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Improvements to animal testing protocols could yield more useful clinical results

The use of animals in biomedical research has long been the focus of campaigns by animal rights activists. Two leading scientists writing in the European Journal of Internal Medicine give their expert view of the importance of animal testing to medical progress and present ways it could be further improved to yield more useful clinical results.

27 Apr 2017

Scientists announce ‘outstanding’ results of new blood cancer study

Scientists have described new results of a blood cancer study as 'outstanding' in tackling previously untreatable forms of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

27 Apr 2017

Unstable chromosomes in lung tumors increase risk of cancer relapse, study reveals

The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature has published the first findings from the Cancer Research UK-funded Tracking Cancer Evolution through Treatment (Rx), TRACERx, lung cancer study, which reveals the increase in the risk of cancer relapse when lung tumors have unstable chromosomes.

27 Apr 2017

AI key to driving precision medicine in cancer?

It is worth noting that in the U.S. and in many countries, digital pathology is still at a very early stage, compared to many other fields that were digitized 15 or 20 years ago such as radiology. There have been some barriers to the adoption of digital pathology such as regulatory challenges that are only just now being overcome. Recently, the FDA approved the use of whole slide imaging software for primary diagnostics.

27 Apr 2017

Understanding and predicting tumor resistance may open door to additional treatment options

A collaborative Cleveland Clinic, University of Oxford and Moffitt Cancer Center team of researchers has proven the theory that, while resistance to targeted treatment in cancer is truly a moving target, there are opportunities to overcome the resistance that develops.

27 Apr 2017

Researchers to create new information technology for helping older adults with heart failure

A team of researchers is creating new information technology to help older adults with chronic heart failure. For the first time, researchers are capturing and working to empower individuals with their own heart health data.

27 Apr 2017

Standardized tobacco packaging may reduce smoking prevalence, review finds

A Cochrane Review published today finds standardized tobacco packaging may lead to a reduction in smoking prevalence and reduces the appeal of tobacco.

27 Apr 2017

Study finds increase in illicit cannabis use and disorders after states passed medical marijuana laws

Illicit cannabis use and cannabis use disorders increased at a greater rate in states that passed medical marijuana laws than in other states, according to new research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center.

27 Apr 2017

Researchers aim to test asthma drug for treating patients with heart disease

Researchers at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have launched an innovative new trial which aims to improve the recovery of patients with serious heart conditions.

27 Apr 2017

Research offers new way to improve nanopharmaceuticals for personalized medicine

In a newly published study in Nature Nanotechnology, the shape and geometry of nanoparticles can have a significant impact in modulating adverse injection reactions and offer realistic solutions for patients receiving nanopharmaceuticals—drug delivery systems specializing in microscopic-particle drug combinations.

27 Apr 2017

Swansea University expert develops self-cleaning water treatment membrane

A vital advanced water treatment membrane made of electrically conductive nanofibers which is self-cleaning is the brainchild of eminent Chemical Engineering Professor Nidal Hilal, Director of the Centre for Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research at Swansea University’s College of Engineering.

27 Apr 2017

METTLER TOLEDO’s weighing and dosing solutions enable contract R&D lab to meet customers’ requirements

As pharmaceutical companies are held to increasingly aggressive product innovation targets, they rely on contracted partners to help with process innovation in drug formulation and manufacturing.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 27 Apr 2017

IONICON launches next generation PTR-TOF 6000 X2 trace gas analyzer

IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analyzers introduces a new compact, ultra-sensitive and high-resolution PTR-TOF instrument.

From Ionicon Analytik Ges.m.b.H. 27 Apr 2017

Cooking at home means better diet and lower food expenditures

The best culinary paths to better health are not always paved with cash, new research shows, and cooking at home can provide the best bang-for-the-buck nutritionally as well as financially.

27 Apr 2017

Study provides preliminary evidence that Parkinson's disease may start in the gut

Parkinson's disease may start in the gut and spread to the brain via the vagus nerve, according to a study published in the April 26, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The vagus nerve extends from the brainstem to the abdomen and controls unconscious body processes like heart rate and food digestion.

27 Apr 2017

Findings could lead to new treatments for people who overdose on popular pain reliever

Results from a new study show that after an acetaminophen overdose the p53 protein plays a key role in preventing the progression of liver damage and signaling the liver to repair itself.

27 Apr 2017

Experts aim to develop noninvasive technology that accelerates learning

The adage "put your thinking caps on" might evoke visions of an elementary classroom, where a teacher has just admonished cherubic little learners about to embark on a particularly difficult academic adventure.

26 Apr 2017

UVA honored again as one of 69 NCI-designated cancer centers

University of Virginia Cancer Center has again been honored as one of just 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers for its work researching new and better cancer treatments.

26 Apr 2017

Yale study finds optimal radiation treatment for early-stage glottic cancer

Radiotherapy alone is often used to treat early-stage glottic cancer, a cancer of the vocal chords, however, the optimal radiation treatment schedule remains unknown.

26 Apr 2017

Study examines post-operative seizure outcomes after insular tumor resection

Winner of the Journal on Neuro-Oncology Award sponsored by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Doris Du Wang, MD, presented her research, Seizure Outcome After Surgical Resection of Insular Glioma, during the 2017 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting.

26 Apr 2017

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Improvements to animal testing protocols could yield more useful clinical results

Scientists announce ‘outstanding’ results of new blood cancer study

Unstable chromosomes in lung tumors increase risk of cancer relapse, study reveals

AI key to driving precision medicine in cancer?

Understanding and predicting tumor resistance may open door to additional treatment options

Researchers to create new information technology for helping older adults with heart failure

Standardized tobacco packaging may reduce smoking prevalence, review finds

Study finds increase in illicit cannabis use and disorders after states passed medical marijuana laws

Researchers aim to test asthma drug for treating patients with heart disease

Research offers new way to improve nanopharmaceuticals for personalized medicine

Swansea University expert develops self-cleaning water treatment membrane

METTLER TOLEDO’s weighing and dosing solutions enable contract R&D lab to meet customers’ requirements

IONICON launches next generation PTR-TOF 6000 X2 trace gas analyzer

Cooking at home means better diet and lower food expenditures

Study provides preliminary evidence that Parkinson's disease may start in the gut

Findings could lead to new treatments for people who overdose on popular pain reliever

Experts aim to develop noninvasive technology that accelerates learning

UVA honored again as one of 69 NCI-designated cancer centers

Yale study finds optimal radiation treatment for early-stage glottic cancer

Study examines post-operative seizure outcomes after insular tumor resection

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