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FDA announces consent decree of permanent injunction against Deltex

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Deltex Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Rosenberg, Texas, its president, Kabir Ahmed, and vice president, Mohidur R. Khan.

19 Jan 2011

AMBR sensor measures growth and drug susceptibility of bacterial cells without use of microscope

With an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility of individual bacterial cells without the use of a microscope.

19 Jan 2011

Research provides new insight into how HIV protein's structural changes may alter viral infection into healthy cells

The UK's National Physical Laboratory with the University of Edinburgh and IBM's TJ Watson Research Center have published new research about the structure of an HIV-1 protein that could help to develop new drugs to stop the virus infecting healthy cells.

19 Jan 2011

Time-lapse technique can show cellular-level changes within deep brain regions: Study

Changes within deep regions of the brain can now be visualized at the cellular level, based on research on mice, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Published Sunday in Nature Medicine, the study used a groundbreaking technique to explore cellular-level changes over a period of weeks within deep brain regions, providing a level of detail not possible with previously available methods.

19 Jan 2011

UQAM student identifies gene linked to B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia

Cyndia Charfi, a Ph. D student in biology at Universit- du Qu-bec - Montr-al (UQAM), supported by her thesis supervisors, Professor -ric Rassart, and Adjunct Professor Elsy Edouard, UQAM, Department of Biological Sciences and BIOMED Research Centre, made a major breakthrough in research on B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia, a disease that occurs most commonly in children.

19 Jan 2011

UMMS begins MBL-HCV1 Phase 2 trial to prevent hepatitis C virus infection in liver transplant patients

Following a successful Phase 1 study for safety, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School today announced the beginning of a Phase 2 clinical trial testing the ability of a human monoclonal antibody they developed to prevent hepatitis C virus infection of a donor liver in transplant patients.

19 Jan 2011

Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Amgen's Fremont California development and manufacturing facility

Amgen Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced they have signed an agreement under which Boehringer Ingelheim will acquire Amgen's rights in and substantially all assets at Amgen's Fremont California development and manufacturing facility.

19 Jan 2011

Study highlights lack of treatment for adolescents with severe mental disorders

A recent study by Merikangas and colleagues published in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry shows that only half of adolescents that are affected with severely impairing mental disorders ever receive treatment for their disorders.

19 Jan 2011

Guardian online series explores global health worker issues

The Guardian reports, as part of an online feature about health care workforces worldwide done in association with the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), that "Africa is desperately short of doctors and nurses. So is much of Asia. In 57 countries, the situation is deemed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be at crisis point ... But in contrast to some other developing world problems, this is an issue that really does affect all of us. The world needs an estimated 4.2 million more health workers."

19 Jan 2011

Study shows new cardio-pulmonary resuscitation technique increases long-term survival of patients

A study led by Dr. Tom P. Aufderheide, professor of emergency medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin, shows an alternative method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation increases long-term survival of patients.

19 Jan 2011

Antidepressant medication reduces frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes

Women who were either in the transition to menopause or postmenopausal experienced a reduction in the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes with the use of the antidepressant medication escitalopram, compared to women who received placebo, according to a study in the January 19 issue of JAMA.

19 Jan 2011

Medtronic recieves conditional approval from FDA to modify CoreValve U.S. Pivotal Clinical Trial

Medtronic, today announced it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to modify its CoreValve U.S. Pivotal Clinical Trial.

19 Jan 2011

Severe asthma in early childhood may lead to premature loss of lung function during adolescence: Study

Severe asthma in early childhood may lead to premature loss of lung function during adolescence and more serious disease during adulthood, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine report. Early identification and treatment of children with severe asthma is important to help stem asthma progression.

19 Jan 2011

Modifiable and non-modifiable lifestyle factors influence breast cancer risk

Many risk factors for breast cancer are well studied and documented. Thus, scientists are sure by now that early first menstrual period, late onset of menopause and a family history of breast cancer are associated with an increased breast cancer risk.

19 Jan 2011

Study highlights utility of CDS for diagnosing major depression

In the last 2010 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, a new scale for measuring depression in cardiac patients is presented. The Cardiac Depression Scale was initially developed specifically for cardiac patients. Its purpose is to allow measurement over the continuum between low-level depressive symptomatology and major depression.

19 Jan 2011

Celulas Genetica, EHRI enter joint venture to pursue testing of Rutherford Procedure using NASA bioreactor

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with its wholly owned subsidiary, Celulas Genetica, in order to pursue testing of the revolutionary Rutherford Procedure using a NASA bioreactor.

19 Jan 2011

Daily Report's Global Health Conversations: U.N. Women

After years in the making, U.N. Women, the U.N.'s new agency devoted to gender equality and women's empowerment, officially got to work this month. The Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report's Jennifer Evans spoke with Letty Chiwara, head of U.N. Women's Africa Division, to discuss the agency's launch and the overlap between issues relating to women's health and their equality and empowerment.

19 Jan 2011

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FDA announces consent decree of permanent injunction against Deltex

AMBR sensor measures growth and drug susceptibility of bacterial cells without use of microscope

Research provides new insight into how HIV protein's structural changes may alter viral infection into healthy cells

Time-lapse technique can show cellular-level changes within deep brain regions: Study

UQAM student identifies gene linked to B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia

UMMS begins MBL-HCV1 Phase 2 trial to prevent hepatitis C virus infection in liver transplant patients

Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Amgen's Fremont California development and manufacturing facility

Study highlights lack of treatment for adolescents with severe mental disorders

Guardian online series explores global health worker issues

Study shows new cardio-pulmonary resuscitation technique increases long-term survival of patients

Antidepressant medication reduces frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes

Medtronic recieves conditional approval from FDA to modify CoreValve U.S. Pivotal Clinical Trial

Severe asthma in early childhood may lead to premature loss of lung function during adolescence: Study

Modifiable and non-modifiable lifestyle factors influence breast cancer risk

Study highlights utility of CDS for diagnosing major depression

Celulas Genetica, EHRI enter joint venture to pursue testing of Rutherford Procedure using NASA bioreactor

Daily Report's Global Health Conversations: U.N. Women

Study elaborates relationship between obesity and MDD-R, long-term use of ADs

FDA approves Natroba for treatment of head lice infestations

Diabetes increases risk of death in breast cancer patients

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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