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BioTime announces acquisition of CTI assets

BioTime, today announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Cell Targeting, a Cleveland, Ohio-based biotechnology company conducting research in regenerative medicine.

29 Jan 2011

UMMS, Lundbeck announce research collaboration to develop targeted therapy for HD

The University of Massachusetts Medical School and Lundbeck Inc. today announced a research collaboration aimed at further development of a targeted therapy to slow or halt the progression of Huntington's disease.

29 Jan 2011

CORHIO receives $1.7 million HIE grant to improve long-term, post-acute care transitions

CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, has been awarded $1.7 million by the Health Information Exchange Challenge Grant Program run by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

29 Jan 2011

New feature: KHN's selection of thought-provoking magazine articles on health policy issues

Today, we begin this new weekly feature, which will provide a selection of thought-provoking articles from a variety of sources.

29 Jan 2011

Physiotherapy Associates opens Benchmark Physical Therapy clinic in Waretown, NJ

Physiotherapy Associates, the nation's foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services announces a new clinic location in Waretown, NJ. Known as Benchmark Physical Therapy, the clinic offers a comprehensive range of physical therapy services including: general orthopedics; total joint replacement rehabilitation; sports medicine; and spine care.

29 Jan 2011

Exposure to infections in early childhood can protect child from eczema later in life: Study

Exposure to worm infections in the womb may protect a newborn infant from developing eczema, a study funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests. A large trial in Uganda showed that treating a pregnant woman for worm infections increased her child's chances of developing the allergic skin disease.

29 Jan 2011

Research provides new clues for compulsive behavior, cognitive defects linked with LND

Research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine provides new clues for the compulsive behavior and cognitive defects associated with a rare childhood neurological disease called Lesch-Nyhan Disease.

29 Jan 2011

Cedars-Sinai's director receives lifetime achievement award for medical research, mentorship

The Western Society of Clinical Investigation has honored David L. Rimoin, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Genetics Institute, with its 2011 Mayo Soley Award for lifetime achievement in medical research and mentorship.

29 Jan 2011

Antibiotic may help in development of new anti-cancer agents: Researchers

An antibiotic known for its immunosuppressive functions could also point the way to the development of new anti-cancer agents, researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have reported.

28 Jan 2011

Apple Valley Medical Clinic inaugurates new Sleep Center to provide quality care

The Apple Valley Medical Clinic has opened a new Sleep Center, located at 15100 Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley. The center, under the medical direction of Scott Benson, M.D., a family medicine physician with the Apple Valley Medical Clinic, offers preventive care, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

28 Jan 2011

European Commission to implement SUNRAY-project to tackle malnutrition in Africa

The European Commission has given the green light to an ambitious research project called SUNRAY: the acronym for 'Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come'. The project will be implemented by a consortium of four African and five European institutions coordinated by the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.

28 Jan 2011

Both absence of insulin and resistance to insulin are associated with defects in FAS

A key mechanism that appears to contribute to blood vessel damage in people with diabetes has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

28 Jan 2011

Recent releases in Global Health

Innovative Health Financing Can Benefit Global Health, Pharma: "The launch of pneumococcal vaccination in Nicaragua under AMC [advance market commitment] has shown that innovative approaches to health financing can benefit both global health and pharmaceutical companies," according to a Lancet Infectious Diseases editorial that describes how the roll-out of GAVI initiative is helping to provide developing countries with low-cost pneumococcal vaccines.

28 Jan 2011

New study links vitamin D deficiency with deficits in altered lung structure and function

Previously linked to the severity of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in humans, vitamin D deficiency has now been shown to alter lung structure and function in young mice. The new study, conducted by researchers in Australia, offers the first concrete evidence linking vitamin D deficiency with deficits in lung function and altered lung structure.

28 Jan 2011

New Balance Foundation supports Children's Hospital Boston with $7 million gift for pediatric obesity program

Children's Hospital Boston announces a $7 million gift from the New Balance Foundation to establish the New Balance Foundation Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention, Clinical Research and Care (the Center).

28 Jan 2011

NIH awards CCTSI $2.2 million grant to advance personalized medicine

A federal grant totaling $2.2 million shows how the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Anschutz Medical Campus are using technology to advance the cutting-edge field of personalized medicine -- tailoring treatments to the individual based on their genetic make-up.

28 Jan 2011

Misaligned research, medical challenges and harsh economics thwart efforts against Alzheimer's disease

Misaligned research, medical challenges and harsh economics are thwarting efforts to slow the destructive course of Alzheimer's disease in the United States, according to a trio of nationally regarded Alzheimer's researchers writing a "Perspective" in Jan. 27 issue of the journal Neuron.

28 Jan 2011

Physicians' second opinions influenced by the first opinion

A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers indicates that physicians who give second opinions may be influenced by the first opinion and other external factors.

28 Jan 2011

Effective fusion of consumer technology and front line medicine needed

Government spending cuts and the high cost of distributed healthcare provision could mean a major shift toward home-based patient care. Lack of resource, increased travel time and an aging population is leading some to consider a more viable alternative. However, limited broadband Internet access in remote areas means that joined up policy changes are needed to ensure an effective solution is achieved.

28 Jan 2011

Initiative to protect patients from inadequately trained practitioners performing surgery

Today the Virginia Society of Plastic Surgeons (VASPS) announced its initiative to work with the Virginia Board of Medicine to protect patients in Virginia from inadequately trained practitioners performing surgery in outpatient offices.

28 Jan 2011

Medicine News and Research

BioTime announces acquisition of CTI assets

UMMS, Lundbeck announce research collaboration to develop targeted therapy for HD

CORHIO receives $1.7 million HIE grant to improve long-term, post-acute care transitions

New feature: KHN's selection of thought-provoking magazine articles on health policy issues

Physiotherapy Associates opens Benchmark Physical Therapy clinic in Waretown, NJ

Exposure to infections in early childhood can protect child from eczema later in life: Study

Research provides new clues for compulsive behavior, cognitive defects linked with LND

Cedars-Sinai's director receives lifetime achievement award for medical research, mentorship

Antibiotic may help in development of new anti-cancer agents: Researchers

Apple Valley Medical Clinic inaugurates new Sleep Center to provide quality care

European Commission to implement SUNRAY-project to tackle malnutrition in Africa

Both absence of insulin and resistance to insulin are associated with defects in FAS

Recent releases in Global Health

New study links vitamin D deficiency with deficits in altered lung structure and function

New Balance Foundation supports Children's Hospital Boston with $7 million gift for pediatric obesity program

NIH awards CCTSI $2.2 million grant to advance personalized medicine

Misaligned research, medical challenges and harsh economics thwart efforts against Alzheimer's disease

Physicians' second opinions influenced by the first opinion

Effective fusion of consumer technology and front line medicine needed

Initiative to protect patients from inadequately trained practitioners performing surgery

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