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Daniel Newman wins first place in Nikon's 'I Am Next' contest

With the goal of educating the public about the dangers of sports-related concussion and the debilitating migraine attacks that often result, Daniel Newman of Katonah, New York has won first place in Nikon Inc.'s "I Am Next" contest, with a dramatic photo of his brother Eric, who has experienced the after-effects of sports-related concussions.

22 Apr 2015

New clinical utility data for Guardant360 platform to be presented at 2015 AACR Annual Meeting

Guardant Health today announced new clinical utility data for its Guardant360 platform, which will be presented at the 2015 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

21 Apr 2015

Scientists discover protein that boosts immunity to viruses and cancer

Experiments in mice and human cells have shown that the protein promotes the proliferation of cytotoxic T cells, which kill cancer cells and cells infected with viruses...

17 Apr 2015

Zinc deficiency can activate Hedgehog signaling pathway

Zinc deficiency - long associated with numerous diseases, e.g. autism, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and ovarian cancers - can lead to activation of the Hedgehog signaling pathway, a biomolecular pathway that plays essential roles in developing organisms and in diseases, according to new research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

17 Apr 2015

HeartWare Ventricular Assist System meets primary endpoint in ENDURANCE clinical trial

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that data from its first destination therapy clinical trial cohort, ENDURANCE, successfully demonstrated that the trial achieved the primary endpoint.

16 Apr 2015

Racial and ethnic minority groups face disproportionate rates of smoking, health-related illnesses

April is National Minority Health Month, and one of the most significant health issues minorities face is disproportionate rates of smoking and health-related illnesses.

16 Apr 2015

Moirai Orthopaedics receives FDA approval for IDE application to initiate clinical study of PIR System

Moirai Orthopaedics, L.L.C., an orthopaedic implant development company based in Metairie, Louisiana, is pleased to announce it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to initiate clinical study of the company's Pyrocarbon Implant Replacement (PIR) System.

16 Apr 2015

Two radiologists win Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award

Two visionaries of interventional radiology were recently awarded the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award. The awards, to Lindsay Machan, M.D., FSIR, an interventional radiologist at Vancouver Hospital, British Columbia, and Kieran J. Murphy, M.D., FSIR, an interventional radiologist at the University of Toronto, both in Canada, were announced March 4 during the society's Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

13 Apr 2015

Caesarean sections can save lives, but often performed without medical need

Caesarean section is one of the most common surgeries in the world, with rates continuing to rise, particularly in high- and middle-income countries.

10 Apr 2015

DFG selects 10 researchers to receive 2015 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

This year's recipients of the most important prize for early career researchers in Germany have been announced. The selection committee, appointed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), has chosen ten researchers, five women and five men, to receive the 2015 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes.

10 Apr 2015

Scientists, agriculture experts explore ways to produce abundant, nutritious with low pollution

Nitrogen fertilizers make it possible to feed more people in the world than ever before. However, too much of it can also harm the environment.

10 Apr 2015

New fluorescent probes detect problems related to lysosomes

Lysosomes are the garbage disposals of animal cells. As the resources are limited in cells, organic materials are broken down and recycled a lot -- and that's what lysosomes do.

10 Apr 2015

Most recent advances in nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging to be announced at ICNC 12

The latest advances in nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging are set to be announced at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT 12.

6 Apr 2015

New website provides information to help lower anxiety before outpatient surgery in children

A newly developed website provides parents and children with individualized information and support -- based on factors like coping style and levels of worry and fear -- to help lower anxiety before outpatient surgery in children, according to a pair of articles in the April issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

6 Apr 2015

Leukemia drug could prevent and control growth of colorectal tumours

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, one of Europe's largest and most prestigious medical universities, have discovered that an existing chemotherapy drug used to treat leukaemia could prevent and control the growth of colorectal tumours.

3 Apr 2015

New UH research shows how non-invasive brain-machine interface can help control prosthetic hand

A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered only by his thoughts.

1 Apr 2015

New HCV therapies cost-effective in specific groups of HCV-infected patients

A study led by Boston Medical Center researchers demonstrates that while new therapies to treat Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) are highly effective, they are cost-effective and provide the greatest value in specific groups of HCV-infected patients.

31 Mar 2015

Society for Reproductive Investigation awards two top honors to Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy

Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy, an obstetrician-gynecologist and molecular biologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University and GRHealth, has received two top honors from the Society for Reproductive Investigation.

30 Mar 2015

Dipexium Pharmaceuticals reports strong financial results for year ended December 31, 2014

Dipexium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of Locilex® (pexiganan cream 0.8%), a novel, broad spectrum, topical antibiotic peptide, today announced operational, clinical and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2014.

24 Mar 2015

Study: Progression of dysfunctional tau protein drives cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Rochester, Minnesota, have found that the progression of dysfunctional tau protein drives the cognitive decline and memory loss seen in Alzheimer's disease.

24 Mar 2015

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Daniel Newman wins first place in Nikon's 'I Am Next' contest

New clinical utility data for Guardant360 platform to be presented at 2015 AACR Annual Meeting

Scientists discover protein that boosts immunity to viruses and cancer

Zinc deficiency can activate Hedgehog signaling pathway

HeartWare Ventricular Assist System meets primary endpoint in ENDURANCE clinical trial

Racial and ethnic minority groups face disproportionate rates of smoking, health-related illnesses

Moirai Orthopaedics receives FDA approval for IDE application to initiate clinical study of PIR System

Two radiologists win Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award

Caesarean sections can save lives, but often performed without medical need

DFG selects 10 researchers to receive 2015 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

Scientists, agriculture experts explore ways to produce abundant, nutritious with low pollution

New fluorescent probes detect problems related to lysosomes

Most recent advances in nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging to be announced at ICNC 12

New website provides information to help lower anxiety before outpatient surgery in children

Leukemia drug could prevent and control growth of colorectal tumours

New UH research shows how non-invasive brain-machine interface can help control prosthetic hand

New HCV therapies cost-effective in specific groups of HCV-infected patients

Society for Reproductive Investigation awards two top honors to Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy

Dipexium Pharmaceuticals reports strong financial results for year ended December 31, 2014

Study: Progression of dysfunctional tau protein drives cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

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