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Medical students experience life inside nursing home

A novel program in New York gives medical students the chance to experience life as nursing home patients and learn about geriatrics, a field in desperate need of more professionals.

24 Aug 2009

CSL Biotherapies initiates clinical trials of Influenza A/H1N1 2009 vaccine in the US

CSL Biotherapies has announced the initiation of the company’s first U.S. clinical trials of its candidate Influenza A/H1N1 2009 vaccine. Study investigators will administer vaccinations to the first U.S. study volunteers today, August 24. The studies will determine the safety of CSL’s candidate vaccine and its ability to elicit an immune response (also referred to as immunogenicity) in adults and children.

24 Aug 2009

Phase 2 clinical study of Resolvin RX-10045 for dry eye syndrome provides positive data

Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading resolvin therapeutics company, today announced positive data from a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating RX-10045, a resolvin administered as a topical eye drop for the treatment of patients with chronic dry eye syndrome.

24 Aug 2009

MIT to honor Dr. Khine of Shrink Nanotechnologies as one of the top 35 global innovators

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (OTCBB: INKN), an innovative nanotechnology company that develops products, licenses its patent-pending technologies and acquires related assets in three core vertical markets: (i) solar energy production, (ii) medical diagnostics and sensors and (iii) biotechnology research and development tools, today announced that Dr. Michelle Khine, Ph.D., the scientific founder of Shrink’s nanofabrication platform, was named by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 35 global innovators under the age of 35.

24 Aug 2009

Study reveals that treating Alzheimer's disease with DHA and EPA slows down its progression

Scientists have identified the inflammatory process as the common soil in a diverse range of chronic degenerative diseases. The news, recently reported in the LA Times article, discusses how foods like cherries may help rheumatoid arthritis or avoidance of gluten may fight off psoriasis.

24 Aug 2009

PLoS Medicine's editors to eventually stamp ghostwriting

Today, PLoS Medicine places in the public domain all documents - around 1500 - released after the journal and The New York Times intervention in the Prempro case. The documents, are available on the PLoS Medicine website, and are uploaded in the form that PLoS received them from the court.

24 Aug 2009

Profibrix raises funds for clinical and preclinical development

ProFibrix B.V., a leader in the development of innovative products for hemostasis and regenerative medicine, today announced the successful closing of a US $11 million series B investment. The financing round was led by new investor Gilde Healthcare Partners, a leading European life sciences investor, who joins existing investor Index Ventures. Dirk Kersten from Gilde will join the company's Supervisory Board.

24 Aug 2009

Two key circuits for controlling the cell's ability identified by UCSF researchers

UCSF researchers have identified the two key circuits that control a cell's ability to adapt to changes in its environment, a finding that could have applications ranging from diabetes and autoimmune research to targeted drug development for complex diseases.

24 Aug 2009

University of Michigan discovers new gene target for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that targeting of a novel gene utilizing genetic and pharmacologic strategies was successful in treating pulmonary fibrosis in mice and will be developed for future testing in humans.

24 Aug 2009

Primary cilia can suppress or promote skin cancer

Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia can either suppress or promote this skin cancer, depending on the mutation triggering the disease.

24 Aug 2009

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

A Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflection and Reaction piece says while PEPFAR's "investment of over US$228 million into Mozambique in 2008 alone" resulted in "an exponential increase in the number of people on" ARVs and boosted prevention programs, "[t]here is more money available for HIV/AIDS than can reasonably be spent, especially given Mozambique's poor infrastructure and large geographical area. Unfortunately, one side-effect has been an associated increase in corruption." To maximize aid money and limit corruption, "careful and creative resource management will be needed," the author concludes (Johnson, 9/09).

24 Aug 2009

Research study reveals that mortality remains high in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Mortality remains high among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension awaiting lung transplant, despite changes to the allocation system that were designed to reduce mortality and increase the equitable distribution of donor organs, according to new research out of University of California San Francisco.

24 Aug 2009

New study identifies smoking as a risk factor for active TB

Smoking is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB) disease, according to a new study on TB incidence in Taiwan.

24 Aug 2009

Research reveals that diarrheal bacteria can cause colon cancers

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The investigators say that strains of the common Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) dupe immune system cells into permitting runaway colon tissue inflammation, a precursor for malignant growth.

24 Aug 2009

New technique may help clinicians in diagnosing pleural effusion

A new technique may help clinicians hone in on a diagnosis in patients presenting with a pleural effusion of unknown cause.

24 Aug 2009

Tiny filaments extending from cells may play a role in common malignant brain tumors

UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.

24 Aug 2009

Diabetics can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by increasing vitamin D levels

Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis now think they know why.

24 Aug 2009

Recently diagnosed young adults with blood-related cancers have better long-term survival rates

A new analysis has found that adolescents and young adults who were recently diagnosed with blood-related cancers have better long-term survival rates than those who were diagnosed in the 1980s. Published in the November 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that significant advances have been made in the treatment of 15 to 24 year-olds with leukemias and lymphomas; however, survival rates in this age group are still lower than those seen in younger children.

24 Aug 2009

Cancer patients who get separated at the time of diagnosis face low survival rates

Among unmarried cancer patients, those who are separated at the time of diagnosis do not live as long as widowed, divorced, and never married patients. That is the conclusion of a new study to be published in the November 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

24 Aug 2009

Research study links partial epilepsy to the disruption of brain development during early childhood

A form of partial epilepsy associated with auditory and other sensory hallucinations has been linked to the disruption of brain development during early childhood, according to a study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).

24 Aug 2009

Medicine News and Research

Medical students experience life inside nursing home

CSL Biotherapies initiates clinical trials of Influenza A/H1N1 2009 vaccine in the US

Phase 2 clinical study of Resolvin RX-10045 for dry eye syndrome provides positive data

MIT to honor Dr. Khine of Shrink Nanotechnologies as one of the top 35 global innovators

Study reveals that treating Alzheimer's disease with DHA and EPA slows down its progression

PLoS Medicine's editors to eventually stamp ghostwriting

Profibrix raises funds for clinical and preclinical development

Two key circuits for controlling the cell's ability identified by UCSF researchers

University of Michigan discovers new gene target for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Primary cilia can suppress or promote skin cancer

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

Research study reveals that mortality remains high in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

New study identifies smoking as a risk factor for active TB

Research reveals that diarrheal bacteria can cause colon cancers

New technique may help clinicians in diagnosing pleural effusion

Tiny filaments extending from cells may play a role in common malignant brain tumors

Diabetics can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by increasing vitamin D levels

Recently diagnosed young adults with blood-related cancers have better long-term survival rates

Cancer patients who get separated at the time of diagnosis face low survival rates

Research study links partial epilepsy to the disruption of brain development during early childhood

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