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Breakdown of kidney's self-cleaning ability makes them more vulnerable to dysfunction and disease

The kidney actively cleans its most selective filter to keep it from clogging with blood proteins, scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveal in a new study.

30 Jan 2008

Smart hydrogel particles: biomarker harvesting

The long and challenging effort to find blood-borne markers for cancer and other diseases may soon enter a new realm of success using a new nanoparticle that preferentially and rapidly removes small proteins and other molecules from blood while simultaneously protecting them from degradation.

16 Jan 2008

FDA approves Voluven for blood loss post surgery

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Voluven, an intravenous solution that prevents and treats a dangerous loss of blood volume, a condition that sometimes occurs during and after surgery.

28 Dec 2007

MIT researchers devised novel way to create tiny colonies of living human liver cells that model full-sized organs

Liver toxicity is one of the main reasons pharmaceutical companies pull drugs off the market. These dangerous drugs slip through approval processes due in part to the shortcomings of liver toxicity tests. Existing tests rely on liver cells from rats, which do not always respond to toxins the way human cells do. Or they rely on dying human cells that survive for only a few days in the lab.

19 Nov 2007

75% of hospital patients suffer from malnutrition regardless of their pathology

A study of 817 patients conducted in the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology at the University of Granada (UGR), in collaboration with the Unit of Nutrition and Dietetics at the hospital Virgen de las Nieves (Granada, Spain) of 817 patients, showed that 75% of hospitalised patients suffer from malnutrition regardless of their pathology.

24 Oct 2007

75% of hospitalised patients suffer from malnutrition regardless of their pathology

23 Oct 2007

Early intervention dramatically improves outcomes for new dialysis patients

A program of education, close medical follow-up, and self-empowerment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) newly starting dialysis, reduces complications and improves outcomes - including significant reductions in mortality and hospitalization rates, reports a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

19 Oct 2007

Hooked on chocolate? the answer why may lie in your gut

For the first time, scientists have linked the all-too-human preference for a food - chocolate - to a specific, chemical signature that may be programmed into the metabolic system and is detectable by laboratory tests.

15 Oct 2007

Injectable macro-porous material, for the treatment of bone diseases such as osteoporosis

Researchers of the BIOMAT (Biomaterials Centre) of the Universidad de La Habana have obtained an injectable macro-porous material, useful for the treatment of degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis, to refill bone cavities and in stomatology.

10 Oct 2007

M-POSSUM evaluation system improves accuracy and effectiveness of the original system

Based on POSSUM, a system suggested by some British scholars more than 10 years ago, a team led by Dr. Lian-An Ding has established the M-POSSUM evaluation system with the aim of improving the accuracy and effectiveness of the original system.

10 Oct 2007

Mechanism for the in-vivo transport of siRNA

It all started with flowers: in the nineties of the last century Norwegian researchers discovered that additional copies of a particular gene in petunias inhibited its activity instead of reinforcing it as had been assumed.

18 Sep 2007

Vital recommendations for treatment of brain injury patients

A landmark Australian and New Zealand intensive care study has provided vital information for the treatment of patients with brain injuries.

5 Sep 2007

Baxter receives FDA approval for new dosage of Advate for hemophilia A

Baxter Healthcare Corporation announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new 3000 IU (5mL) dosage strength of ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Plasma/Albumin-Free Method].

12 Jul 2007

Baxter presents findings from the ADAPT study

Baxter Healthcare Corporation has announced the presentation of findings from the ADAPT (Analysis of Data from ADVATE Prospective Trials) study program database showing a statistically significant relationship between the duration of time spent with factor VIII blood levels below one international unit per deciliter (1 IU/dL, one percent of normal factor VIII level) and an increase in the annual bleed rate in people with hemophilia A.

11 Jul 2007

New drug-delivery system using nanomaterials

Researchers at UCLA have successfully manipulated nanomaterials to create a new drug-delivery system that promises to solve the challenge of the poor water solubility of today's most promising anticancer drugs and thereby increase their effectiveness.

8 Jun 2007

Albumin News and Research

Breakdown of kidney's self-cleaning ability makes them more vulnerable to dysfunction and disease

Smart hydrogel particles: biomarker harvesting

FDA approves Voluven for blood loss post surgery

MIT researchers devised novel way to create tiny colonies of living human liver cells that model full-sized organs

75% of hospital patients suffer from malnutrition regardless of their pathology

75% of hospitalised patients suffer from malnutrition regardless of their pathology

Early intervention dramatically improves outcomes for new dialysis patients

Hooked on chocolate? the answer why may lie in your gut

Injectable macro-porous material, for the treatment of bone diseases such as osteoporosis

M-POSSUM evaluation system improves accuracy and effectiveness of the original system

Mechanism for the in-vivo transport of siRNA

Vital recommendations for treatment of brain injury patients

Baxter receives FDA approval for new dosage of Advate for hemophilia A

Baxter presents findings from the ADAPT study

New drug-delivery system using nanomaterials

MR spectroscopy of choline levels shows promise as a marker of fetal lung maturity

MR spectroscopy of choline levels shows promise as a marker of fetal lung maturity

Twin studies identify genes that influence human health in unexpected ways

Raman spectroscopy for faster body-fluid tests

NAFLD fibrosis score helps predict advanced fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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