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TMM journal reviews latest advances in reproductive medicine

The journal Trends in Molecular Medicine reviews the latest advances in reproductive medicine--from mitochondrial replacement therapy to the infant microbiome--with a special issue on "Nurturing the Next Generation," published February 3, 2015.

4 Feb 2015

Developing national health research capacity in LMICs helps strengthen health systems

Developing national health research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a key element toward strengthening their health systems. Collaborations with universities in high -income countries may be an important tool in building research capacity, but often suffer from imbalanced power relations.

4 Feb 2015

Study demonstrates therapeutic potential of new class of synthetic oligonucleotides for DMD treatment

Research efforts associating scientists from the CNRS, UVSQ and INSERM within the Laboratoire END-ICAP, working in collaboration with a team from the University of Bern, has demonstrated the therapeutic potential of a new class of synthetic oligonucleotides in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) using RNA "surgery".

4 Feb 2015

Researchers suggest novel concept for developing vaccines against HIV and cancer

A experimental trial has shown successful by inducing serum in mice and has been highly neutralizing towards those ailments.

4 Feb 2015

Research: New molecule safeguards heart from toxic breast cancer drugs, kills cancerous tumour

A new molecule has been found that protects the heart from toxic breast cancer drugs and also kills the cancerous tumour. The research from Italy addresses the burgeoning problem of heart disease in cancer survivors and is announced by the European Society of Cardiology today on World Cancer Day.

4 Feb 2015

New study sheds light on syndrome linked to aggressive pediatric cancer

A new study involving researchers at The University of Nottingham has revealed how children with an aggressive cancer predisposition syndrome experience a never before seen flood of mutations in their disease in just six months.

4 Feb 2015

Asthmatic patients suffering from xerostomia have a poorer level of control disease

Scientists at the University of Granada and the High Resolution Hospital in Loja (Granada) prove that asthmatic patients who suffer from xerostomia (dry mouth syndrome) have a poorer level of control disease. Whether an asthmatic patient also suffers from severe xerostomia can be of great use for the pneumologist when it comes to establishing that particular patient's level of control disease.

4 Feb 2015

Researchers develop optimised PSA screening programme for prostate cancer

As an indicator of prostate cancer, the PSA test is regarded in urology as highly controversial since it is not always unequivocal. A team of researchers from the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has now developed a programme that compensates the shortfalls of PSA screening with methods from personalised medicine. As a result, prostate cancer screening is able to reach a new level of quality.

4 Feb 2015

Cooking foods at high temperatures increases Alzheimer's risk

Our new paper published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease provides evidence that cooking foods at high temperatures increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. This study looked at the content of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in national diets and clinical studies comparing and compared total AGEs to Alzheimer's disease rates.

4 Feb 2015

U of I study shows that picky eaters exhibit definable preferences, mealtime behaviors

Although there's no scientific definition of picky eating, parents say they know it when they see it. Now a University of Illinois study shows that picky eaters do exhibit definable preferences and mealtime behaviors.

4 Feb 2015

Study could lead to potential therapeutic targets to treat Ewing Sarcoma

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal PLoS One finds alterations in expression of genes PIK3R3 and PTEN, more commonly observed in adult tumors, in the rare, young-adult bone cancer Ewing Sarcoma, potentially offering ways to improve therapy.

4 Feb 2015

Preliminary research supports alternative drug for treating neonatal abstinence syndrome

In the past decade, the number of Kentucky babies starting life with a drug dependency, or neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), has skyrocketed from 1.3 per 1,000 births to 19 per 1,000 births.

4 Feb 2015

New drug gets FDA approval for treatment of women with advanced breast cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a potentially groundbreaking new drug to treat women with advanced breast cancer, signaling a new treatment strategy to arrest tumor growth and extend the time before the cancer worsens.

4 Feb 2015

Merck announces US availability of BELSOMRA (suvorexant) for treatment of insomnia

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that BELSOMRA (suvorexant) is now available at pharmacies in the United States for the treatment of insomnia in adults who have difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep.

4 Feb 2015

Loyola's Murali Rao achieves Distinguished Life Fellow status

Loyola University Medical Center psychiatrist Murali Rao, MD, has achieved Distinguished Life Fellow status in the American Psychiatric Association, the highest honor the profession can bestow.

4 Feb 2015

EyeBrain raises €1.3 million ($1.47 million) through crowdfunding

EyeBrain, a company that develops markers of cerebral function for neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases, today announces the conclusion of a new round of funding. A total of €1.3 million ($1.47 million) has been raised with the support of EyeBrain’s shareholders, the Fonds Régional de Co-Investissement d’Ile-de-France (FRCI, regional joint investment fund for the Ile-de-France or Greater Paris area) and the Anaxago crowdfunding platform.

4 Feb 2015

Researchers offer critical new information about head and neck squamous cell cancer

Head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) ranks among the top ten most prevalent cancers in the United States. Despite its prevalence, little is known about how this cancer develops and spreads. However, in a paper published in the January 29, 2015 edition of Nature, researchers offer critical new information about head and neck cancers.

4 Feb 2015

COMBACTE-MAGNET project launched to study new treatment options for infections caused by MDR-GNB

Today 33 European academic partners and 5 pharmaceutical companies are launching a new project, COMBACTE-MAGNET, under the IMI antimicrobial resistance research programme New Drugs 4 Bad Bugs (ND4BB).

4 Feb 2015

Amedica receive FDA clearance for multi-level cervical interbody cage indications

Amedica Corporation, a company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride ceramics as a biomaterial platform, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the indications of Amedica’s silicon nitride interbody fusion products to include multi-level cervical treatment.

4 Feb 2015

OGT study explores successful adoption of CytoSure ISCA array at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford Gene Technology, The Molecular Genetics Company, explores how Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust has seamlessly transferred to its CytoSure ISCA 8x60k platform, in a new case study entitled Evaluating and switching to CytoSure microarrays. As the result of a highly stringent National Health Service tender for the supply of oligo-based cytogenetics research arrays, CytoSure was selected based on the quality of data and analysis software.

From Oxford Gene Technology 4 Feb 2015

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TMM journal reviews latest advances in reproductive medicine

Developing national health research capacity in LMICs helps strengthen health systems

Study demonstrates therapeutic potential of new class of synthetic oligonucleotides for DMD treatment

Researchers suggest novel concept for developing vaccines against HIV and cancer

Research: New molecule safeguards heart from toxic breast cancer drugs, kills cancerous tumour

New study sheds light on syndrome linked to aggressive pediatric cancer

Asthmatic patients suffering from xerostomia have a poorer level of control disease

Researchers develop optimised PSA screening programme for prostate cancer

Cooking foods at high temperatures increases Alzheimer's risk

U of I study shows that picky eaters exhibit definable preferences, mealtime behaviors

Study could lead to potential therapeutic targets to treat Ewing Sarcoma

Preliminary research supports alternative drug for treating neonatal abstinence syndrome

New drug gets FDA approval for treatment of women with advanced breast cancer

Merck announces US availability of BELSOMRA (suvorexant) for treatment of insomnia

Loyola's Murali Rao achieves Distinguished Life Fellow status

EyeBrain raises €1.3 million ($1.47 million) through crowdfunding

Researchers offer critical new information about head and neck squamous cell cancer

COMBACTE-MAGNET project launched to study new treatment options for infections caused by MDR-GNB

Amedica receive FDA clearance for multi-level cervical interbody cage indications

OGT study explores successful adoption of CytoSure ISCA array at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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