specialized cells called hair cells detect vibrations in the air and translate them into sound. Ten years ago, Stefan Heller, PhD, professor of otolaryngology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, came up with the idea that if you could create these cells in the laboratory from stem cells, it would go a long way toward helping scientists understand the molecular basis of hearing in order to develop better treatments for deafness.

14 May 2010

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Hawthorn announces licensing deal with University of Pittsburgh for novel monoclonal antibodies for cancer

Cortex first-quarter net income increases to $0.08 per share

Halozyme Therapeutics announces delivery of notice of breach to Baxter Healthcare

Scientists find clues to how our brains work

Sports physicals keep athletes healthy to play and avoid tragic occurrences, says sports medicine expert

Blood-flow fMRI to be used to study brain-wide impact of neural circuitry changes

People who live in urban areas tend to have higher blood pressure: Researchers

Carcinogenic potential of mobile phone use not clear cut

No increase in risk of glioma or meningioma with use of mobile phones: INTERPHONE project

Mechanism in newborn's memory centre that adjusts brain maturation for information processing discovered

Athersys presents data supporting MultiStem programs

Protox announces positive top-line results from the TRIUMPH study in first quarter 2010

Foundation Venture Capital Group makes initial investment of $175,000 to develop test to diagnose AD

UC researchers explore dynamics of bacterial evolution

Human Pheromone Sciences first-quarter net revenues increase 12% to $185,000

American Shared Hospital Services first-quarter revenue decreases 2% to $4,088,000

New way to coax embryonic stem cells and reprogrammed adult cells to develop sensory cells

Multivitamin and mineral supplements improve mood, mental performance in healthy males: Study

Children with epilepsy say their quality of life is comparable to that of healthy siblings

Stanford researchers make hair-cell-like cells in a petri dish

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