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Home-based medical devices to grow over 1.6M by 2013: Report

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. applauded the results of a new report from InMedica on the world market for telemedicine, predicting that the use of home-based medical devices will drastically increase as telemedicine takes-off. According to the report, by 2013 the combined unit shipments of home-use digital blood-glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, weight scales, pulse oximeters and peak flow meters used in telemedical applications will grow to over 1.6 million.

6 May 2010

EpiCept provides update on corporate strategy, reports net loss of $4.5M for first-quarter 2010

EpiCept Corporation today announced operating and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010, and provided an update with respect to the Company's key business initiatives.

6 May 2010

Scientists use specialized fluorescent protein to study nerve cell activity

Electrical currents are invisible to the naked eye - at least they are when they flow through metal cables. In nerve cells, however, scientists are able to make electrical signals visible. Working with fellow experts from Switzerland and Japan, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg successfully used a specialized fluorescent protein to visualize electrical activity in neurons of living mice.

6 May 2010

Making stem cells in the lab: a training program and a study

Young researchers will now be trained for the first time by the Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) in scientific techniques of using and growing human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in research. This training will be through StemCore iPS Cell Workshop, the ASCC's national facility for the provision of stem cells and advice.

5 May 2010

Vical commences enrollment in Phase 1 trial of Vaxfectin DNA pandemic influenza vaccine

Vical Incorporated today announced the enrollment of the first subject in its Phase 1 trial of the company's Vaxfectin®-formulated plasmid DNA (pDNA) pandemic influenza vaccine. The trial will be conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC).

5 May 2010

Decisive impact of informatics on nanomedicine

According to what researchers from Facultad de Informática and other institutions have advanced in an article just published in the prestigious medical journal Pediatric Research (Vol.6, No. 5, 2010), nanoparticles are poised to play a key role in medical research in the coming decades, when nanomedicine will become part of medical practice.

5 May 2010

Australian researchers show positive effect of growth hormone on athletic performance

Australian researchers have published the results of a study, for the first time showing a positive effect of growth hormone on athletic performance.

5 May 2010

Shorter shifts for endoscopists positively influence polyp detection rates

A shorter daily shift schedule for endoscopists, the physicians who perform colonoscopies, avoids a decrease in the polyp detection rate as the day progresses, research from Mayo Clinic indicates. The findings, which have implications for endoscopist scheduling, were presented by Mayo Clinic investigators today at Digestive Disease Week 2010, (http://www.ddw.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=679) the annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association.

4 May 2010

USPTO rejects WARF's stem cell patent claims

In what two consumer groups today praised as a victory for open scientific inquiry, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a controversial patent on human embryonic stem cells held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

4 May 2010

ZENPEP CF Cycle for Life to be launched to support research and cure for cystic fibrosis

Thousands of cyclists will take to the streets this summer and fall as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation launches a new cycling tour in 18 cities across the country to support research to find new therapies and a cure for cystic fibrosis. The tour series, known as ZENPEP CF Cycle for Life, begins in San Francisco on June 26.

4 May 2010

JGH researchers identify 13 new genes associated with osteoporosis, bone weakness

A team of international researchers has identified 20 genes associated with osteoporosis and bone weakness, including 13 genes never previously associated with the disease. Osteoporosis is a highly heritable trait, but this marks the largest international effort to conclusively identify genes linked to the often-devastating bone disorder.

4 May 2010

Researchers receive $250,000 to study inventive cell-transfer therapy to treat cortical dysplasia

University of Florida researchers will receive $250,000 to study an inventive cell-transfer therapy to treat cortical dysplasia, a condition where the brain develops abnormally before birth, causing severe epilepsy in children and adults.

4 May 2010

Growth hormone boosts sprinting capacity in athletes but may have serious side effects

Human Growth Hormone (hGH) has long been used among athletes and body builders for stronger and a more muscular bodies over the past four decades. However it is only now that Sydney-based researchers have published a study that shows that hGH offers no such benefits.

3 May 2010

Science behind ME

Juliet Chenery-Robson decided to use photography to make people look at Myalgic Encephalopathy in a different light when her 18-year-old daughter Emilia was diagnosed with the illness five years ago.

29 Apr 2010

Physicists and oncologists to develop novel ultra sensitive platform for early cancer detection

The SPEDOC project will create the precursor to future devices for individualized diagnosis and monitoring of cancer therapy, which will allow the illness to be treated in earlier stages and at lower doses, reducing or preventing current secondary effects.

29 Apr 2010

NIH approves federal funding for 13 more stem cell lines

The Washington Post: Thirteen more lines of human embryonic stem cells are officially eligible for federal funding, since being approved by the National Institutes of Health. The Obama administration announced shortly after the President took office that restrictions would be lifted on the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

29 Apr 2010

Scientists discover human DNA that act as a traitor to body's defences

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that stretches of human DNA act as a traitor to the body's defences by helping viruses infect people and trigger cancer-causing diseases, according to a study published in Nature Cell Biology today.

28 Apr 2010

DARA Therapeutics collaborates to advance clinical study of KRN5500 for CIPN in cancer patients

DARA BioSciences, Inc. announced today that on April 26, 2010, DARA Therapeutics, a subsidiary of DARA BioSciences, and the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), entered into a Clinical Trials Agreement to advance the clinical study of KRN5500 for the treatment of Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) in patients with cancer. Under the terms of the collaboration, NCI will fund the studies and DARA will supply KRN5500 and placebo.

28 Apr 2010

Study results from US Military Malaria Vaccine Program announced

Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., a leading developer of needle-free injection therapy systems, today announced that the US Military Malaria Vaccine Program presented results of its study using the Biojector2000 with a recombinant DNA vaccine at two recent conferences. A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement was signed with the Navy in April 2009 to work together on the study.

28 Apr 2010

News outlets continue malaria coverage

World Malaria Day was Sunday and news organizations continued to cover local events.

28 Apr 2010

Medical Research News and Research

Home-based medical devices to grow over 1.6M by 2013: Report

EpiCept provides update on corporate strategy, reports net loss of $4.5M for first-quarter 2010

Scientists use specialized fluorescent protein to study nerve cell activity

Making stem cells in the lab: a training program and a study

Vical commences enrollment in Phase 1 trial of Vaxfectin DNA pandemic influenza vaccine

Decisive impact of informatics on nanomedicine

Australian researchers show positive effect of growth hormone on athletic performance

Shorter shifts for endoscopists positively influence polyp detection rates

USPTO rejects WARF's stem cell patent claims

ZENPEP CF Cycle for Life to be launched to support research and cure for cystic fibrosis

JGH researchers identify 13 new genes associated with osteoporosis, bone weakness

Researchers receive $250,000 to study inventive cell-transfer therapy to treat cortical dysplasia

Growth hormone boosts sprinting capacity in athletes but may have serious side effects

Science behind ME

Physicists and oncologists to develop novel ultra sensitive platform for early cancer detection

NIH approves federal funding for 13 more stem cell lines

Scientists discover human DNA that act as a traitor to body's defences

DARA Therapeutics collaborates to advance clinical study of KRN5500 for CIPN in cancer patients

Study results from US Military Malaria Vaccine Program announced

News outlets continue malaria coverage

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