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Children exposed to secondhand smoke face increased risk of lung cancer later in life

Children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer in adulthood, even if they never smoked.

3 Dec 2009

Medical research experts explore new strategies to speed up treatments for medical disorders

Nearly 600 medical research executives, scientists, policy makers, and funders today convened to explore novel development approaches and innovative funding strategies at the inaugural Partnering for Cures meeting.

3 Dec 2009

Discovery of cell fibrous structure may provide clues to diagnose and treat medical disorders

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center have shown that in healthy cells, a bundled "cap" of thread-like fibers holds the cell's nucleus, its genetic storehouse, in its proper place.

3 Dec 2009

NIDA funds proposed 'seek and treat' strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Dr. Julio Montaner - Director, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), and President, International AIDS Society - congratulated Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for taking a leadership role in the evaluation of the "Seek and Treat" strategy originally developed at the BC-CfE.

3 Dec 2009

New study suggests e-cigarettes can help alleviate nicotine cravings and improve general health

A groundbreaking new survey into the electronic cigarette, smokers' health and smoking cessation, carried out by NJOY retailers E Cigarette Direct and analysed by tobacco harm reduction scientists, has shown encouraging results.

3 Dec 2009

arGEN-X to develop its SIMPLE Antibody engine with completed EUR 12.5M Series A equity financing

arGEN-X BV, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of human antibodies using its proprietary SIMPLE Antibody(TM) platform, today announced the successful second closing of its Series A equity financing round. The Company raised an additional EUR 3.0 million (~USD 4.5 million) from two leading life science investors, Credit Agricole Private Equity and VIB (the prestigious Flemish research institute).

3 Dec 2009

MaRS teams up with Baycrest to develop and market brain fitness products

One of the world's leading cognitive science institutes announced today it has created a new company with MaRS, Canada's premiere innovation centre, to develop and market brain fitness products to help adults extend their memory and cognitive abilities longer in the lifespan.

3 Dec 2009

Roche to provide the RealTime ready Influenza A/H1N1 Detection Set to CLIA high-complexity labs under EUA

The Roche assay for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus detects RNA from the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A virus and provides a rapid means of identification of patients infected with this virus. In order to ensure continued specificity and sensitivity of the Roche's Influenza A/H1N1 assay, Roche performs sequence comparisons with all available 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus sequences on a regular basis.

3 Dec 2009

Biomoda appeals N.M. congressional delegation to support Lung Cancer Mortality legislation

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. (OTCBB: BMOD) today urged the New Mexico congressional delegation to support the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009, which calls for a comprehensive federal program to achieve a 50% reduction in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2016.

3 Dec 2009

Study sheds light on gender differences in shopping experiences and behaviors

Daniel Kruger, research faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, says it's perfectly natural that men often can't distinguish a sage sock from a beige sock or that sometimes women can't tell if the shoe department is due north or west from the escalator.

3 Dec 2009

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics options immunotherapy targeting CSCs using abnormal Notch and Numb pathways

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a biotechnology company that is focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center relating to an immunotherapy targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs) which has demonstrated in pre-clinical animal models significant abilities to target and destroy CSCs.

3 Dec 2009

Smoking cessation efforts attracted mixed results in Ohio's Appalachian region

In the Appalachian region of the country — where smoking rates are high, tobacco is often a cash crop and income and education levels are low — a smoking cessation effort led by non-medical professionals was successful in the short term, but quit rates trailed off in the long term.

3 Dec 2009

Despite declining smoking rates, U.S. obesity rates continue to rise

If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Dec 2009

Association of Surgeons in Training affliates with International Journal of Surgery

Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce that the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) has affiliated with the International Journal of Surgery (IJS), an online-only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of surgery.

3 Dec 2009

Generational and aging influences may have a major impact on future of eating

Each generation will make a distinctive mark on how and what Americans will be eating in 10 years, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. In its A Look into The Future of Eating report, NPD’s food industry market research finds that eating patterns over the next decade will be influenced by the behaviors that occur with aging, and the differences in preferences from one generation to another.

3 Dec 2009

Galapagos' multiple milestone achievement triggers cash payment of EUR 10.2 million

Galapagos NV announced today achievement of multiple milestones under its alliance agreement in rheumatoid arthritis. The milestones trigger a cash payment of EUR 10.2 million to Galapagos.

3 Dec 2009

Specially developed PACEM system installed at Max Planck Institute for Biophysics

PACEM is a transmission electron microscope (TEM) designed to image low-contrast biological specimens. It was specially developed and installed at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics (MPI-BP) by optical expert Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen and researchers from the Macromolecular Complexes excellence cluster in Frankfurt.

3 Dec 2009

Research News and Research

Children exposed to secondhand smoke face increased risk of lung cancer later in life

Medical research experts explore new strategies to speed up treatments for medical disorders

Discovery of cell fibrous structure may provide clues to diagnose and treat medical disorders

NIDA funds proposed 'seek and treat' strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS

New study suggests e-cigarettes can help alleviate nicotine cravings and improve general health

arGEN-X to develop its SIMPLE Antibody engine with completed EUR 12.5M Series A equity financing

MaRS teams up with Baycrest to develop and market brain fitness products

Roche to provide the RealTime ready Influenza A/H1N1 Detection Set to CLIA high-complexity labs under EUA

Biomoda appeals N.M. congressional delegation to support Lung Cancer Mortality legislation

Study sheds light on gender differences in shopping experiences and behaviors

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics options immunotherapy targeting CSCs using abnormal Notch and Numb pathways

Smoking cessation efforts attracted mixed results in Ohio's Appalachian region

Despite declining smoking rates, U.S. obesity rates continue to rise

Association of Surgeons in Training affliates with International Journal of Surgery

Generational and aging influences may have a major impact on future of eating

Galapagos' multiple milestone achievement triggers cash payment of EUR 10.2 million

Specially developed PACEM system installed at Max Planck Institute for Biophysics

Study: Affluent people more likely to undergo bowel cancer screening than deprived counterparts

New study utilizes solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone

Exposure to secondhand smoke may increase breast cancer risk

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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