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...l in ruling out other mononucleosis-like illnesses induced by cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, or Toxoplasma gondii. The characteristic triad of fever, pharyngitis, and lymphadenopathy lasting for one to four weeks, together with the age of the patient (most typically adolescent) suggest the clinical diagnosis o...... evaluatedin a rat model wherein breast tumors are induced via a knowncarcinogenic compound. In the study, the hormone progesterone wasshown to increase the number of growing tumors. Conversely, theadministration of Proellex exhibited an inhibitory effect resultingin not only a regression of the size of tumo...Rosetta Genomics and Weizmann Institute Scientists Identify Role of microRNA in Cancer Suppression
... in-vivo in mice as wellas in cultured human cells induced the expression of a specificmicroRNA (miR-34a). Based on the likelihood that miR-34a coulditself play a role in cellular apoptosis, researchers introducedmiR-34a directly into human cancer cell lines to determine itsimpact on tumor cell behavior. The......mmune cells. A Th1 type immune response is usually induced by viral or bacterial infection, or also by potentvaccination / immunotherapy. A Th2 type immune response usually manifests an allergic reaction. This foregoing press release may contain forward-looking statementsthat include words or phrases such a......d via nasal administration. The combinationvaccine induced antibodies in the serum of mice and protectedagainst subsequent exposure to high doses of a combination of thenatural A, B, and E serotype neurotoxins. Further, the combinationvaccine can induce protection when given mucosally as a booster toanimals ...... regression. In Phase I/II trials, perifosine has induced tumor regressionsand/or caused disease stabilization in a variety of tumor types.Perifosine has shown single agent partial responses or long termdisease stabilizations in solid tumors including, renal,hepatocellular, sarcoma and prostate cancer. Ther...... cardiotoxicity, whiledoxorubicin and mitoxantrone induced significant cardiac damage.The studies compared the cardiac side effects of equiactive dosesof pixantrone to doxorubicin and mitoxantrone in mice pre-treatedwith a cardiotoxic dose of doxorubicin as well as in mice withoutprior treatment. The article......s reported. Indiabetic rats, dapagliflozin acutely induced renal glucoseexcretion at doses ranging from 0.01-1.0 mg/kg of body weightwithout inducing hypoglycemia. Additionally, as early as two hoursafter a single oral dose, there was a statistically significantreduction in plasma glucose levels in diabetic ......response toelectrical stimulus, have no measurable induced nerve conductionvelocity or NCV but are still functional. Typically, diabetics withblocked nerves have more severe symptoms of neuropathy. Following asingle treatment with SB-509, recovered and improved NCV wereobserved in this subject over a six-mon...Avalon Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Interim Results For AVN944 Phase I Trial
...nthe cancer cells. Direct markers of apoptosis are induced at thesehigher levels, including members of the Bcl2 gene family which playa critical role in programmed cell death. Additionally, the IMPDHenzyme is inhibited and GTP pools are also depleted for moresustained time periods in treated patients. Poten...... of advanced breast cancer in women withnatural or induced postmenopausal status whose disease hasprogressed following anti-oestrogen therapy. Efficacy has not beendemonstrated in patients with oestrogen receptor negative status.Previously, the IES study has demonstrated an overall survivalbenefit for exemes......e, 100 ?gand 300 ?g, were tested in the trial. The induced anti-angiotensinantibody levels were significantly...blood pressure due to asustained antibody response induced by vaccination. About Cytos Biotechnology AG Cytos Biotechnology AG is a public Swiss biotechnolo...... of advanced breast cancer in women withnatural or induced postmenopausal status whose disease hasprogressed following anti-oestrogen therapy. Efficacy has not beendemonstrated in patients with oestrogen receptor negative status.Previously, the IES study has demonstrated an overall survivalbenefit for exemes...New Positive Pre-clinical Data for Active Biotech's RA Project I-3D
