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Good cholesterol efficiency more important than quantity: Study

According to a new study the amount of good cholesterol a person has is not as important as how well that good cholesterol works to stop heart disease. Good cholesterol or High-Density Lipoprotein—also known as HDL is known to be healthy for the heart with people having high blood levels of HDL being at a lower risk of developing heart disease than people with low levels.

13 Jan 2011

LUMEDX announces CD on analytical software for investigating lab utilization in cardiovascular service lines

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of vendor-neutral, integrated medical imaging and information systems, announced a new complimentary Webinar on CD, The Power of Analytics: Lab Utilization. The Webinar shows viewers how to use analytical software to investigate lab utilization in their cardiovascular service lines.

13 Jan 2011

Exposure to room light prior to bedtime suppresses melatonin levels, increases cancer and diabetes risk: Study

According to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, exposure to electrical light between dusk and bedtime strongly suppresses melatonin levels and may impact physiologic processes regulated by melatonin signaling, such as sleepiness, thermoregulation, blood pressure and glucose homeostasis.

13 Jan 2011

Sanofi-aventis, UCSF announce research and development collaborations

Sanofi-aventis and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced today that they have formed two research and development collaborations that join together leaders from academia and industry to more rapidly advance groundbreaking innovation from the lab to the patient.

13 Jan 2011

Pan-European comparative genomics project to develop software suite for gene regulation analysis

Today, CLC bio announced to be heading a pan-European comparative genomics project, COGANGS (Comparative Genomics and Next Generation Sequencing), to develop a software suite, where up to one thousand genomes, can be used as knowledge input in gene regulation analysis.

13 Jan 2011

The past, present and future of anthrax research

Few strands of bacteria have achieved such a central place in public consciousness as Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria which causes Anthrax. While today it is a feared weapon of bioterrorism Bacillus anthracis has played a significant historical role, especially through the research of the celebrated 19th century scientists Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur, in shaping our understanding of infectious diseases and immunology

13 Jan 2011

Addition of caffeine to alcohol does not improve sustained attention or reaction times

Marketing efforts that encourage mixing caffeinated "energy" drinks with alcohol often try to sway young people to believe that caffeine will offset the sedating effects of alcohol and increase alertness and stamina.

13 Jan 2011

Antibiotics need to be used only when diagnosis of acute ear infection is certain

A new study showed that antibiotics are more effective than previously thought in the treatment of acute ear infection (namely acute otitis media) in young children. However, half of the children became better without antibiotics. Expectedly, antibiotics caused more adverse events. Antibiotics should be used only when the diagnosis of acute ear infection is certain.

13 Jan 2011

Scientists demonstrate how one gene evolves two competing functions via duplication

Researchers report that they are the first to show in molecular detail how one gene evolved two competing functions that eventually split up - via gene duplication - to pursue their separate destinies.

13 Jan 2011

BP-lowering medications provide long-term benefit of reducing death risk from cardiovascular disease

In a study published in December 2010, in Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association, investigators have shown that early treatment with blood pressure-lowering medications provides a long-term benefit of reducing the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

13 Jan 2011

Largest long-term examination of children's health and development in the US

The National Children's Study (NCS) has begun inviting women in San Diego to participate in the largest long-term examination of children's health and development ever conducted in the United States.

13 Jan 2011

SRI International receives $17.4 million grant to boost treatments for cardiovascular, lung, blood diseases

SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today that it has been awarded two preclinical services contracts totaling $17.4 million by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health.

13 Jan 2011

Transition of oncology programme into lead optimisation triggers EUR 2.0M milestone payment to Evotec

Evotec AG today announced that its research alliance with Boehringer Ingelheim has reached a milestone triggering a payment of EUR 2.0 million to Evotec.

13 Jan 2011

DNAVision purchases 4 of Life Technologies' NGS platforms

DNAVision, one of European leading genetic analysis service providers, is pleased to announce the purchase of four next-generation sequencing platforms from Life Technologies, including two latest 5500xl SOLiD™ Systems.

