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Northwestern Medicine receives $12 million to continue organ transplant research with stem cells

An innovative Northwestern Medicine- research program investigating if stem cells may be the key to allowing organ transplant patients to stop taking immunosuppressive drugs has received $12 million in research funding. The grant will allow researchers to finish Phase II of the clinical trials and begin Phase III.

8 Nov 2013

Four-year study to develop targeted approach to psoriasis treatment

A world-leading taskforce led by The University of Manchester has begun work to create a new test to help medics work out which treatment plan is most likely to improve the disabling skin condition psoriasis, based on a patient's individual biological make-up.

8 Nov 2013

Cancer pioneer James Allison wins 2013 Innovations Award for bioscience

For basic science research that opened a completely new approach for treating cancer, The Economist has named James Allison, Ph.D., professor and chair of Immunology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, as its 2013 Innovations Award winner in Bioscience.

8 Nov 2013

State highlights: Officials seek public watchdog for health system money

Republicans cite their 2.5-point defeat in the Virginia governor's race as proof that Ken Cuccinelli would have reversed his fortunes if he'd hammered earlier and longer on Obamacare, an issue the attorney general said tightened the contest in its final days (Davis and McCormick, 11/7).

8 Nov 2013

Findings raise prospects for new therapies to protect heart from progressive disease

Some of the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of heart failure are beta-blockers and nitrates, which help to relax blood vessels and decrease the heart's workload. The drugs were thought to produce those effects through distinct molecular pathways, but according to a new study led by scientists at Temple University School of Medicine, both types of drugs may help the failing heart by counteracting the effects of an enzyme known as GRK2.

8 Nov 2013

Landmark clinical trial of artificial aortic heart valve shows positive results

Loyola University Medical Center is the only Chicago hospital participating in a landmark clinical trial of an artificial aortic heart valve that does not require open heart surgery.

From Medtronic 8 Nov 2013

People with food allergy may no longer have to avoid food entirely

Have food allergies? If you answered yes, you know the best way to prevent a severe allergic reaction is to totally avoid the offending food. But according to a presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), you may no longer have to avoid the food entirely.

8 Nov 2013

Oral allergy syndrome sufferers with hypertension may be at increased risk for severe reaction

Oral allergy syndrome sufferers that take high blood pressure medications may experience extreme facial swelling and difficulty breathing the next time they bite into a juicy apple.

8 Nov 2013

RNA molecule present in the blood could someday be a diagnostic marker for pancreatic cancer

An Indiana University cancer researcher has demonstrated that a particular molecule is present in the blood of most pancreatic cancer patients, suggesting it could someday be a diagnostic marker for the disease.

8 Nov 2013

Levels of BPA in components of dialysis machines may be toxic to patients' immune cells

Levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in components of dialysis machines may be toxic to the immune cells circulating in kidney failure patients' blood, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2013 November 5-10 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

8 Nov 2013

EKF Diagnostics to introduce upgraded POC analyzer and new sTNFr1 test kit at Medica 2013

EKF, announces it will be premiering two novel diagnostic tests at Medica 2013, 20th to 23rd November, Düsseldorf, Germany.

From EKF Diagnostics 8 Nov 2013

Nanoparticles with chemotherapeutic drugs can kill drug-resistant breast cancer cells

Nanoparticles filled with chemotherapeutic drugs can kill drug-resistant breast cancer cells, according to a study published in the scientific journal Biomaterials.

8 Nov 2013

Lowa researchers create bio patch that regenerates missing or damaged bone

Researchers at the University of Iowa have created a bio patch to regenerate missing or damaged bone by putting DNA into a nano-sized particle that delivers bone-producing instructions directly into cells.

8 Nov 2013

Vitamin C can improve skeletal muscle fatigue in COPD patients

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—a health problem in which the lungs lose their inherent springiness, making it progressively harder to breathe—can have a dramatic effect on the ability to exercise and even perform simple activities of daily life because of the disease's fallout effects on skeletal muscles.

8 Nov 2013

UTHealth to host intensive two-week course on critical care

An intensive two-week course on critical care will be hosted by the Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School.

8 Nov 2013

New coverage gaps, cost issues spur health law worries

News outlets look at the nuts and bolts of the health law's implementation, including a worry that coverage gaps will persist for some vulnerable people, as well as how the government pays for insurance subsidies and why some premium costs increase under the health law.

8 Nov 2013

Study investigates association between preterm birth and later retinal detachment

Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19 times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than peers born at term, according to a Swedish study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

8 Nov 2013

Rice U. researchers link von Willebrand factor to heart-valve calcium deposits

Heart valves calcify over time, and Rice University scientists are beginning to understand why. The Rice lab of bioengineer Jane Grande-Allen found through studies of pigs' heart valves that age plays a critical role in the valves' progressive hardening, and the problem may be due to the infiltration of a protein known as von Willebrand factor.

8 Nov 2013

Increased consumption of vegetable protein linked with prolonged survival among kidney disease patients

Increased consumption of vegetable protein was linked with prolonged survival among kidney disease patients in a new a study. The findings will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2013 November 5-10 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

8 Nov 2013

UC researchers receive FDA grant to study generic tacrolimus in high-risk transplant patients

Transplant researchers at the University of Cincinnati have received a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to study the safety and efficacy of a generic immunosuppressive drug in high-risk transplant patients.

7 Nov 2013

Blood News and Research

Northwestern Medicine receives $12 million to continue organ transplant research with stem cells

Four-year study to develop targeted approach to psoriasis treatment

Cancer pioneer James Allison wins 2013 Innovations Award for bioscience

State highlights: Officials seek public watchdog for health system money

Findings raise prospects for new therapies to protect heart from progressive disease

Landmark clinical trial of artificial aortic heart valve shows positive results

People with food allergy may no longer have to avoid food entirely

Oral allergy syndrome sufferers with hypertension may be at increased risk for severe reaction

RNA molecule present in the blood could someday be a diagnostic marker for pancreatic cancer

Levels of BPA in components of dialysis machines may be toxic to patients' immune cells

EKF Diagnostics to introduce upgraded POC analyzer and new sTNFr1 test kit at Medica 2013

Nanoparticles with chemotherapeutic drugs can kill drug-resistant breast cancer cells

Lowa researchers create bio patch that regenerates missing or damaged bone

Vitamin C can improve skeletal muscle fatigue in COPD patients

UTHealth to host intensive two-week course on critical care

New coverage gaps, cost issues spur health law worries

Study investigates association between preterm birth and later retinal detachment

Rice U. researchers link von Willebrand factor to heart-valve calcium deposits

Increased consumption of vegetable protein linked with prolonged survival among kidney disease patients

UC researchers receive FDA grant to study generic tacrolimus in high-risk transplant patients

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