...hibitorsuppressing disease development in collagen induced arthritis",please visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.activebiotech.com/">www.activebiotech.com . Active Biotech AB is a biotechnology company focusing onresearch and development of pharmaceuticals. Active Biotech has astrong R&D p......nical models, asingle injection of 227Th-rituximab induced complete tumorregression in up to 60% of tumours without apparent toxicity. Therapy with 227Th-rituximab was significantly more effectivethan the control radioimmunoconjugate 227Th-trastuzumab, which doesnot bind CD20, and the standard beta particle...... derived frommouse liver, because the liver can be induced to sprout new bloodvessels when regenerating itself following partial surgicalremoval. By comparing the gene expression profiles of endothelialcells from regenerating liver to those derived from tumor-bearinglivers, the researchers found 13 distinct ...... cells. The serafrom the remaining two individuals induced only 10% GRNOPC1 celllysis. GRNOPC1 is an allogeneic population of cells containingoligodendroglial progenitors that is intended for transplantationinto the lesion site of patients with spinal cord injury to inducetissue repair. Geron's development ......at this vaccinecandidate increases both native and induced types of Foxp3+ Tregsagainst a broad population of pathogenic T cell families is alsoimportant as it provides further insight into the targetedmechanism of NeuroVax(TM). Orchestra Therapeutics is investigatinghow this TCR peptide vaccine technology, ......such as testosterone and estradiol.This chemically induced and reversible castration is of therapeuticbenefit in the treatment of hormone sensitive tumours such asbreast and prostate. Triptorelin is the active ingredient ofDecapeptyl(R) and Diphereline(R) available as 1- and 3-monthsustained release formulat...Santaris Pharma Presents Positive Clinical Data on SPC2996 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
...hocytes. There alsoappeared to be evidence of drug induced tumour responses. We lookforward to further studies with this interesting new agent inCLL." The Phase I/II study was primarily aimed at finding the optimumdose of drug to be given in longer term, more rigorously controlledtrials in CLL and Lymphoma,......pic nanoparticle bearing a cyto-ablativeconstruct, induced tumor regression, reduced tumor burden, andimprove... for both tumor destruction and activeimmunization induced by the targeted gene transfer approach. The literary allegory of Le Morte du Tumour and thecharac......in threshold showed synergisticinhibition of viral induced cell destruction, and similarsynergistic results were seen with the combination of Ampligen(R)with zanamivir. The study results are being presented at the ongoing 2ndInternational Conference on Avian Influenza, being held at thePasteur Institute. W......apy, showed thatin this 22-patient trial, INGN 241 induced killing in all treatedtumors, including in those patients who failed prior therapy withother anti-cancer agents. INGN 241 was well tolerated, and amaximum tolerated dose was not reached. Tumor growth control wasobserved in 44 percent of treated tumor...EntreMed's Aurora Kinase Inhibitor Induces Tumor Regression in Preclinical Models
...ll-tolerated doses.Orally-administered ENMD-981693 induced tumor regression withminimal toxicity in a preclinical xenograft model of humanleukemia. This activity is consistent with tumor regression inducedby ENMD-981693 in preclinical models of human tumors derived fromcolon, leukemia, and breast cancer cell...Cytos Reports Results from Phase I/IIa Study with CYT007-TNFQb for the Treatment of Psoriasis
...em to producean anti- TNF-? antibody response. The induced antibodies aim tobind TNF-? in order to inhibit its inflammatory activity. That way,the subsequent inflammatory process should be slowed down and thedeterioration of skin or other tissues reduced. For further information please contact: Cytos Biotec......studies suggest that this investigational approach induced goodclinical remissions and improved patients' quality of life comparedto placebo. Medical researchers from Hebrew University-HadassahMedical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, will today present clinicaltrial results at Digestive Disease Week 2007, the larg...PDL BioPharma Announces Long-Term Nuvion Data Presented at 2007 Digestive Disease Week
...itro culture experiment, the Nuvion antibody induced expansion of CD8+ T cells, and the CD8+ T cells possessed regulatory T cell activity. If confirmed in human studies, this mechanism may contribute to the observed long-term response to the Nuvion antibody in some patients with IVSR......MIRA was based on clinicaldata showing that HUMIRA induced and maintained remission in peoplewith Crohn's disease. This hospitalization data furtherdemonstrates the importance of maintaining remission in thesepatients." Important Safety Information Serious infections, sepsis, tuberculosis (TB) and opportun......s not known whether vaccine antigens or antibodies induced bythe vaccine are excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should beexercised when GARDASIL is administered to a nursing woman. A total of 995 nursing mothers (vaccine = 500, placebo = 495) weregiven GARDAS......ay roles in photoaging. Theformation of 8-oxo-G is induced by ROS from UVA irradiation,cigarette smoke, environmental stressors, endogenous enzymaticperoxidation reactions and normal mitochondrial metabolism. Thosementioned account for nearly all of the symptoms of premature skinaging. Long-term exposure con......immune cells. A Th1type immune response is usually induced by viral or bacterialinfection, or also by potent vaccination / immunotherapy. A Th2 type immuneresponse usually manifests an allergic reaction. This foregoing press release may contain forward-looking statementsthat include words or phrases such as...... Results from the study are: Hib immune response induced by the Hib-MenCY-TT combinationvaccine was non-inf...spectively). The Hib-MenCY-TT combination vaccine induced antibodies nearlytwo times higher than the monovalent Hib vaccine produced (7.99mcg/mL vs. 4.39 mcg/...New England Journal of Medicine Publishes New Data on Gardasil, Merck's Cervical Cancer Vaccine
