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NIH awards CSU biochemists $7.8M grant to study gene regulation within cells

A team of top biochemists at Colorado State University will investigate how chromosomes untangle to expose genes that dictate cell behavior - a unique project that could have a significant impact on understanding human health.

5 May 2010

Pay-for-performance may create unintended financial incentives for doctors to discriminate against obese patients

Pay-for-performance reimbursement models may create unintended financial incentives for doctors to discriminate against obese patients, measuring a patient's waist circumference may be more effective in predicting surgical outcomes than the more traditional body mass index measure, and childhood obesity doubles the risk of developing colon cancer, according to data being presented at Digestive Disease Week- 2010.

5 May 2010

Decisive impact of informatics on nanomedicine

According to what researchers from Facultad de Informática and other institutions have advanced in an article just published in the prestigious medical journal Pediatric Research (Vol.6, No. 5, 2010), nanoparticles are poised to play a key role in medical research in the coming decades, when nanomedicine will become part of medical practice.

5 May 2010

Principals of StemTroniX, Power3 Medical Products file patent application

StemTroniX, Inc., a Texas corporation, and Power3 Medical Products, Inc. announced today that a joint provisional patent application entitled, "Stem Cell Protein Biomarkers and Their Use in Monitoring Stem Cells and Their Products for Stem Cell Therapy" has been filed by the principals of StemTroniX and Power3 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

5 May 2010

JAMA study shows decline in incidence of gastric cancer for all age groups

The incidence of a certain type of gastric cancer has declined in the last 30 years for all age groups and races, except for whites 25 to 39 years of age, according to a study in the May 5 issue of JAMA.

5 May 2010

Colorectal pre-cancer can be detected through stool DNA testing: Mayo Clinic study

Research teams led by Mayo Clinic have demonstrated for the first time that two types of colorectal pre-cancers can be detected through noninvasive stool DNA testing. The two studies being presented demonstrate that stool DNA testing may be useful for detection of premalignant dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and of an important type of colorectal pre-cancer called serrated polyps.

5 May 2010

Hepatitis B treatment appears to improve liver transplant outcomes for some patients: Study

Treatment to reduce recurrence of hepatitis B appears to improve liver transplant outcomes for some patients, according to a Mayo Clinic study presented at the American Transplant Congress under way May 1-5 in San Diego.

5 May 2010

Canadian Cancer Society awards London scientists new funds for innovative research

Three London scientists are receiving new funding from the Canadian Cancer Society for their work in innovative cancer research.

5 May 2010

FDA requested to publish data supporting assertion on HPV types 6, 11 causing vulvar, vaginal cancers

A Connecticut cancer pathologist/physician/scientist with extensive experience in the field for the past half century has formally challenged the FDA to back claims on its website that human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes 6 and 11 cause vulvar and vaginal cancers in women.

5 May 2010

Castle Montessori Schools announce donation of $13,000 to JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes

Castle Montessori Schools, a leader in Montessori education, believes it is their responsibility to contribute to the health and wellness of the community through active participation in local events and donations to charitable organizations. The schools proudly announce a donation of $13,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation "Walk to Cure Diabetes."

5 May 2010

Three Hamilton scientists receive cancer research grants from Canadian Cancer Society

Three Hamilton scientists are receiving new funding from the Canadian Cancer Society for their work in innovative cancer research.

5 May 2010

FDA's call for further review of pirfenidone disappointing for Pulmonary Fibrosis patients, says CPF

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF), representing tens of thousands of patients, is responding to the news that the FDA chose to ask for further study of Pirfenidone, which will delay potential approval of the first drug in the treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF), a lethal lung disease that is irreversible, progressive and deadly in an average of three years. On March 9, 2010, an FDA Advisory Committee recommended approval of the drug by the FDA.

