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Role of TGF-ß in cancer diseases

During this year's BIOTECHNICA exhibition, the international biotech news magazine „GEN - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News yesterday on 5 October 2010, held an information event with subsequent panel discussion featuring the topic TGF-ß an important target in cancer diseases.

7 Oct 2010

Affymax receives arbitration panel decision related to dispute against JNJ subsidiaries

Affymax, Inc. today announced that it has received a decision from the arbitration panel reviewing its dispute against certain subsidiaries of Johnson and Johnson (JNJ).

7 Oct 2010

UEM, San Diego School of Medicine enter partnership to address medical human resource needs in Mozambique

Aimed at enhancing the capacity of Mozambique's flagship medical school, Universidade Eduardo Modlane (UEM), in pre- and postgraduate medical education, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UEM entered into a partnership in 2007 to address both short and long-term medical human resource needs in Mozambique.

7 Oct 2010

Study finds link between language barriers and diabetes-related health outcomes

Patients who cannot discuss their diabetes with a doctor in their own language may have poorer health outcomes, even when interpreter services are available, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF and the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.

7 Oct 2010

CDC selects Northrop Grumman to compete for task orders in CIMS contract

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to compete for task orders to provide information management and technology services in support of the CDC's global health mission under a $5 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.

7 Oct 2010

Rising Medical, Align team up to enhance rehabilitation care for patients

Experiencing speed and efficiency in the healthcare process remains a rarity. Now two companies are adding those essential variables to ensure healthy, accurate outcomes. Rising Medical Solutions, a medical cost containment company, and Align Networks, a physical medicine provider network, have built an electronic integration that picks up the pace of healthcare.

7 Oct 2010

Majority of cancer patients are concerned about treatment costs: MDLinx

Ninety five percent of the nation's oncologists report a rise in their patients' concerns over treatment costs in the past six months, according to a survey conducted by MDLinx, one of the U.S.'s largest doctor portals.

7 Oct 2010

CCAW program launched at Baltimore County Department of Aging Senior Expo

In a unique partnership with sanofi-aventis U.S., the Baltimore County Department of Aging, and the John A. Hartford Foundation, the National Council on Aging is launching a pilot program to help physicians connect older patients with diabetes to evidence-based education and wellness support, right in their local community.

7 Oct 2010

Blind people can use visual cortex to refine sensation: Study

People who have been blind from birth make use of the visual parts of their brain to refine their sensation of sound and touch, according to an international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).

7 Oct 2010

Health care votes haunt anti-abortion Dems; Republicans confront challenges with 'pledge'

Anti-abortion Democrats are facing stiff opposition in their bids for re-election because of their votes for health reform. Organizations like the Susan B. Anthony List and other anti-abortion groups are now attacking former allies who once sided with them on abortion. "Now, SBA List is engaged in a multimillion-dollar attack on its former allies, replete with bus tours and billboards alleging that members 'voted for taxpayer-funded abortion.'

7 Oct 2010

RNs of North Adams Regional Hospital approve two-year contract

The Registered Nurses of North Adams Regional Hospital today ratified a two-year contract. A tentative agreement was reached on September 2, 2010 that maintains important patient care protections in the nurses' contract, while also preserving important rights and benefits the hospital wanted to take away from the nurses. The agreement averted a strike, ending nearly nine months of contentious negotiations.

7 Oct 2010

Soy germ-based nutritional supplement helps to manage menopausal symptoms

A new women-s health, whole soy germ-based nutritional supplement containing Natural S-equol reduced the frequency of moderate to severe hot flashes and reduced muscle and joint pain in the first study of its kind among postmenopausal U.S. women, according to peer-reviewed data presented as a poster presentation at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting.

7 Oct 2010

Paper describes new method for studying bacterial infection of orthopedic implants

A research team, co-headed by Dr. Woo Lee and Dr. Hongjun Wang of Stevens Institute of Technology, has published a paper describing a new method that generates three-dimensional tissue models for studying bacterial infection of orthopedic implants. Dr. Joung-Hyun Lee of Stevens, and Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan of the New Jersey Dental School, are co-authors of the research.

7 Oct 2010

Study explains importance of identifying global pandemic risk factors to predict spread of diseases

A recent study led by Dr. Parviez Hosseini, a senior research fellow from EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust), explains the importance of identifying global pandemic risk factors as early as possible, in order to predict the spread of diseases like H1N1 "swine" flu and SARS. "Predictive Power of Air Travel and Socio-Economic data for Early Pandemic Spread," recently published in the scientific publication PLoS ONE, examines the interplay among travel, trade, and national healthcare resources in predicting the emergence and spread of H1N1 and other viruses.

7 Oct 2010

Synthetic Genomics, JCVI announce formation of new company to develop next generation vaccines

The company Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI) and the not-for-profit research organization, the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced the formation of a new company, Synthetic Genomics Vaccines Inc. (SGVI).

7 Oct 2010

AstraZeneca provides free medicines to patients at Primary Care Center Pharmacy in Sacramento

AstraZeneca announced today that it is providing medicines at no cost to qualifying patients at the Primary Care Center Pharmacy in Sacramento, California.

7 Oct 2010

Feds reassure hospitals, doctors on cooperation though Acos

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz told a meeting of 300 health industry representatives Tuesday his agency would explore an expedited review process' for hospitals and doctors looking to determine if new partnerships they form to provide care would violate antitrust laws.

7 Oct 2010

NHCAA releases new white paper to focus on health care fraud

The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) announces the release of its new white paper, Combating Health Care Fraud in a Post-Reform World Seven Guiding Principles for Policymakers.

7 Oct 2010

Accenture to acquire services assets of Ariba

Accenture is enhancing its sourcing and procurement services by agreeing to acquire the sourcing services and business process outsourcing (BPO) services assets of Ariba, Inc., the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions.

7 Oct 2010

African development, economies improve, many governments doing poorly, Index says

According to an index on African governance released by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, "most countries are improving their economies and their human development, yet nearly two-thirds are suffering a 'democratic recession' a deterioration in human rights, physical security and the rule of law," the Globe and Mail reports.

7 Oct 2010

Medical News

Role of TGF-ß in cancer diseases

Affymax receives arbitration panel decision related to dispute against JNJ subsidiaries

UEM, San Diego School of Medicine enter partnership to address medical human resource needs in Mozambique

Study finds link between language barriers and diabetes-related health outcomes

CDC selects Northrop Grumman to compete for task orders in CIMS contract

Rising Medical, Align team up to enhance rehabilitation care for patients

Majority of cancer patients are concerned about treatment costs: MDLinx

CCAW program launched at Baltimore County Department of Aging Senior Expo

Blind people can use visual cortex to refine sensation: Study

Health care votes haunt anti-abortion Dems; Republicans confront challenges with 'pledge'

RNs of North Adams Regional Hospital approve two-year contract

Soy germ-based nutritional supplement helps to manage menopausal symptoms

Paper describes new method for studying bacterial infection of orthopedic implants

Study explains importance of identifying global pandemic risk factors to predict spread of diseases

Synthetic Genomics, JCVI announce formation of new company to develop next generation vaccines

AstraZeneca provides free medicines to patients at Primary Care Center Pharmacy in Sacramento

Feds reassure hospitals, doctors on cooperation though Acos

NHCAA releases new white paper to focus on health care fraud

Accenture to acquire services assets of Ariba

African development, economies improve, many governments doing poorly, Index says

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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