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Study suggests proton therapy may be effective, less toxic treatment option for head and neck cancer

In a small study, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that 93 percent of head and neck cancer patients treated with multi-field optimization intensity modulated proton therapy (MFO-IMPT) were cancer-free 28 months after treatment.

28 May 2014

Researchers develop new technology that uses HIV virus as tool to fight against hereditary diseases

For the first time researchers have succeeded in altering HIV virus particles so that they can simultaneously, as it were, 'cut and paste' in our genome via biological processes. Developed at the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University, the technology makes it possible to repair genomes in a new way.

28 May 2014

Health law costs embroil union negotiations

Costs associated with the health law are snarling contract negotiations around the country and causing problems for the infamous farm workers union health plan.

28 May 2014

Neural engineers to develop techniques for dynamic deep brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulators, devices that zap Parkinson's disease tremors by sending electrical current deep into nerve centers near the brain stem, may sound like they are cutting-edge, but Rice University's Caleb Kemere wants to give them a high-tech overhaul.

28 May 2014

Patients receiving steroids in hospital's ICU more likely to develop delirium, says study

New Johns Hopkins research suggests that critically ill patients receiving steroids in a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) are significantly more likely to develop delirium. Results of their research, they say, suggest minimizing the use of steroids could reduce delirium in the ICU.

28 May 2014

UH receives $2M grant from Texas agency to map 3-D architecture of tumors using KESM

Cancer imaging expert David Mayerich will join the University of Houston's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering this fall.

28 May 2014

Scientists discover group of lymphocytes that protects against intracellular infection

The innate immune system recognizes infectious agents such as viruses and bacteria. A group of lymphocytes known as "innate lymphoid cells" or ILCs plays a central role in the defense of the human body against infective agents.

28 May 2014

Half-life extension technology: an interview with Dermot Pearson, Novozymes Biopharma

A drug's half-life indicates how long a substance will remain active in the body. It is essentially the period of time that it takes for the concentration of the amount of the drug to be reduced by half, and therefore, determines how frequently a drug needs to be administered to maintain its therapeutic effect.

27 May 2014

Twist Bioscience raises $26M in Series B financing, receives $5.1M DARPA contract

Twist Bioscience today announced that it raised $26 million in a Series B financing to commercialize the company's semiconductor-based synthetic gene manufacturing process.

27 May 2014

Researchers develop active agents that may improve healing of inflammatory illnesses

It is something like the police force of our body: the immune system. It disables intruding pathogens, it dismantles injured tissue and boosts wound healing. In this form of 'self-defense' inflammatory reactions play a decisive role.

27 May 2014

First Edition: May 27, 2014

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the health law's effect on unions and hospitals and a new IRS ruling designed to keep employers from dumping workers onto the law's online marketplaces.

27 May 2014

Imperial College London receives £40 million gift for new biomedical engineering centre

Imperial College London is to build a new and pioneering biomedical engineering centre thanks to an unprecedented £40 million gift from Michael Uren OBE and the Michael Uren Foundation.

27 May 2014

Griffith, Blackmores Institute launch special online course on complementary medicines

Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals will have the opportunity to boost their knowledge of complementary medicines when Griffith University and Blackmores Institute launch a special online course.

27 May 2014

Study suggests that stiff arteries alone enough to cause high BP in "virtual human"

High blood pressure is highly age-related and affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. But doctors can't fully explain the cause of 90 per cent of all cases. A computer model of a "virtual human" suggests that stiff arteries alone are enough to cause high blood pressure.

27 May 2014

Nationwide Insurance Foundation donates $10M to Nationwide Children's Hospital

Nationwide Children's Hospital today announced that it has received a $10 million gift from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation.

27 May 2014

Research report on medical waste management market

MRRBIZ includes new market research report "Medical Waste Management Market (Activity Type - Collection, Processing And Disposal; Waste Generators - Large Quantity Generators And Small Quantity Generators) Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast, 2013 - 2019" to its large collection of research report.

27 May 2014

X-ray dark-field radiography creates higher resolution images of lung disease

Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) working in cooperation with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Hospital (KUM) and the Technischen Universität München (TUM) tested for the first time X-ray dark-field radiography on a living organism for the diagnosis of lung disease.

27 May 2014

Wolters Kluwer Health launches UpToDate Anywhere mobile app in the UK

Today, Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today the UK launch of UpToDate® Anywhere, enabling hospitals and healthcare organisations to provide clinicians with access to its acclaimed clinical decision support resource anytime, anywhere via mobile app and electronic patient record (EPR).

27 May 2014

Study gives hints about male versus female risk for certain psychiatric disorders

Puberty is the defining process of adolescent development, beginning a cascade of changes throughout the body, including the brain.

27 May 2014

Estrogen therapy and venlafaxine treatment effective for hot flashes, night sweats

A new research study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) that compares low-dose oral estrogen and low-dose non-hormonal venlafaxine hydrochloride extended release (XR) to placebo were both found effective in reducing the number of hot flashes and night sweats reported by menopausal women.

27 May 2014

Research News and Research

Study suggests proton therapy may be effective, less toxic treatment option for head and neck cancer

Researchers develop new technology that uses HIV virus as tool to fight against hereditary diseases

Health law costs embroil union negotiations

Neural engineers to develop techniques for dynamic deep brain stimulation

Patients receiving steroids in hospital's ICU more likely to develop delirium, says study

UH receives $2M grant from Texas agency to map 3-D architecture of tumors using KESM

Scientists discover group of lymphocytes that protects against intracellular infection

Half-life extension technology: an interview with Dermot Pearson, Novozymes Biopharma

Twist Bioscience raises $26M in Series B financing, receives $5.1M DARPA contract

Researchers develop active agents that may improve healing of inflammatory illnesses

First Edition: May 27, 2014

Imperial College London receives £40 million gift for new biomedical engineering centre

Griffith, Blackmores Institute launch special online course on complementary medicines

Study suggests that stiff arteries alone enough to cause high BP in "virtual human"

Nationwide Insurance Foundation donates $10M to Nationwide Children's Hospital

Research report on medical waste management market

X-ray dark-field radiography creates higher resolution images of lung disease

Wolters Kluwer Health launches UpToDate Anywhere mobile app in the UK

Study gives hints about male versus female risk for certain psychiatric disorders

Estrogen therapy and venlafaxine treatment effective for hot flashes, night sweats

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