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Fredericksburg Oncology invites participants for new metastatic melanoma clinical trial

Fredericksburg Oncology is now accepting patients for a new clinical trial supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to evaluate treatment for metastatic (advanced stage) melanoma. The current trial, designed at the Mayo Clinic, combines chemotherapy with targeted molecular agents in an effort to improve control of this difficult disease, reports Dr. Frederick C. Tucker, Jr., who heads this practice.

13 Jul 2010

New research shows Weight Watchers helps people lose weight effectively

New research unveiled at the International Congress on Obesity is further evidence of how Weight Watchers helps people around the world lose weight effectively, and has the potential to collaborate further with public health care providers worldwide to help reverse the obesity epidemic.

13 Jul 2010

Study identifies protein that turns non-malignant tumor into metastatic neuroendocrine tumor

Some types of prostate tumors are more aggressive and more likely to metastasize than others. Nearly one-third of these aggressive tumors contain a small nest of especially dangerous cells known as neuroendocrine-type cells. More rarely, some aggressive prostate tumors are made up entirely of neuroendocrine-type cells. The presence of neuroendocrine-type cancer cells is associated with a poor prognosis, but spotting these rare cells can be like finding a needle in a haystack.

13 Jul 2010

New approach in treating heart attack, cardiomyopathy using stem cells

Presenting at the UK National Stem Cell Network annual science conference today (13 July), Professor Michael Schneider describes a new approach to treating heart attack and cardiomyopathy using stem cells.

13 Jul 2010

TLR7, TLR9 proteins could be culprit behind lupus patients' resistance to steroid treatments: Scientists

Two immune system proteins could be the culprit behind many lupus patients' resistance to widely used steroid treatments, scientists with the Baylor Research Institute in Dallas announced today. It is estimated that more than 5 million people suffer from lupus worldwide.

13 Jul 2010

NIAID names Case Western Reserve University as International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has named Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as the lead institution of an International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR). The $7.9M seven-year grant will accelerate the control of malaria and help eliminate it worldwide.

13 Jul 2010

New approach of screening drugs that encourage stem cells to repair damaged tissue

Professor Fiona Watt will today (12 July) give the Anne McLaren Memorial Lecture at the UK National Stem Cell Network annual science meeting and will detail a new approach to screening for drugs that target stem cells. To begin with, this is being developed for adult skin stem cells, giving hope for new drugs to promote wound healing and aid the use of stem cells to, for example, treat severe burns. This technique can also be applied to a wide range of stem cells, opening up the possibilities for harnessing stem cells in regenerative medicine.

12 Jul 2010

Report shows experimental trials have higher risk for bias

A Johns Hopkins review of nearly 150 randomized controlled trials on children - all published in well-regarded medical journals - reveals that 40 to 60 percent of the studies either failed to take steps to minimize risk for bias or to at least properly describe those measures.

12 Jul 2010

Two missing genes can develop aggressive form of leukaemia in mice: Research

A completely new mechanism that leads to the development of a certain type of leukaemia could eventually be targeted by new treatments, according to research published in Nature Immunology today (Sunday).

12 Jul 2010

MRC Technology, Genentech sign licensing agreement

MRC Technology (UK) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group for an exclusive licence to a series of small molecule drug candidates for the potential treatment of neurological disease.

12 Jul 2010

Tulane University to receive $11.2M over seven years to establish international malaria research center

Tulane University will receive approximately $11.2 million over seven years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to establish an International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research for West and Central Africa. The money will be awarded in response to a multi-institutional proposal from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

9 Jul 2010

EPO grants Brookhaven patent for use of vigabatrin in prevention of addiction to opioids

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) granted to Brookhaven Science Associates/Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven) a European patent for the use of vigabatrin for the prevention of addiction to opioids (e.g., oxycodone, hydrocodone) used in pain management.

9 Jul 2010

UC San Diego professor to establish new Peru/Brazil ICEMR to help control malaria

Tropical disease specialist Joseph Vinetz, MD, of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine will lead an ambitious multi-national effort to help control and eventually conquer malaria, establishing a new Peruvian/Brazilian International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research Center with a seven-year, $9.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

9 Jul 2010

Researcher uses biopharmaceutical proteases to develop novel therapy for Alzheimer's disease

A University of Oklahoma researcher is developing a novel therapy for Alzheimer's disease using "biopharmaceutical proteases" to attack the toxic plaque that builds up in the brain of an Alzheimer's patient-an approach that he predicts will be lower in cost and higher in effectiveness than current therapies.

9 Jul 2010

Australian, Vietnamese researchers develop simple tool for identifying individuals at high risk of Type 2 diabetes

Australian and Vietnamese researchers have estimated the current prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Vietnam, and have developed a simple tool for identifying individuals at high risk.

9 Jul 2010

Interventions that help smokers quit before surgery can reduce risk of complications afterward: Review

It is well known that smokers are at an increased risk for post-surgical complications such as infections and poorly healing wounds. Likewise, smoking can contribute to lowered survival and delayed healing.

7 Jul 2010

Polyethylene glycol "works a bit better" than lactulose for chronic constipation: Study

When ordinary over-the-counter laxatives fail to work, doctors turn to other medications to treat people with constipation. Now, a new review of existing research finds that one common drug treatment is better than another is at helping patients who are desperate to get things moving.

7 Jul 2010

Debate over the ill effects of wind turbines on health

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) studied the purported ill effects of the wind turbines on health before reporting that there was no evidence that the turbines' low frequency noise or shadow flicker made people ill.

6 Jul 2010

Cornerstone reacquires all development, commercial rights to HMGB1 related technology from MedImmune

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing significant products primarily for the respiratory and related markets, today announced that the Company has reacquired all development and commercial rights to its high-mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1) related technology from MedImmune, LLC.

6 Jul 2010

Nottingham researchers undertake new clinical trial on hearing loss

Researchers at The University of Nottingham are embarking on a clinical trial that will help them to further understand the debilitating condition of hearing loss.

6 Jul 2010

Medical Research News and Research

Fredericksburg Oncology invites participants for new metastatic melanoma clinical trial

New research shows Weight Watchers helps people lose weight effectively

Study identifies protein that turns non-malignant tumor into metastatic neuroendocrine tumor

New approach in treating heart attack, cardiomyopathy using stem cells

TLR7, TLR9 proteins could be culprit behind lupus patients' resistance to steroid treatments: Scientists

NIAID names Case Western Reserve University as International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research

New approach of screening drugs that encourage stem cells to repair damaged tissue

Report shows experimental trials have higher risk for bias

Two missing genes can develop aggressive form of leukaemia in mice: Research

MRC Technology, Genentech sign licensing agreement

Tulane University to receive $11.2M over seven years to establish international malaria research center

EPO grants Brookhaven patent for use of vigabatrin in prevention of addiction to opioids

UC San Diego professor to establish new Peru/Brazil ICEMR to help control malaria

Researcher uses biopharmaceutical proteases to develop novel therapy for Alzheimer's disease

Australian, Vietnamese researchers develop simple tool for identifying individuals at high risk of Type 2 diabetes

Interventions that help smokers quit before surgery can reduce risk of complications afterward: Review

Polyethylene glycol "works a bit better" than lactulose for chronic constipation: Study

Debate over the ill effects of wind turbines on health

Cornerstone reacquires all development, commercial rights to HMGB1 related technology from MedImmune

Nottingham researchers undertake new clinical trial on hearing loss

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