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Nutrition experts to discuss major health benefits of dairy products at IUNS 20th Congress of Nutrition

The International Union of Nutritional Science 20th Congress of Nutrition, taking place in Granada, Spain from 15-20 September 2013, will gather nutrition experts from around the world to discuss the latest nutrition research developments.

31 Jul 2013

Severe arthritis pain treatments: an interview with Professor Walsh, University of Nottingham and Professor Wood, UCL

Pain is defined by the sufferer’s experience. Pain may be severe because it is intense, frequent or sustained, and because it is distressing. The severity of pain is not simply due to what is going on in the joint, but is also affected by how the body processes the pain signals, and the context in which it is experienced.

31 Jul 2013

Researchers identify stem cells in urine can be directed to become multiple cell types

Could harvesting stem cells for therapy one day be as simple as asking patients for a urine sample? Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have identified stem cells in urine that can be directed to become multiple cell types.

31 Jul 2013

CHOP researchers advance stem cell studies in childhood leukemia, Diamond Blackfan anemia

First produced only in the past decade, human induced pluripotent stem cells are capable of developing into many or even all human cell types. In new research, scientists reprogrammed skin cells from patients with rare blood disorders into iPSCs, highlighting the great promise of these cells in advancing understanding of those challenging diseases-and eventually in treating them.

31 Jul 2013

Alcohol Research Program at Loyola University receives four NIH grants totaling $3M dollars

The Alcohol Research Program at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine recently received four research grants, totaling more than $3 million, from the National Institutes of Health.

26 Jul 2013

Gene expression profile test accurately predicts likelihood of metastasis in thymoma patients

Patients diagnosed with thymoma, a rare cancer of the thymus gland, may be able to avoid certain cancer treatments associated with severe adverse events if the results of a new test reveal they are at low risk of metastasis, according to a study published today in the journal PLOS ONE.

25 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: Indian health service takes big cuts; labor 'mutiny' over health law; Gov. Jindal says Medicaid expansion would have moved privately insured to Medicaid

It's an old American story: malign policies hatched in Washington leading to pain and death in Indian country. It was true in the 19th century. It is true now, at a time when Congress, heedless of its solemn treaty obligations to Indian tribes, is allowing the across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester to threaten the health, safety and education of Indians across the nation.

25 Jul 2013

Research findings provide insight into safety of central line uses outside hospital

Pediatric cancer patients whose central lines are used to treat them at home develop three times as many dangerous bloodstream infections from their devices than their hospitalized counterparts, according to the results of a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study.

25 Jul 2013

Manchester scientists treat fatal genetic brain disease using stem cell gene therapy

Scientists from The University of Manchester have used stem cell gene therapy to treat a fatal genetic brain disease in mice for the first time.

From The University of Manchester 25 Jul 2013

Randomized trial examines purging of tumor cells from stem cells prior to transplantation in neuroblastoma patients

Judith Villablanca, MD, of The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Susan Kreissman, MD, of Duke University Medical Center, and colleagues reported the results of a randomized, phase 3 clinical trial conducted by the Children's Oncology Group examining the effect of selectively removing (purging) tumor cells from blood stem cells before they are transplanted back into patients with high-risk neuroblastoma following high-dose chemotherapy.

25 Jul 2013

Researchers find that Notch signaling elevated in tumors relative to normal bone

Many cancers show inappropriate activation of a cell signaling pathway called NOTCH. In the developing body, NOTCH tells brain cells to grow and proliferate. It should be quiet in the adult body, but cancers restart NOTCH to drive their own growth, far and beyond the rate of healthy tissues.

25 Jul 2013

Scientists identify new genetic mutations that can cause pulmonary arterial hypertension

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) scientists have identified new genetic mutations that can cause pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare fatal disease characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs.

25 Jul 2013

State highlights: Medicaid pilot project costs $32B more than expected

A selection of health policy stories from the District of Columbia, New York, Georgia, Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado and California.

