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Sanford-Burnham selects organizations to participate in Florida Translational Research Program

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona announced the selection of the first five research organizations that will participate in the Florida Translational Research Program to advance drug discovery in the state.

3 Apr 2013

Imbalance between neutrophil elastase and α1-antitrypsin leads to obesity, inflammation

Many recent studies have suggested that obesity is associated with chronic inflammation in fat tissues. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered that an imbalance between an enzyme called neutrophil elastase and its inhibitor causes inflammation, obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver disease.

3 Apr 2013

New Jersey bans minors under age of 17 years old from using indoor tanning salons

New Jersey sent a strong message to young people that indoor tanning salons can be dangerous to their health. New Jersey has passed a law that bans minors under the age of 17 years old from using indoor tanning devices.

3 Apr 2013

Report shows identical genetic mutations are shared among neurodevelopmental disorders

A paper published this month in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Neurology suggests that a broad spectrum of developmental and psychiatric disorders, ranging from autism and intellectual disability to schizophrenia, should be conceptualized as different manifestations of a common underlying denominator, "developmental brain dysfunction," rather than completely independent conditions with distinct causes.

3 Apr 2013

Media outlets examine reaction to India's Supreme Court ruling on Novartis patent case

"In a decisive victory for India's pharmaceutical industry, India's Supreme Court rejected Novartis' patent application for the cancer drug Glivec on Monday, ending a seven-year battle by the Swiss drug maker to get a patent in India on its powerful leukemia drug," Time reports (Mahr, 4/1).

3 Apr 2013

Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute to establish Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network

Autism researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have received a prestigious $13 million award from the National Institutes of Health to establish an Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network, making the MIND Institute one of only nine such centers in the United States.

3 Apr 2013

Doctors give new hope for leukemia patients

Leukemia patients receive a bone marrow transplant, which allows them to build a "new" immune system. However, this immune system not only attacks cancer cells but healthy tissue too.

3 Apr 2013

Depression levels significantly higher in current college athletes, survey finds

A survey of current and former college athletes finds depression levels significantly higher in current athletes, a result that upended the researchers' hypothesis.

3 Apr 2013

New device to improve patients' hearing

Around 17 million people in Germany suffer from impaired hearing. For many of them, their hearing is so damaged that a standard hearing aid is no longer enough.

3 Apr 2013

First patient dosed in second Phase 2 study with LiRIS for treatment of Interstitial Cystitis

TARIS Biomedical, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative, targeted therapies to treat bladder diseases with high unmet medical need, announced today that it has dosed the first patient in its second Phase 2 clinical study with LiRIS, its novel product candidate, in patients with Interstitial Cystitis.

3 Apr 2013

Researchers find association between melatonin, type 2 diabetes

With previous evidence suggesting that melatonin may have a role in glucose metabolism, researchers have found an independent association between decreased secretion of melatonin and an increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the April 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Apr 2013

Legislation proposed to help vets wrongly denied benefits

Two Minnesota lawmakers are pushing a bill to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder who may have been discharged from the military after being diagnosed inaccurately.

3 Apr 2013

Eating right can help prevent cancer

This year, half a million Americans will lose their lives to cancer, and more than 1.6 million men and women will be diagnosed with the illness. During Cancer Control Month, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reminds Americans that eating right can help you prevent cancer and even support your treatment if you've already been diagnosed.

3 Apr 2013

Engineers develop prototype telerobotic platform for bladder cancer treatment

Although bladder cancer is the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat, the basic method that doctors use to treat it hasn't changed much in more than 70 years.

3 Apr 2013

Research facilitates development of treatments, cures to Alzheimer's disease

A team of researchers at The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute led by Scott Noggle, PhD, Director of the NYSCF Laboratory and the NYSCF - Charles Evans Senior Research Fellow for Alzheimer's Disease, and Michael W. Nestor, PhD, a NYSCF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, has developed a technique to produce three-dimensional cultures of induced pluripotent stem cells called embryoid bodies, amenable to live cell imaging and to electrical activity measurement.

3 Apr 2013

Free online sleep disorders guide for all professionals in primary care

The National Sleep Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive free online sleep disorders resource for all professionals in primary care. The "Sleep Disorders" guide is the updated web version of Dr. Peter Hauri's book, The Sleep Disorders, first published in 1977.

3 Apr 2013

Both black and white Americans have similar, higher lifetime risk of heart failure, study shows

Lifetime risk for heart failure is similar for blacks and whites and higher than expected for both groups -- ranging from 20 to 45 percent -- according to a new Northwestern Medicine- study.

3 Apr 2013

UC Davis scientists find mechanism in metabolized omega-3 fatty acid that helps combat cancer

A team of UC Davis scientists has found that a product resulting from a metabolized omega-3 fatty acid helps combat cancer by cutting off the supply of oxygen and nutrients that fuel tumor growth and spread of the disease.

3 Apr 2013

Study shows cholesterol rafts can shepherd genetic payloads into cancer cells

DNA, siRNA and miRNA can reprogram cancer cells - that is, if these nucleic acids could cross through the cell membrane. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the journal Therapeutic Delivery shows that cholesterol "rafts" can shepherd genetic payloads into cancer cells.

3 Apr 2013

Study: Restrictive diet after bariatric surgery improves diabetes outcomes

Patients with type 2 diabetes who consume a diet identical to the strict regimen followed after bariatric surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in blood glucose levels as those who undergo surgery, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

2 Apr 2013

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Sanford-Burnham selects organizations to participate in Florida Translational Research Program

Imbalance between neutrophil elastase and α1-antitrypsin leads to obesity, inflammation

New Jersey bans minors under age of 17 years old from using indoor tanning salons

Report shows identical genetic mutations are shared among neurodevelopmental disorders

Media outlets examine reaction to India's Supreme Court ruling on Novartis patent case

Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute to establish Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network

Doctors give new hope for leukemia patients

Depression levels significantly higher in current college athletes, survey finds

New device to improve patients' hearing

First patient dosed in second Phase 2 study with LiRIS for treatment of Interstitial Cystitis

Researchers find association between melatonin, type 2 diabetes

Legislation proposed to help vets wrongly denied benefits

Eating right can help prevent cancer

Engineers develop prototype telerobotic platform for bladder cancer treatment

Research facilitates development of treatments, cures to Alzheimer's disease

Free online sleep disorders guide for all professionals in primary care

Both black and white Americans have similar, higher lifetime risk of heart failure, study shows

UC Davis scientists find mechanism in metabolized omega-3 fatty acid that helps combat cancer

Study shows cholesterol rafts can shepherd genetic payloads into cancer cells

Study: Restrictive diet after bariatric surgery improves diabetes outcomes

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