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Crown Bioscience, NRCMM partner to develop new immune-oncology experimental cancer models

Crown Bioscience, Inc., a leading global drug discovery and development service company with its R&D centers across the globe has announced that a new partnership agreement has been reached with the National Resource Center for Mutant Mice and its commercial branch Nanjing Biotech Innovation Corporation, in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

6 Feb 2015

Half of people in the UK will develop cancer, says new estimate

One in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, according to new calculations from Cancer Research UK.

5 Feb 2015

$Study assessing efficacy of Neovasc Reducer for treatment of Refractory Angina published in NEJM$

Study assessing efficacy of Neovasc Reducer for treatment of Refractory Angina published in NEJM

Neovasc Inc. today announced that the final results from its COSIRA study assessing the efficacy and safety of the Neovasc Reducer for treatment of Refractory Angina, were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

5 Feb 2015

Newly found protein in naked mole rat helps ward off cancer

A protein newly found in the naked mole rat may help explain its unique ability to ward off cancer.

5 Feb 2015

Newly found peptide may reduce desire for food

Researchers have identified a peptide and hormone that when administered to a specific area of the brain may reduce the desire for food. The study, which appears in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, may one day lead to medications that treat obesity and binge eating disorders.

5 Feb 2015

Study shows that drinking green tea before taking supplements may reduce toxicity risk

As high doses of green tea extract supplements for weight loss become more popular, potential liver toxicity becomes a concern. In the last decade, dozens of people have been diagnosed with the condition. However, drinking green tea in the weeks before taking supplements likely reduces risk, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

5 Feb 2015

Researchers identify genetic variants associated with psoriatic arthritis

PsA is a common form of inflammatory form of arthritis causing pain and stiffness in joints and tendons that can lead to joint damage. Nearly all patients with PsA also have skin psoriasis and, in many cases, the skin disease is present before the arthritis develops. However, only one third of patients with psoriasis will go on to develop PsA.

5 Feb 2015

Policymakers need to look beyond painkiller abuse to reduce opioid overdose deaths, say researchers

According to researchers at Brandeis University, the University of North Florida and Johns Hopkins University, policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse, also called non-medical use, in their efforts to reduce opioid overdose deaths.

5 Feb 2015

Retigabine drug could reduce debilitating impact of strokes

New research suggests that an already-approved drug could dramatically reduce the debilitating impact of strokes, which affect nearly a million Americans every year.

5 Feb 2015

Northwestern Medicine researchers evaluate unique surgical method to treat chronic amputee pain

Northwestern Medicine® researchers are leading a new multi-center clinical trial to evaluate a unique surgical method, known as targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), to treat chronic pain that can result from limb amputation. Around a quarter of all amputees develop chronic pain in the remaining portion of their amputated limb, which can include phantom limb syndrome (pain that is perceived in the portion of the limb that is gone), and prevents many patients from using prostheses.

5 Feb 2015

Scientists investigate how T cells in colorectal tumors actively fight cancer

In recent years, a standard follow-up to colorectal cancer surgery has been to analyze the tumor tissue for the presence of immune cells. Finding high quantities of cytotoxic T cells, or "killer cells", means that there is a good chance that the disease will take a favorable course and that the risk of metastasis is comparatively low.

5 Feb 2015

Endogenous cannabinoids linked to weight gain in people with schizophrenia

Cannabinoids may be involved in the weight gain that occurs in people with schizophrenia who are treated with the antipsychotic olanzapine, according to a pilot study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology by researchers at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and Université de Montréal.

5 Feb 2015

Scientists awarded Agri-Tech Catalyst funding to develop new varieties of pearl millet to tackle diabetes

Scientists at Aberystwyth University's IBERS (Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences) have been awarded £250,000 of Agri-Tech Catalyst funding for an 18 month project to develop new varieties of pearl millet.

5 Feb 2015

Novel EPR oximetry technique may help clinicians directly measure oxygen in cancer, stroke patients

A novel Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) oximetry technique will help clinicians directly measure oxygen and schedule treatments at times of high oxygen levels in cancer and stroke patients to improve outcomes, The EPR team at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine has found.

5 Feb 2015

Scientists reveal genetic links to metabolic disorders

For at least 40 years, scientists who study how the body metabolizes sugar have accepted one point: there are four enzymes that kick-start the body's process of getting energy from food.

5 Feb 2015

Alzheimer's brains commonly have many neurons with more DNA and genomic copies of APP gene

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found diverse genomic changes in single neurons from the brains of Alzheimer's patients, pointing to an unexpected factor that may underpin the most common form of the disease.

5 Feb 2015

Researchers devise new technique to deliver cancer treatment

A team of researchers has devised a new way to target tumors with cancer-fighting drugs, a discovery that may lead to clinical treatments for cancer patients.

5 Feb 2015

Lung cancer surpasses breast cancer as the biggest cancer killer for women in developed countries

A new analysis led by researchers at the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer finds lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in females in developed countries.

5 Feb 2015

UC study reveals that bariatric surgery may cut life expectancy for super obese patients with diabetes

Bariatric surgery improves life expectancy for many obese diabetic patients, but it may cut life expectancy for patients who are super obese with very high body mass indexes, according to a University of Cincinnati researcher.

5 Feb 2015

Study could lead to potential drug treatment for fighting addiction

A research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a mechanism in the brain that is key to making cocaine seem pleasurable, a finding that could lead to a drug treatment for fighting addiction.

5 Feb 2015

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Crown Bioscience, NRCMM partner to develop new immune-oncology experimental cancer models

Half of people in the UK will develop cancer, says new estimate

Study assessing efficacy of Neovasc Reducer for treatment of Refractory Angina published in NEJM

Newly found protein in naked mole rat helps ward off cancer

Newly found peptide may reduce desire for food

Study shows that drinking green tea before taking supplements may reduce toxicity risk

Researchers identify genetic variants associated with psoriatic arthritis

Policymakers need to look beyond painkiller abuse to reduce opioid overdose deaths, say researchers

Retigabine drug could reduce debilitating impact of strokes

Northwestern Medicine researchers evaluate unique surgical method to treat chronic amputee pain

Scientists investigate how T cells in colorectal tumors actively fight cancer

Endogenous cannabinoids linked to weight gain in people with schizophrenia

Scientists awarded Agri-Tech Catalyst funding to develop new varieties of pearl millet to tackle diabetes

Novel EPR oximetry technique may help clinicians directly measure oxygen in cancer, stroke patients

Scientists reveal genetic links to metabolic disorders

Alzheimer's brains commonly have many neurons with more DNA and genomic copies of APP gene

Researchers devise new technique to deliver cancer treatment

Lung cancer surpasses breast cancer as the biggest cancer killer for women in developed countries

UC study reveals that bariatric surgery may cut life expectancy for super obese patients with diabetes

Study could lead to potential drug treatment for fighting addiction

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