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Viewpoints: Sebelius on empowering states; NY Times on insurance mandate; WSJ on 'next repeal target'

As governor of Kansas, I saw up close the urgent need for health-care reform. I heard it when factory owners told me their biggest concern was not manufacturing costs but rising insurance premiums, and when families said they felt like hostages to insurance companies that could deny or cancel coverage with little accountability.

11 Feb 2011

Neuralstem updates progress of ongoing clinical trial of spinal cord stem cells in treatment of ALS

Neuralstem, Inc. updated the progress of its ongoing Phase I human clinical trial of the company's spinal cord stem cells in the treatment of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease) at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

11 Feb 2011

Intellikine, PKD Foundation to investigate novel therapies for patients with PKD

Intellikine, a leader in the development of small molecule drugs targeting the PI3K/mTOR pathway, and the PKD Foundation today announced a collaboration to investigate novel, orally-available small molecule kinase inhibitors of the TORC1 and TORC2 complexes as a potential treatment for patients with polycystic kidney disease.

11 Feb 2011

Patients with high blood pressure have benign endocrine tumours in adrenal gland: Research

High blood pressure may in some cases be caused by benign hormone-producing tumours of the adrenal cortex. A joint Swedish-American research effort has now uncovered a genetic cause behind the occurrence of such tumours. The findings were published today in the journal Science.

11 Feb 2011

HHS lists GE PSO as part of AHRQ Patient Safety Organization program

The Secretary of Health and Human Services has listed the GE-MERS National Patient Safety Organization as part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Organization program. With this federal certification, GE Healthcare Performance Solutions joins leading healthcare organizations across the U.S. working to minimize risks in patient care.

11 Feb 2011

Food prices increased significantly in 2010, WFP data shows

Data from the World Food Program - available ahead of the release of its annual report - shows the cost of feeding people around the world "increased markedly in 2010 as rising grain prices pushed up the cost of staple foods," the Wall Street Journal reports.

11 Feb 2011

CHPA to lend its support for The Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association is pleased to lend its support for The Patients' Freedom to Choose Act, introduced today by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) and Representative Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) This important legislation would repeal a requirement enacted into law as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that requires consumers to obtain a prescription in order to utilize their flexible spending arrangements and health savings accounts to purchase over-the-counter medications.

11 Feb 2011

Bradmer Pharmaceuticals records net loss of $117,000 for fourth quarter of 2010

Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced its 2010 fourth quarter and fiscal year operational and financial results.

10 Feb 2011

Agilent Technologies acquires specific assets of A2 Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of specific assets of A2 Technologies. Financial details were not disclosed for the acquisition, which was first announced Jan. 19.

10 Feb 2011

State roundup: Arizona Medicaid waiver; Mass. BCBS plans charge more for high-cost hospitals; Texas Dems' abortion fight

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's proposal to cut 280,000 people from the state's Medicaid rolls is being reviewed by U.S. officials who don't know whether they have the power to approve the action, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.

10 Feb 2011

Valeant Pharmaceuticals subsidiary acquires Canadian rights to Cholestagel

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Biovail Laboratories International SRL, has acquired the Canadian rights to Cholestagel (colesevelam), an oral bile acid sequestrant for hypercholesterolemia, from Genzyme Corporation.

10 Feb 2011

Scientists discover new method for early diagnosis, treatment of plaque-related diseases

UC Santa Barbara scientists have made a discovery that has the potential for use in the early diagnosis and eventual treatment of plaque-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes. Their work is published in a recent issue of Nature Chemistry.

10 Feb 2011

DOPAL plays key role in killing dopamine neurons which trigger Parkinson's disease: Study

In new research from Saint Louis University, investigators have found evidence that a toxin produced by the brain is responsible for the series of cellular events that lead to Parkinson's disease. The study, published in PLoS One, found that the brain toxin DOPAL plays a key role in killing the dopamine neurons which trigger the illness.

10 Feb 2011

Presence of jumping genes, amplified oncogenes may be key to tumor progression: Researchers

The Massachusetts General Hospital research team that first discovered tumor-associated RNA in tiny membrane-enclosed sacs released into the bloodstream by cancer cells has now found that these microvesicles also contain segments of tumor DNA, including retrotransposons - also called "jumping genes" - that copy and insert themselves into other areas of the genome.

10 Feb 2011

House Republicans unveil partial list of budget cuts, advance plan to offer amendments to 'defund' health law

The National Journal reports on speculation that the GOP decision to advance a "clean" continuing resolution may signal that the Republican leadership is trying to move away from the partisan fight surrounding efforts to repeal the health law.

10 Feb 2011

Orthovita receives 510(k) clearance to market Vitoss BA Bimodal Bone Graft Substitute

Orthovita, Inc., an orthobiologics and biosurgery company, announced today that it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Vitoss BA Bimodal Bone Graft Substitute as a non-structural bone void filler for use in the extremities, pelvis and posterolateral spine.

10 Feb 2011

New model of dementia care reduces emergency department visits, hospitalizations

An innovative model of dementia care developed by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute significantly reduces emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and encourages use of medications that are not harmful to older brains. The result is improved health for older adults and their family caregivers and lower healthcare costs, according to a paper evaluating the model in real world use.

10 Feb 2011

Medivir initiates phase 1a clinical trial of TMC649128 for chronic HCV infection

Medivir AB, the emerging research-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on infectious diseases, today announces the start of a phase 1a clinical trial with TMC649128 intended for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

10 Feb 2011

College health plans must comply with health law's 'central provisions'

The Department of Health and Human Services made clear Wednesday that the nation's colleges and universities would not be exempt from the requirements of the health overhaul.

10 Feb 2011

Global Health Consortium to support development of vaccines to control dengue fever

The International Vaccine Institute today announced the launch of the Dengue Vaccine Initiative, in collaboration with the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the Johns Hopkins University, and the World Health Organization, to support development of vaccines to control dengue fever, a widespread and expanding hemorrhagic fever that is endemic in most tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

10 Feb 2011

Medical News

Viewpoints: Sebelius on empowering states; NY Times on insurance mandate; WSJ on 'next repeal target'

Neuralstem updates progress of ongoing clinical trial of spinal cord stem cells in treatment of ALS

Intellikine, PKD Foundation to investigate novel therapies for patients with PKD

Patients with high blood pressure have benign endocrine tumours in adrenal gland: Research

HHS lists GE PSO as part of AHRQ Patient Safety Organization program

Food prices increased significantly in 2010, WFP data shows

CHPA to lend its support for The Patients' Freedom to Choose Act

Bradmer Pharmaceuticals records net loss of $117,000 for fourth quarter of 2010

Agilent Technologies acquires specific assets of A2 Technologies

State roundup: Arizona Medicaid waiver; Mass. BCBS plans charge more for high-cost hospitals; Texas Dems' abortion fight

Valeant Pharmaceuticals subsidiary acquires Canadian rights to Cholestagel

Scientists discover new method for early diagnosis, treatment of plaque-related diseases

DOPAL plays key role in killing dopamine neurons which trigger Parkinson's disease: Study

Presence of jumping genes, amplified oncogenes may be key to tumor progression: Researchers

House Republicans unveil partial list of budget cuts, advance plan to offer amendments to 'defund' health law

Orthovita receives 510(k) clearance to market Vitoss BA Bimodal Bone Graft Substitute

New model of dementia care reduces emergency department visits, hospitalizations

Medivir initiates phase 1a clinical trial of TMC649128 for chronic HCV infection

College health plans must comply with health law's 'central provisions'

Global Health Consortium to support development of vaccines to control dengue fever

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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