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Study provides complete health picture of adult survivors of childhood cancer

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has found that childhood cancer survivors overwhelmingly experience a significant amount of undiagnosed, serious disease through their adult years, establishing the importance of proactive, life-long clinical health screenings for this growing high-risk population.

12 Jun 2013

PSMA enzyme could become hallmark of new generation of biomarkers for prostate cancer treatment

No matter where they have hidden, metastatic prostate cancer cells still express some of the same signaling as normal prostate cells; in some cases even more so, as with the PSMA enzyme. Harnessing this enzyme could mean the beginning of a new platform for prostate cancer detection, staging, treatment and post-treatment monitoring, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

12 Jun 2013

Hybrid molecular imaging technique helps doctors identify diabetic foot infection

Researchers are kick-starting better diabetic foot care and promoting reduced radiation dose with a new take on a hybrid molecular imaging technique. By targeting both bone cell activity and immune response and improving imaging data interpretation, doctors can better distinguish diabetic foot infection from another common foot condition that often requires an additional bone-marrow scan for definitive diagnosis, say researchers presenting a study at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

12 Jun 2013

Combination of cell-killing radioactive particle and antibody is safe for treating cancers

An experimental treatment that combines a cell-killing radioactive particle with an antibody that homes in on cancer cells is safe in the treatment of cancers spreading through patients' abdomens, according to data from a first-in-human study presented today at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting in Vancouver.

11 Jun 2013

European Commission grants orphan drug designation for maribavir for treatment of CMV disease

ViroPharma Incorporated today announced that the European Commission has granted orphan drug designation for maribavir for treatment of cytomegaloviral disease in patients with impaired cell mediated immunity.

11 Jun 2013

Current celiac disease screening method more cost-effective than universal screening, study finds

The current standard practice of screening adolescents who are either symptomatic or at high-risk for celiac disease proves to be more cost-effective than universal screening. Additionally, the strategy is successful in preventing bone loss and fractures in celiac patients, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

11 Jun 2013

New technique for identifying mice in breeding colonies

Immunocompromised mice, created by inactivating the genes that would allow them to recognize and attack donor cells or organs, are critical for studies of bone marrow reconstitution.

10 Jun 2013

Bone tumor identified in the rib of 120,000-year-old Neandertal

The first-known definitive case of a benign bone tumor has been discovered in the rib of a young Neandertal who lived about 120,000 years ago in what is now present-day Croatia.

10 Jun 2013

Whitehead Institute researchers identify drug target for anemia

Researchers at Whitehead Institute have identified a protein that is the target of glucocorticoids, the drugs that are used to increase red blood cell production in patients with certain types of anemia, including those resulting from trauma, sepsis, malaria, kidney dialysis, and chemotherapy.

10 Jun 2013

Researchers find new way to repair genetic defects in the skin cells of epidermolysis bullosa patients

A research team led by pediatric blood and marrow transplantation experts Mark Osborn, Ph.D. and Jakub Tolar, M.D., Ph.D. from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, have discovered a remarkable new way to repair genetic defects in the skin cells of patients with the skin disease epidermolysis bullosa.

10 Jun 2013

Discovery of impaired molecular pathway may help treat children with leukemia

Through genetic engineering of laboratory models, researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center have uncovered a vulnerability in the way cancer cells diverge from normal regenerating cells that may help treat children with leukemia as reported in the journal PNAS on June 3, 2013.

7 Jun 2013

Use of child safety restraint systems decrease mortality rates during motor vehicle crashes

Supplemental child restraints should be used by all children through age 8. When appropriate child safety restraint systems-based on a child's age and weight-are in use during motor vehicle crashes, the rates of mortality and serious injury significantly decrease. Most parents don't know that their older children-ages 4 to 8-should use additional measures to protect them from serious injury or death in case of a crash.

7 Jun 2013

Rewinding the developmental state of embryonic stem cells is possible, say researchers

Scientists at the Danish Stem Cell Center, DanStem, at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that they can make embryonic stem cells regress to a stage of development where they are able to make placenta cells as well as the other fetal cells.

7 Jun 2013

Genetic testing of chronic neutrophilic leukemia reveals presence of new mutation in patients

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes genetic testing of a rare blood cancer called atypical chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) that revealed a new mutation present in most patients with the disease.

7 Jun 2013

Cancer Institute of New Jersey offers COMET-2 clinical trial to examine cabozantinib drug

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey is one of 50 sites across the nation to offer a clinical trial known as COMET-2 that examines whether the drug cabozantinib is effective in reducing bone pain in patients with prostate cancer that is no longer responsive to hormone therapy and has spread (metastasized) to other parts of the body.

7 Jun 2013

$Epidural steroid injection is associated with increased spinal fracture$

Epidural steroid injection is associated with increased spinal fracture

Most aging adults will experience back pain or a spinal disorder at some time in their life. In fact, about 25.8 million visits were made to physicians' offices due to primary back problems. Treatment focuses on pain relief and is available in both non-surgical (medication or physical therapy) and surgical forms.

7 Jun 2013

Bone News and Research

Study provides complete health picture of adult survivors of childhood cancer

PSMA enzyme could become hallmark of new generation of biomarkers for prostate cancer treatment

Hybrid molecular imaging technique helps doctors identify diabetic foot infection

Combination of cell-killing radioactive particle and antibody is safe for treating cancers

European Commission grants orphan drug designation for maribavir for treatment of CMV disease

Current celiac disease screening method more cost-effective than universal screening, study finds

New technique for identifying mice in breeding colonies

Bone tumor identified in the rib of 120,000-year-old Neandertal

Whitehead Institute researchers identify drug target for anemia

Researchers find new way to repair genetic defects in the skin cells of epidermolysis bullosa patients

Discovery of impaired molecular pathway may help treat children with leukemia

Use of child safety restraint systems decrease mortality rates during motor vehicle crashes

Rewinding the developmental state of embryonic stem cells is possible, say researchers

Genetic testing of chronic neutrophilic leukemia reveals presence of new mutation in patients

Cancer Institute of New Jersey offers COMET-2 clinical trial to examine cabozantinib drug

Epidural steroid injection is associated with increased spinal fracture

Study shows success in pinpointing individualized treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer

Consumption of cheese and other dairy products may help protect teeth against cavities

BioLineRx starts enrollment in Phase 2 trial of BL-8040 for treatment of AML

Investigators report possible missing link necessary to prevent osteoporosis

Industry Focus eBook - Analytical Chemistry (2nd Edition) eBook

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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