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Testing for Human Papillomavirus

...31/33/35/39/45/51/52/56/58/59/68) having confirmed association with cervical cancer development. Digene also offers the hc2 HPV DNA Test, which differentiates between low risk types 6/11/42/43/44 and high risk types. The HC2 assays utilize cocktails of specific RNA probes that are directed toward target HPV DN...

Halozyme Therapeutics' Enhanze Technology Large Protein Molecule Therapeutic Clinical Trial Results Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society

... in this study, two were assessed as having no association with either study drug (basal cell carcinoma and urinary tract infection). The remaining three events consisted of mild injection site erythema (redness) that occurred on the day of the co-injection and resolved within one or...

Corgenix Reports New Clinical Data Correlating AtherOx Technology With Vascular Disease

...va, Switzerland. Data released this week shows the association of antibodies tothe AtherOx complex (anti-AtherOx) with vascular thrombosis(particularly with arterial thrombosis) in patients with autoimmunediseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) andanti-phospholipid syndrome. The study looked at 113 S...

Genetics Journal Thimerosal/Autism Study the 'Best Science Drug Company Money Can Buy'

... thatearlier data revealing a positive autism-RhIg association wasconcealed. "This study is just another example of the pharmaceuticalindustry's corruption of research to suit its own purposes,"according to National Autism Association president and parent WendyFournier. "They back the study designs that give th...

Second Phase III Study Evaluating Gilead's Viread for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Meets Primary Endpoint

... failure andFanconi syndrome, has been reported in association with the use ofViread. It is recommended that creatinine clearance be calculatedin all patients prior to initiating therapy with Viread and asclinically appropriate during therapy. Coadministration of Vireadand didanosine should be undertaken with ca...

Second Phase III Study Evaluating Gilead's Viread for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Meets Primary Endpoint

... failure andFanconi syndrome, has been reported in association with the use ofViread. It is recommended that creatinine clearance be calculatedin all patients prior to initiating therapy with Viread and asclinically appropriate during therapy. Coadministration of Vireadand didanosine should be undertaken with ca...

Treating Heart Disease Risk Factors May Slow Alzheimer's Disease Progression

...colleagues sought to determine whether there is an association ofweight at baseline and rate of weight loss with ...fdeveloping dementia, and also whether there is an association ofweight or weight loss with the severity of Alzheimer's diseasechanges in the brain seen at autopsy...

Phase III Study Evaluating Gilead's Viread for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Meets Primary Endpoint

... failure andFanconi syndrome, has been reported in association with the use ofViread. It is recommended that creatinine clearance be calculatedin all patients prior to initiating therapy with Viread and asclinically appropriate during therapy. Coadministration of Vireadand didanosine should be undertaken with ca...

Interim Data From RECORD Study Show No Significant Difference Between Avandia and Standard Therapy in Risk of Cardiovascular Hospitalization or Death

...ia patients - consistent with the well known association between fluid retention and TZDs, the class of medicine to which Avandia belongs. Fluid retention can worsen or lead to CHF. Importantly, despite the increase in CHF, there was no difference between the Avandia group and the contr...

Introgen Reports Updated Phase 2 Advexin Data Correlating Improved Survival, Tumor Responses and Predictive p53 Biomarker

...not aware of theclinical results of the study. The association of tumor responses,increased survival and the abnormal p53 biomarker could not beaccounted for by other known prognostic factors. "These findings indicate important relationships betweenincreased tumor responses and survival and the predictive abnor...

Cell Genesys Reports Additional Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

...ated. Immunologicfindings showed that there was an association between disease-freesurvival and treatment-associated antitumor immunity as measured bythe induction of T cell responses to the pancreaticcancer-associated antigen, mesothelin (p=.01). The new findingswere presented over the weekend by Daniel Laheru,...

Daytrana (methylphenidate transdermal system) Provides Significant Effectiveness in ADHD Symptom Relief in Both Boys and Girls

...ibitors(MAOIs). Sudden death has been reported in association with CNS stimulanttreatment at usual doses in children and adolescents withstructural cardiac abnormalities or other serious heart problems.Sudden deaths, stroke, and myocardial infarction have been reportedin adults taking stimulant drugs at usual d...

12-Month Study Demonstrated Tolerability and Efficacy of DAYTRANA (methylphenidate transdermal system)

...bitors (MAOIs). Sudden death has been reported in association with CNS stimulanttreatment at usual doses in chil...ibitors(MAOIs). Sudden death has been reported in association with CNS stimulanttreatment at usual doses in children and adolescents withstructural cardiac abnorm...

Blood Levels of Paliperidone Extended-Release Tablets are Not Increased by Common Antidepressant

... riskof torsades de pointes and/or sudden death in association with theuse of drugs that prolong the QTc interval. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS): NMS, a potentially fatalsymptom complex, has been reported with the use of antipsychoticmedications, including Clinical manifestations include musclerigidity, ...

Shire to Present New Scientific Data on ADHD Treatment Portfolio at APA Annual Meeting

...ibitors(MAOIs). Sudden death has been reported in association with CNS stimulanttreatment at usual doses in chil...bitors (MAOIs). Sudden death has been reported in association with CNS stimulanttreatment at usual doses in children and adolescents withstructural cardiac abnorm...

