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Pennsylvania Bio issues new report on Pennsylvania's bioscience companies' efforts for cancer research

Pennsylvania Bio today issued a new report on cancer that details the research happening through Pennsylvania companies to develop new products to diagnose and treat cancer.

12 Sep 2010

Instem announces Centrus Solution Suite for enterprise information integration in early drug development

Instem, a leading provider of early drug development software solutions, announced today details of their newest product line, Centrus™, for enterprise information integration in early drug development. Centrus provides a single, secure environment to access, harmonize and use early drug development information from a variety of sources, including current data acquisition systems, legacy systems, warehouses, partner and contract research applications, to meet the rapidly-expanding needs of life science organizations for data-driven decision making.

10 Sep 2010

Small IVDs can be kept on for longer periods

Small intravenous devices (IVDs) commonly used in the hand or arm do not need to be moved routinely every 3 days. A randomized controlled trial comparing regular relocation with relocation on clinical indication, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, found that rates of complications were the same for both regimens.

10 Sep 2010

First Edition: September 10, 2010

In this morning's news, the Obama administration takes a hard line against insurers -- warning them not to blame the new health law for their rate hikes.

10 Sep 2010

Researchers present study results of psychosocial trauma experienced at 2006 Dawson College shooting

A research team from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital presented today the results of its three-year study, a world first, into the 2006 Dawson College shooting to the Government of Quebec's Ministry of Public Security.

10 Sep 2010

InHealth continues support for Northwestern and Duke with follow-on grants of over $830,000

The Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) has awarded two follow-on grants totaling more than $830,000 to research teams at Northwestern University and Duke University.

10 Sep 2010

Mexican-American stroke survivors with atrial fibrillation at increased risk for second stroke

Mexican-American stroke survivors with a heart rhythm disorder have more than twice the risk for another stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites, according to a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

10 Sep 2010

Study finds Laotian/Hmong-Americans have low survival rates for liver cancer

Among Asian-Americans living in California, Laotian/Hmong-Americans have the lowest survival rates for the most common type of liver cancer, a new study by researchers with the UC Davis School of Medicine has found.

10 Sep 2010

Research can helps to develop targeted psychological intervention to assist couples cope with PVD

An investigation published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine has found that male partners who express greater support, attention and sympathy to women's chronic vulvovaginal pain may trigger more pain, but also increase sexual satisfaction in female partners.

10 Sep 2010

SAEC collaborates with Newcastle University for drug induced liver injury research

The International Serious Adverse Events Consortium (SAEC) announced today it will collaborate with Newcastle University to research the genetics of drug induced liver injury.

10 Sep 2010

Study proves brain imaging data can track aberrant brain development

Five minutes in a scanner can reveal how far a child's brain has come along the path from childhood to maturity and potentially shed light on a range of psychological and developmental disorders, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown.Researchers assert this week in Science that their study proves brain imaging data can offer more extensive help in tracking aberrant brain development.

10 Sep 2010

Researchers discover generation of pyramidal neurons by glial cell precursors

In an unanticipated finding, researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine have discovered that, during early adulthood, the brain produces new excitatory neurons, and that these neurons arise from non-neuronal support cells in an area of the brain that processes smell.

10 Sep 2010

Obama administration asks appeals court to lift ban on stem cell research funding

The Obama administration on Wednesday asked an appeals court for an emergency stay that would lift the ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth last month ruled that the research violated U.S. law because it involved destroying human embryos, a setback for President Barack Obama who had tried to expand research in hopes it would lead to new cures of diseases.

10 Sep 2010

Discovery on Mycobacterium tuberculosis can offer new approaches for TB prevention

One third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which leads to tuberculosis (TB), a leading cause of death world-wide. A new discovery, led by a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, offers hope for new approaches to the prevention and treatment of TB. The team's discovery of a novel mechanism that may contribute to immune recognition of MTB is published in the September issue of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.

10 Sep 2010

New research examines how music could benefit treatment of depression, management of physical pain

New research into how music conveys emotion could benefit the treatment of depression and the management of physical pain. Using an innovative combination of music psychology and leading-edge audio engineering the project is looking in more detail than ever before at how music conveys emotion.

10 Sep 2010

UC Denver researcher awarded NIH grant to study PAH

A disease that has no cure in young children and adults is getting closer attention, thanks to a University of Colorado Denver Bioengineering assistant professor and a five year National Heart Lung and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health grant. Kendall Hunter, PhD, will perform research to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension in children and adults with approximately $700,000 over a five-year period.

10 Sep 2010

Researches discover reducing tau protein level can prevent Αβ protein transport in Alzheimer’s disease

Amyloid beta (Αβ) proteins, widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease (AD), block the transport of vital cargoes inside brain cells. Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have discovered that reducing the level of another protein, tau, can prevent Aβ from causing such traffic jams.

10 Sep 2010

Researchers to develop image analysis techniques for melanoma classification

Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer varies in size, shape and severity, and although pathologists and researchers often intuitively differentiate between types of melanomas, the variations have never been formally quantified and documented. A project involving RENCI and researchers in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the departments of computer science and statistics and operations research aims to change that by using image analysis techniques to improve melanoma classification.

10 Sep 2010

Researchers find risk prediction model for VTE in cancer patients

For cancer patients, who have an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) due to a hyperactive blood coagulation system, there is now an enhanced risk model to predict their chance of developing blood clots, according to a recent study published today in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology.

10 Sep 2010

Researchers discover mechanism that prevents stem cell from becoming another cell type

Johns Hopkins researchers have determined why certain stem cells are able to stay stem cells.The report in the June 4 issue of Cell Stem Cell reveals that an enzyme that changes the way DNA is packaged in cells allows specific genes to be turned on and off, thereby preventing a stem cell from becoming another cell type.

10 Sep 2010

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Pennsylvania Bio issues new report on Pennsylvania's bioscience companies' efforts for cancer research

Instem announces Centrus Solution Suite for enterprise information integration in early drug development

Small IVDs can be kept on for longer periods

First Edition: September 10, 2010

Researchers present study results of psychosocial trauma experienced at 2006 Dawson College shooting

InHealth continues support for Northwestern and Duke with follow-on grants of over $830,000

Mexican-American stroke survivors with atrial fibrillation at increased risk for second stroke

Study finds Laotian/Hmong-Americans have low survival rates for liver cancer

Research can helps to develop targeted psychological intervention to assist couples cope with PVD

SAEC collaborates with Newcastle University for drug induced liver injury research

Study proves brain imaging data can track aberrant brain development

Researchers discover generation of pyramidal neurons by glial cell precursors

Obama administration asks appeals court to lift ban on stem cell research funding

Discovery on Mycobacterium tuberculosis can offer new approaches for TB prevention

New research examines how music could benefit treatment of depression, management of physical pain

UC Denver researcher awarded NIH grant to study PAH

Researches discover reducing tau protein level can prevent Αβ protein transport in Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers to develop image analysis techniques for melanoma classification

Researchers find risk prediction model for VTE in cancer patients

Researchers discover mechanism that prevents stem cell from becoming another cell type

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

The Surgeon-Scientist Pioneering Regenerative Engineering

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