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Hengrui, Shanghai ChemPartner enter strategic development partnership for monoclonal antibodies

ShangPharma Corporation, a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company, today announced that Shanghai ChemPartner, a wholly owned subsidiary of ShangPharma, and Hengrui have entered into a strategic partnership for the development of novel therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.

15 Sep 2011

Radiant to launch new division with dermal safety study

As part of their ongoing growth strategy, Radiant has been expanding its capabilities into the Consumer Products Testing arena. In order to supplement the existing Radiant staff that has years of consumer products testing experience, Radiant has hired key technical experts to serve as Study Managers, and to assist in training and certification of personnel.

15 Sep 2011

Effect of campus smoking ban on college students' smoking behaviors, attitudes

Smoking bans have become more common on university campuses, but do they work? Do they help reduce smoking in this newly independent age group? According to an Indiana University study, they do.

15 Sep 2011

BGU study: Voting causes stress and induces measurable hormonal changes

As the United States nears another election day, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have determined scientifically, for the first time, that voting is a stressful event, inducing measurable hormonal changes.

15 Sep 2011

New research aims to control transmission of infectious diseases

New research aimed at controlling the transmission of diseases among humans, other animals and the environment is being made possible by grants from a collaboration among U.S. and U.K. funding agencies.

15 Sep 2011

Researchers to study relationship between visual function, muscular coordination and driving

Researchers at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) and the psychology department have partnered with Perceptual Testing Inc. of San Diego to study the relationship between visual function, muscular coordination and driving.

15 Sep 2011

Spanish research establishes factors associated with tiredness in breast cancer survivors

In Spain, 5-year survival following breast cancer diagnosis is more than 83%. Around 66% suffer fatigue following treatment. A Spanish research establishes the factors associated with tiredness in cancer survivors to improve their quality of life and rehabilitation.

15 Sep 2011

MSU professor uses federal grant to help overcome disparities among health, medical researchers

A Michigan State University professor is using a $1.1 million federal grant to help overcome the racial and socioeconomic disparities seen among health and medical researchers.

15 Sep 2011

Natural killer white blood cells caught on film

Scientists reveal in more detail than ever before how white blood cells kill diseased tissue using deadly granules, in research published today in PLoS Biology.

14 Sep 2011

DiscoveryBioMed receives NIDDK grant for Cystic Fibrosis Corrector Ligand Drug Discovery program

DiscoveryBioMed, Inc. (DBM), a human cell-based drug discovery company, learned recently that its Cystic Fibrosis Corrector Ligand (CFCL) Drug Discovery program will be funded by the NIH. The two-year award will focus on validation and prioritization of several lead CFCL chemical classes, drugs that correct the most common cystic fibrosis (CF) disease-causing mutation.

14 Sep 2011

NIH awards Rutgers and UMDNJ $23.2M grant to develop drugs against mustard gas

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year $23.2 million grant to a group of investigators at Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to continue their research aimed at developing drug products that could be used against chemical warfare agents from a terrorist attack.

14 Sep 2011

Study determines incidence of aortic complications in BAV and general population

While the incidence of the life-threatening condition of aortic dissection is significantly higher than in the general population, it remains low among patients with the congenital heart defect, bicuspid aortic valve; however, the incidence of aortic aneurysms is significantly high, according to a study in the September 14 issue of JAMA.

14 Sep 2011

Heavy alcohol consumption linked with increased risk of colorectal cancer

A meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies on the association of alcohol consumption with colorectal cancer was carried out, based on 22 studies from Asia, 2 from Australia, 13 from Western Europe, and 24 from North America.

14 Sep 2011

Researchers identify abnormal hippocampal blood flow in veterans with Gulf War illness

Blood flow abnormalities found in the brains of veterans with Gulf War illness have persisted 20 years after the war, and in some cases have gotten worse, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

14 Sep 2011

EMBL, five countries sign ELIXIR's Memorandum of Understanding

Today marks an important step for ELIXIR, Europe's emerging research infrastructure for life-science information, as five countries plus the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to catalyse the implementation and construction of ELIXIR.

14 Sep 2011

CFFAR awards Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder research grants

The Canadian Foundation on Fetal Alcohol Research (CFFAR) today announced its fourth round of grants awarded for the research, prevention and treatment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

14 Sep 2011

Seaweed lipid extracts could reduce risk of heart disease

Researchers at Teagasc have been investigating lipids from a variety of Irish and Canadian seaweed species for their heart-health properties.

14 Sep 2011

Lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems: Study

A study led by Canadian researchers has found the first evidence that lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems than non-musicians.

14 Sep 2011

USU, HJF to host 'The TBI Spectrum' symposium on Sept. 22

New Jersey Congressman and former Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jon Runyan and Army Vice Chief of Staff General Peter Chiarelli will deliver keynote addresses at the fourth USU-HJF Military Medicine Symposium, "The TBI Spectrum," Sept. 22, 2011.

14 Sep 2011

Smoking cessation improves overall personality: Study

University of Missouri researchers have found evidence that shows those who quit smoking show improvements in their overall personality.

14 Sep 2011

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Hengrui, Shanghai ChemPartner enter strategic development partnership for monoclonal antibodies

Radiant to launch new division with dermal safety study

Effect of campus smoking ban on college students' smoking behaviors, attitudes

BGU study: Voting causes stress and induces measurable hormonal changes

New research aims to control transmission of infectious diseases

Researchers to study relationship between visual function, muscular coordination and driving

Spanish research establishes factors associated with tiredness in breast cancer survivors

MSU professor uses federal grant to help overcome disparities among health, medical researchers

Natural killer white blood cells caught on film

DiscoveryBioMed receives NIDDK grant for Cystic Fibrosis Corrector Ligand Drug Discovery program

NIH awards Rutgers and UMDNJ $23.2M grant to develop drugs against mustard gas

Study determines incidence of aortic complications in BAV and general population

Heavy alcohol consumption linked with increased risk of colorectal cancer

Researchers identify abnormal hippocampal blood flow in veterans with Gulf War illness

EMBL, five countries sign ELIXIR's Memorandum of Understanding

CFFAR awards Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder research grants

Seaweed lipid extracts could reduce risk of heart disease

Lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems: Study

USU, HJF to host 'The TBI Spectrum' symposium on Sept. 22

Smoking cessation improves overall personality: Study

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