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Researchers explore shiatsu to help people with chronic pain fall asleep

There was a time, back in Nancy Cheyne's youth, when she combined the poise and grace of a ballerina with the daring and grit of a barrel racer. When she wasn't pursuing either of those pastimes, she bred sheepdogs, often spending hours on her feet grooming her furry friends at dog shows.

18 Jun 2014

Researchers explore role of stem cells in treating neuroinjury and neurodegenerative disorders

Researchers at the University of Florida, USA, led by Dr. K. Wang have demonstrated that inhibition of Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) and subsequent cofilin dephosphorylation is mediating neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells.

18 Jun 2014

3SBio signs exclusive license agreement with Selecta Biosciences for pegsiticase

3SBio Inc., a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, today announced it has entered into an exclusive license with Selecta Biosciences for pegsiticase (Uricase PEG-20), a pegylated recombinant uricase from candida utilis.

18 Jun 2014

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics applauds AMA's support for multidisciplinary obesity treatment

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics applauds the American Medical Association's recent decision to support increased patient access to evidence-based, multidisciplinary obesity treatment.

18 Jun 2014

Western Oncolytics closes $275,000 in seed funding

Western Oncolytics Ltd., a biotech company specializing in immuno-oncolytic cancer therapies, has closed $275,000 in seed funding. The proceeds are planned to set a path toward clinical trials and execute initial manufacturing for its novel virus-based cancer therapy, which delivers genes to guide the immune system to kill cancer cells.

18 Jun 2014

New technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights

Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have succeeded in developing the world's first technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights, which may be useful in future cancer cell research.

18 Jun 2014

Sweaty hands can reduce effectiveness of bacteria-fighting brass objects in hospitals, schools

University of Leicester researchers discover sweat can cause corrosion of protective qualities of door knobs and taps within an hour of contact

18 Jun 2014

Entomologists develop chromosome map to find ways to prevent dengue fever, yellow fever

Virginia Tech entomologists have developed a chromosome map for about half of the genome of the mosquito Aedes agypti, the major carrier of dengue fever and yellow fever.

18 Jun 2014

Scientists demonstrate that proteins in urine play important role in stress incontinence

Incontinence is the world's most common chronic condition. Around ten per cent of Austrians are affected by it. However the problem continues to be a taboo subject: two out of three sufferers do not talk about it, preventing access to successful treatment.

18 Jun 2014

Frontrunner for no. 2 GOP House post seen as health policy 'blank slate'

A CQ Healthbeat look at Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California finds a light footprint when it comes to health care matters. Meanwhile, physician and health care groups seek an extension of a health law provision that boosts Medicaid payments to primary care doctors.

18 Jun 2014

New clinical guidelines on diagnosis and management of idiosyncratic DILI

New clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) appear in the July issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

18 Jun 2014

GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics publish special collection on genetics of immunity

Immunity is what stops you dying from a common cold or a tiny pinprick. Differences in resistance or tolerance to disease influence who catches the bug that's going around the office, or which species succumb to the deadly fungus devastating frogs around the world.

18 Jun 2014

Clot-busting medications for treating pulmonary embolism patients linked with fewer deaths

Bringing clarity to a decades-long debate, a national team of researchers led by experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that adding clot-busting medications known as thrombolytics to conventional approaches when treating sudden-onset pulmonary embolism patients is associated with 47 percent fewer deaths than using standard intravenous or under-the-skin anticoagulant medications alone.

18 Jun 2014

Wayne State researchers to study how exposures to stressors impact human health in Detroit

With over $2.4 million in new federal funding, Wayne State University researchers, regional collaborators at Henry Ford Health System, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, and community partners will study how exposures to stressors that are prevalent in the urban industrialized environment — both chemical and non-chemical — impact human health in Detroit and beyond.

18 Jun 2014

Viewpoints: U.S. health care: Expensive and deficient; GOP threat to gun violence research

Britain and Switzerland were top scorers in a study examining the quality and efficiency of health care systems in 11 advanced nations by a leading American research organization. As usual, the United States finished last overall and last on several important measures of cost and health outcomes, despite having the most costly system in the world (6/16).

18 Jun 2014

FDA accepts Symplmed's Prestalia NDA for hypertension treatment

Symplmed announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review its New Drug Application (NDA) for investigational drug Prestalia, the first single-pill, fixed-dose combination (FDC) of perindopril arginine and amlodipine besylate for the treatment of hypertension in the U.S. Symplmed filed the application under section 505(b)(2) consistent with FDA's guidance.

18 Jun 2014

Innovative device boosts tooth's natural repair process

Dentists could soon be giving your teeth a mild 'time warp' to encourage them to self-repair, thanks to a new device being developed by dental researchers.

18 Jun 2014

University Hospital Dinant Godinne surgeons successfully perform robotic-assisted surgeries with Flex System

Leading surgeons at the University Hospital Dinant Godinne completed the world's first robotic-assisted surgical procedures with the Medrobotics' Flex System.

18 Jun 2014

EuroTech Universities Alliance to highlight innovations in communication/education at ESOF 2014

The EuroTech Universities Alliance, an international partnership dedicated to producing new knowledge and translating it into action for the benefit of society, will highlight innovations in communication and education as well as technology at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF 2014), June 21-26 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

18 Jun 2014

Special issue explores trends related to unmet need for contraception

Studies in Family Planning, a leading journal published by the Population Council, released "Unmet Need for Family Planning"-a special issue featuring ten articles, including a comprehensive introduction to the topic of unmet need.

18 Jun 2014

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Researchers explore shiatsu to help people with chronic pain fall asleep

Researchers explore role of stem cells in treating neuroinjury and neurodegenerative disorders

3SBio signs exclusive license agreement with Selecta Biosciences for pegsiticase

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics applauds AMA's support for multidisciplinary obesity treatment

Western Oncolytics closes $275,000 in seed funding

New technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights

Sweaty hands can reduce effectiveness of bacteria-fighting brass objects in hospitals, schools

Entomologists develop chromosome map to find ways to prevent dengue fever, yellow fever

Scientists demonstrate that proteins in urine play important role in stress incontinence

Frontrunner for no. 2 GOP House post seen as health policy 'blank slate'

New clinical guidelines on diagnosis and management of idiosyncratic DILI

GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics publish special collection on genetics of immunity

Clot-busting medications for treating pulmonary embolism patients linked with fewer deaths

Wayne State researchers to study how exposures to stressors impact human health in Detroit

Viewpoints: U.S. health care: Expensive and deficient; GOP threat to gun violence research

FDA accepts Symplmed's Prestalia NDA for hypertension treatment

Innovative device boosts tooth's natural repair process

University Hospital Dinant Godinne surgeons successfully perform robotic-assisted surgeries with Flex System

EuroTech Universities Alliance to highlight innovations in communication/education at ESOF 2014

Special issue explores trends related to unmet need for contraception

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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