...s not known whether vaccine antigens or antibodies induced bythe vaccine are excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should beexercised when GARDASIL is administered to a nursing woman. A total of 995 nursing mothers (vaccine = 500, placebo = 495) weregiven GARDAS...Discovery's KL-4 Surfactant Technology Demonstrates Novel Anti-Inflammatory Properties
...iple surfactants, including Surfaxin, on hyperoxic induced lunginjury in an in- vitro cell-culture model. The authors concludedthat Surfaxin reduced the inflammatory response and thereforeimproved cell survival and function compared with both a salinecontrol as well as Survanta(r) (beractant), an animal-deri...Alnylam Reports Results of Human Experimental Infection Model with Respiratory Syncytial Virus
...ay to treat a wide range ofhuman diseases. RNAi is induced by small, double-stranded RNAmolecules. One method to activate RNAi is with chemicallysynthesized small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, which aredouble-stranded RNAs that are targeted to a specificdisease-associated gene. The siRNA molecules are used by...IR BioSciences Announces Promising Data from Study of Its Compound Homspera
...pera elevates hostimmune responsiveness above that induced by vaccine alone system.These results are from an ongoing study, and are a strongindication that Homspera may demonstrate adjuvant capabilities, andthus be capable of augmenting host immune system responsiveness tovaccines for diseases such as pandem......nisms of Migraine Migraine pain is believed to be induced not only by the wideningof the blood vessels, or vasodilation, but also involvesneurochemical release and prostaglandin production. Thesemechanisms lead to inflammation, resulting in increased painperception and sensitization of nerves. Understanding......il adjuvant deliverysystem owned by Mercia Pharma, induced highly significant increasesin specific anti-HBV (hepatitis B virus) antibodies. These findingswere presented by Dr. Daniel Zimmerman, Senior Vice President ofResearch, Cellular Immunology at CEL-SCI at the 10th AnnualConference of the National Found......tential of AMT-020 to protect against acute attack induced byphenobarbital (Pb) in a mouse model of AIP. The ...s arenormally triggered when the haem synthesis is induced byinfections, stress, alcohol, hormones, or specific drugs. Theprevalence of symptomatic disease is ...Schepens Scientists Identify Key to Integrating Transplanted Nerve Cells Into Injured Tissue
...udy found that a molecule known as MMP-2 (which is induced bystem cells) has the ability to break down barrie... donor tissue (whole retina).They found that MMP-2 induced removal of the scar barrier andallowed healthy donor cells (of the whole retina) to make newconnecti......ng with ANX-514 than dosingwith Taxotere. Taxotere induced an anaphylactoid type reactionconsistent with hypersensitivity reactions, including acuteincreases in blood histamine levels and decreased blood pressure.In contrast, no hypersensitivity reactions, including no elevationsin histamine levels and no ch...Mode of Action of EpiCept-Licensed Cancer Compound Profiled at AACR
...uent tumor cell death. Myriad reported that Azixa induced cell death in several primarytypes of a tumor's en...n ovarian cancerxenografts, a single dose of Azixa induced dramatic tumor bloodvessel damage and tumor cell death within 24 hours. "Myriad's findings are an...... apoptosis of these tumorcells. Further, apoptosis induced by the combination treatment wasinhibited by pre-t...ucedabundance of XIAP but not Mcl-1, whereas API-2 induced Bim. Theeffect of roscovitine was mimicked by depletion of Cdk9, but notCdk7 by RNA interference. Mo......ical studies thatprovide evidence for chemotherapy induced angiogenesis andrationale for combining nab-paclit...s investigating mechanisticaspects of chemotherapy induced angiogenesis showed for the firsttime that nab-paclitaxel, as well as standard chemotherapies likeso...Clinical Update - Debio 025 Cyclophilin Inhibitor for the Treatment of HCV
... demonstrate that Debio025 monotherapy for 15 days induced a strong anti-HCV effect (3.6log10 reduction) in HIV-1/HCV coinfected patients. CypA and CypBlevels were measured in patients' PBMCs to investigate therelationship between CypA/CypB inhibition and antiviral effect.(October 31, 2006 press release). A......bitors maynot offer improvement in anti-angiogenic induced tumor suppressionover an extracellular, mono-specific blocker of VEGFR-2," commentedDr. Furfine. "CT-322's high affinity and selectivity for VEGFR-2achieved comparable anti-tumor effect to molecules that inhibit abroad range of kinases." "As cancer ...Myriad Genetics Presents Azixa's Mode of Action at AACR
