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Arsanis closes Series A financing for $10 million

Arsanis, Inc, a recently founded biotechnology company dedicated to the development of anti-infective monoclonal antibody therapeutics, today announced the closing of a Series A financing with a total funding amount of $10 million. Proceeds from the initial financing will be used to advance several programs in the anti-microbial infectious disease area.

28 Feb 2011

p53 gene blocks EMT essential to cancer metastasis

Like a bounty hunter returning escapees to custody, a cancer-fighting gene converts organ cells that change into highly mobile stem cells back to their original, stationary state, researchers report online at Nature Cell Biology.

28 Feb 2011

MEPs, OETC visit new TB vaccine trial site to express support for candidate development

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced that a joint delegation of Members of the European Parliament and representatives from the Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium today visited the trial site where MVA85A, the world's most clinically advanced tuberculosis vaccine candidate in development, is being studied in a Phase IIb infant efficacy clinical trial.

28 Feb 2011

Global Genes Project, 46NYC introduce t-shirts to create awareness about lack of drug treatments for rare disease

Wear That You Care. Today is Rare Disease Day and 46NYC is helping raise awareness for an important cause – this time the drug development crisis facing the rare disease patient community worldwide.

28 Feb 2011

EcoNugenics introduces CIRCUTOL Cardiovascular Health Support

Just in time for Heart Health Month, EcoNugenics introduces CIRCUTOL Cardiovascular Health Support. EcoNugenics has once again demonstrated excellence in being at the forefront of the latest developments in natural alternative health solutions.

28 Feb 2011

Janssen-Cilag, NovAlix enter research services agreement for chemistry to support drug discovery efforts

NovAlix today announces that it has entered into a multi-year research services agreement for chemistry with Janssen-Cilag, France, to support its drug discovery efforts.

28 Feb 2011

U.S. District Court rules in favor of Hologic in breast brachytherapy patent infringement lawsuit

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of Hologic, by reversing the previous decisions reached by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in favor of SenoRx, Inc.

From Hologic, Inc. 28 Feb 2011

AARP commends lawmakers for their opposition to health care nullification bill

Averting a potentially disastrous piece of legislation, a majority of Idaho Senators on the State Affairs Committee took a bold stand and voted down a measure to "nullify" the federal health care law in Idaho.

28 Feb 2011

Researchers to examine thrombolysis for treatment of DVT in leg

Blood clots in the leg occur commonly. In one-half of the cases, the blood clot will break loose and travel through the bloodstream to the lungs - which may be life-threatening.

28 Feb 2011

IARP introduces platform to provide centralized decision support system for scientists and policy makers

The International Aging Research Portfolio is an independent non-profit initiative serving the aging research community. As the only centralized knowledge management system containing international grant databases, publications and project information, IARP provides highly granular relevant information to scientists, funding organizations and policymakers, as well as serving as a platform for collaboration and research.

28 Feb 2011

Investing in adolescents can help reduce poverty, improve health, UNICEF report says

Additional investment in the world's 1.2 billion adolescents - 88 percent of whom live in the developing world - has the potential to help alleviate inequality and poverty, UNICEF said in its annual State of the World's Children report released on Friday, IRIN reports.

28 Feb 2011

Medunik to introduce novel orphan drugs to Canadians with rare diseases

Éric Gervais, Executive Vice-President of Medunik Canada, is proud to announce the Management Team of this recently created company. Medunik Canada is a Quebec pharmaceutical company with 60 employees and one unique mission - bring novel orphan drugs to Canadians with rare diseases.

28 Feb 2011

Event marks ceremonial launch of U.N. Women

"After years of planning, fundraising and consultations, U.N. Women was officially launched Thursday," Inter Press Service reports, describing the expectations for the agency voiced by leaders gathered at the event. The ceremonial launch took place during a meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, U.N. News Centre writes.

28 Feb 2011

FDA clears Ascom's ClinicalConneX | Cardiomax medical device

Ascom Inc., a leading supplier of mission critical on-site wireless communications, is pleased to announce ClinicalConneX as its new integration suite powered by Ascom's Unite Professional Messaging and Alarm Application.

28 Feb 2011

Almac's new North American Headquarters launches schedule I-V controlled capabilities

Packaging, storage and distribution of schedule I-V controlled substances is now a fully functional capability of Almac's new North American Headquarters in Souderton, PA. As the phased transition nears its end, the portfolio of services and capacity offered to customers continues to grow as a result of the $120 million investment.

28 Feb 2011

U.S. food prices could rise up to 4%, USDA says

U.S. food prices will "rise as much as 4% this year, more than the 2% to 3% estimated last month, after a surge in prices for farm goods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture" forecast Thursday during the agency's outlook conference in Washington, Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times reports.

28 Feb 2011

Despite FDA action, Deston still believes Auralgan as a safe and effective drug product

Deston Therapeutics LLC announced today that it is currently exploring its options to respond to a recent seizure of its Auralgan Otic Solution by the Federal Government and that it still believes that Auralgan is a safe and effective drug product.

28 Feb 2011

New horse stem cell discovery aids in preclinical model development for human degenerative diseases

In a world first, pluripotent stem cells have been generated from horses by a team of researchers led by Dr. Andras Nagy at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital and Dr. Lawrence Smith at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Veterinary Science.

28 Feb 2011

Researchers discover new mechanism of beta cell destruction not previously known

The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes. Scientists in Italy and Texas now have discovered a new way that these cells die - by toxic imbalance of a molecule secreted by other pancreatic cells.

28 Feb 2011

First study to show link between AVPR1A gene variants with listening to music

Music is listened in all known cultures. Similarities between human and animal song have been detected: both contain a message, an intention that reflects innate emotional state that is interpreted correctly even among different species.

28 Feb 2011

Medical News

Arsanis closes Series A financing for $10 million

p53 gene blocks EMT essential to cancer metastasis

MEPs, OETC visit new TB vaccine trial site to express support for candidate development

Global Genes Project, 46NYC introduce t-shirts to create awareness about lack of drug treatments for rare disease

EcoNugenics introduces CIRCUTOL Cardiovascular Health Support

Janssen-Cilag, NovAlix enter research services agreement for chemistry to support drug discovery efforts

U.S. District Court rules in favor of Hologic in breast brachytherapy patent infringement lawsuit

AARP commends lawmakers for their opposition to health care nullification bill

Researchers to examine thrombolysis for treatment of DVT in leg

IARP introduces platform to provide centralized decision support system for scientists and policy makers

Investing in adolescents can help reduce poverty, improve health, UNICEF report says

Medunik to introduce novel orphan drugs to Canadians with rare diseases

Event marks ceremonial launch of U.N. Women

FDA clears Ascom's ClinicalConneX | Cardiomax medical device

Almac's new North American Headquarters launches schedule I-V controlled capabilities

U.S. food prices could rise up to 4%, USDA says

Despite FDA action, Deston still believes Auralgan as a safe and effective drug product

New horse stem cell discovery aids in preclinical model development for human degenerative diseases

Researchers discover new mechanism of beta cell destruction not previously known

First study to show link between AVPR1A gene variants with listening to music

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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