Gland in Biological Technology

Sirion Therapeutics Partners With Advanced Vision Research (TheraTears(R)) to Promote Products for Retinal and Meibomian Gland Health

... launched NutriDox Convenience Kit for meibomian gland therapy. AVR is a privately held ophthalmic ... in helping AVR promote retinal and meibomian gland health and provide relief for dry-eye patients." ... meibomian glands that is a precursor to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), which is a cause of ...

International Robotic Urology Symposium Reports on Benefits of Cooling During Robotic-Assisted Prostate Surgery and Introduces InnerCool's New Investigational UroCool System

... Drs. Ahlering and Finley believe that therapeutic cooling of the prostate gland and surrounding areas during prostate surgery (which includes both ... and surrounding tissue. It is a complex procedure because the prostate gland is located deep inside the pelvis and is intimately associated with ...

Cardium's InnerCool Announces First Patient Treated With New Tissue-Specific UroCool(TM) System in Robotic-Assisted Prostate Surgery Study

... Drs. Ahlering and Finley believe that therapeutic cooling of the prostate gland and surrounding areas during prostate surgery (which includes both ... and surrounding tissue. It is a complex procedure because the prostate gland is located deep inside the pelvis and is intimately associated with ...

Biomodels Expands Efforts in Cancer Supportive Care, Pulmonary Fibrosis; Preclinical Research Organization Names Dr. Stephen T. Sonis as Partner

... are predisposed to mucositis, osteonecrosis, cancer treatment-related thrombosis, gastrointestinal toxicity, pulmonary fibrosis, and salivary gland changes. Dr. Sonis is widely recognized for his studies on the molecular and cellular pathogensis of mucositis, which have resulted in ...

Study Published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health Demonstrated Once-Daily Vyvanse(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII Provided Significant Improvement of ADHD Symptoms for Children at 13 Hours After Administration

... has advanced disease of the blood vessels (arteriosclerosis); symptomatic heart disease; moderate to severe high blood pressure; overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism); known allergy or unusual reactions to drugs called sympathomimetic amines (for example, pseudoephedrine); seizures; glaucoma; a ...

New Report Just Published: World Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Market Report

... and Whites by Cancer Type in the US, 2000- 2004 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-18 Prostate - Structure II-18 Pituitary gland II-19 Testes II-19 Prostate Cancer - A Primer II-20 Key Facts to Gaze at II-20 Table 13: Lifetime Probability of Developing Cancer ...

Study Showed VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII Provided Significant Efficacy at 14 Hours After Administration in Adults with ADHD in an Adult Simulated Workplace Environment

... has advanced disease of the blood vessels (arteriosclerosis); symptomatic heart disease; moderate to severe high blood pressure; overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism); known allergy or unusual reactions to drugs called sympathomimetic amines (for example, pseudoephedrine); seizures; glaucoma; a ...

Clinical Pharmacology Study With AZILECT(R) (Rasagiline Tablets) Demonstrated It Does Not Increase Tyramine Sensitivity

... in order to avoid a possibly dangerous increase in blood pressure. Patients with moderate to severe liver disease or a tumor of the adrenal gland should not take AZILECT. In order to prevent a possibly dangerous increase in blood pressure, patients taking AZILECT should avoid foods and ...

Crystal Research Associates, LLC Issues Executive Informational Overview(R) (EIO(R)) on GenSpera, Inc.

... G-115, GenSpera's primary candidate using this approach, targets prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland that is used by physicians as a "tumor marker" to detect the presence of prostate cancer. The Company is also working to identify additional ...

FDA Approves Labeling Change for VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII to Include Supplementary Clinical Data Supporting Efficacy at 13 Hours Postdose in Children Aged 6 to 12 with ADHD

... has advanced disease of the blood vessels (arteriosclerosis); symptomatic heart disease; moderate to severe high blood pressure; overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism); known allergy or unusual reactions to drugs called sympathomimetic amines (for example, pseudoephedrine); seizures; glaucoma; a ...