...bsequent tumor cell death. Inrecent studies, Azixa induced cell death in several primary typesof endothelium, including micro-vessel endothelial cells. Moreover,in human ovarian cancer xenografts, a single dose of Azixa induceddramatic tumor blood vessel damage and tumor cell death within 24hours. "We are e......ay to treat a wide range ofhuman diseases. RNAi is induced by small, double-stranded RNAmolecules. One method to activate RNAi is with chemicallysynthesized small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, which aredouble-stranded RNAs that are targeted to a specificdisease-associated gene. The siRNA molecules are used by...Anadys Reports Preclinical Data Showing ANA773 Promotes Anti-Tumor Activity of Natural Killer Cells
...n oralToll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonist prodrug, induced the secretionof interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and v...tion of IFN-alpha,confirming the role of cytokines induced by the TLR7 agonist in thekilling of tumor cells. In addition to enhancing direct NK cell killing...... than 148proteins to which antibody responses were induced were identifiedand many of these proteins had not been identified previously asprostate cancer-associated antigens. These findings were presentedtoday by Dr. Thomas Harding and colleagues from Cell Genesys at theannual meeting of the American Associa...... the pathway forcancer cell apoptosis (cell death) induced by BZL101 while leavingnormal cells unaffected. As explained by Dr. Emma Shtivelman,Director of Cancer Research at Bionovo, the ability of BZL101 toinduce apoptosis is due to attenuation of mitochondrialtransmembrane potential (MTP) leading to the re......nationalJournal of Cancer, it was shown that M-Vax induced tumor shrinkagein 11/83 patients with surgically incurable stage IV melanoma. Except for statements that are historical, the statements inthis release are "forward-looking" statements that are madepursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27......afermin (rhFGF-20) reduces fractionated radiation- induced oral mucositis in hamsters," (Abstract #3758) during the conference's Cytosolic Signaling 2 poster session on Tuesday, April 17th in the Exhibit Hall, Poster Section 16 on Poster Board #15. About CuraGen CuraGen Corporation......erPresentation Title: "Cell death and autophagy induced by INNO-406, a novel Bcr-Abl inhibitor, in Philadelphia leukemias"Abstract Number: 2768Session: Poster Section 10, Cellular and Molecular Biology 31, Poster Board #...Nuvelo Announces Publication of NU206 Study Results in Gastroenterology
...ficacy of NU206 in reducing theseverity of colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS),trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS), and by non-steroidalanti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment in interleukin(IL)-10-deficient mice. NU206, also known as human R-spondin1, is a recombinant,secreted protein that ha......stract #689 "Oncogenic H-ras facilitates apoptosis induced byhistone deacetylase inhibitors in human urinary bladder cancercells" will be presented in a poster session Sunday, April 15 from8:00 am - 12:00 pm. Dr. Shambhunath Choudhary et al of theUniversity of Tennessee are authors. Abstract #1835 "The HDAC...CytRx Announces Positive Results of Arimoclomol in Preclinical Stroke Recovery Studies
... strokedrugs." In the present study, stroke was induced in rats by blockingblood flow to parts of the brain causing cerebral oxygendeprivation. The rats then received an oral dose of arimoclomol orcontrol substance daily for 35 days, beginning either 6, 12, 24 or48 hours after stroke was induced. Recovery...... Wnt Signaling: Implication for Wnt Ligand- induced LRP6 Down-regulation" from 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. -- Zhican Qu will be presenting poster (#8935) "Screening for Specific Anti-angiogenic Agents" from 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 -- Bo Xu will be presenting poster (#5055...Calando Pharmaceuticals Publishes Study Showing Anti-Cancer Effect with Lead RNAi Candidate
...ay to treat a wide range of humandiseases. RNAi is induced by small, double-stranded RNA molecules.One method to activate RNAi is with chemically synthesized smallinterfering RNAs, or siRNAs, which are double-stranded RNAs thatare targeted to a specific disease-associated gene. The siRNAmolecules are used by...... Alpha-2b in women with human papilloma virus(HPV) induced low-grade cervical lesions. The study showed a cl...ly used commercially as a treatment forcertain HPV induced lesions, but is not generally favoured due tothe fact that conventional administration requires pain...