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Researchers develop new tool to understand how cancer grows

Researchers have a new tool to understand how cancers grow -- and with it a new opportunity to identify novel cancer drugs. They've been able to break apart human prostate tissue, extract the stem cells in that tissue, and alter those cells genetically so that they spur cancer.

22 Feb 2010

WCMC-Q students receive new round of UREP funds totaling $280,000

Twenty-eight WCMC-Q students have received grants totaling $280,000 in the latest, seventh, round of funding from the Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) to conduct advanced research projects with faculty members.

22 Feb 2010

Insurer allegedly, automatically denies request for liver transplant: Trial commences on 22nd Feb

A trial beginning Monday targeting the nation's largest health insurer, WellPoint Inc., and its California subsidiary, Anthem Blue Cross, for allegedly automatically denying requests for out-of-network liver transplants will help shed light on the need for stronger health reform than is currently being considered, according to Consumer Watchdog. The group urged President Obama, White House representatives, and the national news media to follow the trial.

22 Feb 2010

Mcconnell says Republicans will attend health summit with Obama

Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's top Republican, "promised Sunday morning that he and his members will attend President Obama's health care summit on Thursday 'ready to participate' but said the Democrats are being 'arrogant' by refusing to scrap their legislation and start over," The Washington Post reports.

22 Feb 2010

Cash-strapped school districts are making mistake by cutting music from K-12 curriculum: Neuroscientist

At an 11 a.m. press briefing, Saturday, Feb. 20, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, a Northwestern University neuroscientist will argue that music training has profound effects that shape the sensory system and should be a mainstay of K-12 education.

22 Feb 2010

Let babies sleep: Napping supports abstract learning

Anyone who grew up in a large family likely remembers hearing "Don't wake the baby." While it reinforces the message to older kids to keep it down, research shows that sleep also is an important part of how infants learn more about their new world.

22 Feb 2010

Impact of global warming on food prices would likely to drive many into poverty

The impact of global warming on food prices and hunger could be large over the next 20 years, according to a new Stanford University study. Researchers say that higher temperatures could significantly reduce yields of wheat, rice and maize - dietary staples for tens of millions of poor people who subsist on less than $1 a day.

21 Feb 2010

Scientists develop new mathematical model to understand CML better

Doctors can now understand better chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), including how it responds to therapy, thanks to a new mathematical model for the disease, developed by scientists in Portugal, Belgium and the United States. The work, to be published in the June edition of the journal Haematologica, also reveals that current therapies - which are not believed to cure CML - with the right protocol can actually get rid of the disease, and provides guidelines on how to do that.

21 Feb 2010

Democrats, GOP plot health reform strategy for Obama 'summit'

News organizations focused on the president, his fellow Democrats and Republicans as they steel themselves for Thursday's health reform summit.

21 Feb 2010

Siestas can dramatically boost and restore brain power

If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and restore your brain power. Indeed, the findings suggest that a biphasic sleep schedule not only refreshes the mind, but can make you smarter.

21 Feb 2010

Two genetic alterations linked to benign enzyme condition keep hepatitis C patients anemia-free

Many people who undergo treatment for hepatitis C develop hemolytic anemia, a disorder that destroys red blood cells. In some cases, it is so severe they have to reduce their medication or stop therapy altogether. But now, scientists in Duke University's Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy have discovered two genetic alterations linked to a benign enzyme condition that keep some patients anemia-free.

21 Feb 2010

Separate Complaints filed against Biovail by S.A.C. Capital Advisors and Gradient Analytics

Biovail Corporation today acknowledged that separate Complaints have been filed against the Company by S.A.C. Capital Advisors, LLC and Gradient Analytics, Inc. The Complaints, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, respectively, allege malicious prosecution related to Biovail’s 2006 filing of a lawsuit against them and others.

21 Feb 2010

ASU epidemiologist to take close look at factors impacting influenza dynamics within Mexico

Influenza surveillance mechanisms in Mexico were adequate during the fast-spreading H1N1 outbreak in 2009, yet Mexico did not have the infrastructure to quickly identify the emergence of this novel strain, according to an Arizona State University (ASU) epidemiologist.

