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Differences in immune systems of men and women can impact diseases: Research

In the book Sex Hormones and Immunity to Infection, Sabra Klein, PhD, assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, explores the differences in the immune systems of men and women and how these differences can impact disease.

10 Jun 2010

PHT, Entra Health partner to provide integrated data monitoring technology for clinical trials in diabetes

PHT Corporation, the leading provider of electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) solutions today announced a strategic partnership with Entra Health Systems, an international applied healthcare technology company. Together PHT and Entra Health will provide integrated data monitoring technology for the management of clinical trials for the treatment of diabetes and in trials where blood glucose management plays a critical role in the investigation.

10 Jun 2010

Diabetes expert uses TCOYD to empower people take active role in their condition

Now reaching epidemic proportions, diabetes has led to a significant increase in death and costly complications for approximately 26.2 million people nationwide. But diabetes expert and advocate Dr. Steven Edelman, diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 15, uses his non-profit organization and video series Taking Control of Your Diabetes to empower people to take an active role in their condition.

10 Jun 2010

Veracyte announces completion of Series B round

Veracyte, Inc. announced today the successful completion of its Series B round, a key milestone toward the company's first product launch later this year. The South San Francisco biotechnology company is committed to pioneering molecular cytology diagnostics to improve patient care and lower health care costs. This round was led by Domain Associates with significant participation from Veracyte's founding investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), TPG Biotech (TPG), and Versant Ventures.

10 Jun 2010

Drinking coffee may help prevent diabetes, report scientists

Scientists are reporting new evidence that drinking coffee may help prevent diabetes and that caffeine may be the ingredient largely responsible for this effect. Their findings, among the first animal studies to demonstrate this apparent link, appear in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

10 Jun 2010

Bayer receives silver Medical Design Excellence Award for CONTOUR USB blood glucose meter

Bayer's CONTOUR® USB meter, the first blood glucose monitor with unique plug & play diabetes management software, today received a silver Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA). The MDEA recognizes excellence in medical product design and manufacturing. The independent judges for the prestigious award, sponsored by the specialist journal Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry, acknowledged the great innovative power and particularly user-friendly operation of Bayer's CONTOUR USB meter.

10 Jun 2010

Fero Industries enters into Asset Acquisition Agreement with GVEST

Fero Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Asset Acquisition Agreement with GVEST Inc., an Ontario Corporation, for the acquisition of certain intellectual property and other associated rights related to the production, marketing, and distribution of Sucanon, a treatment for Type II diabetes.

10 Jun 2010

NIH awards Aestus $2M SBIR grant for clinical trials of treatment for chronic neuropathic pain

Aestus Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $2 million Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant, from the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), will fund clinical trials of Aestus's novel, first-in-class treatment for chronic neuropathic pain.

9 Jun 2010

QuantRx Biomedical completes clinical testing of Q-Reader thyroid testing system

QuantRx Biomedical Corporation, a broad-based diagnostic company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products, today announced that it has completed clinical testing of the Q-Reader thyroid testing system.

9 Jun 2010

Home Diagnostics, Nipro Diabetes announce merger to become Nipro Diagnostics

Home Diagnostics, Inc. and Nipro Diabetes Systems, Inc. today announced that the two companies will merge to become Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. Both companies are wholly-owned by Nipro Corporation, a multi-billion dollar company headquartered in Osaka, Japan and a world leader in providing medical products to the healthcare community.

9 Jun 2010

Scientists develop algorithm to predict gene sequence of kinases

Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, a world-leader in molecular communications research, announced major advancements in its PhosphoNET KnowledgeBase for the study of cell signalling systems. This free resource to the scientific community now features data on more than 92,000 human phosphorylation sites, including their occurrence in over 20 other diverse species, and identification of the protein kinases that target these regulatory sites.

9 Jun 2010

Some commonly used drugs cause bone loss: New research

New research helps to explain why some commonly used drugs come with a serious downside: They up your odds of breaking a bone. The drugs in question, glucocorticoids (e.g. cortisone and prednisone) and the insulin sensitizer rosiglitazone work through entirely different mechanisms as therapies for inflammatory diseases and diabetes respectively, and two studies in the June issue of Cell Metabolism now show that they lead to bone loss in different ways too.

