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Antibodies produced by people who recovered from H1N1 offer clues for universal flu vaccine

The antibodies produced by individuals who fought off H1N1 (swine flu) infection last year may bring researchers one step closer to their quest to develop a "universal" flu vaccine, U.S. researchers said Monday, HealthDay News/Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

12 Jan 2011

NIDA awards Scripps Research, University of Pennsylvania $8.2M grant to develop tobacco addiction treatment

The Scripps Research Institute and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have been awarded approximately $8.2 million over five years to develop novel compounds that could eventually become drug candidates for the treatment of tobacco addiction. Of the funds awarded, $5.7 million will go to Scripps Research, and $2.5 million to the University of Pennsylvania.

12 Jan 2011

Genethon deploys Atempo Digital Archive to optimize biotherapy research data storage resources

Atempo, a leading provider of cross-platform data protection and archiving solutions, announced today that Genethon, a French non-profit biotherapy research center, has deployed Atempo Digital Archive, Atempo's advanced file archiving platform, to optimize its storage resources.

12 Jan 2011

Life Technologies announces new DNA sequencing portfolio for lab research

Life Technologies Corporation today announced a series of new product innovations across the company's DNA sequencing portfolio. To date, most sequencing technologies have primarily addressed the needs of researchers in the highest throughput laboratories, limiting widespread accessibility of these powerful next-generation sequencing technologies.

12 Jan 2011

'MMR doctor' planned scheme to make millions from his health scare

Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced doctor who claimed a link between MMR and autism, planned secret businesses intended to make huge sums of money, in Britain and America, from his now-discredited allegations.

12 Jan 2011

CAMH scientists receive NARSAD's Young Investigator grant awards for brain and behavior research

Seven scientists at Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health have been awarded Young Investigator grant awards by the U.S.-based NARSAD: The Brain and Behavior Research Fund.

12 Jan 2011

SCRI to lead clinical development of AstraZeneca's novel targeted oncology compound

AstraZeneca and Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), an international leader in advancing therapies for cancer patients through clinical research, today announced that SCRI will lead the clinical development of a novel targeted oncology compound from AstraZeneca.

12 Jan 2011

Common rubber products can cause contact allergy: Study

Common rubber products can form isothiocyanates in contact with skin and cause contact allergy. This is the conclusion of research carried out at the University of Gothenburg. Isothiocyanates are a group of reactive substances that are potent contact allergens.

12 Jan 2011

Emerging Healthcare enters option agreement with OceanBASIS

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with OceanBASIS, a German company specializing in stem-cell and marine-collagen technologies and products.

12 Jan 2011

Patients who consume painkillers may face cardiovascular risk

The drugs include traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as well as new generation anti-inflammatory drugs, known as COX-2 inhibitors. The researchers say that doctors and patients need to be aware that prescription of any anti-inflammatory drug needs to take cardiovascular risk into account.

12 Jan 2011

Eric Lancaster receives NORD grant to study stiff-person syndrome

The National Organization for Rare Disorders has awarded a research grant for the study of stiff-person syndrome, a rare acquired neurological disorder, to Eric Lancaster, MD, PhD of the University of Pennsylvania.

11 Jan 2011

Proposed health research agency for UK

According to the Academy of Medical Sciences, a new body to regulate all health research in the UK should be established. The authorities suggest that the current regulatory system was dysfunctional and thus hampering medical advances and they blame red tape for the decline in the UK’s share of clinical research. The report suggests creating a Health Research Agency that would make approving projects quicker and cheaper. According to Health Secretary for England, Andrew Lansley, the government would consider how the recommendations could be implemented.

11 Jan 2011

Nicotine may act as treatment for some symptoms of schizophrenia

Smoking is a common problem for patients with schizophrenia. The increased tendency of patients diagnosed with this disorder is to not only smoke, but to do so more heavily than the general public. This raises the possibility that nicotine may be acting as a treatment for some symptoms of schizophrenia.

11 Jan 2011

Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health collaborate to create Innovation Alliance

Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health have agreed to create an Innovation Alliance to benefit patients through collaborative innovation projects, research, clinical investigation, and commercialization application.

11 Jan 2011

Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim enter global agreement to develop and commercialize diabetes compounds

Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced a global agreement to jointly develop and commercialize a portfolio of diabetes compounds currently in mid- and late-stage development.

11 Jan 2011

Vaccine Safety Conference affirms urgent need for methodologically sound vaccine science

An international meeting was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica Jan. 3-7, 2011 to discuss current vaccine science and policy safety concerns. Delegates from around the world included senior scientists and physicians, editors of scientific journals, experts in vaccine regulation, social science and health policy, consumer child health advocates, legal experts and members of the media.

11 Jan 2011

Research could lead to new approaches to treat dementia

A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in collaboration with scientists from the National Institutes of Health, has discovered that the deadly plaques of Alzheimer's disease interact with certain cellular proteins to inhibit normal signals that maintain blood flow to the brain.

11 Jan 2011

Basal-like breast cancer is equally aggressive disease in African American women and white women: Study

In 2006, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill schools of Public Health and Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found that breast cancer in younger African American women is more likely to be the more aggressive basal-like (or triple-negative) subtype - one factor thought to be behind known racial disparity differences in breast cancer patient outcomes.

11 Jan 2011

Cautionary note on measuring perceived pain in research

It is well known that pain is a highly subjective experience. We each have a pain threshold, but this can vary depending on distractions and mood. A paper in the International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research offers a cautionary note on measuring perceived pain in research.

11 Jan 2011

Less than 7% of U.S. seniors get shingles vaccination

Although a vaccine to prevent shingles has been available since 2006, less than 7 percent of U.S. seniors — the demographic most frequently affected by the disease — chose to receive the vaccination as of 2008, finds a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

11 Jan 2011

Medical Research News

Antibodies produced by people who recovered from H1N1 offer clues for universal flu vaccine

NIDA awards Scripps Research, University of Pennsylvania $8.2M grant to develop tobacco addiction treatment

Genethon deploys Atempo Digital Archive to optimize biotherapy research data storage resources

Life Technologies announces new DNA sequencing portfolio for lab research

'MMR doctor' planned scheme to make millions from his health scare

CAMH scientists receive NARSAD's Young Investigator grant awards for brain and behavior research

SCRI to lead clinical development of AstraZeneca's novel targeted oncology compound

Common rubber products can cause contact allergy: Study

Emerging Healthcare enters option agreement with OceanBASIS

Patients who consume painkillers may face cardiovascular risk

Eric Lancaster receives NORD grant to study stiff-person syndrome

Proposed health research agency for UK

Nicotine may act as treatment for some symptoms of schizophrenia

Cleveland Clinic and MedStar Health collaborate to create Innovation Alliance

Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim enter global agreement to develop and commercialize diabetes compounds

Vaccine Safety Conference affirms urgent need for methodologically sound vaccine science

Research could lead to new approaches to treat dementia

Basal-like breast cancer is equally aggressive disease in African American women and white women: Study

Cautionary note on measuring perceived pain in research

Less than 7% of U.S. seniors get shingles vaccination

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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