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Amorfix provides update on development of blood test for vCJD

Amorfix Life Sciences, a company focused on treatments and diagnostics for misfolded protein diseases, provides an update on the development of a blood test for vCJD, one of its six product development programs.

31 May 2010

New Brunswick's economic cost of diabetes to increase to $427M by 2020, if left unchecked

In a speech given today in Fredericton, the Canadian Diabetes Association released preliminary data from a diabetes cost model developed for the province of New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Diabetes Cost Model found that both the cost and prevalence of diabetes in the province are at dramatically high levels and it is expected that this burden will continue to elevate over the next decade.

31 May 2010

New links discovered between Paul Klee's work and his 'scleroderma'

In 1933 Paul Klee's work was branded as 'Entartete Kunst' (Degenerate Art) by the National Socialists and he was dismissed from his professorial post at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. This led him, together with his wife Lily, to return to his 'real home' of Bern. Here his avant-garde art was not understood and Klee found himself in unasked for isolation. In 1935 Klee started to suffer from a mysterious disease. The symptoms included changes to the skin and problems with the internal organs.

31 May 2010

Elbit Imaging reports NIS 136 million loss attributable to equity holders for first-quarter 2010

Elbit Imaging Ltd. announced today its results for the first quarter of 2010.

31 May 2010

Education slows down development of dementia: Researchers

Researchers have discovered that education not only delays the early symptoms of dementia, but can also slow down the development of the disease - a finding that could result in faster diagnosis and treatment of dementia, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

31 May 2010

Algal blooms in India threaten access to food, livelihood

The problem of toxic algae is not just confined to the Nordic countries - in India algal blooms are threatening poor people's access to food and their livelihoods, a problem that has been exacerbated by global warming. With funding from the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, researchers from the University of Gothenburg are to attempt to reduce the effects of algal blooms.

31 May 2010

Eating animals' meat hunted using lead ammunition can be dangerous for health: Study

Eating the meat of animals hunted using lead ammunition can be more dangerous for health than was previously thought, especially for children and people who consume large quantities. This is reflected in a study carried out by British and Spanish researchers that has been published by the journal PLos ONE.

31 May 2010

DNAzymes and substrates constitute a platform for logic operations essential to computational processes

New perspectives are opening up in bio-engineering thanks to research jointly carried out by teams of chemists at the University of Liège and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem within the framework of the European MOLOC project (Molecular Logic Circuits). This work has led to the publication of two important publications, one straight after the other, in the Nature Nanotechnology journal.

31 May 2010

Brain's cardiovascular, hormonal and asymmetric activation response when we get angry: UV scientists

When we get angry, the heart rate, arterial tension and testosterone production increases, cortisol (the stress hormone) decreases, and the left hemisphere of the brain becomes more stimulated. This is indicated by a new investigation lead by scientists from the University of Valencia that analyses the changes in the brain's cardiovascular, hormonal and asymmetric activation response when we get angry.

31 May 2010

FAIR-HF study: Ferinject improves renal function in patients with CHF and iron deficiency

Results of a subanalysis from the FAIR-HF study demonstrate that correcting iron deficiency with Ferinject (ferric carboxymaltose) can improve renal function in chronic heart failure patients. Ferinject is an intravenous iron product used to treat iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia.

From CSL Ltd 31 May 2010

Deep-brain stimulation makes difference in the lives of people with Parkinson disease

A surgical treatment that stimulates distressed neural networks through electrodes threaded directly into a person's brain has quietly made a difference in the lives of tens of thousands of people with Parkinson disease, essential tremor, and dystonia over the course of the past decade. But while it steadies patients' shaking limbs with surprising effect, its benefits on some patients' minds and personal lives have been more mixed.

31 May 2010

Illinois General Assembly passes Angel Tax Credit with overwhelming bipartisan support

The Illinois General Assembly late yesterday passed—with overwhelming bipartisan support—an Angel Tax Credit that incentivizes early-stage investment in Illinois technology companies. The Governor, whose office worked hard to pass the credit, is expected to sign the bill (SB 2093) or a second measure (SB 3710) with an identical Angel Tax Credit sent to the Senate yesterday by the House.