21 Feb 2010

As health insurance premiums rise sharply, lawmakers and consumers face tough choices

Steep increases in individual health insurance premiums are sparking reactions across the country.

21 Feb 2010

Labopharm's public offering underwriters exercise over-allotment option to purchase additional 1.7M units

Labopharm Inc. today announced that the underwriters for the recently announced public offering of newly issued units have exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,764,706 units. The 1,764,706 additional units are being sold at the public offering price of US$1.70 per unit and will bring the total number of units issued under the public offering to 13,529,412 units.

20 Feb 2010

Brain and tissue sample repository to help advance understanding and treatment of psychiatric diseases

Johns Hopkins Children's Center neurovirologist Robert Yolken, M.D., and collaborators from the Stanley Medical Research Institute have developed a large repository of brain and tissue samples to advance the understanding and treatment of bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia.

20 Feb 2010

Westaim announces completion of second and final tranche of Subscription Receipts private placement

The Westaim Corporation announced that it has completed the second and final tranche of its private placement of subscription receipts (Subscription Receipts) with the sale today of 3,255,000 Subscription Receipts at a purchase price of $0.50 each for gross proceeds of $1,627,500 bringing the aggregate gross proceeds of the Subscription Receipt financing to $275,000,000. The terms of the Subscription Receipts and details regarding the initial tranche can be found in the Company's press release dated February 9, 2010.

20 Feb 2010

Study reveals underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular clinical trials

Women are substantially underrepresented in clinical trials used to formulate women's guidelines and are affected more than men by low social support after a heart attack, according to two studies in the women-themed issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.

20 Feb 2010

Life Technologies completes and settles previously announced Senior Notes offering

Life Technologies Corporation today announced it has completed and settled the previously announced offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 3.375% Senior Notes due 2013 at an issue price of 99.953 percent; $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.400% Senior Notes due 2015 at an issue price of 99.668 percent; and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2020 at an issue price of 99.796 percent. The notes will pay interest on a semi-annual basis.

20 Feb 2010

OrthoAccel Technologies promotes AcceleDent System for enhancing orthodontics at 7th IOC

OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc., developers of the AcceleDent System, which is an acceleration device to enhance orthodontics, recently exhibited at the 7th International Orthodontic Congress (IOC) in Sydney, Australia, which is held by the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO) every five years. The 8th IOC in 2015 will be hosted in London.

20 Feb 2010

Medical News

Researchers develop new tool to understand how cancer grows

WCMC-Q students receive new round of UREP funds totaling $280,000

Insurer allegedly, automatically denies request for liver transplant: Trial commences on 22nd Feb

Mcconnell says Republicans will attend health summit with Obama

Cash-strapped school districts are making mistake by cutting music from K-12 curriculum: Neuroscientist

Let babies sleep: Napping supports abstract learning

Impact of global warming on food prices would likely to drive many into poverty

Scientists develop new mathematical model to understand CML better

Democrats, GOP plot health reform strategy for Obama 'summit'

Siestas can dramatically boost and restore brain power

Two genetic alterations linked to benign enzyme condition keep hepatitis C patients anemia-free

Separate Complaints filed against Biovail by S.A.C. Capital Advisors and Gradient Analytics

ASU epidemiologist to take close look at factors impacting influenza dynamics within Mexico

As health insurance premiums rise sharply, lawmakers and consumers face tough choices

Labopharm's public offering underwriters exercise over-allotment option to purchase additional 1.7M units

Brain and tissue sample repository to help advance understanding and treatment of psychiatric diseases

Westaim announces completion of second and final tranche of Subscription Receipts private placement

Study reveals underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular clinical trials

Life Technologies completes and settles previously announced Senior Notes offering

OrthoAccel Technologies promotes AcceleDent System for enhancing orthodontics at 7th IOC

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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