13 Jan 2011

Antibiotic treatment may be sufficient to overcome River Blindness

The team found that a bacterium inside the worm acts as a 'disguise' for the parasite, resulting in the immune system reacting to it in an ineffective way. The bacteria protect the worm from the body's natural defences, but once the bacteria are removed with antibiotics, the immune system responds appropriately, releasing cells, called eosinophils, that kill the worm.

13 Jan 2011

NIH awards VistaGen and NuPotential $500,000 grant to advance iPS stem cell technology

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. and NuPotential, Inc. today announced that the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded to the companies a grant of approximately $500,000 to accelerate development of novel and safer approaches to generate patient-specific induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for regenerative medicine, drug discovery and drug rescue.

13 Jan 2011

Investigators find reduction in STEMI rates, but slight increase in NSTEMI incidence rates

Coronary syndromes vary in severity, ranging from unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, the most severe diagnosis. Little data exist about changing trends in acute myocardial infarction and whether death rates are increasing or decreasing.

13 Jan 2011

Minimal invasive valve surgery provides better outcomes in older patients: Mount Sinai study

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery has just published a study conducted at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Miami Beach reporting the outcomes of minimally invasive valve surgery versus traditional median sternotomy in patients 75 years of age or older. Minimally invasive valve surgery at Mount Sinai is performed through a small, 2-inch incision on the right side of the chest, and this was compared with the same kind of valve surgery done through a breastbone splitting approach.

13 Jan 2011

Health, social and economical consequences of sleep disorders: A controlled national study

"Snoring, sleep apnoea, and obesity-related respiratory difficulties are fairly common disorders that affect a large proportion of the population," according to Poul Jennum, Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology at the Center for Healthy Ageing at the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health Sciences. He is head of the Danish Centre for Sleep Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, which treats patients from all over the country.

13 Jan 2011

MMRF, Synta collaborate for clinical development of ganetespib in multiple myeloma

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) today announced that it has entered into a joint collaboration with Synta Pharmaceuticals for the clinical development of ganetespib (formerly STA-9090) in patients with multiple myeloma.

13 Jan 2011

Medical Research News

Good cholesterol efficiency more important than quantity: Study

LUMEDX announces CD on analytical software for investigating lab utilization in cardiovascular service lines

Exposure to room light prior to bedtime suppresses melatonin levels, increases cancer and diabetes risk: Study

Sanofi-aventis, UCSF announce research and development collaborations

Pan-European comparative genomics project to develop software suite for gene regulation analysis

The past, present and future of anthrax research

Addition of caffeine to alcohol does not improve sustained attention or reaction times

Antibiotics need to be used only when diagnosis of acute ear infection is certain

Scientists demonstrate how one gene evolves two competing functions via duplication

BP-lowering medications provide long-term benefit of reducing death risk from cardiovascular disease

Largest long-term examination of children's health and development in the US

SRI International receives $17.4 million grant to boost treatments for cardiovascular, lung, blood diseases

Transition of oncology programme into lead optimisation triggers EUR 2.0M milestone payment to Evotec

DNAVision purchases 4 of Life Technologies' NGS platforms

Antibiotic treatment may be sufficient to overcome River Blindness

NIH awards VistaGen and NuPotential $500,000 grant to advance iPS stem cell technology

Investigators find reduction in STEMI rates, but slight increase in NSTEMI incidence rates

Minimal invasive valve surgery provides better outcomes in older patients: Mount Sinai study

Health, social and economical consequences of sleep disorders: A controlled national study

MMRF, Synta collaborate for clinical development of ganetespib in multiple myeloma

Leveraging the Radian ASAP in standard casework

A journey through science, software, and innovation: Insights from the Bruker software team

CellVoyant's AI-Powered Vision for the Future of Cell Therapy

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