Schering-Plough Announces Changes to its Global Collaboration with Novartis to Develop Combination Therapies for Asthma and COPD

... mouth after using ASMANEX. It is possible that hypercorticism (an excess level of steroids in your body) or adrenal insufficiency (your adrenal gland cannot produce enough steroids) may appear in a small number of patients, particularly when ASMANEX is administered at higher than recommended doses ...

Shire and GlaxoSmithKline Enter Agreement to Co-promote VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII for the Treatment of Adults With ADHD

... has advanced disease of the blood vessels (arteriosclerosis); symptomatic heart disease; moderate to severe high blood pressure; overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism); known allergy or unusual reactions to drugs called sympathomimetic amines (for example, pseudoephedrine); seizures; glaucoma; a ...

Oncolytics Biotech(R) Inc. Announces Reovirus Research to be Presented at AACR Annual Meeting

... reovirus in a small cohort of prostate cancer patients prior to prostatectomy. Six prostate cancer patients with cancer confined to the prostate gland received a single injection of REOLYSIN(R), followed by prostatectomy several weeks later. Intralesional reovirus injections resulted in minimal side ...

Assembling cells into artificial 3-D microtissues, including a tiny gland

... reaction called the Staudinger ligation. After proving that they could assemble cells into microtissues, Gartner and Bertozzi constructed a minute gland analogous to a lymph node, for example such that one cell type secreted interleukin-3 and thereby kept a second cell type alive. "What we did is ...

Modigene Awarded Second-Year Grant by Israeli Government to Support Development of Its Longer-Acting Human Growth Hormone

... during this period, up to a limit of 10 million NIS (about $2.6 million). Human growth hormone is a natural protein produced by the pituitary gland in the brain. It fuels growth of the body's bone and muscle and has a variety of therapeutic uses. Patients with an hGH deficiency currently receive ...

Noninvasive Medical Technologies Helps Make Young Tennessee Woman's Wishes Come True

... brain tumor, resulting in the removal of her pituitary gland. No larger than the size of a pea and found at the base of the brain, the pituitary gland secretes a hormone known as vasopressin that triggers the kidneys to regulate normal storage and release of bodily fluids. As a consequence of the ...

Cardium's InnerCool Announces New Tissue-Specific UroCool(TM) System for Use in Prostate Surgeries

... of eradicating prostate cancer by surgically removing the entire prostate and surrounding tissue. It is a complex procedure because the prostate gland is located deep inside the pelvis and is intimately associated with delicate nerves that control erections and bladder control. Historically, radical ...

Video: ASMANEX(R) TWISTHALER(R) 110 MCG (Mometasone Furoate Inhalation Powder) is Now Available Nationwide for the Maintenance Treatment of Asthma in Children Ages 4 to 11

... mouth after using ASMANEX. It is possible that hypercorticism (an excess level of steroids in your body) or adrenal insufficiency (your adrenal gland cannot produce enough steroids) may appear in a small number of patients, particularly when ASMANEX is administered at higher than recommended doses ...

New Study Raises Questions About Prostate Cancer Therapies Targeting Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor

... Ph.D., and colleagues conducted a pair of experiments by manipulating gene expression directly in the epithelial compartment of the mouse prostate gland to better understand the role of IGF-1R. In contrast to studies that correlated elevated levels of IGF-1 with the risk of developing prostate cancer, ...

TorreyPines Therapeutics Initiates Phase II Study of Muscarinic Agonist NGX267 for Treatment of Xerostomia

... a number of underlying conditions. Causes of dry mouth include Sjogren's syndrome; radiation treatment to the head and neck; and HIV-related salivary gland disease. Xerostomia can also be a side effect of medications and is associated with aging. About TorreyPines Therapeutics TorreyPines ...

FDA Approves Additional Dosage Strengths of Shire's ADHD Treatment VYVANSE(TM) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) Which May Help Physicians Tailor Treatment for Individual Patients

... has advanced disease of the blood vessels (arteriosclerosis); symptomatic heart disease; moderate to severe high blood pressure; overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism); known allergy or unusual reactions to drugs called sympathomimetic amines (for example, pseudoephedrine); seizures; glaucoma; a ...

