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What's next for health law? Repeal efforts, 'compromise,' congressional conflict

Health on the Hill features Mary Agnes Carey and Marilyn Werber Serafini talking about the GOP gains, what they mean for state implementation to health reform and what possibilities there are for major changes being made to the health law.

8 Nov 2010

Researchers identify gene linked to melanoma metastasis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene linked to the spread of eye melanoma.

8 Nov 2010

Illinois life sciences receives $14.5 million in grants under QTDP program

At least 59 Illinois life sciences companies were awarded over $14.5 million in grants or tax credits under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program.

8 Nov 2010

New benchtop robotic workstation simplifies next-generation sequencing workflows

IntegenX, Inc. today at the 60th Annual American Society of Human Genetics Meeting announced the launch of their Apollo 324 System, a benchtop robotic workstation that automates the construction of DNA fragment libraries for next-generation sequencing.

8 Nov 2010

Transcript: Boehner and Obama on election results and health law

In the wake of the GOP victories on election night, incoming House Speaker Boehner and President Obama responded to questions about the impact of health reform on the vote.

8 Nov 2010

Ambit files registration statement with SEC for public offering of common stock

Ambit Biosciences Corporation, a recognized global leader in kinase drug discovery and development, announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock.

8 Nov 2010

GOP prepares to challenge health law on federal, state levels

Congressional Republicans said on Sunday they plan a full-scale assault against President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul next year but acknowledged it could take until after the 2012 presidential election to repeal it. Representative Paul Ryan, expected to become chairman of the House Budget Committee chairman, said his fellow Republicans will try to deny funding for implementation of the healthcare legislation and hold hearings to point out its shortcomings when the new Congress convenes in January.

8 Nov 2010

Research uncovers mechanism that may help develop new strategies for osteoporosis treatment

Osteoporosis, a condition characterized by weak and fragile bones, develops when there is an imbalance in the remodeling process and more bone is lost than replaced. Now, new research published by Cell Press in the November issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell uncovers a mechanism that may guide development of better strategies for treatment osteoporosis.

8 Nov 2010

Probe Manufacturing receives $475,000 blanket purchase order from medical device manufacturing client

Probe Manufacturing, Inc., a global electronics design, manufacturing, and services company, is pleased to announce that it has secured a $475,000 blanket purchase order from a medical device manufacturing client with initial delivery starting December of 2010.

8 Nov 2010

Hospitals in Florida, New York try new ways to boost finances

Jackson Health System in Florida is trying to boost profitable services but faces one overwhelming challenge, They don't know which procedures make money, The Miami Herald reports.

8 Nov 2010

Provectus presents PV-10 Phase 2 clinical trial data for metastatic melanoma at Sydney Congress

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, presented positive preliminary data from fully monitored study data for the entire study population of 80 subjects in its Phase 2 clinical trial of PV-10 for metastatic melanoma.

8 Nov 2010

Radiotherapy can benefit men with high risk prostate cancer: Research

Men treated with radiotherapy as well as hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer were 43 per cent less likely to die from the disease, according to trial results presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool today (Monday).

8 Nov 2010

Research Roundup: Basing insurance on results, not cost; Americans skeptical of public health efforts; seniors' comprehensive care

Copayment Reductions Generate Greater Medication Adherence In Targeted Patients. As health care costs have increased, some patients have sought to save money by cutting down on their medications.

8 Nov 2010

Merz to present data on Xeomin clinical studies for cervical dystonia at AAPM&R

Merz Pharmaceuticals announced today that data from stability and clinical studies evaluating Xeomin (incobotulinumtoxinA), a botulinum toxin type A free from accessory proteins, will be presented at the 71st Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) in Seattle, Wash.

8 Nov 2010

Resveratrol in grapes may help fight severe malaria: Study

A compound found in the skin of grapes and used to make red wine may help fight severe malaria, raising hopes of finding a new adjunctive therapy against an illness that kills an estimated 1 million people a year, according to a study presented today at The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 59th Annual Meeting.

8 Nov 2010

Walgreens pushes stronger primary care role for pharmacists

Walgreens will step up investments in services to help Americans manage chronic diseases, the drugstore chain's CEO announced, because the company wants to capitalize on what he called the 'retailization' of the nation's health care system.

8 Nov 2010

Study finds vitamin D supplement does not reduce knee osteoarthritis progression

Adding vitamin D as a supplement does not appear to lessen the symptoms, or slow the progression, of knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

8 Nov 2010

New malaria drug can save millions of lives: Study

A landmark trial showed that the replacement of the standard malaria drug Quinine with the newer drug Artesunate for children with severe malaria could save 100,000 lives a year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that artesunate derived from a Chinese plant called sweet wormwood, replace the four-century-old remedy of quinine for treating severe malaria in adults in 2006. Similar recommendations were not made for children with further trial results pending.

8 Nov 2010

Skin to blood transformation in the lab

In a new study scientists have successfully transformed human skin cells into blood without first being sent through a primordial, stem-cell-like state. The findings were published online in the journal Nature. Earlier work has shown that fibroblast cells from mouse skin, treated with the right cocktail of chemicals, can be transformed into neurons and heart muscle. This is a first with human cells.

7 Nov 2010

GE Healthcare to commence cash tender offer to acquire Clarient

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company today will commence a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common and preferred stock of Clarient, Inc. through a wholly owned subsidiary of GE, Crane Merger Sub, Inc.

7 Nov 2010

Medical News

What's next for health law? Repeal efforts, 'compromise,' congressional conflict

Researchers identify gene linked to melanoma metastasis

Illinois life sciences receives $14.5 million in grants under QTDP program

New benchtop robotic workstation simplifies next-generation sequencing workflows

Transcript: Boehner and Obama on election results and health law

Ambit files registration statement with SEC for public offering of common stock

GOP prepares to challenge health law on federal, state levels

Research uncovers mechanism that may help develop new strategies for osteoporosis treatment

Probe Manufacturing receives $475,000 blanket purchase order from medical device manufacturing client

Hospitals in Florida, New York try new ways to boost finances

Provectus presents PV-10 Phase 2 clinical trial data for metastatic melanoma at Sydney Congress

Radiotherapy can benefit men with high risk prostate cancer: Research

Research Roundup: Basing insurance on results, not cost; Americans skeptical of public health efforts; seniors' comprehensive care

Merz to present data on Xeomin clinical studies for cervical dystonia at AAPM&R

Resveratrol in grapes may help fight severe malaria: Study

Walgreens pushes stronger primary care role for pharmacists

Study finds vitamin D supplement does not reduce knee osteoarthritis progression

New malaria drug can save millions of lives: Study

Skin to blood transformation in the lab

GE Healthcare to commence cash tender offer to acquire Clarient

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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