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Special review highlights benefits of using botulinum neurotoxin for treating facial wrinkles

Botox and other botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) products are widely known for their use in treating facial wrinkles--but they can also be used to treat a wide range of non-cosmetic problems.

31 Aug 2016

Selective manipulation of enzyme can stop cancer cachexia

Healthy fat tissue is essential for extended survival in the event of tumor-induced wasting syndrome (cachexia). In Nature Medicine, researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München show that selective manipulation of an enzyme can stop unwanted metabolic processes.

30 Aug 2016

New study examines potential weight management benefits of sit-stand desks

Alternating positions between standing and sitting while performing deskwork could make the difference in whether the thin red needle in your bathroom scale tilts to the left or the right of your goal weight.

30 Aug 2016

BirchBioMed announces successful completion of Phase I trial for topical treatment to prevent scarring

BirchBioMed Inc. announced today that a unique and ground-breaking topical treatment developed by University of British Columbia researchers to prevent scarring has completed a Health Canada approved Phase I trial.

27 Aug 2016

UT Southwestern researchers identify protein that can kick-start more efficient, healthful breakdown of fat

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that a protein often located on the surface of fat droplets within cells - and especially abundant in the muscles of endurance athletes - can kick-start the more efficient and healthful breakdown of fat.

27 Aug 2016

UCSF researchers identify new strategy to cultivate beneficial energy-burning fat

UC San Francisco researchers studying beige fat — a calorie-burning tissue that can help to ward off obesity and diabetes — have discovered a new strategy to cultivate this beneficial blubber.

25 Aug 2016

UT Southwestern researchers discover protein that can promote healthful breakdown of fat

25 Aug 2016

ISBI releases evidence-based practice guidelines to enhance and standardize burn care

Burns can be among the most devastating of injuries. Following the formulation of practice guidelines (PGs) that addressed the care and management of burn injuries in developed countries, the International Society for Burn Injuries has updated these recommendations to guide the improvement of care of burn patients in resource-limited settings (RLS).

16 Aug 2016

Noninvasive approach using pulsed electric fields may reduce scarring after burn injuries

A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has reported that repeated treatment with pulsed electric fields - a noninvasive procedure that does not generate heat - may help reduce the development of scarring.

10 Aug 2016

Researchers develop new non-invasive technique to prevent burn scars

A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University and Harvard University has devised a new non-invasive method to prevent burn scarring caused by the proliferation of collagen cells.

9 Aug 2016

Young children appear to be at great risk of chemical ocular burns

One- and two-year-old children are at the highest risk of burning their eyes with chemicals, despite the long held belief that working-age adults were the most at risk from this type of severe eye injury, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests.

5 Aug 2016

Researchers develop method to kill cancer cells using nanoparticles and lasers

Cancer treatments based on laser irridation of tiny nanoparticles that are injected directly into the cancer tumor are working and can destroy the cancer from within.

4 Aug 2016

Metabolic-checkpoint inhibitor combination approach may improve cancer therapies

Reprogramming of the molecular pathways underlying normal metabolism is essential for T cell infection-fighting function and for the immune system to form a "memory" of the microbes it has already encountered. But exactly how metabolism in exhausted T cells is maintained in chronic infections and cancer is a missing element in this line of research.

3 Aug 2016

African-American women twice as likely to choose autologous breast reconstruction, study shows

African American women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer are more likely than white women to undergo autologous breast reconstruction using their own tissue, rather than implant-based reconstruction, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

2 Aug 2016

Imprimis announces availability of new MaxRx Prescriber Portal

Imprimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company dedicated to making drugs affordable again through its Branded Compounding business model, today announced the availability of its new MaxRx Prescriber Portal, a software application that provides physicians with new order entry and management tools that have traditionally not been available for compounded prescriptions.

30 Jul 2016

Burn News and Research

Special review highlights benefits of using botulinum neurotoxin for treating facial wrinkles

Selective manipulation of enzyme can stop cancer cachexia

New study examines potential weight management benefits of sit-stand desks

BirchBioMed announces successful completion of Phase I trial for topical treatment to prevent scarring

UT Southwestern researchers identify protein that can kick-start more efficient, healthful breakdown of fat

UCSF researchers identify new strategy to cultivate beneficial energy-burning fat

UT Southwestern researchers discover protein that can promote healthful breakdown of fat

ISBI releases evidence-based practice guidelines to enhance and standardize burn care

Noninvasive approach using pulsed electric fields may reduce scarring after burn injuries

Researchers develop new non-invasive technique to prevent burn scars

Young children appear to be at great risk of chemical ocular burns

Researchers develop method to kill cancer cells using nanoparticles and lasers

Metabolic-checkpoint inhibitor combination approach may improve cancer therapies

African-American women twice as likely to choose autologous breast reconstruction, study shows

Imprimis announces availability of new MaxRx Prescriber Portal

Scarring can have negative impact on patients' quality of life

Single drink of nutritional ketone can alter metabolism to improve performance of cyclists

New research examines p-synephrine's role in burning fat during rest and exercise

Brisk walking may be more effective than vigorous jogging for patients with pre-diabetes

Impact of diet may depend on individual’s genetic composition

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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