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Kitov Pharmaceuticals' KIT-302 drug candidate meets primary efficacy endpoint in Phase III clinical trial

Kitov Pharmaceuticals, an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on late-stage drug development, announced today that the Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial for its leading drug candidate, KIT-302, successfully met the primary efficacy endpoint of the trial protocol as approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

15 Dec 2015

CytoSorbents partners with Hoang Long Pharma to bring CytoSorb to Vietnam

CytoSorbents Corporation, a leader in critical care immunotherapy commercializing its CytoSorb extracorporeal cytokine adsorber to control deadly inflammation using blood purification, today announced an exclusive multi-year distribution agreement with Hoang Long Pharma, a medical distributor in Vietnam specializing in the distribution of innovative pharmaceuticals, biologics, and devices to treat patients suffering from critical illnesses, immunologic disorders and deficiencies, and infections.

15 Dec 2015

Researchers discover first broad spectrum drug that can potently kill aging cells in culture

Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and other institutions are reporting the discovery of the first broad spectrum drug that can potently kill senescent (or aging) cells in culture and effectively clear the cells in animals by specifically targeting a pathway that is critical for the survival of senescent cells.

15 Dec 2015

CAP2 gene responsible for cardiac conduction disease in mice

The presence or absence of the CAP2 gene causes sudden cardiac death in mice, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In particular, the absence of the gene interrupts the animal's ability to send electrical signals to the heart to tell it to contract, a condition called cardiac conduction disease.

15 Dec 2015

Medication holds promise for protecting fertility and the body's defense system during chemotherapy

While targeted cancer treatments have reduced side effects and improved efficacy, chemotherapy remains the backbone of combination therapies for many forms of cancer. Unfortunately, cancer patients may suffer from several side effects from chemotherapy, including infertility and a weakened defense system that makes them susceptible to life-threatening infections.

15 Dec 2015

New study examines antioxidant effects of pomegranate extract on cardiovascular risk factors

A new study assessing the antioxidant effects of pomegranate extract on cardiovascular risk factors and muscle function showed reductions in blood pressure and some atheroprotective benefits, but no effects on inflammation, oxidative strength, or muscle strength.

15 Dec 2015

Antibiotic resistance may help find drugs to combat amyloid formation

Amyloid diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and type-2 diabetes pose a particular problem for drug designers because they do not present a clear target structure to aim at.

15 Dec 2015

Experts call for radical action to assure health for entire India

A paper published in The Lancet today calls for a radical transformation in the architecture of India’s healthcare delivery system, if the country is to achieve the government’s vision of assuring health for all.

15 Dec 2015

USC researchers find that colorectal cancer risk varies widely among Latino subgroups in California

In a first study of its kind, USC researchers have found that colorectal cancer risk in Californian Latinos vary widely depending on their country of origin.

14 Dec 2015

Report uncovers how Down syndrome hampers nervous system that plays key role in health, longevity

While most Down syndrome research has focused on the brain, a new report by Johns Hopkins University biologists uncovers how the disorder hampers a separate part of the nervous system that plays a key role in health and longevity.

14 Dec 2015

Irradiated white blood cells release substances that have positive effect upon tissue repair

Hendrik Jan Ankersmit's research group at the Clinical Department of Thoracic Surgery of MedUni Vienna has successfully shown that irradiated white blood cells release substances that reduce the severity of the damage caused by a heart attack or stroke and in spinal injuries and have a positive effect upon tissue repair. However, up until now it wasn't known exactly which particular substances were responsible for these beneficial effects. This has now been discovered.

14 Dec 2015

Access to harm reduction programs vey low in rural and suburban areas affected by HIV infections

Access to harm reduction programs such as syringe exchange is lowest in rural and suburban areas, where rates of addiction to heroin and other opioids are on the rise, according to a study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published online today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

12 Dec 2015

ASU-led researchers add new worldwide resource to explore genes' deep and hidden messages

After a decade-long $3 billion international effort, scientists heralded the 2001 completion of the human genome as a moon landing achievement for biology and the key to finally solving intractable diseases like cancer.

12 Dec 2015

New biobank initiative may help unlock some of the mysteries linked to Down syndrome

Nationwide Children's Hospital and research advocacy group DownSyndrome Achieves have joined forces to create the first biobank in the country dedicated to collecting and managing blood samples from people with Down syndrome.

12 Dec 2015

Workplace intervention can help prevent diabetes

For people who already have high blood sugar, preventing diabetes could amount to just another day at the office.

12 Dec 2015

RV glucose metabolism changes associated with RV function

The rate of myocardium glucose utilisation in the right ventricle correlates with its function and could be used to monitor treatment effects in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, findings indicate.

11 Dec 2015

Early promise for pulmonary artery denervation in PAH patients

Pulmonary artery denervation is feasible and may reduce pulmonary arterial pressure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, phase II findings suggest.

11 Dec 2015

Right atrial function could be prognostic in PAH

Right atrial function is impaired in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and may indicate right ventricular overload and failure, research suggests.

11 Dec 2015

Mount Sinai scientists develop new tool to determine global role of microRNAs

As microRNA biology has been implicated in everything from the development of cancer to virus infections, a new tool developed by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai holds tremendous potential to develop new therapies that involve these small regulatory fragments of RNA.

11 Dec 2015

ER stroke cases have some degree of preventability, UCI study shows

Many strokes that required immediate treatment in emergency rooms may have been preventable, according to a University of California, Irvine study.

11 Dec 2015

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Kitov Pharmaceuticals' KIT-302 drug candidate meets primary efficacy endpoint in Phase III clinical trial

CytoSorbents partners with Hoang Long Pharma to bring CytoSorb to Vietnam

Researchers discover first broad spectrum drug that can potently kill aging cells in culture

CAP2 gene responsible for cardiac conduction disease in mice

Medication holds promise for protecting fertility and the body's defense system during chemotherapy

New study examines antioxidant effects of pomegranate extract on cardiovascular risk factors

Antibiotic resistance may help find drugs to combat amyloid formation

Experts call for radical action to assure health for entire India

USC researchers find that colorectal cancer risk varies widely among Latino subgroups in California

Report uncovers how Down syndrome hampers nervous system that plays key role in health, longevity

Irradiated white blood cells release substances that have positive effect upon tissue repair

Access to harm reduction programs vey low in rural and suburban areas affected by HIV infections

ASU-led researchers add new worldwide resource to explore genes' deep and hidden messages

New biobank initiative may help unlock some of the mysteries linked to Down syndrome

Workplace intervention can help prevent diabetes

RV glucose metabolism changes associated with RV function

Early promise for pulmonary artery denervation in PAH patients

Right atrial function could be prognostic in PAH

Mount Sinai scientists develop new tool to determine global role of microRNAs

ER stroke cases have some degree of preventability, UCI study shows

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