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Promyleocytic leukemia gene goes up significantly in post treatment of mTOR inhibitors

Glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain tumor in adults, is challenging to treat because the tumors rapidly become resistant to therapy. As cancer researchers are learning more about the causes of tumor cell growth and drug resistance, they are discovering molecular pathways that might lead to new targeted therapies to potentially treat this deadly cancer.

27 Feb 2013

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Johns Hopkins' John Wong, Ph.D., has won a BioMaryland LIFE Award, and Ronald Berger, M.D., Ph.D., and Hien Nguyen, M.D., were awarded funds from the Abell Foundation, the researchers learned last week. Each of the winners will receive $50,000 to help develop their discoveries for clinical use.

27 Feb 2013

Follow up evaluations necessary for 15 years after radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients

The March 2013 issue of The Journal of Urology, the official journal of The American Urological Association, includes a study conducted by four physicians from Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG), a Vantage Oncology affiliate.

27 Feb 2013

Lecture to discuss importance of children physical education programmes

The importance of properly designed physical education programmes is the subject of a lecture on 27 March. The talk, Impact of growth and maturation on motor skill acquisition and development, will be delivered by Dr Fernando Naclerio, a specialist in sports nutrition at the university's Faculty of Engineering & Science.

27 Feb 2013

Surgical site infections appear to have significant genetic connections

An estimated 300,000 U.S. patients get surgical site infections every year, and while the causes are varied, a new University of Utah study suggests that some who get an infection can blame it partly on their genes.

27 Feb 2013

AIDS activists work to influence Kenyan presidential candidates' positions on care, treatment

"A small team of HIV/AIDS activists is trailing Kenyan presidential candidates as they crisscross the country, pressing them to increase their commitment to the care and treatment of people living with HIV," PlusNews reports.

27 Feb 2013

Same-sex cohabitors report worse health: Study

Same-sex cohabitors report worse health than people of the same socioeconomic status who are in heterosexual marriages, according to a new study, which may provide fuel for gay marriage proponents.

27 Feb 2013

State roundup: Kan. eyes rural residencies to solve doc shortage; More hats in Mass. Gov. race

Rural hospitals could provide critical help addressing the state's expected doctor shortage, according to Dr. Douglas Girod, the new executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center.

27 Feb 2013

Offices of family physicians appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions

Some family physicians' offices discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada's system of publicly funded universal health insurance, new research has shown.

27 Feb 2013

DNDi receives 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge and Culture Award

Today in Madrid, Spain, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) received the BBVA Foundation 'Frontiers of Knowledge and Culture Award for Development Cooperation'. This EUR 400,000 award will be presented at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain, in June of this year.

27 Feb 2013

Asia Pacific Autism Conference to be held in Adelaide

One of the world's biggest and most important international conferences on autism will be held in Adelaide in August this year.

27 Feb 2013

MID1 complex binds with messenger RNA and controls synthesis of defective Huntingtin

Huntington's disease, also known as Huntington's chorea, is a hereditary brain disease causing movement disorders and dementia. In Germany, there are about 8,000 patients affected by Huntington's disease, with several hundred new cases arising every year. The disease usually manifests between the ages of 35 and 50.

27 Feb 2013

Princeton metabolic model can predict how parasites would fare in altered climates

Knowing the temperatures that viruses, bacteria, worms and all other parasites need to grow and survive could help determine the future range of infectious diseases under climate change, according to new research.

27 Feb 2013

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

Taking omega-3 fish oils could help to protect against skin cancer, according to researchers at The University of Manchester.

27 Feb 2013

New journal aims to address fatigue in medical illnesses and specific environmental conditions

With peer-reviewed articles on fatigue having increased 90% over the past decade - and nearly 1,000 papers on the topic published in 2011 alone - the time is right for Routledge's new journal, Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior.

27 Feb 2013

Protective services workers more likely to develop psychiatric disorder after traumatic events

Police, firefighters and other protective services workers who are repeatedly exposed to traumatic events and are new to their profession are at greater risk of developing a psychiatric disorder, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

26 Feb 2013

Baxter files FEIBA NF BLA with FDA for prophylactic treatment of hemophilia A or B

Baxter International Inc. today announced that the company has submitted a biologics license application (BLA) supplement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of prophylaxis treatment of FEIBA NF [Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex], Nanofiltered and Vapor Heated, in patients with hemophilia A or B and inhibitors.

From Baxter International Inc. 26 Feb 2013

Genetic variation in CD33 influences how AML patients' leukemic cell responds to GO

Researchers from the College of Pharmacy and Medical School working within the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, have partnered to identify genetic variations that may help signal which acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients will benefit or not benefit from one of the newest antileukemic agents.

26 Feb 2013

IFR, PBL to further develop Dynamic Gastric Model

The Dynamic Gastric Model, developed from years of research at the Institute of Food Research, has taken significant steps towards improving its commercial use by food and drug companies worldwide.

26 Feb 2013

Shionogi receives FDA approval for Osphena to treat women with severe dyspareunia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Osphena (ospemifene) to treat women experiencing moderate to severe dyspareunia (pain during sexual intercourse), a symptom of vulvar and vaginal atrophy due to menopause.

26 Feb 2013

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Promyleocytic leukemia gene goes up significantly in post treatment of mTOR inhibitors

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Follow up evaluations necessary for 15 years after radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients

Lecture to discuss importance of children physical education programmes

Surgical site infections appear to have significant genetic connections

AIDS activists work to influence Kenyan presidential candidates' positions on care, treatment

Same-sex cohabitors report worse health: Study

State roundup: Kan. eyes rural residencies to solve doc shortage; More hats in Mass. Gov. race

Offices of family physicians appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions

DNDi receives 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge and Culture Award

Asia Pacific Autism Conference to be held in Adelaide

MID1 complex binds with messenger RNA and controls synthesis of defective Huntingtin

Princeton metabolic model can predict how parasites would fare in altered climates

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

New journal aims to address fatigue in medical illnesses and specific environmental conditions

Protective services workers more likely to develop psychiatric disorder after traumatic events

Baxter files FEIBA NF BLA with FDA for prophylactic treatment of hemophilia A or B

Genetic variation in CD33 influences how AML patients' leukemic cell responds to GO

IFR, PBL to further develop Dynamic Gastric Model

Shionogi receives FDA approval for Osphena to treat women with severe dyspareunia

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