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Researchers focus on novel techniques to combat global blood shortage

Red blood cells are the cells responsible for transporting oxygen to all the organs of the body. Red blood cells are the body's most common cell type: no less than 20 billion red blood cells die and are regenerated every day.

17 Jun 2015

Researchers create cell lines to study gene expression in precursor brown fat and white fat cells

Since the 2009 discovery that energy-burning brown fat can be active in adults, research has raced ahead to understand this tissue and exploit it to treat the epidemic of obesity. Active brown fat also may assist in directly easing the burden of diabetes and related metabolic diseases by lowering the levels of glucose and fatty acids in the bloodstream. But progress in studying human brown fat often has been slowed by difficulties in obtaining and studying samples of the human cells that develop into brown fat.

17 Jun 2015

Women who underwent uterine transplantation adjust to sudden restoration of fertility

In October last year the Gothenburg, Sweden, group of Mats Bra?nnstro?m announced the world's first live birth following the transplantation of a donated uterus.

17 Jun 2015

WSU researchers receive U.S. patent for new anesthesia monitoring system

A team of researchers from Wayne State University was recently issued a U.S. patent (# 8,998,808) on a technology that will offer anesthesiologists better methods for monitoring and managing patients in the operating room.

17 Jun 2015

Researchers discover that extreme exercise can lead to blood poisoning

Researchers have discovered that extreme exercise can cause intestinal bacteria to leak into the bloodstream, leading to blood poisoning.

17 Jun 2015

TeamHealth launches PreOpGuide app to reduce unnecessary pre-operative testing, lessen surgical delays

TeamHealth, a leading provider of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, today announced the launch of PreOpGuide, a free mobile app for clinicians designed to reduce or eliminate unnecessary pre-operative testing, lessen surgical delays and cancellations, help ensure patients are properly prepared for surgery and reduce costs for both patients and hospitals.

17 Jun 2015

NSU launches Master of Science in Nutrition degree program

Nova Southeastern University's College of Osteopathic Medicine has launched a Master of Science in Nutrition degree program, adding to the university's vast array of health care degree options. The program is the first in Florida to offer this degree in a primarily online course format.

17 Jun 2015

Phase I study: Idarucizumab reverses anticoagulant effect of dabigatran in healthy volunteers

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that The Lancet published results from a phase I study investigating the effects of idarucizumab, an investigational agent, in reversing the anticoagulant effect of dabigatran in healthy volunteers. The data demonstrate that complete reversal was achieved following administration of idarucizumab.

17 Jun 2015

Scientists identify two new key players involved in development of prostate cancer

Understanding how a normal healthy cell turns into a cancerous one is our best bet yet for beating the disease. It will help better diagnose the cancer type, and enable the development of more effective, and less toxic therapies. But cells have evolved all sorts of sophisticated ways to become cancerous, and identifying the molecules involved and how they function in each type of cancer is a major undertaking.

16 Jun 2015

Lawson researchers find radiation-resistant stem cell population in the colon linked to cancer growth

Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have identified a new stem cell population in the colon linked to cancer growth. The findings, which were recently published in the prominent journal Cell Stem Cell, will significantly change the way we study and treat colon cancer.

16 Jun 2015

Updated March of Dimes CineMama app helps women to track their weight gain during pregnancy

Gaining too much or too little weight during pregnancy can have serious health consequences for your baby. The updated March of Dimes CineMama app helps moms-to-be track their weight gain as well as make a time-lapse movie of their pregnancy. The app is free and available for both iOS and android devices.

16 Jun 2015

CyMedica Orthopedics closes $11.5 million Series A financing

CyMedica Orthopedics, Inc. announced today that it has closed an extension to its Series A financing. The Series A financing was led by investors Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., a Tucson-based venture capital firm, and California Technology Ventures, LLC, a Pasadena-based venture capital fund. The financing also included participation from existing investor Aphelion Capital (Mill Valley, CA) and the founding group of investors.

