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PSA TestingHow Much is Too Much?

...n the widespread prevalence of prostate cancer the search for markers more accurate than PSA are now being widely sought. Prior to their availability, PSA testing, while in a far more limited role, will continue to perform useful work....

Stanford Researchers Find Brain Pathway of Depression in Rats

...s." The work also may have implications for the search for newtreatments for depression. "You can use that common pathway as themost efficient, most direct targeted way to find truly specifictreatments," he said. Deisseroth, who sees many depressed patients in clinic, said hehas come to appreciate how t...

Major New Review Supports the Broader Potential of CeNeS COMT Inhibitor Discovery Programme

...seriousadverse effects will allow expansion of the search for morespecific, selective therapies for the treatment of cognitivedisorders". CeNeS has a leading position in the discovery of a novel seriesof COMT inhibitors with a programme currently focused on drugs fortreatment of Parkinson's disease. In a...

Three New Drugs Mark New Era in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

...tablished and novel treatments indicatethe need to search for further therapies and treatment principlesto increase response rates and to achieve high frequencies ofremission or even cure in rheumatoid arthritis. The prospects arehere." Professor Josef Smolen, Division of Rhe–umatology, MedicalUniver...

Trial Results with Intranasal Fentanyl Hold Promise for Treatment of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer

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Landmark Study Published in the New England Journal of Medicine Shows Important Benefits of Eprodisate (KIACTA) Treatment for Patients with Amyloid A (AA) Amyloidosis

...AT), recognized as a landmarkclinical trial in the search for a treatment of AA amyloidosis. Theresults of the Phase II/III clinical trial for eprodisate(KIACTA(TM)) demonstrate that this product candidate offersimportant clinical benefits to patients by reducing the progressionof AA amyloidosis-associated ...

Investigational Drug Cediranib (AZD2171) Shows Promise in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma (GBM)

...being investigatedas part of a wide-ranging signal search program in other tumorssuch as glioblastoma. Commenting on these results, Dr. Tracy Batchelor, MD, chief ofNeuro- Oncology in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) CancerCenter, Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical Schooland lead a...

Promising Results with Epratuzumab and Chemotherapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

...s chosen to evaluate our antibody in their ongoing search fornew treatments for childhood leukemia. We will continue to expandthe application of epratuzumab to other B-cell malignancies,"remarked Ms. Cynthia L. Sullivan, Immunomedics' President and ChiefExecutive Officer. The most common toxicities were gr...

DP-b99 Phase IIb Trial Results to be Presented at the European Stroke Conference

... may be viewedusing the European Stroke Conference search engine at: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eurostroke.eu/gla_searching.htm">http://www.eurostroke.eu/gla_searching.htm DP-b99, discovered and developed by D-Pharm, is a uniqueneuroprotective drug that addresses an array of damaging proc...

Immunicon Will Exhibit CellCapture CTC Mouse/Rat Kit and EasyCount System for Automated Cell Counting at AACR

...ug developmentprograms. These companies diligently search for tools to move drugtargets from discovery to product launch as cost-effectively andquickly as possible. Rare cells, such as Circulating tumor cells(CTCs) and circulating endothelial cells (CECs), can be used asbiomarkers, and protein and gene expr...

Scientists Implicate Gene in Vitiligo and Other Autoimmune Diseases

...go sometimes turns white. The researchers began a search for genes involved in vitiligoalmost a decade ago ...know what the gene is, we can use thatknowledge to search for the signals that trigger autoimmunedisease. All autoimmune diseases involve the interaction of ...

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

...k systematically across the entire humangenome and search for common genetic variations that confer riskfor prostate cancer, a very common and very complex disease saidStephen Chanock, M.D., director of NCIs Core Genotyping Facility inthe Advanced Technology Center. Identification of new regions like 8q24 ...

Hollis-Eden Announces Cancellation of Acute Radiation Syndrome RFP by Department of Health and Human Services

...together, that isclearly not the case. The ongoing search for a potentially idealagent may never be realized and at the very least is years away. Inthe meantime, Americans are left unprotected from what numerousgovernment officials claim is the greatest threat we face as anation. "We know that this is not ...