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CHMP recommends approval of Cosentyx in Europe to treat patients with AS and PsA, says Novartis

Novartis announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of Cosentyx (secukinumab) in Europe to treat ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients.

26 Oct 2015

Incidences of preeclampsia dramatically increase in the U.S.

A study published recently in the American Journal of Perinatology reports a dramatic increase in the incidence of preeclampsia in the United States. Preeclampsia and early onset preeclampsia have grown 67 percent and 140 percent respectively over the past two decades.

26 Oct 2015

SAGE recommends pilot implementation of malaria vaccine to protect young children

The World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) recommended pilot projects to understand how to best use a vaccine that protects against malaria in young children.

26 Oct 2015

NORD launches first-ever State Progress Report on rare disease treatment

With patient access to health care becoming increasingly dependent upon state policies, the National Organization for Rare Disorders has developed and released the first-ever State Progress Report to evaluate how states are serving the 30 million Americans with rare diseases.

26 Oct 2015

Pharmaceutical firms need to create more break-out spaces to improve psyche of workforce, says Condeco Software

With most UK adults spending almost an entire day a week online, business leaders in the pharmaceutical industry need to create more break-out spaces in a bid to keep staff invigorated and boost collaboration, according to workplace technology expert Condeco Software.

26 Oct 2015

New study shows involvement of cKit-expressing progenitors in heart muscle cell formation

A new study from the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine demonstrates the involvement of cKit-expressing progenitors in the formation of cardiomyocytes – heart muscle cells. The findings help resolve a long-standing controversy regarding the role of cKit in the heart.

26 Oct 2015

Reducing depression to a checklist of symptoms may not be useful, new research reveals

How can you tell if someone is depressed? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - the 'bible' of psychiatry - diagnoses depression when patients tick off a certain number of symptoms on the DSM checklist. A large-scale quantitative study coordinated at KU Leuven, Belgium, now shows that some symptoms play a much bigger role than others in driving depression, and that the symptoms listed in DSM may not be the most useful ones.

26 Oct 2015

First computational method based on evolutionary principles developed to predict protein dynamics

Researchers from the Structural Biology Computational Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, led by Alfonso Valencia, in collaboration with a group headed by Francesco Gervasio at the University College London (UK), have developed the first computational method based on evolutionary principles to predict protein dynamics, which explains the changes in the shape or dimensional structure that they experience in order to interact with other compounds or speed up chemical reactions.

26 Oct 2015

New DNA study may lead to better treatments for diseases caused by cellular changes

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have located a previously unknown function in the so-called histones, which allows for an improved understanding of how cells protect and repair DNA damages. This knowledge may eventually result in better treatments for diseases such as cancer.

26 Oct 2015

Researchers develop new method to predict people's biological age

New research has shed light on the molecular changes that occur in our bodies as we age. In the largest study of its kind, an international group of researchers, including experts from the University of Exeter's Medical School, examined expression of genes in blood samples from 15,000 people across the world.

26 Oct 2015

Inhibiting JAK family of enzymes promotes rapid hair growth, new study finds

Inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles that are suspended in a resting state restores hair growth, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center has found.

26 Oct 2015

University of Louisville professor wins 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research

M. Cynthia Logsdon, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, FAAN, Professor, University of Louisville, School of Nursing and Associate Chief of Nursing for Research, University of Louisville Hospital has won the 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research from Sigma Theta Tau International, the honor society of nursing.

24 Oct 2015

FDA approves Yondelis (trabectedin) for treatment of specific soft tissue sarcomas

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Yondelis (trabectedin), a chemotherapy, for the treatment of specific soft tissue sarcomas (STS) – liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma – that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or is advanced (metastatic).

24 Oct 2015

Light exposure linked to weight gain in small children, QUT study reveals

A world-first study by QUT's Sleep in Early Childhood Research Group has revealed pre-schoolers exposed to more light earlier in day tend to weigh more.

24 Oct 2015

Phage shows strong anti-microbial activity against C. sakazakii bacterium

A phage showed strong anti-microbial activity against a type of food-borne bacterium that often kills infants after infecting them via infant formula. Phages are viruses that infect only bacteria. The research is published Oct. 23 online in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

24 Oct 2015

Strensiq approved for treatment of patients with juvenile-onset HPP

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Strensiq (asfotase alfa) as the first approved treatment for perinatal, infantile and juvenile-onset hypophosphatasia (HPP).

24 Oct 2015

Rapid, award winning diagnostic tests to be presented at MEDICA

A Bloxham-based company focused on improving the usability, safety and accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests will present its fully integrated AtomoRapid™ product range at MEDICA 2015, the world’s largest medical trade fair.

23 Oct 2015

Improved results yielded from new ChIP-seq protocol

Chromatrap®, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has developed a new protocol that further extends the many advantages of its popular Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing (ChIP-seq) assay kits.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 23 Oct 2015

Plague endemic in man since early Bronze Age, but has not always been flea-borne

A recent analysis of ancient DNA has revealed that the plaque had been endemic in humans for at least 3000 years before the first global outbreak on record (the Plague of Justinian in 541 AD). Furthermore, the disease was not always transmitted by fleas, with mutation to the bubonic form only occurring around the start of the 1st millennium BC.

23 Oct 2015

Nivolumab vs docetaxel updated results for nonsquamous, squamous NSCLC

Follow-up results from two trials of the programmed death 1 receptor inhibitor nivolumab versus docetaxel in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer were reported at a proffered paper session held at the European Cancer Congress in Vienna, Austria.

23 Oct 2015

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CHMP recommends approval of Cosentyx in Europe to treat patients with AS and PsA, says Novartis

Incidences of preeclampsia dramatically increase in the U.S.

SAGE recommends pilot implementation of malaria vaccine to protect young children

NORD launches first-ever State Progress Report on rare disease treatment

Pharmaceutical firms need to create more break-out spaces to improve psyche of workforce, says Condeco Software

New study shows involvement of cKit-expressing progenitors in heart muscle cell formation

Reducing depression to a checklist of symptoms may not be useful, new research reveals

First computational method based on evolutionary principles developed to predict protein dynamics

New DNA study may lead to better treatments for diseases caused by cellular changes

Researchers develop new method to predict people's biological age

Inhibiting JAK family of enzymes promotes rapid hair growth, new study finds

University of Louisville professor wins 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research

FDA approves Yondelis (trabectedin) for treatment of specific soft tissue sarcomas

Light exposure linked to weight gain in small children, QUT study reveals

Phage shows strong anti-microbial activity against C. sakazakii bacterium

Strensiq approved for treatment of patients with juvenile-onset HPP

Rapid, award winning diagnostic tests to be presented at MEDICA

Improved results yielded from new ChIP-seq protocol

Plague endemic in man since early Bronze Age, but has not always been flea-borne

Nivolumab vs docetaxel updated results for nonsquamous, squamous NSCLC

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