31 May 2010

Health Robotics South East Asia opens two outsourcing centers in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok

Health Robotics today announced that its joint venture Health Robotics South East Asia Ltd. scored two strategic wins by reaching agreements on two separate government-sponsored projects to deliver CytoCare-made accurate and sterile oncology patient doses in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, respectively.

31 May 2010

Free online seminars on Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis

Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis (RPKA) streamlines kinetic studies by exploiting extensive data available from accurate in situ monitoring of global reaction progress under synthetically relevant conditions, where the concentrations of two or more reactants are changing simultaneously – in fact, in the same manner that they are expected to change during practical synthesis.

31 May 2010

Epilepsy surgery ends seizures and prevents further deterioration in memory

Patients with drug-resistant epilepsy run the risk of gradual deterioration in their cognitive abilities. Surgical treatment generally puts an end to seizures but can have a negative effect on memory. However, there is no further deterioration in memory, and some patients may even recover some of their memory capacity, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg.

31 May 2010

Ubichem Research receives approval for supply of cGMP radiolabelled APIs

Ubichem, a leading provider of chemistry services to the drug development sector, through its Hungarian operation - Ubichem Research - has successfully completed a regulatory inspection and is now approved for the supply of cGMP radiolabelled Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).

31 May 2010

Alzheimer's disease awareness event aims to raise over $100,000 for Alzheimer Society of Montreal

It's on a path full of history and collective memories that more than 500 walkers will gather, on Sunday, May 30th, for the fourth edition of the RONA Walk for Memories. This Alzheimer's disease awareness event, which will take place on the Quays of the Old Port and in the streets of the Old Montreal, aims to raise over $100,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Montreal!

31 May 2010

U.S. Department of Defense OTT initiative to replace scars and defects with healthy, functional tissues

A two-year, $12 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Technology Transition (OTT) will jumpstart human trials of three innovative research programs that aim to replace scars and defects with healthy, functional tissues, announced officials of the University of Pittsburgh and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine today at the Institute's Second Annual Open Session, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Oakland.

31 May 2010

IMRT avoids xerostomia, but effectiveness on controlling cancer unclear

An advanced type of cancer radiation is more successful than traditional radiation in avoiding "dry mouth" when treating head and neck cancers, but it is unknown whether the treatment is better or worse at reducing the size of tumors, according to a new comparative effectiveness review funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

31 May 2010

Researchers identify pattern of gene expression in kidney transplant recipients who don't need anti-rejection drugs

Researchers have identified a distinct pattern of gene expression in the largest reported group of kidney transplant recipients who have not rejected the transplant kidneys even though they stopped taking anti-rejection drugs. This finding may help identify other transplant recipients who could safely reduce or end use of immunosuppressive therapy. In 2008, more than 80,000 people in the United States were living with a kidney transplant.

31 May 2010

Medical News

Amorfix provides update on development of blood test for vCJD

New Brunswick's economic cost of diabetes to increase to $427M by 2020, if left unchecked

New links discovered between Paul Klee's work and his 'scleroderma'

Elbit Imaging reports NIS 136 million loss attributable to equity holders for first-quarter 2010

Education slows down development of dementia: Researchers

Algal blooms in India threaten access to food, livelihood

Eating animals' meat hunted using lead ammunition can be dangerous for health: Study

DNAzymes and substrates constitute a platform for logic operations essential to computational processes

Brain's cardiovascular, hormonal and asymmetric activation response when we get angry: UV scientists

FAIR-HF study: Ferinject improves renal function in patients with CHF and iron deficiency

Deep-brain stimulation makes difference in the lives of people with Parkinson disease

Illinois General Assembly passes Angel Tax Credit with overwhelming bipartisan support

Health Robotics South East Asia opens two outsourcing centers in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok

Free online seminars on Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis

Epilepsy surgery ends seizures and prevents further deterioration in memory

Ubichem Research receives approval for supply of cGMP radiolabelled APIs

Alzheimer's disease awareness event aims to raise over $100,000 for Alzheimer Society of Montreal

U.S. Department of Defense OTT initiative to replace scars and defects with healthy, functional tissues

IMRT avoids xerostomia, but effectiveness on controlling cancer unclear

Researchers identify pattern of gene expression in kidney transplant recipients who don't need anti-rejection drugs

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech

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