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U.S. Patent Office issues Notice of Allowance to Antigen Express AE37 cancer vaccine

Generex Biotechnology Corporation, together with its wholly-owned immunotherapeutic vaccines subsidiary, Antigen Express, announced today that Antigen Express has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent Office relating to an application making augmentative pharmaceutical composition claims for the Antigen Express AE37 immunotherapeutic cancer vaccine.

4 Feb 2011

Trained dog sniffs out colon cancer with 98% accuracy

For the study the researchers at Kyushu University trained an 8-year-old female Labrador retriever named Marine who was given breath and stool samples of 306 patients, collected right before they received colonoscopies.

2 Feb 2011

Endo Pharmaceutical partners receive Paragraph IV Certification for generic version of LIDODERM

Endo Pharmaceuticals announced today that its partners, Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd. and Teikoku Pharma USA, have received a Paragraph IV Certification Notice from Mylan Technologies advising of the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application for a generic version of LIDODERM.

31 Jan 2011

Apple Valley Medical Clinic inaugurates new Sleep Center to provide quality care

The Apple Valley Medical Clinic has opened a new Sleep Center, located at 15100 Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley. The center, under the medical direction of Scott Benson, M.D., a family medicine physician with the Apple Valley Medical Clinic, offers preventive care, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

28 Jan 2011

Endo and Orion enter oncology R&D collaboration

Endo Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with European-based Orion Corporation for the discovery, development and commercialization of assets in Oncology.

28 Jan 2011

St. Michael's Hospital to build first automated high-throughput zebrafish screening facility in Canada

Zebrafish are the new fruit flies.

27 Jan 2011

ACS NSQIP Pediatric helps hospitals prevent complications

A first of its kind surgical quality improvement program for children has the potential to identify outcomes of children's surgical care that can be targeted for quality improvement efforts to prevent complications and save lives. The results of a study of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric (ACS NSQIP Peds) phase 1 pilot were published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

27 Jan 2011

Watson predicts $4.2 billion in revenues from Global Generics and Global Brand businesses

During an investor meeting held today in New York, NY, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provided an update on its Global businesses, including a detailed overview of its commercial operations and pipeline developments within its Global Generics and Global Brands businesses, and an update of achievements within its Global Operations. In conjunction with the meeting, the Company provided its preliminary 2011 financial and long term growth forecasts.

21 Jan 2011

EDAP announces placement of first Sonolith i-sys electroconductive lithotripter in South Africa

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, reported today placement of the first Sonolith i-sys electroconductive lithotripter in South Africa.

21 Jan 2011

New gene test can predict tumor spread in bladder cancer patients

Cancer scientists have designed the first molecular test to predict which bladder cancer patients may have cancer involvement in their lymph nodes at the time of surgery-which could help doctors determine which patients are good candidates for pre-surgical, or neo-adjuvant, chemotherapy.

21 Jan 2011

Researchers discover nitroxoline can reduce human breast, bladder cancer cell growth

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that nitroxoline, an antibiotic commonly used around the world to treat urinary tract infections, can slow or stop the growth of human breast and bladder cancer cells by blocking the formation of new blood vessels.

20 Jan 2011

Researchers identify PBRM1 gene mutation in one in three patients with common form of renal cancer

In a collaborative project involving scientists from three continents, researchers have identified a gene that is mutated in one in three patients with the most common form of renal cancer.

20 Jan 2011

Kidney transplant surgeon receives Loyola's Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. Award

Each year, Loyola University Health System presents its prestigious Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. Award to an employee who provides inspirational service to others in the spirit of the slain civil rights leader.

19 Jan 2011

Cincinnati Children's provides tips on how to stop the spread of flu germs

Doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center want to make sure children are protected from influenza this flu season. The flu is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by a variety of strains of influenza viruses.

18 Jan 2011

Therapeutic workshops selected for presentation at the Thirteenth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announced the selection of therapeutic workshops to be presented at the Thirteenth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference, taking place February 14-15.

13 Jan 2011

Philadelphia CTCA hospital purchases BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System

BSD Medical Corporation announced today that the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) hospital at Eastern Regional Medical Center, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has purchased a BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System (BSD-2000). CTCA in Philadelphia is a state-of-the-art hospital that provides advanced cancer treatments, world-class technologies, and supportive therapies under one roof.

13 Jan 2011

Rochester Medical enters agreement with Fornix to acquire Laprolan

Rochester Medical Corporation today announced it had reached an agreement with Fornix N.V. to purchase from Fornix its wholly owned subsidiary Laprolan B.V., a medical supplies distribution company located in Beuningen, The Netherlands.

12 Jan 2011

RAS includes Merge iConnect solution

Merge Healthcare, a leading health IT solutions provider, today announced that Radiology Associates of Sacramento (RAS), the largest private radiology practice in Northern California, has expanded their Merge solution suite to include Merge iConnect.

12 Jan 2011

Negative aspects of prostate cancer screening acceptable

The negative aspects of screening for prostate cancer may be acceptable, since screening halves mortality from the disease. This is the conclusion of a thesis presented at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

12 Jan 2011

Behavioral therapies help improve bladder control in men following prostate cancer surgery

Behavioral therapies such as pelvic-floor-muscle training and bladder-control strategies can reduce incontinence episodes by more than 50 percent in men following prostate-cancer surgery, according to new research from the Center for Aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Birmingham/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center.

12 Jan 2011

Urology News and Research

Latest Urology News and Research

U.S. Patent Office issues Notice of Allowance to Antigen Express AE37 cancer vaccine

Trained dog sniffs out colon cancer with 98% accuracy

Endo Pharmaceutical partners receive Paragraph IV Certification for generic version of LIDODERM

Apple Valley Medical Clinic inaugurates new Sleep Center to provide quality care

Endo and Orion enter oncology R&D collaboration

St. Michael's Hospital to build first automated high-throughput zebrafish screening facility in Canada

ACS NSQIP Pediatric helps hospitals prevent complications

Watson predicts $4.2 billion in revenues from Global Generics and Global Brand businesses

EDAP announces placement of first Sonolith i-sys electroconductive lithotripter in South Africa

New gene test can predict tumor spread in bladder cancer patients

Researchers discover nitroxoline can reduce human breast, bladder cancer cell growth

Researchers identify PBRM1 gene mutation in one in three patients with common form of renal cancer

Kidney transplant surgeon receives Loyola's Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. Award

Cincinnati Children's provides tips on how to stop the spread of flu germs

Therapeutic workshops selected for presentation at the Thirteenth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

Philadelphia CTCA hospital purchases BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System

Rochester Medical enters agreement with Fornix to acquire Laprolan

RAS includes Merge iConnect solution

Negative aspects of prostate cancer screening acceptable

Behavioral therapies help improve bladder control in men following prostate cancer surgery

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