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FDA approves Dako PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay for expanded use in urothelial carcinoma

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its Dako PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay for expanded use in urothelial carcinoma.

22 Aug 2018

Researchers raise serious concerns about the accuracy of two baby monitors

Researchers who tested two commercially available baby monitors are raising serious concerns about the accuracy of these products, which are marketed to parents, but are not regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

21 Aug 2018

New study sheds light on exactly how animals follow smells

Most animals have a keen sense of smell, which assists them in everyday tasks. Now, a new study led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine sheds light on exactly how animals follow smells.

21 Aug 2018

'Compulsivity circuit' may drive alcohol-seeking behavior in heavy drinkers

Heavy alcohol drinkers attempt to acquire alcohol despite the threat of a negative consequence more so than light drinkers, a study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging has found, and this behavior is associated with unique activation of brain circuitry in heavy drinkers.

21 Aug 2018

Biorhythms and birth control: FDA stirs debate by approving ‘natural’ app

The Food and Drug Administration took a "big tent" approach earlier this month when it approved two new forms of birth control that prevent pregnancy in very different ways.

21 Aug 2018

Scientists discover peptides that can be used as new antibiotic candidates

The human body produces many antimicrobial peptides that help the immune system fend off infection. Scientists hoping to harness these peptides as potential antibiotics have now discovered that other peptides in the human body can also have potent antimicrobial effects, expanding the pool of new antibiotic candidates.

21 Aug 2018

Rickets traced back to Roman Empire

Rickets is a disease of the growing bones among children that is caused due to deficiency of Vitamin D mainly due to lack of sunlight exposure. It was most commonly seen during the Victorian era due to smog and lack of exposure to sunlight among the children in the cities

21 Aug 2018

Current surveillance system does not quickly pick up most listeriosis cases in the EU, study reveals

More than half of the severe listeriosis cases in the European Union belong to clusters, many of which are not being picked up fast enough by the current surveillance system, suggests a new article published in Eurosurveillance.

20 Aug 2018

Research project explores how obesity is linked to social class

WHILE the rich get thinner, the poorest pile on the pounds. What accounts for this "social gradient", which results in obesity being most prevalent among the least well-off? The pleasure - tinged with guilt and anxiety - that they take in overeating is an explanation explored by a University of Huddersfield professor and his colleagues.

20 Aug 2018

Aravive Biologics gains Fast Track Designation for AVB-S6-500 from U.S. FDA

Aravive Biologics, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track Designation to AVB-S6-500 as a potential treatment for platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer.

20 Aug 2018

Chagas disease causes chronic heart disease and has spread outside of Latin America

Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic heart disease in about one third of those infected.

20 Aug 2018

New drug shows potential to prevent painful side effect of therapy

About 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed annually with head, neck, nasal and oral cancers. Most are treated with radiation, and of those, 70-80 percent develop a painful and debilitating side effect called severe oral mucositis.

20 Aug 2018

Saliva could modify dietary choices

Saliva is crucial for tasting and digesting food, but scientists have now found that it may have another, more subtle role.

20 Aug 2018

The man who sold America on vitamin D — and profited in the process

Dr. Michael Holick's enthusiasm for vitamin D can be fairly described as extreme.

20 Aug 2018

Researchers review various options to reduce sugar in dairy products

Dairy foods are popular among consumers, and sales gross more than $125 billion per year. With dairy product popularity comes new demands from consumers for healthier, low-calorie products that taste the same as their higher calorie counterparts.

20 Aug 2018

Scientists examine effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels, satiety

A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Dairy Science. H. Douglas Goff, PhD, and the team of scientists from the Human Nutraceutical Research Unit at the University of Guelph, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, examined the effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels and satiety after breakfast and after a second meal.

20 Aug 2018

Type 2 diabetes on the rise among youngsters

According to a new study, more and more young people are being treated for Type 2 diabetes and this is cause for alarm.

20 Aug 2018

Don't flush contact lenses after use - bad for environment

Nearly 45 million Americans use soft disposable contact lenses and after use flush them down the toilet. Researchers at the Arizona State University have requested people not to do so because the flushed out contact lenses could be having a severe impact on the environment.

20 Aug 2018

URI professor develops simpler and quicker method for detecting impurity in heparin

In 2008, a contaminant eluded the quality safeguards in the pharmaceutical industry and infiltrated a large portion of the supply of the popular blood thinner heparin, sickening hundreds and killing about 100 in the U.S.

19 Aug 2018