24 Jul 2013

UL researcher receives €1.5 million to develop innovative treatments for bone-loss diseases

UL researcher, Dr David Hoey was announced as one of the recipients of the highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) starting grants. Dr Hoey has been awarded €1.5 million to pursue cutting-edge fundamental research into developing innovative treatments for bone-loss diseases such as osteoporosis. Every 30 seconds a person suffers an osteoporosis-related hip fracture in the EU.

24 Jul 2013

GSD receives FDA Clearance for 25-OH Vitamin D Total ELISA test

Gold Standard Diagnostics, Corp., a leading manufacturer and marketer of clinical laboratory instrumentation and assays for the in vitro diagnostics market, announced 510k FDA Clearance of its 25-OH Vitamin D, Total ELISA.

24 Jul 2013

SCCA physicians honored as "Top Doctors" for providing outstanding cancer care

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance doctors were recently honored by a judging panel of their peers for providing outstanding cancer care.

24 Jul 2013

Research team receives NCI grant to develop precision therapies that kill cancer cells

A research team headed by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists Christopher Kemp, Ph.D., and Carla Grandori, M.D., Ph.D., has received a $4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop precision therapies that selectively kill cancer cells while sparing normal, healthy tissue.

24 Jul 2013

Genentech announces that Phase III CLL11 study meets primary endpoint

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced positive results from the Phase III CLL11 study. At a pre-planned interim analysis, an independent data monitoring committee determined that the study met its primary endpoint showing that GA101 plus chlorambucil helped people live significantly longer without their disease worsening (progression-free survival; PFS) compared to Rituxan (rituximab) plus chlorambucil.

24 Jul 2013

Researchers receive grants from NASA to study muscle and bone loss during space travel

Dr. Miaozong Wu of the Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems at the Marshall University School of Pharmacy has been awarded a $750,000 grant from NASA to lead a team of researchers investigating the muscle and bone loss associated with space travel.

23 Jul 2013

New finding provides fresh hope for women with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer

A new finding provides fresh hope for the millions of women worldwide with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer. Australian scientists have shown that a specific change, which occurs when tumours become resistant to anti-oestrogen therapy, might make the cancers susceptible to treatment with chemotherapy drugs.

23 Jul 2013

Bone News and Research

Nutrition experts to discuss major health benefits of dairy products at IUNS 20th Congress of Nutrition

Severe arthritis pain treatments: an interview with Professor Walsh, University of Nottingham and Professor Wood, UCL

Researchers identify stem cells in urine can be directed to become multiple cell types

CHOP researchers advance stem cell studies in childhood leukemia, Diamond Blackfan anemia

Alcohol Research Program at Loyola University receives four NIH grants totaling $3M dollars

Gene expression profile test accurately predicts likelihood of metastasis in thymoma patients

Viewpoints: Indian health service takes big cuts; labor 'mutiny' over health law; Gov. Jindal says Medicaid expansion would have moved privately insured to Medicaid

Research findings provide insight into safety of central line uses outside hospital

Manchester scientists treat fatal genetic brain disease using stem cell gene therapy

Randomized trial examines purging of tumor cells from stem cells prior to transplantation in neuroblastoma patients

Researchers find that Notch signaling elevated in tumors relative to normal bone

Scientists identify new genetic mutations that can cause pulmonary arterial hypertension

State highlights: Medicaid pilot project costs $32B more than expected

UL researcher receives €1.5 million to develop innovative treatments for bone-loss diseases

GSD receives FDA Clearance for 25-OH Vitamin D Total ELISA test

SCCA physicians honored as "Top Doctors" for providing outstanding cancer care

Research team receives NCI grant to develop precision therapies that kill cancer cells

Genentech announces that Phase III CLL11 study meets primary endpoint

Researchers receive grants from NASA to study muscle and bone loss during space travel

New finding provides fresh hope for women with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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