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EC grants marketing authorization for XTANDI capsules for treating advanced prostate cancer

Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd., the European Headquarters of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE:4503), and Medivation, Inc. announced that following the regulatory review process by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on April 25, 2013, the European Commission (EC) has granted the marketing authorization for XTANDI™ (enzalutamide) capsules for the treatment of adult men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer whose disease has progressed on or after docetaxel therapy.

24 Jun 2013

IASTAM to host 8th ICTAM at Samsung Sancheong HRD Center in Korea, September 2013

The 8th ICTAM Organizing Committee -- in recent years interest for traditional medicine has been growing within academia. Traditional medicine includes Korean medicine, Chinese medicine, Indian medicine, Chiropractic and Homeopathy.

21 Jun 2013

Wayne State University awards $1.8 million for development of multidisciplinary research groups

Wayne State University's Office of the Vice President for Research today announced two research awards totaling $1.8 million in the Multidisciplinary Research Group Incubator Program (MRGIP), an internal funding program at the university.

21 Jun 2013

Researchers identify structures that may help develop human intestinal immune system

The trillions of harmful bacteria that populate the human gut represent a continuous threat to our health. Proper intestinal immune function creates a protective barrier between us and the extensive microbial ecosystem in our intestines. Now, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have identified the structures that serve as the foundation for the development of the human intestinal immune system.

21 Jun 2013

Bacterial DNA more likely to integrate in the genome of tumors than in normal healthy cells

Bacterial DNA may integrate into the human genome more readily in tumors than in normal human tissue, according to a new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences. Researchers analyzed genomic sequencing data available from the Human Genome Project, the 1,000 Genomes Project and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). They considered the phenomenon of lateral gene transfer (LGT), the transmission of genetic material between organisms in the absence of sex.

21 Jun 2013

Study: Risk of malaria doubles in poorest children compared with the least poor

The collaborative study, led by Durham University and the London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine, is published today in The Lancet and unusually brings together the health and development communities.

21 Jun 2013

Sorrento, IGDRASOL to present updates on IG-001 and IG-004 at joint meeting of CLINAM and ETPN

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. and IGDRASOL announced today that the companies will present updates of their analyses of proprietary late clinical stage paclitaxel formulations, IG-001 (Cynviloq) and IG-004 (TOCOSOL paclitaxel) at the joint meeting of the European Foundation for Clinical Nanomedicine and the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine in Basel, Switzerland on June 23 - 26.

21 Jun 2013

Springer now offers eBook collections in French and Italian

Springer is now offering two more language-specific eBook collections, in French and Italian. The French collection is comprised of about 330 titles, and the Italian collection offers over 400 titles, both ranging from 2005 through 2013.

21 Jun 2013

Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

Johns Hopkins student-built devices—a blood clot detection system and a concealable, hands-free breast pump—have won two of the top three awards in a national contest that recognizes innovative biomedical engineering designs that have high commercial potential and social impact.

21 Jun 2013

Researchers report therapeutic strategy that appears to destroy drug-resistant melanomas

An advanced tumor is a complex ecosystem. Though derived from a single cell, it evolves as it grows until it contains several subspecies of cells that vary dramatically in their genetic traits and behaviors.

21 Jun 2013

Clinical study shows that clopidogrel not effective in infants with congenital heart diseases

One of the largest clinical trials done in infants with congenital (present at birth) heart diseases, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that the increasingly common practice of using the drug clopidogrel (Plavix-) to reduce shunt-related blood flow issues is not effective in the dose studied.

21 Jun 2013

RAND study shows that ER has become major portal for unscheduled hospitalizations

More than three-quarters (81.8 percent) of unscheduled admissions to the hospital now come through the emergency department, which is a sharp increase from the previous decade when only 64.5 percent of unscheduled admissions came through the ER.

21 Jun 2013

Research findings suggest potent new therapeutic target for certain types of cancer

Scientists have discovered the survival secret to a genetic mutation that stokes leukemia cells, solving an evolutionary riddle and paving the way to a highly targeted therapy for leukemia.

21 Jun 2013

Researchers find elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat in children with autism

Researchers have found elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat in children with autism in comparison to those without autism. The results also indicated an association between the elevated antibodies and the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms in the affected children.

21 Jun 2013

Scientists use stem-cell technology to create research cell line from PDAC patient

Pancreatic cancer carries a dismal prognosis. According to the National Cancer Institute, the overall five-year relative survival for 2003-2009 was 6 percent.

21 Jun 2013

Duke Medicine researchers identify molecular target to prevent onset of epilepsy

Duke Medicine researchers have identified a receptor in the nervous system that may be key to preventing epilepsy following a prolonged period of seizures.

21 Jun 2013

Scientists find way to attack dangerous bacteria that cause eye infections

Much as predators attack their prey in the animal world, there are bacteria that consume and kill other bacteria. Scientists are reporting new progress in putting the predator microbes to work - to attack dangerous bacteria that cause eye infections that lead to blindness and have grown resistant to antibiotics.

21 Jun 2013

Researcher receives NINDS grant to develop DTI for pediatric spinal cord injury diagnosis

Most of the 11,000 new cases of spinal cord injury that are diagnosed each year in the United States occur in people under age 30, and often the sufferer is a child. But smaller spinal cords in children and a lack of adequate imaging technology has created major problems in precisely locating the site of injury. New technological developments in imaging could help clinical specialists design more effective treatment and rehabilitation strategies for pediatric patients.

21 Jun 2013

Rigorous interventions result in fewer infections, deaths associated with hospital-onset C. difficile

Rhode Island Hospital has reduced the incidence of hospital-associated Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections by 70 percent and reduced annual associated mortality in patients with hospital-associated C. difficile by 64 percent through successive implementation of five rigorous interventions , as reported in the July 2013 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

21 Jun 2013

Laughing gas is associated with increased risk for perioperative cardiac events

A clinical trial published in the July issue of Anesthesiology may shed some light on whether nitrous oxide ("laughing gas") causes an increased risk for cardiac events, including heart attacks after surgery, particularly among high-risk patients.

20 Jun 2013

Medicine News and Research

EC grants marketing authorization for XTANDI capsules for treating advanced prostate cancer

IASTAM to host 8th ICTAM at Samsung Sancheong HRD Center in Korea, September 2013

Wayne State University awards $1.8 million for development of multidisciplinary research groups

Researchers identify structures that may help develop human intestinal immune system

Bacterial DNA more likely to integrate in the genome of tumors than in normal healthy cells

Study: Risk of malaria doubles in poorest children compared with the least poor

Sorrento, IGDRASOL to present updates on IG-001 and IG-004 at joint meeting of CLINAM and ETPN

Springer now offers eBook collections in French and Italian

Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

Researchers report therapeutic strategy that appears to destroy drug-resistant melanomas

Clinical study shows that clopidogrel not effective in infants with congenital heart diseases

RAND study shows that ER has become major portal for unscheduled hospitalizations

Research findings suggest potent new therapeutic target for certain types of cancer

Researchers find elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat in children with autism

Scientists use stem-cell technology to create research cell line from PDAC patient

Duke Medicine researchers identify molecular target to prevent onset of epilepsy

Scientists find way to attack dangerous bacteria that cause eye infections

Researcher receives NINDS grant to develop DTI for pediatric spinal cord injury diagnosis

Rigorous interventions result in fewer infections, deaths associated with hospital-onset C. difficile

Laughing gas is associated with increased risk for perioperative cardiac events

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Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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