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Edurant receives FDA approval for treatment of HIV-1 infection

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Edurant (rilpivirine) in combination with other antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults who have never taken HIV therapy (treatment-naive).

21 May 2011

Local production of pharmaceuticals could improve access in developing countries, U.N. report says

A U.N. Conference on Trade and Development report issued last week suggested "[l]ocal production of pharmaceuticals in some poor African and Asian countries, such as Ethiopia, Uganda, and Bangladesh, has the potential to improve access to essential drugs for many of the one billion people who live in the world's least developed countries," BMJ News writes.

21 May 2011

Stony Brook University CFB establishes Biotechnology Commercialization Fund

The Center for Biotechnology (CFB) at Stony Brook University has established the Biotechnology Commercialization Fund to accelerate the development of promising biomedical technologies emerging from Stony Brook University.

21 May 2011

Antibodies produced in space less effective than those produced on terra firma

The trip to Mars just got a little more difficult now that French researchers have discovered that antibodies used to fight off disease might become seriously compromised during long-term space flight. In a new report published online in the FASEB Journal, the scientists show that antibodies produced in space are less effective than those produced on terra firma.

21 May 2011

Malian government to reimburse GAVI Alliance for grant money after joint investigation shows misuse

The GAVI Alliance on Thursday said an investigation conducted by a GAVI transparency and accountability team and auditors from the Malian government "has found that $563,000 was misused in two of its cash-based projects in Mali, and Malian authorities have agreed to pay it back," Reuters reports.

21 May 2011

Ryan Medicare plan may split GOP as Senators prepare to vote on it

After denouncing the House Republican budget plan for Medicare as "right-wing social engineering" and "radical change" on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) found himself on the defensive and his nascent presidential bid in shambles.

21 May 2011

Syngenta plans new $71 million state-of-the-art biotechnology research facility in North Carolina

Syngenta announced today that it plans to construct a new state-of-the-art biotechnology research facility adjacent to its existing research campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The $71 million investment, which is scheduled to begin in June 2011, will focus on discovering and developing new agronomic traits to bring innovative solutions to growers across the world.

21 May 2011

High heels and narrow toe boxes lead to toe deformities in women

According to a recent study, 39 percent of women say they wear high heels every day, and 75 percent of those women say they experience regular shoe-related foot pain and suffer from bunions, arthritic big toes, calluses, hammer toes, and plantar warts.

21 May 2011

Researchers uncover new details of unusual biological mechanism in brains of diverse species

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered new details of an unusual biological mechanism in the brains of diverse species that not only helps regulate how their brains develop, but also how they function later in life. The discovery could lead to new biomarkers for specific neurological diseases in humans and, possibly, the development of drugs to cure them.

21 May 2011

Separation of family planning, HIV funding harms women, girls in developing world, advocates say

Advocates at a meeting in Paris about women, population and development, held ahead of next week's G8 summit, said that HIV prevention methods can be used to further family planning goals, Deutsche Welle reports.

21 May 2011

New Seattle IVF program cuts expense of women conceiving child with donated egg

A new, first-of-its-kind Seattle in vitro fertilization program can save women 30 percent on the expense of conceiving a child with a donated egg. The cost-savings comes through Seattle Reproductive Medicine's new shared-donor program that lets two women use eggs provided by a single donor.

21 May 2011

Bristol-Myers Squibb to present abstracts on oncology compounds at ASCO 2011 Annual Meeting

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a leading global BioPharma company in oncology, today announced that more than 95 scientific abstracts on its approved and investigational oncology compounds will be featured at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago from June 3-7.

21 May 2011

Patch angioplasty improves post-exercise ABI's and reduces reoperation rates in competitive cyclists

Results from a midterm study of highly competitive cyclists who underwent external iliac artery reconstruction (AR) and inguinal ligament release (LR) were reported today at the 65th Vascular Annual Meeting® presented by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS).

21 May 2011

Hospital groups fight over patients

News outlets report on a variety of issues affecting hospitals and doctors.

21 May 2011

Artificial discs a viable alternative to fusion surgery for two-level lumbar degenerative disc disease

When two adjacent discs in the low back wear out, become compressed and cause unmanageable pain, numbness or other symptoms, replacement with artificial discs can be a viable alternative to standard fusion surgery, based on two-year post-surgery data from a randomized, multicenter trial recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

21 May 2011

Free NCLEX-RN Review Class for nursing students affected by tornado disasters

To help aspiring nurses in Alabama whose nursing education may have been interrupted by the tornado disasters last month, Kaplan Nursing is offering its NCLEX-RN Review Class for free, Monday, May 23 through Thursday, May 26, from 9 AM to 4 PM, at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville.

21 May 2011

Researchers develop cheap, reliable diagnostic test for HLRCC

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a cheap and reliable diagnostic test for a rare form of cancer. The test involves screening tumour samples for a particular molecular fingerprint unique to this type of cancer.

21 May 2011

Feeding SimplyThick to premature infants may cause NEC, warns FDA

FDA is warning parents, caregivers and health care providers not to feed SimplyThick, a thickening agent for management of swallowing disorders, to infants born before 37 weeks.

21 May 2011

WHO member states adopt resolutions on financing, reform and flu pandemic at World Health Assembly

A committee of WHO member governments this week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva "adopted a resolution on the future financing of the organisation and a broad set of reforms, as well as a resolution on the WHO's management of [the H1N1] influenza pandemic showing no evidence of wrongdoing," Intellectual Property Watch reports.

21 May 2011

Decade-long study demonstrates immediate, long-term benefits of holmium laser treatment for enlarged prostate

New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Urology Association (AUA) in Washington, DC demonstrates that holmium laser therapy is a safe and durable treatment option for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) - an enlargement of the prostate that affects most men as they age.

21 May 2011

Medical News

Edurant receives FDA approval for treatment of HIV-1 infection

Local production of pharmaceuticals could improve access in developing countries, U.N. report says

Stony Brook University CFB establishes Biotechnology Commercialization Fund

Antibodies produced in space less effective than those produced on terra firma

Malian government to reimburse GAVI Alliance for grant money after joint investigation shows misuse

Ryan Medicare plan may split GOP as Senators prepare to vote on it

Syngenta plans new $71 million state-of-the-art biotechnology research facility in North Carolina

High heels and narrow toe boxes lead to toe deformities in women

Researchers uncover new details of unusual biological mechanism in brains of diverse species

Separation of family planning, HIV funding harms women, girls in developing world, advocates say

New Seattle IVF program cuts expense of women conceiving child with donated egg

Bristol-Myers Squibb to present abstracts on oncology compounds at ASCO 2011 Annual Meeting

Patch angioplasty improves post-exercise ABI's and reduces reoperation rates in competitive cyclists

Hospital groups fight over patients

Artificial discs a viable alternative to fusion surgery for two-level lumbar degenerative disc disease

Free NCLEX-RN Review Class for nursing students affected by tornado disasters

Researchers develop cheap, reliable diagnostic test for HLRCC

Feeding SimplyThick to premature infants may cause NEC, warns FDA

WHO member states adopt resolutions on financing, reform and flu pandemic at World Health Assembly

Decade-long study demonstrates immediate, long-term benefits of holmium laser treatment for enlarged prostate

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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