16 Jun 2015

Genticel’s GTL001 phase 1 clinical study of HPV therapeutic vaccine granted FDA clearance

Genticel, a French biotechnology company and developer of innovative immunotherapies to prevent cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, today announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Genticel’s Investigational New Drug application to conduct in the US a phase 1 clinical study of GTL001 in patients infected with HPV 16 and/or 18, the two HPV types responsible for 70% of cervical cancer cases.

16 Jun 2015

Link between poverty and kidney disease changes over time, study finds

Poverty is known to be a strong risk factor for end-stage kidney disease. Now, a first of-its-kind study has found that the association between poverty and kidney disease changes over time.

16 Jun 2015

Study highlights medical, health care challenges faced by African American lesbian or bisexual women

More than one third of African American lesbian or bisexual women reported a negative experience with a heathcare provider and many of those women did not seek medical care the next time they were ill, according to a study published in LGBT Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

16 Jun 2015

'Brain-to-Text' system decodes spoken speech and transforms it into textual representation

Speech is produced in the human cerebral cortex. Brain waves associated with speech processes can be directly recorded with electrodes located on the surface of the cortex. It has now been shown for the first time that is possible to reconstruct basic units, words, and complete sentences of continuous speech from these brain waves and to generate the corresponding text.

16 Jun 2015

MedUni Vienna uses new MR technique to classify adenomas

Adenomas are rare liver tumours, a certain percentage of which can become malignant. Using a new MR (magnetic resonance) technique at MedUni Vienna, it is now possible to classify adenomas without subjecting patients to invasive tissue sampling procedures.

16 Jun 2015

Stony Brook University, CadheRx Therapeutics sign licensing agreement for anti-cancer technology

Stony Brook University has entered into a licensing agreement with a startup company, CadheRx Therapeutics, to develop and market an anti-cancer technology discovered by Sabine Brouxhon, MD, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.

16 Jun 2015

Research explores screening methods, clinical care for patients with Alzheimer's and all forms of dementia

Every 67 seconds someone is the United States develops Alzheimer's disease or some form of dementia. It's the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. and it's the only cause of death in the top 10 in America that cannot be prevented, cured or slowed. This month, as the nation observes "Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month," James E. Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., one of the most prominent neuroscientists in the country, is at the helm of cutting-edge research, screening methods and clinical care for all forms of dementia and cognitive impairments as well as neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

16 Jun 2015

Mutations in ZnT2 protein reduce amounts of zinc levels in mother's milk

Zinc plays an important role in a woman's ability to successfully breast-feed her child, according to health researchers.

16 Jun 2015

Medicine News and Research

Researchers focus on novel techniques to combat global blood shortage

Researchers create cell lines to study gene expression in precursor brown fat and white fat cells

Women who underwent uterine transplantation adjust to sudden restoration of fertility

WSU researchers receive U.S. patent for new anesthesia monitoring system

Researchers discover that extreme exercise can lead to blood poisoning

TeamHealth launches PreOpGuide app to reduce unnecessary pre-operative testing, lessen surgical delays

NSU launches Master of Science in Nutrition degree program

Phase I study: Idarucizumab reverses anticoagulant effect of dabigatran in healthy volunteers

Scientists identify two new key players involved in development of prostate cancer

Lawson researchers find radiation-resistant stem cell population in the colon linked to cancer growth

Updated March of Dimes CineMama app helps women to track their weight gain during pregnancy

CyMedica Orthopedics closes $11.5 million Series A financing

Genticel’s GTL001 phase 1 clinical study of HPV therapeutic vaccine granted FDA clearance

Link between poverty and kidney disease changes over time, study finds

Study highlights medical, health care challenges faced by African American lesbian or bisexual women

'Brain-to-Text' system decodes spoken speech and transforms it into textual representation

MedUni Vienna uses new MR technique to classify adenomas

Stony Brook University, CadheRx Therapeutics sign licensing agreement for anti-cancer technology

Research explores screening methods, clinical care for patients with Alzheimer's and all forms of dementia

Mutations in ZnT2 protein reduce amounts of zinc levels in mother's milk

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Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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