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KGI scientists identify new gene regulator that keeps hearts healthy even under intense exercise

Providing a medical explanation for why exercise is good for the heart, a team of scientists from Brazil pursuing a study that started in Dr. Ian Phillips' lab at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) has discovered a new gene regulator called MicroRNA 29 that keeps hearts healthy even under intense exercise.

3 Jun 2011

IDEV completes enrollment in SUPERA stent trial for treatment of peripheral artery disease

IDEV Technologies, Inc. today announced the completion of enrollment in the SUPERB Trial, an FDA-approved IDE trial evaluating the use of IDEV's SUPERA stent system for treatment of peripheral artery disease in the superficial femoral artery.

3 Jun 2011

Opinion: Integrate NTD, HIV, TB and malaria programs

In a New England Journal of Medicine opinion piece, Peter Hotez of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and colleagues, including Jeffrey Sachs of the Earth Institute of Columbia University, outline how integrating treatment of neglected tropical diseases (NTD) into HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria control efforts could speed up progress toward attaining the sixth Millennium Development Goal.

3 Jun 2011

Scientists identify protein sorting mechanism used by salivary gland

University of Louisville researchers are one step closer to helping millions of people whose salivary glands no longer work because of disease or damage from treatment of diseases.

3 Jun 2011

U-M study shows decline in surgery mortality for eight different high-risk operations

Surgery death rates have dropped nationwide over the past decade, according to a University of Michigan Health System study that reveals cancer surgeries have seen the most dramatic improvement in safety.

3 Jun 2011

Scientists uncover new therapeutic target that could prevent stress-related cell death

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered a potentially important new therapeutic target that could prevent stress-related cell death, a characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, as well as heart attack and stroke.

3 Jun 2011

Rheonix to receive U.S. patent for powerful microfluidic platform

Rheonix, Inc., developer of the Rheonix CARD system that provides a powerful microfluidic platform for the evolving molecular diagnostics industry, announced that on June 14, 2011 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will issue Patent Number 7,959,875, "Microfluidic Chips and Assay Systems," and on April 13, 2011 it allowed Patent Application Number 11/594,444, "Microfluidic Systems," to the Company.

3 Jun 2011

Editorial: Food security should be a priority

"Any system that produces enough food for the entire world and yet fails to feed one in seven people, which is subject to rampant speculation and land-grabbing, and where crops and land that could be used to feed people are instead turned into fuel for Hummers, is patently not working," a Guardian editorial says.

3 Jun 2011

Green tea consumption increases number of 'regulatory T cells', prevents autoimmune disease

One of the beneficial compounds found in green tea has a powerful ability to increase the number of "regulatory T cells" that play a key role in immune function and suppression of autoimmune disease, according to new research in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.

3 Jun 2011

VCU Massey completes Bortezomib-Alvocidib Phase I clinical trial against blood cancers

Clinical researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have successfully completed a Phase I clinical trial evaluating a combination of the drugs Bortezomib and Alvocidib in patients with relapsed or refractory blood cancers, paving the way for a Phase II clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of the new therapy.

3 Jun 2011

Geophagy protects stomach against toxins, parasites and pathogens

Most of us never considered eating the mud pies we made as kids, but for many people all over the world, dining on dirt is nothing out of the ordinary. Now an extensive meta-analysis forthcoming in the June issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology helps explain why.

3 Jun 2011

Elevated CRP levels predict poor prognosis of breast cancer

Levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are increased in response to acute inflammation, infection and tissue damage. There are also reports that CRP levels are elevated because of cancer.

3 Jun 2011

Editorial: U.S. must provide ample funding for GAVI

"Considering its wealth, the U.S. spends relatively little on humanitarian aid that can make an enormous difference in the lives of millions of people - and in the perception of the U.S. around the world. Nothing this nation could do with $450 million would surpass the good accomplished with a vaccination pledge to GAVI,".

3 Jun 2011

Johns Hopkins researchers solve mystery of Warburg effect

It’s long been known that cancer cells eat a lot of sugar to stay alive. In fact, where normal, noncancerous cells generate energy from using some sugar and a lot of oxygen, cancerous cells use virtually no oxygen and a lot of sugar. Many genes have been implicated in this process and now, reporting in the May 27 issue of Cell, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that this so-called Warburg effect is controlled.

2 Jun 2011

Mild brain injury tracked using special MRI technique

According to a new study there may be an explanation of why some military personnel exposed to blasts have symptoms of brain injury even though their CT and MRI scans look normal.

2 Jun 2011

First Edition: June 2, 2011

Today's health policy headlines cover a gamut of develoments, including reports about the latest Medicare dust up in the ongoing budget negotiations and about oral arguments in the latest round of appellate court action related to health law legal challenges.

2 Jun 2011

Protox reports net and comprehensive loss of $2.2 million for first quarter 2011

Protox Therapeutics Inc., a leader in the development of receptor targeted therapeutic fusion proteins, today announced financial results and achievements for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

2 Jun 2011

States and exchanges: A progress report

In today's Health on the Hill segment, Christine Vestal of Stateline joins KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and Jackie Judd to assess the progress - or lack thereof - states are making setting up insurance exchanges. They're required by the health law and they must be set up by 2014 to provide a online marketplace for people to buy insurance.

2 Jun 2011

Final analysis of AVEO's tivozanib Phase 2 trial on kidney cancer patients presented at ASCO 2011

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced data from the final analysis of its Phase 2 randomized discontinuation trial evaluating tivozanib, its lead product candidate designed to optimally block the VEGF pathway by inhibiting all three VEGF receptors, in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

2 Jun 2011

HHS to reduce rates for high-risk insurance pools

The Obama administration on Tuesday took steps in the 18 states where the federal government runs high-risk insurance pools to make coverage more affordable to people with pre-existing conditions.

2 Jun 2011

Research News and Research

KGI scientists identify new gene regulator that keeps hearts healthy even under intense exercise

IDEV completes enrollment in SUPERA stent trial for treatment of peripheral artery disease

Opinion: Integrate NTD, HIV, TB and malaria programs

Scientists identify protein sorting mechanism used by salivary gland

U-M study shows decline in surgery mortality for eight different high-risk operations

Scientists uncover new therapeutic target that could prevent stress-related cell death

Rheonix to receive U.S. patent for powerful microfluidic platform

Editorial: Food security should be a priority

Green tea consumption increases number of 'regulatory T cells', prevents autoimmune disease

VCU Massey completes Bortezomib-Alvocidib Phase I clinical trial against blood cancers

Geophagy protects stomach against toxins, parasites and pathogens

Elevated CRP levels predict poor prognosis of breast cancer

Editorial: U.S. must provide ample funding for GAVI

Johns Hopkins researchers solve mystery of Warburg effect

Mild brain injury tracked using special MRI technique

First Edition: June 2, 2011

Protox reports net and comprehensive loss of $2.2 million for first quarter 2011

States and exchanges: A progress report

Final analysis of AVEO's tivozanib Phase 2 trial on kidney cancer patients presented at ASCO 2011

HHS to reduce rates for high-risk insurance pools

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