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Sigma-Aldrich scientists to leverage proprietary gene editing technology to develop genetically-engineered rodent research models

Sigma-Aldrich(R) (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today that scientists at its new Sigma Advanced Genetic Engineering (SAGE(TM)) Labs in St. Louis will leverage its exclusive CompoZr(TM) Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) gene editing technology (www.compozrzfn.com) to define, develop and offer a new generation of genetically-engineered rodent research models. Such models are commonly used to study disease states in humans and play a key role in the drug discovery process.

24 Aug 2009

Obama on the radio: faults GOP stalling, guarantees reform passage

"On the Michael Smerconish radio show Thursday, the president said: 'Early on a decision was made by the Republican leadership that said, "Look, let's not give them a victory and maybe we can have a replay of 1993-94 when Clinton came in. He failed on health care, and then we won in the midterm elections, and we got the majority.'

24 Aug 2009

Ian Wade becomes China Nepstar Chain Drugstore's CEO

China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE: NPD) ("Nepstar" or the "Company"), the largest drugstore chain in China based on the number of directly operated stores, today announced the resignation of Mr. Jiannong Qian as the Company's Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Board, effective on August 20, 2009, upon the expiration of Mr. Qian's employment agreement with the Company.

24 Aug 2009

Edge Healthcare Partners joins with Edge Corporate Finance to provide M&A and capital raising services

Edge Healthcare Partners, LLC, an independent Atlanta-based investment banking firm led by industry veterans, has joined forces with Edge Corporate Finance, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Edge Capital Partners, LLC), to provide M&A and other advisory services to middle-market healthcare companies and private equity firms. Edge Healthcare Partners will supplement Edge Corporate Finance’s M&A and capital raising services with dedicated healthcare expertise.

24 Aug 2009

Increased expenditure on tobacco products leads to poorer nutrition for children

A new study finds that smokers in rural Indonesia finance their habit by dipping into the family food budget-which ultimately results in poorer nutrition for their children. The findings suggest that the costs of smoking in the developing world go well beyond the immediate health risks, according to authors Steven Block and Patrick Webb of Tufts University.

24 Aug 2009

The Canadian Red Cross supports local emergency measures after tornado encounter

The Canadian Red Cross is reminding all individuals and families about the importance of emergency preparedness, after a tornado touched down in the City of Vaughan last night.

24 Aug 2009

Primary cilia can suppress or promote skin cancer

Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia can either suppress or promote this skin cancer, depending on the mutation triggering the disease.

24 Aug 2009

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

A Lancet Infectious Diseases Reflection and Reaction piece says while PEPFAR's "investment of over US$228 million into Mozambique in 2008 alone" resulted in "an exponential increase in the number of people on" ARVs and boosted prevention programs, "[t]here is more money available for HIV/AIDS than can reasonably be spent, especially given Mozambique's poor infrastructure and large geographical area. Unfortunately, one side-effect has been an associated increase in corruption." To maximize aid money and limit corruption, "careful and creative resource management will be needed," the author concludes (Johnson, 9/09).

24 Aug 2009

PETA's billboard campaign promoting vegetarianism opposed by The Obesity Society

The Obesity Society strongly opposes the current billboard campaign from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) promoting vegetarianism at the expense of stigmatizing overweight and obese persons.

24 Aug 2009

Foreign aid reform needed 'quickly,' opinion piece says

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24 Aug 2009

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals to deliver two poster presentations describing results from new studies of NVC-422

NovaBay(R) Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage company developing non-antibiotic anti-infective compounds for the treatment or prevention of a wide range of bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, will deliver two poster presentations at the 49th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in San Francisco, CA.

24 Aug 2009

Mom & Baby mobile health centers serve pregnant women, teenagers and children

Four years after the hurricanes of 2005, four March of Dimes Mom & Baby Mobile Health Centers(R) serve as the primary health care providers for thousands of pregnant women, teenagers and children living along the Gulf Coast.

24 Aug 2009

Research study reveals that mortality remains high in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Mortality remains high among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension awaiting lung transplant, despite changes to the allocation system that were designed to reduce mortality and increase the equitable distribution of donor organs, according to new research out of University of California San Francisco.

24 Aug 2009

New study identifies smoking as a risk factor for active TB

Smoking is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB) disease, according to a new study on TB incidence in Taiwan.

24 Aug 2009

What role for government in promoting wellness?

"Of the eight goals for health care reform laid out in President Obama's 2010 budget, just one has more to do with patients than with providers or insurers: 'Investing in prevention and wellness,'" the National Journal reports.

24 Aug 2009

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan replies to Congressmen's queries

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has sent a letter to Michigan Congressmen John Dingell and Sander Levin as a response to the Congressmen's request for company information.

24 Aug 2009

Research reveals that diarrheal bacteria can cause colon cancers

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The investigators say that strains of the common Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) dupe immune system cells into permitting runaway colon tissue inflammation, a precursor for malignant growth.

24 Aug 2009

Japanese research reveals that neural circuits in the mouse brain actively rearrange after stroke

Japanese research group led by Professor Junichi Nabekura in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS, Japan, found that, after cerebral stroke in one side of the mouse brain, another side of the brain rewires its neural circuits to recuperate from damaged neural function. The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) supported this study. They report their finding in Journal of Neuroscience, on August 12, 2009.

24 Aug 2009

New technique may help clinicians in diagnosing pleural effusion

A new technique may help clinicians hone in on a diagnosis in patients presenting with a pleural effusion of unknown cause.

24 Aug 2009

DS Waters of America forges alliance with breast cancer advocacy group

DS Waters of America, Inc., a leader in the home and office bottled water, filtration and office coffee delivery service today announced it has entered a three-year alliance with Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R), the world's largest breast cancer advocacy group.

24 Aug 2009

Medical News

Sigma-Aldrich scientists to leverage proprietary gene editing technology to develop genetically-engineered rodent research models

Obama on the radio: faults GOP stalling, guarantees reform passage

Ian Wade becomes China Nepstar Chain Drugstore's CEO

Edge Healthcare Partners joins with Edge Corporate Finance to provide M&A and capital raising services

Increased expenditure on tobacco products leads to poorer nutrition for children

The Canadian Red Cross supports local emergency measures after tornado encounter

Primary cilia can suppress or promote skin cancer

Recent releases: limiting corruption; mental health; U.S. global health policies; non-physician administered ARV; African health ministers

PETA's billboard campaign promoting vegetarianism opposed by The Obesity Society

Foreign aid reform needed 'quickly,' opinion piece says

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals to deliver two poster presentations describing results from new studies of NVC-422

Mom & Baby mobile health centers serve pregnant women, teenagers and children

Research study reveals that mortality remains high in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

New study identifies smoking as a risk factor for active TB

What role for government in promoting wellness?

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan replies to Congressmen's queries

Research reveals that diarrheal bacteria can cause colon cancers

Japanese research reveals that neural circuits in the mouse brain actively rearrange after stroke

New technique may help clinicians in diagnosing pleural effusion

DS Waters of America forges alliance with breast cancer advocacy group

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