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Rice, BCM discovery addresses key roadblock to growing replacement tissues, organs

Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have broken one of the major roadblocks on the path to growing transplantable tissue in the lab: They've found a way to grow the blood vessels and capillaries needed to keep tissues alive.

12 Jan 2011

Patients' and doctors' perceptions of osteoporosis management differ

Newly released findings of a multinational survey conducted on behalf of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) show clear disparities between patients' and doctors' perceptions of osteoporosis and its management.

12 Jan 2011

Epigenetic therapy holds promise for cancer management

Syndax, a clinical-stage epigenetics oncology company, announced publication of data of entinostat combined with the demethylating agent Vidaza® (azacitidine) showing effect in reducing tumor burden in differentiated tumor cells in animal tumor models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The data is being published in the January 15, 2011 issue of Cancer Research.

12 Jan 2011

Physicians who completed internal medicine training lack primary care knowledge: Study

Doctors who have completed training in internal medicine are in general poorly prepared for jobs as primary care physicians, most notably lacking the knowledge to best care for patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

12 Jan 2011

Private rooms in the ICU help reduce hospital infections

A research team from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University has demonstrated that private rooms in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) play a key role in reducing hospital infections like C-difficile. The study, published today in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, also suggests that length of stay would be shorter and this could lead to cost savings to the healthcare system.

12 Jan 2011

Antibodies produced by people who recovered from H1N1 offer clues for universal flu vaccine

The antibodies produced by individuals who fought off H1N1 (swine flu) infection last year may bring researchers one step closer to their quest to develop a "universal" flu vaccine, U.S. researchers said Monday, HealthDay News/Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

12 Jan 2011

Researchers design new electronic technology equipment for detecting live cellular processes

The electronic technology equipment designed by the researchers- which is in patent process-is based on molecular imaging, a type of biomedical imaging capable of detecting live cellular processes. "These techniques differ from conventional medical imaging in that the information they show is function not form, which means that they are capable of showing the malfunctioning of an organ before the malfunction turns into an anatomical change", Juan Jos- Vaquero explained.

12 Jan 2011

UH, Case Western University commence clinical trial for bipolar disorder

The Mood Disorders Program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, along with the Bipolar Trials Network, is launching Bipolar CHOICE.

12 Jan 2011

Aid workers should pay extra attention to girls during food insecurity, say researchers

In situations of chronic food shortage, parents are inclined to give boys a preferential treatment. Anyway, the health of their daughters suffers more from food insecurity. This is shown by research fromp the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Ethiopia, appearing in the journal Pediatrics.

12 Jan 2011

NIDA awards Scripps Research, University of Pennsylvania $8.2M grant to develop tobacco addiction treatment

The Scripps Research Institute and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have been awarded approximately $8.2 million over five years to develop novel compounds that could eventually become drug candidates for the treatment of tobacco addiction. Of the funds awarded, $5.7 million will go to Scripps Research, and $2.5 million to the University of Pennsylvania.

12 Jan 2011

Apixaban drug raises hope for DVT prevention in patients undergoing hip replacement surgery

A worldwide research consortium that includes the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has proven that a new drug is more effective and easier to use than current medicines in the prevention of blood clots following hip replacement surgery.

12 Jan 2011

Hybrid cochlear implant may benefit patients with profound hearing loss

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of nine centers in the U.S., and the only in Illinois, that is participating in a study investigating the effectiveness of a new cochlear implant device that aims to restore hearing for individuals with high-frequency hearing loss and functional low-frequency hearing.

12 Jan 2011

Life Technologies announces new DNA sequencing portfolio for lab research

Life Technologies Corporation today announced a series of new product innovations across the company's DNA sequencing portfolio. To date, most sequencing technologies have primarily addressed the needs of researchers in the highest throughput laboratories, limiting widespread accessibility of these powerful next-generation sequencing technologies.

12 Jan 2011

5 easy steps to improve heart health

Did you know that a good night's sleep can help prevent heart disease? There are many simple ways to lower your risk.

12 Jan 2011

Vermillion receives USPTO patent for PAD biomarker

Vermillion, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 7,867,719 entitled "Beta-2 microglobulin as a biomarker for peripheral artery disease" to the Company.

12 Jan 2011

BPH, hair loss prevention drugs may produce adverse side effects in men

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine, in collaboration with colleagues at Lahey Clinic and from Denmark and Germany, have found that 5a-reductase inhibitors, while improving urinary symptoms in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and possible hair loss prevention, produces significant adverse effects in some individuals including loss of libido, erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction and potential depression.

12 Jan 2011

Emerging Healthcare enters option agreement with OceanBASIS

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with OceanBASIS, a German company specializing in stem-cell and marine-collagen technologies and products.

12 Jan 2011

Roundup: Calif., Conn. plan budget cuts; Md. implements health reform; Boston ambulances 'heavy up'

Following serious cuts initiated by former Gov. Schwarzenegger, [Gov. Jerry] Brown also will be cutting welfare, social services and health care for the poor (Michaels, 1/10).

11 Jan 2011

TearLab's Osmolarity test made available at point-of-care

TearLab Corporation and COLA, a private, non-profit clinical laboratory education, consultation and accreditation organization, announced today that they have partnered to help make the TearLab™ Osmolarity System available in the U.S. at the point-of-care.

11 Jan 2011

Tri-Valley Medical Group physicians discuss issues impacting roll-out of health care reform

Local physicians from Tri-Valley Medical Group recently spent a week in Washington D.C. to discuss the fundamental issues impacting the roll-out of health care reform - and came away with a new appreciation of its challenges.

11 Jan 2011

Medicine News and Research

Rice, BCM discovery addresses key roadblock to growing replacement tissues, organs

Patients' and doctors' perceptions of osteoporosis management differ

Epigenetic therapy holds promise for cancer management

Physicians who completed internal medicine training lack primary care knowledge: Study

Private rooms in the ICU help reduce hospital infections

Antibodies produced by people who recovered from H1N1 offer clues for universal flu vaccine

Researchers design new electronic technology equipment for detecting live cellular processes

UH, Case Western University commence clinical trial for bipolar disorder

Aid workers should pay extra attention to girls during food insecurity, say researchers

NIDA awards Scripps Research, University of Pennsylvania $8.2M grant to develop tobacco addiction treatment

Apixaban drug raises hope for DVT prevention in patients undergoing hip replacement surgery

Hybrid cochlear implant may benefit patients with profound hearing loss

Life Technologies announces new DNA sequencing portfolio for lab research

5 easy steps to improve heart health

Vermillion receives USPTO patent for PAD biomarker

BPH, hair loss prevention drugs may produce adverse side effects in men

Emerging Healthcare enters option agreement with OceanBASIS

Roundup: Calif., Conn. plan budget cuts; Md. implements health reform; Boston ambulances 'heavy up'

TearLab's Osmolarity test made available at point-of-care

Tri-Valley Medical Group physicians discuss issues impacting roll-out of health care reform

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st 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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