Video and Photo: EMD Serono Launches easypod(R), New Electronic Growth Hormone Injection Device

... all in one step, with the simple click of a button. About Growth Hormone Deficiency Growth hormone deficiency occurs when the pituitary gland in the brain is unable to release or produce adequate amounts of growth hormone. In children, growth hormone deficiency causes slow growth, and ...

JCI table of contents: Dec. 3, 2007

... in primary lung adenocarcinomas. TITLE: IL-6 triggers malignant features in mammospheres from human ductal breast carcinoma and normal mammary gland AUTHOR CONTACT: Massimiliano Bonaf University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Phone: 39-051-636-4009; Fax: 39-051-636-3902; E-mail: ...

Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Treats Its First Patients With Elekta Axesse

... to the spinal cord that could leave the patient paralyzed." A third patient has metastases in the adrenal gland. Elekta Axesse can treat the adrenal gland without harming the kidney, small bowel or spinal cord." Elekta Axesse also is designed for treatment of prostate cancer. "We now have robotic ...

SALVAT has Completed Patient Enrollment in a Dose Finding Phase II Trial of SVT-40776 for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder

... Mr. Julve. About SVT-40776 SVT-40776 is a new potent and selective M3 muscarinic antagonist for the treatment of OAB with high bladder/salivary gland selectivity, long half life and low metabolic rate. Compared to oxybutynin, tolterodine, solifenacin and darifenacin, SVT-40776 is the most potent ...

Human Universal cDNA Library Array I

... Sources Adrenal gland Heart ... Cerebellum Mammary gland Thyroid gland Brain: ...

Glossary for The BioPharm Guide to Fermentation and Cell Culture

... tus. growth hormone A protein produced in the pituitary gland to control cell growth. hemocytometer A device for counting blood cells. hormone A protein released by an endocrine gland to travel in the blood and act on tissues at another location ...

Tissue Specificity for Mutation Parallels Tissue Specificity for Cancer

... MeIQ 10 Colon, liver, skin, mammary gland Colon, liver, skin, mammary gland Heart Ethylene oxide 7 lung ...

Protein Depletion for Plasma and Serum Proteomic Analysis

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Petricoin EF, Paweletz CP, Liotta LA: Clinical applications of proteomics: Proteomic pattern diagnostics. J. Mammary gland Biol. Neoplasia 2002, 7 :433-440.

Petricoin EF, Ardekani AM, Hitt BE, Levine PJ, Fusaro VA, Steinberg SM, ...

New statistical algorithms for Monitoring Gene Expression on GeneChip® Probe Arrays

... between expression values generated by empirical algorithms (MAS 4.0) and statistical algorithms (MAS 5.0). Experiments performed with human adrenal gland RNA on human genome U95A arrays are shown in Figure 2. As shown in Figure 2A, when results generated with MAS 4.0 and MAS 5.0 are compared, ...

The development of a melanocortin MC5 receptor binding assay using the LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System

... gland, leukocytes, and many others. The only firmly established function of MC5R is its participation in exocrine function particularly sebaceous gland secretion. The role of MC5R in exocrine secretion has the potential to be exploited for the treatment of skin disorders such as acne and dermatitis ...

The use of TaqMaster PCR Enhancer

... GH, Merlino GT. TGF alpha overexpression in transgenic mice induces liver neoplasia and abnormal development of the mammary gland and pancreas. 1990 June 15; 61 (6): pp. 1137-1146 Applicational tip: PCR sample preparation ...

Innovative Tissue Array Technology for High-Throughput Screening of Gene Expression

... two slides was treated with RNase prior to hybridization of both slides with a fluorescently labeled poly(dT) probe. Salivary gland tissue on the slide without RNase digestion clearly shows the presence of mRNA . We used standard conditions for slide preparation, ...