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Higher intake of vitamin D may reduce breast cancer risk

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha have reported that markedly higher intake of vitamin D is needed to reach blood levels that can prevent or markedly cut the incidence of breast cancer and several other major diseases than had been originally thought. The findings are published February 21 in the journal Anticancer Research.

23 Feb 2011

Research: Drug developed for controlling cholesterol synthesis can kill human breast cancer cells

A University of Missouri researcher believes there could be a new drug compound that could kill breast cancer cells. The compound might also help with controlling cholesterol.

23 Feb 2011

Speaking more languages may lower risk of developing memory problems

People who speak more than two languages may lower their risk of developing memory problems, according a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 63rd Annual Meeting in Honolulu April 9 to April 16, 2011.

23 Feb 2011

NanoString launches fixed-panel assay product for human molecular karyotyping

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced the first fixed-panel assay product to be developed on its Copy Number Variation detection platform - the nCounter Human Karyotype Panel.

From NanoString Technologies 22 Feb 2011

Researchers find endothelial dysfunction can predict risk of coronary heart disease

A new study from the Libin Cardiovascular Institute at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine is shedding light on an underlying cause of heart disease.

22 Feb 2011

Macrogen announces formation of Axeq Technologies in the US, Europe and Asia

Macrogen, Inc announces the formation of Axeq Technologies, a US-based division with operations and offices in the US, Europe and Asia. "Axeq" is a premium brand representing a whole new experience and industry-leading standards in DNA sequencing service.

22 Feb 2011

China Cord Blood announces formation of Zhejiang Lukou Biotechnology

China Cord Blood Corporation, the first and largest cord blood banking operator in China, today announced the formation of Zhejiang Lukou Biotechnology Co., Ltd., an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary with the Zhejiang Provincial Blood Center, pursuant to the Company's framework agreement announced in September 2010.

22 Feb 2011

Vical extends relationship with U.S. NMRC for emerging disease vaccine platform

Vical Incorporated announced today that the company has extended its relationship with the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center to develop its platform technology for the rapid development and production of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases.

22 Feb 2011

Mutated cancer pathway studies identify therapeutic targets for congenital heart disease

Cross-disciplinary teams of scientists studying genetic pathways that are mutated in many forms of cancer, but which also cause certain forms of congenital heart disease - including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the heart muscle that is the leading cause of sudden death in children and young adults -, have introduced these mutations into mice and successfully treated HCM in the lab.

22 Feb 2011

MedTrust, Avantra collaborate to develop molecular diagnostic assay for cancer care

MedTrust Online and Avantra Biosciences announced today a novel collaboration to involve clinicians in the earliest stages of molecular diagnostic assay development for Avantra Biosciences' revolutionary QPDx multiplex immunoassay system.

22 Feb 2011

New technique allows early identification of metastasis in women with breast cancer

A quarter of all women who suffer from breast cancer are at risk of metastasis - a recurrence of the cancer. In recent years, researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have developed a technique that can identify in advance which patients belong to this risk group.

22 Feb 2011

NYBC urges African American, Hispanic descent to donate blood for special patients

A hospitalized single mother from Queens is calling for more African Americans to become blood donors, so that she and many others may be able to live. People may call New York Blood Center at 1-800-933-BLOOD or visit www.nybloodcenter.org for more information about giving blood, and where to donate.

22 Feb 2011

Experimental vaccine appears to protect against pneumonia

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly common and particularly deadly form of pneumococcal pneumonia. Details of the new vaccine, which was tested in an animal model, are reported in a paper published today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

22 Feb 2011

New research: Fluid retention may explain drugs' risk of strokes and heart attacks

New research shows that medications which have raised safety concerns over heart attack and stroke risks may not have gotten approval from the Food and Drug Administration if the cardiovascular effects of fluid retention had been better understood. Fluid retention may explain the increased risk of heart attacks and strokes of medications such as Vioxx, Bextra, and Avandia.

22 Feb 2011

New study: Rapamycin reverses cardiac muscle damage in LEOPARD syndrome mouse model

Congenital heart diseases affect approximately one in 100 patients, making them the most common type of birth defect and the number-one cause of pediatric deaths.

21 Feb 2011

Studies identify protein that drives inflammation in pancreatic, breast tumors

Separate studies published online on February 21 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (www.jem.org) identify a protein that drives tumor-promoting inflammation in pancreatic and breast tumors.

21 Feb 2011

Scientists identify new cellular mechanism underlying hydronephrosis

One of the most common congenital defects in humans - it is detected in approximately 0.5% of fetuses analyzed by routine antenatal sonography - is a kidney abnormality known as hydronephrosis. Hydronephrosis arises because the flow of urine from the kidney to the bladder is impeded.

21 Feb 2011

Scientists show bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to range of antibiotics

Many of the substances in our most common medicines are manufactured in India. Some of these factories release huge quantities of drugs to the environment. Swedish scientists now show that bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to a range of antibiotics. International experts fear that this may contribute to the development of untreatable infectious diseases world-wide.

21 Feb 2011

Mouse model could help develop new classes of antidepressant drugs

The most widely prescribed antidepressants - medicines such as Prozac, Lexapro and Paxil - work by blocking the serotonin transporter, a brain protein that normally clears away the mood-regulating chemical serotonin. Or so the current thinking goes.

21 Feb 2011

Role of hybrid Brain Computer Interface in people with paraplegia

"Brain Computer Interface" pursues the objective to extract information from human brain waves in order to provide persons suffering from severe disabilities with a communication system.

21 Feb 2011

Medical Science News

Higher intake of vitamin D may reduce breast cancer risk

Research: Drug developed for controlling cholesterol synthesis can kill human breast cancer cells

Speaking more languages may lower risk of developing memory problems

NanoString launches fixed-panel assay product for human molecular karyotyping

Researchers find endothelial dysfunction can predict risk of coronary heart disease

Macrogen announces formation of Axeq Technologies in the US, Europe and Asia

China Cord Blood announces formation of Zhejiang Lukou Biotechnology

Vical extends relationship with U.S. NMRC for emerging disease vaccine platform

Mutated cancer pathway studies identify therapeutic targets for congenital heart disease

MedTrust, Avantra collaborate to develop molecular diagnostic assay for cancer care

New technique allows early identification of metastasis in women with breast cancer

NYBC urges African American, Hispanic descent to donate blood for special patients

Experimental vaccine appears to protect against pneumonia

New research: Fluid retention may explain drugs' risk of strokes and heart attacks

New study: Rapamycin reverses cardiac muscle damage in LEOPARD syndrome mouse model

Studies identify protein that drives inflammation in pancreatic, breast tumors

Scientists identify new cellular mechanism underlying hydronephrosis

Scientists show bacteria in polluted rivers become resistant to range of antibiotics

Mouse model could help develop new classes of antidepressant drugs

Role of hybrid Brain Computer Interface in people with paraplegia

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