9 Jun 2010

Additional markers of risk for diabetic microvascular complications beyond Hemoglobin A1c needed

The "gold standard" diabetes test, Hemoglobin A1c (A1C), explains much less about the risk of cardiovascular complications in patients with diabetes than originally thought, according to an article in the June 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The article entitled, "Beyond HbA1c: Need for Additional Markers of Risk for Diabetic Microvascular Complications," was co-authored by Irl Hirsch, M.D., of the University of Washington Medical School (Seattle, WA) and Michael Brownlee, M.D., of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

9 Jun 2010

Sonic hedgehog helps regenerate critical nerve that runs along prostate: Research

After men have surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, up to 80 percent of them will lose the ability to have an erection because of damage to a critical nerve that runs along the prostate.

9 Jun 2010

Lantheus Medical Imaging reports Phase 1 data of LMI 1195 heart failure PET imaging agent

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, today announced Phase 1 data for its novel heart failure Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging agent, LMI 1195, which is in development for the evaluation of patients at risk of heart failure or sudden cardiac death.

9 Jun 2010

Low-income African-Americans have higher risk of CKD: Research

African Americans with incomes below the poverty line have a significantly higher risk of chronic kidney disease than higher-income African-Americans or whites of any socioeconomic status, research led by scientists at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging shows. Conducted in a racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of participants from the city of Baltimore, Md., the study could help researchers eventually develop strategies to prevent CKD in vulnerable populations.

9 Jun 2010

Astellas Pharma acquires OSI Pharmaceuticals for $4.0 billion

Astellas Pharma Inc. announced today that the company has completed its acquisition of OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for $4.0 billion.

9 Jun 2010

Preoperative BB usage to help prevent POMI revealed at Vascular Annual Meeting

A regional quality improvement effort aimed at increasing the use of preoperative beta-blocker usage to help prevent postoperative myocardial infarction was revealed today at the 64th Vascular Annual Meeting presented by the Society for Vascular Surgery.

9 Jun 2010

Penn State study: Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence

Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence than their peers who do not drink soda, according to a Penn State study. The ten-year study showed that girls who drank soda at age five had diets that were less likely to meet nutritional standards for the duration of the study, which ended at age 15. Girls who did not drink soda at age five did not meet certain nutritional requirements, but their diets were healthier.

9 Jun 2010

Pharnext closes €4.8-million Series A funding round

Pharnext SAS, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative treatments based on Pleotherapy™ for severe neurological diseases, today announced that it had closed a €4.8-million Series A round of funding on June 3rd (corresponding to a company valuation of €45 million).

9 Jun 2010

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Latest Endocrinology News and Research

Differences in immune systems of men and women can impact diseases: Research

PHT, Entra Health partner to provide integrated data monitoring technology for clinical trials in diabetes

Diabetes expert uses TCOYD to empower people take active role in their condition

Veracyte announces completion of Series B round

Drinking coffee may help prevent diabetes, report scientists

Bayer receives silver Medical Design Excellence Award for CONTOUR USB blood glucose meter

Fero Industries enters into Asset Acquisition Agreement with GVEST

NIH awards Aestus $2M SBIR grant for clinical trials of treatment for chronic neuropathic pain

QuantRx Biomedical completes clinical testing of Q-Reader thyroid testing system

Home Diagnostics, Nipro Diabetes announce merger to become Nipro Diagnostics

Scientists develop algorithm to predict gene sequence of kinases

Some commonly used drugs cause bone loss: New research

Additional markers of risk for diabetic microvascular complications beyond Hemoglobin A1c needed

Sonic hedgehog helps regenerate critical nerve that runs along prostate: Research

Lantheus Medical Imaging reports Phase 1 data of LMI 1195 heart failure PET imaging agent

Low-income African-Americans have higher risk of CKD: Research

Astellas Pharma acquires OSI Pharmaceuticals for $4.0 billion

Preoperative BB usage to help prevent POMI revealed at Vascular Annual Meeting

Penn State study: Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence

Pharnext closes €4.8-million Series A funding round

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