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Veterinary medicine students more likely to struggle with depression

Veterinary medicine students are more likely to struggle with depression than human medicine students, undergraduate students and the general population, according to several recent collaborative studies from Kansas State University researchers.

29 Jul 2011

Positive data from BioMarin's MOR-100 Phase 1/2 extension study on Morquio syndrome

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. today announced an update on the GALNS Phase 1/2 extension study (MOR-100) in which patients have continued treatment on an ongoing basis.

29 Jul 2011

Customized surfaces help reveal protein clumping process linked with Alzheimer's, diabetes

When normal proteins form protein clumps in the body, then alarm bells start ringing. Such clumps, called "amyloids," are closely associated with Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes, formerly called adult-onset diabetes.

29 Jul 2011

Hospice services improve quality of care and support for dementia patients

Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care and support for nursing home patients dying of dementia and their families, according to an analysis of survey responses from hundreds of bereaved family members.

29 Jul 2011

NanoString introduces new assay for leukemia fusion gene analysis

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the availability of a comprehensive multiplexed assay for the simple and cost-effective analysis of fusion genes linked to leukemia.

From NanoString Technologies 29 Jul 2011

WSU professor receives NIH grant for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease research

Kezhong Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics and of immunology and microbiology in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University, was awarded $1.7 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to explore how molecular elements in the body regulate the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

29 Jul 2011

Grapes help protect skin cells from sun's UV radiation

Some compounds found in grapes help to protect skin cells from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, according to a study by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the CSIC.

29 Jul 2011

'Systems biology' study of breast cancer

Using a "systems biology" approach - which focuses on understanding the complex relationships between biological systems - to look under the hood of an aggressive form of breast cancer, researchers for the first time have identified a set of proteins in the blood that change in abundance long before the cancer is clinically detectable.

29 Jul 2011

Houston-based Mattress Firm commits to support pancreatic cancer research

Mattress Firm, a leading specialty mattress retailer with more than 720 stores nationwide, is committed to supporting the fight against pancreatic cancer by raising funds for clinical trials through the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) globalCure initiative.

29 Jul 2011

Bone fluoride levels are not associated with osteosarcoma: Study

A new study in the Journal of Dental Research finds bone fluoride levels are not associated with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer more prevalent in males.

29 Jul 2011

Conference to discuss latest advances in brain tumours by non-surgical means, space science

The latest advances in the treatment of brain tumours by non-surgical means, space science and non-fossil fuel energy generation, are among the topics being discussed by over 500 international scientists at Queen's University this week.

29 Jul 2011

Expert offers air quality control tips

A mold count of more than 50,000 has triggered an alert for dangerous air quality throughout the Midwest . The Midwest experienced a record-breaking winter for snow, and is again setting new records for heat and rain.

29 Jul 2011

Book examines impact of new racial science

In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug called BiDil as a therapy for heart failure specifically for African-American patients, claiming in a press release that this was a step toward personalized medicine.

29 Jul 2011

Combination drug regimen safe and effective for renal transplant patients

For the thousands of patients who receive kidney transplants in the United States each year, preventing organ rejection without compromising other aspects of health requires a delicate balance of medications.

29 Jul 2011

High fructose corn syrup consumption may promote heart disease

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, which have been shown to be indicators of increased risk for heart disease.

29 Jul 2011

Ivabradine effective in reducing risk of cardiac fibrosis, diastolic heart failure

The findings of a Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) study published in the scientific journal Cardiology suggest that ivabradine, a heart rate reduction medication, is also effective in reducing the risk of diastolic heart failure and cardiac fibrosis.

29 Jul 2011

Researchers receive federal grant to improve diabetes management in minority patients

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Health Research and Policy and College of Medicine have received a $3 million federal grant to improve diabetes management in minority patients.

29 Jul 2011

FDA issues Refusal to File letter for Eisai's perampanel NDA to treat partial-onset seizures

Eisai Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Refusal to File letter in response to the company's New Drug Application (NDA) for perampanel (E2007), an investigational drug, for the treatment of partial-onset seizures associated with epilepsy which was submitted in May 2011.

29 Jul 2011

Cancer Research UK honors cell signalling expert with Lifetime Achievement Prize

Professor Chris Marshall has been named as the recipient of this year's Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize.

29 Jul 2011

BTI's IPOXYN data on traumatic shock and ischemia to be presented at XIIIth MGH symposium

Boston Therapeutics, Inc., a public company registered with the SEC and a developer of diabetes therapeutics, announced today that experiments performed in the laboratory of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) faculty member Warren M. Zapol, MD, Emeritus Anesthetist-in-Chief and Director of the MGH Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research, on BTI's new oxygen carrier for traumatic shock and ischemia, IPOXYNTM, will be presented at the "XIII International Symposium on Blood Substitutes and Oxygen Therapeutics" to be held July 27th-29th at MGH.

29 Jul 2011

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Veterinary medicine students more likely to struggle with depression

Positive data from BioMarin's MOR-100 Phase 1/2 extension study on Morquio syndrome

Customized surfaces help reveal protein clumping process linked with Alzheimer's, diabetes

Hospice services improve quality of care and support for dementia patients

NanoString introduces new assay for leukemia fusion gene analysis

WSU professor receives NIH grant for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease research

Grapes help protect skin cells from sun's UV radiation

'Systems biology' study of breast cancer

Houston-based Mattress Firm commits to support pancreatic cancer research

Bone fluoride levels are not associated with osteosarcoma: Study

Conference to discuss latest advances in brain tumours by non-surgical means, space science

Expert offers air quality control tips

Book examines impact of new racial science

Combination drug regimen safe and effective for renal transplant patients

High fructose corn syrup consumption may promote heart disease

Ivabradine effective in reducing risk of cardiac fibrosis, diastolic heart failure

Researchers receive federal grant to improve diabetes management in minority patients

FDA issues Refusal to File letter for Eisai's perampanel NDA to treat partial-onset seizures

Cancer Research UK honors cell signalling expert with Lifetime Achievement Prize

BTI's IPOXYN data on traumatic shock and ischemia to be presented at XIIIth MGH symposium

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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