New Data Shows Once a Day Lamictal XR is Effective in Treating Patients with Partial Seizures

... discontinuation oftreatment have been reported in association with the use ofLamictal. The incidence of these rashes, which have includedStevens-Johnson syndrome, is approximately 0.8 percent (8 per 1000)in pediatric patients under the age of 16 years receiving Lamictalas adjunctive therapy for epilepsy, and 0....

Rituxan Phase II Data in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Presented at the American Academy of Neurology

...ons, some with fatal outcome,have been reported in association with Rituxan treatment. Abdominalpain, bowel obstruction and perforation, in some cases leading todeath, were observed in patients receiving Rituxan in combinationwith chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL), CD20-positiveNHL. Other serious or ...

Rituxan Phase II Data in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Presented at the American Academy of Neurology

...ons, some with fatal outcome,have been reported in association with Rituxan treatment. Abdominalpain, bowel obstruction and perforation, in some cases leading todeath, were observed in patients receiving Rituxan in combinationwith chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL), CD20-positiveNHL. Other serious or ...

Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

... new,comprehensive strategy known as a genome-wide association study.“Genome-wide association studies offer a powerful way touncover the genetic variations that contribute to diabetes, as wellas...

Helix BioMedix to Discuss Potential of Its Proprietary Peptides at the BIO International Convention

...Organization (BIO), founded in 1993,is a nonprofit association that represents more than 1,100biotechnology companies, state and international affiliates, andrelated organizations. BIO is widely known for the BIOInternational Convention, a four-day annual biotechnology showcasethat draws about 20,000 attendees. ...

Introgen Presents ADVEXIN Biomarker Data at Major Cancer Conference

...monthsin patients whose tumors had normal p53. The association betweenthe abnormal p53 biomarker and increased survival following ADVEXINtherapy was highly statistically significant (p=0.0007). The abnormal p53 biomarker was also associated with astatistically significant increase in tumor responses to ADVEXI...

CuraGen Announces New Preclinical Results with Belinostat and Velafermin to be Presented at AACR Annual Meeting

...chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells in association with NF-.B inactivation," (Abstract #1835) during the conference's Targeted Agents and Other Novel Therapies poster session on Monday, April 16th in the Exhibit Hall, Poster Section 7 on Poster Board #21 Velafermin, protein fo...

DNA Therapeutics Reports a Novel Mechanism of Action and a Biomarker of its Lead Molecule Dbait That Open an Innovative Pathway-Targeting in Molecular Cancer Therapy

...nes treated by intra-tumoral injection ofDbait, in association with radiotherapy, is significantly increasedin a dose-dependent manner. MRI and cytology analysis of tumorsshows that Dbait strongly enhances irradiation-induced necrosis andapoptosis. New finding: The present study aims at deciphering theunderlyin...

Gloucester Pharmaceuticals Announces Multiple Presentations of Preclinical Romidepsin Data at American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting

...human chroniclymphomocytic leukemia (CLL) cells in association with NF-kBinactivation" will be presented in a poster session on Monday,April 16 from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm. Dr. Yun Dai et al of the VirginiaCommonwealth University and Massey Cancer Center are authors. Abstract #2484 "Histone deacetylase inhibitor ...

Researchers Discover a Common Variation in a Gene Segment that Increases the Risk for Prostate Cancer

..., lead scientist of CGEMS. An initial genome-wide association study was conducted in 2,329men from across the United States who are participating in the NCIsProstate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial(PLCO) that began in 1993. The PLCO analysis compared 1,172 menwith prostate cancer to 1,157 ...

ACC Presentation Indicates Interleukin-1 Gene Variants Determine Increased Risk for Coronary Artery Disease from Oxidized Phospholipids

...thepro-inflammatory IL-1 genotypes demonstrated no association betweenOxPL levels and CAD. These findings were found to be independent ofother standard risk factors, including C-reactive protein. "Oxidized phospholipids play a critical role in the initiationand progression of cardiovascular disease. These new...

Diabetes Linked to Higher Parkinson's Risk

...ople inthe general population. The study found the association between thetwo diseases existed for both men and women, independently of otherconfounding factors. "Diabetes might increase the risk of Parkinson's disease partlythrough excess body weight," the researchers hypothesized, sincetheir work showed that ...

Study Presented at the ACC Shows Inflammatory Enzyme Lp-PLA2 Predicts Heart Disease Risk in Metabolic Syndrome Patients

...ession,confirm previous findings demonstrating the association betweenelevated Lp-PLA2 and coronary heart disease. Investigators at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City usedthe PLAC test from diaDexus to measure Lp-PLA2 levels in bloodsamples from almost 1,500 patients enrolled in the IntermountainHeart Coll...

Use of Sequenom's MassARRAY System Leads to Significant Scientific Advances in Understanding Cancer, Diabetes and Drug-Resistant Malaria

...cGill University andPasteur Institute, studied the association between type 2 diabetes,environmental factors and ...and National CancerInstitute, found evidence of an association between breast cancerand CASP8 D302H. Mutations such as BRCA1 and 2 account for lessthan 25% of the ...