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Discovery Labs provides expanded update on efforts to gain FDA marketing authorization for Surfaxin in RDS

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. is providing an expanded update regarding ongoing efforts to file a Complete Response intended to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing authorization for Surfaxin® for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants.

1 Feb 2011

Potential adverse effects of radiations on children's health

COST Action BM0704 is delighted to have as co-organisers of the Conference the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA) and the European Society for Skin Cancer Prevention (EUROSKIN).

1 Feb 2011

Kinetic Concepts fourth quarter net earnings increase 12% to $74.0 million

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today reported fourth quarter and full year 2010 total revenue of $527.5 million and $2.02 billion, respectively, compared to $526.8 million and $1.99 billion in the corresponding periods of the prior year.

1 Feb 2011

AVEO commences enrollment in tivozanib Phase 2 study in renal cell carcinoma

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has initiated patient enrollment in a multi-center Phase 2 exploratory biomarker study of tivozanib, its lead product candidate designed to optimally block the VEGF pathway by inhibiting all three VEGF receptors, in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

1 Feb 2011

PhRMA: 299 medicines under development for prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke

An American dies of heart disease every 39 seconds, and African Americans suffer a higher death rate from heart disease and stroke than Americans overall. Partly as a result of having the highest prevalence of high blood pressure in the world, African Americans have a 1.5 times greater rate of heart disease death than other Americans and a 1.8 times greater rate of fatal stroke.

1 Feb 2011

ACS launches inaugural edition of International Year of Chemistry Virtual Journal

The American Chemical Society (ACS) today launched the inaugural edition of its International Year of Chemistry (IYC) Virtual Journal, a dynamic online snapshot of the countless ways in which chemistry improves everyday life for people around the world. It includes a special video welcome from Nancy B. Jackson, Ph.D., who serves as ACS President during the IYC. Jackson is with the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.

1 Feb 2011

AstraZeneca and Pfizer support Cancer Research UK in £5.5m Stratified Medicine programme

CANCER RESEARCH UK will be supported by AstraZeneca and Pfizer in a multimillion pound initiative to examine how genetic tests to improve cancer diagnosis can be best rolled out across the NHS.

1 Feb 2011

Oncology experts to discuss latest developments in head and neck cancers

The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO), the European Head and Neck Society (EHNS), and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in collaboration with other European partners, have the pleasure of inviting you to report on the 3rd International Conference on innovative approaches In Head and Neck Oncology that will be held in Barcelona (Spain) on the 24th -26th February 2011.

1 Feb 2011

Eat more seafood to realize health benefits

The United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released today, name seafood among the handful of foods Americans should eat more of because of its heart and brain benefits.

1 Feb 2011

Researchers grow arteries with elasticity of natural blood vessels outside the body

University of Pittsburgh researchers have grown arteries that exhibit the elasticity of natural blood vessels at the highest levels reported, a development that could overcome a major barrier to creating living-tissue replacements for damaged arteries, the team reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

1 Feb 2011

Painless, noninvasive biopsies with smart laser technology

Biopsies in the future may be painless and noninvasive, thanks to smart laser technology being developed at Michigan State University.

1 Feb 2011

Researchers discover 'common set of dysregulated miRNAs in murine lupus models'

Potentially impacting future diagnosis and treatment of lupus, an immune illness affecting more than 5 million people worldwide, researchers at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have likely uncovered where the breakdown in the body's lymphocyte molecular regulatory machinery is occurring.

1 Feb 2011

Global consortium aims to discover and map all Alzheimer's genes

The launch of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP) – a collaboration formed to discover and map the genes that contribute to Alzheimer's disease – was announced today by a multi-national group of researchers. The collaborative effort, spanning universities from both Europe and the United States, will combine the knowledge, staff and resources of four consortia that conduct research on Alzheimer's disease genetics.

1 Feb 2011

CAM therapies are more pronounced among whites than racial and ethnic minorities

The use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies experienced a significant growth in the United States in the last decade, and a new analysis finds that CAM use becomes more likely when access to conventional care has been restricted.

1 Feb 2011

Avantra Biosciences selects TGen Drug Development for new biomarker quantitation platform

Avantra Biosciences today announced the selection of TGen Drug Development as a key test site for Avantra's new biomarker quantitation platform.

1 Feb 2011

Widespread screening or ultrasound for blocked neck arteries not necessary to determine stroke risk

Widespread screening or routine ultrasound for blocked neck arteries to determine stroke risk isn't necessary, according to new guidelines from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, American College of Cardiology and other groups.

1 Feb 2011

Yale University scientists synthesize lomaiviticin that appears to destroy cancer stem cells

A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem cells.

1 Feb 2011

Older Americans treated in Michigan ICUs see vast decrease in likelihood of dying: New study

Older Americans who were treated in Michigan intensive care units saw larger decreases in their likelihood of dying while hospitalized than similar ICU patients in other Midwestern hospitals, according to a new study evaluating an innovative quality improvement initiative funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1 Feb 2011

Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program appears to reduce hospital deaths by 10%

A Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program that virtually eliminated bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units throughout Michigan appears to have also reduced deaths by 10 percent, a new study suggests.

1 Feb 2011

Scientists devise safer way to create iPS cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found a better way to create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells-adult cells reprogrammed with the properties of embryonic stem cells-from a small blood sample. This new method, described last week in Cell Research, avoids creating DNA changes that could lead to tumor formation.

1 Feb 2011

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Discovery Labs provides expanded update on efforts to gain FDA marketing authorization for Surfaxin in RDS

Potential adverse effects of radiations on children's health

Kinetic Concepts fourth quarter net earnings increase 12% to $74.0 million

AVEO commences enrollment in tivozanib Phase 2 study in renal cell carcinoma

PhRMA: 299 medicines under development for prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke

ACS launches inaugural edition of International Year of Chemistry Virtual Journal

AstraZeneca and Pfizer support Cancer Research UK in £5.5m Stratified Medicine programme

Oncology experts to discuss latest developments in head and neck cancers

Eat more seafood to realize health benefits

Researchers grow arteries with elasticity of natural blood vessels outside the body

Painless, noninvasive biopsies with smart laser technology

Researchers discover 'common set of dysregulated miRNAs in murine lupus models'

Global consortium aims to discover and map all Alzheimer's genes

CAM therapies are more pronounced among whites than racial and ethnic minorities

Avantra Biosciences selects TGen Drug Development for new biomarker quantitation platform

Widespread screening or ultrasound for blocked neck arteries not necessary to determine stroke risk

Yale University scientists synthesize lomaiviticin that appears to destroy cancer stem cells

Older Americans treated in Michigan ICUs see vast decrease in likelihood of dying: New study

Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program appears to reduce hospital deaths by 10%

Scientists devise safer way to create iPS cells

Everything there is to know about biosimilars 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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