5 May 2010

Protein PEA-15 stops T-cell proliferation

New research has identified that a key protein called PEA-15 stops T-cell proliferation by blocking the cell's ability to reproduce. The control of T-cell proliferation is essential in preventing certain blood cancers and autoimmune diseases, as well as the orchestration of the immune response to infection. Findings of the study are reported in a recent online issue of The FASEB Journal, a publication of The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

5 May 2010

New treatments for intestinal failure, other intestinal absorption disorders

New treatments for intestinal failure and other intestinal absorption disorders are a step closer to the patients who need them after a discovery in Kelly Tappenden's University of Illinois laboratory.

5 May 2010

Americans and their babies are gaining more body fat: Study

A new study has found for the first time that as Americans are gaining more body fat, so are their babies. The research, which reviewed data from more than 74,000 births, found that a key measure of body fat composition in newborns increased significantly over a 15-year period, mirroring similar increases among pregnant mothers. The findings were presented Sunday by researchers from Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.

5 May 2010

New pathology test may help doctors distinguish between two overlapping esophageal disorders: Study

A pathology test may help doctors distinguish between two separate but overlapping esophageal disorders that require different courses of treatment, according to a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

5 May 2010

UK GTAC, MHRA approve Scancell's Phase I clinical trial of SCIB1 DNA ImmunoBody vaccine

Scancell Holdings Plc,, the developer of therapeutic cancer vaccines, today announced at BIO2010 in Chicago that its proposal to conduct a Phase I clinical trial on SCIB1, its DNA ImmunoBody® vaccine being developed for the treatment of melanoma, has been approved in the UK by the Gene Therapy Advisory Committee and by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Medicines Division.

5 May 2010

Orexo AB reports net revenues of MSEK 36.4 for January-March 2010

During the first quarter of the year, we experienced strong growth in sales of Abstral to end customers in Europe. Abstral continued to grow sales in all markets and is now the market leader in cancer pain drugs in the UK.

5 May 2010

Particle Sciences extends collaboration with Microfluidics to implement MRT system

Particle Sciences and Microfluidics extended their collaboration with the placement of the newly-announced Microfluidics Reaction Technology system at Particle Sciences.

5 May 2010

Argos Therapeutics announces presentations on sCD83 protein capabilities at 2010 American Transplant Congress

Argos Therapeutics today announced two oral presentations detailing data on its soluble CD83 (sCD83) protein program at the 2010 American Transplant Congress, held May 1-5 in San Diego. The data, which were produced by Argos in collaboration with scientists from the University of Western Ontario, demonstrate that sCD83 is capable of inducing immune system tolerance to transplant grafts and suppressing an anti-donor antibody response, via a multi-faceted mechanism-of-action that impacts B and T cells, as well as dendritic cells.

5 May 2010

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

NIH awards CSU biochemists $7.8M grant to study gene regulation within cells

Pay-for-performance may create unintended financial incentives for doctors to discriminate against obese patients

Decisive impact of informatics on nanomedicine

Principals of StemTroniX, Power3 Medical Products file patent application

JAMA study shows decline in incidence of gastric cancer for all age groups

Colorectal pre-cancer can be detected through stool DNA testing: Mayo Clinic study

Hepatitis B treatment appears to improve liver transplant outcomes for some patients: Study

Canadian Cancer Society awards London scientists new funds for innovative research

FDA requested to publish data supporting assertion on HPV types 6, 11 causing vulvar, vaginal cancers

Castle Montessori Schools announce donation of $13,000 to JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes

Three Hamilton scientists receive cancer research grants from Canadian Cancer Society

FDA's call for further review of pirfenidone disappointing for Pulmonary Fibrosis patients, says CPF

Protein PEA-15 stops T-cell proliferation

New treatments for intestinal failure, other intestinal absorption disorders

Americans and their babies are gaining more body fat: Study

New pathology test may help doctors distinguish between two overlapping esophageal disorders: Study

UK GTAC, MHRA approve Scancell's Phase I clinical trial of SCIB1 DNA ImmunoBody vaccine

Orexo AB reports net revenues of MSEK 36.4 for January-March 2010

Particle Sciences extends collaboration with Microfluidics to implement MRT system

Argos Therapeutics announces presentations on sCD83 protein capabilities at 2010 American Transplant Congress

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