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Researchers find new molecular targets for aggressive brain tumor

Researchers from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth will present a scientific poster on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at the American Association of Cancer Researchers conference in San Diego, CA. The research identifies a potential characteristic for predicting outcome in a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme.

9 Apr 2014

SLU researcher receives $608,376 grant to design better clinical treatments for multiple sclerosis

Saint Louis University researcher Daniel Hawiger, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded $608,376 from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to gain a better understanding of how the autoimmune process that causes multiple sclerosis (MS) may be stopped or slowed down.

9 Apr 2014

Researchers identify experimental drugs to block treatment-resistant leukemia

Research in mice and human cell lines has identified an experimental compound dubbed TTT-3002 as potentially one of the most potent drugs available to block genetic mutations in cancer cells blamed for some forms of treatment-resistant leukemia.

9 Apr 2014

Researchers demonstrate advantages of HOPE fixation strategy

They discovered that the so-called HOPE method allows tissue samples to be treated such that they do not only meet the requirements of clinical histology, but can still be characterised later on by modern methods of proteomics, a technique analysing all proteins at once.

9 Apr 2014

Abnormal levels of lipid molecules can trigger autism during prenatal brain development

In a groundbreaking York University study, researchers have found that abnormal levels of lipid molecules in the brain can affect the interaction between two key neural pathways in early prenatal brain development, which can trigger autism.

9 Apr 2014

Community health centers face tough competition for newly insured

A center in the District of Columbia is challenged by a regional hospital system when trying to attract low-income patients who are now insured under the health law. Other media outlets report on a study showing that the chances of getting a doctor's appointment vary depending on what type of insurance a consumer has, and other implementation issues.

9 Apr 2014

Study examines link between recalling alcohol brands in popular music and binge drinking in teens

Binge drinking by teenagers and young adults is strongly associated with liking, owning, and correctly identifying music that references alcohol by brand name according to a study by the University of Pittsburgh and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

9 Apr 2014

HHS reverses plan to cut Medicare advantage rates

Administration officials announce that they will slightly boost rates paid to insurers offering the private Medicare plans. In February they had suggested cuts to the funding, but Republican and Democratic lawmakers had opposed the suggestion.

9 Apr 2014

New project reveals mysterious processes of human brain

One of the biggest challenges today is to understand the human brain and we never have been closer to realize it. More than 130 institutes are taking part in one of Europe´s largest research projects, funded with 1.2 billion Euros: The Human Brain Project.

9 Apr 2014

Scientists uncover surprising link between brain development and gene tied to breast cancer

Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered details into a surprising-and crucial-link between brain development and a gene whose mutation is tied to breast and ovarian cancer.

9 Apr 2014

Study shows subpopulations of breast cancer cells cooperate to aid tumor growth

Subpopulations of breast cancer cells sometimes cooperate to aid tumor growth, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers, who believe that understanding the relationship between cancer subpopulations could lead to new targets for cancer treatment.

9 Apr 2014

Common treatment for type 2 diabetes could cause longer-than-normal periods of hypoglycemia

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered that a common treatment for people with type 2 diabetes could cause longer-than-normal periods of the low blood sugar reaction hypoglycemia, which may result in increased health risks to people with diabetes.

9 Apr 2014

New data sharing platform to advance cancer research: an interview with Dr. Charles Hugh-Jones, Chief Medical Officer, Sanofi U.S.

Project Data Sphere, LLC (PDS) is an independent, not-for-profit initiative of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer’s Life Sciences Consortium (LSC), a group formed by President Bush in 2001 to look at the ways in which different organisations can come together to improve outcomes in cancer research that no individual group could do by itself. The data-sharing platform is one of the projects developed by the group.

From Sanofi 8 Apr 2014

Mayor launches new medical research and translation initiative at Imperial College London

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson launched MedCity, a major new medical research and translation initiative, at Imperial College London today [Tuesday 8 April].

8 Apr 2014

Quantum Imaging secures £1.6 million investment to develop medical imaging device

Quantum Imaging Ltd, a University of Leeds spin out, has secured a £1.6 million investment to develop its medical imaging technology.

8 Apr 2014

Research offers scientific approach to make transporting decisions of critical-care patients

University of Cincinnati research is offering hospitals and trauma centers a unique, accurate and scientific approach to making decisions about transporting critical-care patients by air or by ambulance.

8 Apr 2014

Janssen submits supplemental New Drug Application for IMBRUVICA to the U.S. FDA

Janssen Research & Development, LLC ("Janssen") today announced the submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for IMBRUVICA™ (ibrutinib) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by its collaboration partner Pharmacyclics, Inc.

8 Apr 2014

NBTS Sri Lanka to use Transfusion Evidence Library to ensure quality, safety of blood supply

Evidentia Publishing is pleased to announce that the National Blood Transfusion Service of Sri Lanka will be utilising the Transfusion Evidence Library - a unique, online database providing high quality, evidence-based information for all research related to transfusion medicine - in support of their efforts to ensure quality and safety of blood and blood components.

8 Apr 2014

Tunstall, University of Leeds and Oxford University partner to find new evidence on benefits of telecare

Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of technology enabled care services, has partnered with the University of Leeds and Oxford University to address the challenges arising from population ageing and the opportunities of technological progress.

8 Apr 2014

PDS launches new data sharing platform to improve lives of cancer patients

Project Data Sphere, LLC (PDS), an independent not-for-profit initiative of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer's Life Sciences Consortium (LSC), announced today the launch of a new data sharing platform (www.ProjectDataSphere.org), with the goal of advancing research to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families around the world.

8 Apr 2014

Research News and Research

Researchers find new molecular targets for aggressive brain tumor

SLU researcher receives $608,376 grant to design better clinical treatments for multiple sclerosis

Researchers identify experimental drugs to block treatment-resistant leukemia

Researchers demonstrate advantages of HOPE fixation strategy

Abnormal levels of lipid molecules can trigger autism during prenatal brain development

Community health centers face tough competition for newly insured

Study examines link between recalling alcohol brands in popular music and binge drinking in teens

HHS reverses plan to cut Medicare advantage rates

New project reveals mysterious processes of human brain

Scientists uncover surprising link between brain development and gene tied to breast cancer

Study shows subpopulations of breast cancer cells cooperate to aid tumor growth

Common treatment for type 2 diabetes could cause longer-than-normal periods of hypoglycemia

New data sharing platform to advance cancer research: an interview with Dr. Charles Hugh-Jones, Chief Medical Officer, Sanofi U.S.

Mayor launches new medical research and translation initiative at Imperial College London

Quantum Imaging secures £1.6 million investment to develop medical imaging device

Research offers scientific approach to make transporting decisions of critical-care patients

Janssen submits supplemental New Drug Application for IMBRUVICA to the U.S. FDA

NBTS Sri Lanka to use Transfusion Evidence Library to ensure quality, safety of blood supply

Tunstall, University of Leeds and Oxford University partner to find new evidence on benefits of telecare

PDS launches new data sharing platform to improve lives of cancer patients

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