Applying Clinical Findings to the Practice of Medicine
... ) skeletal defects Dupuytren's contracture ( ... backgrounds of representative degenerative skeletal disorders, like debilitating conditions such as ... cartilage conditions before beginning. skeletal Deformity The third Kappa Delta Award, named ...Enobia Pharma Initiates Clinical Testing of Enzyme Replacement Therapy to Treat Hypophosphatasia
... Key efficacy outcomes include assessment of skeletal and respiratory manifestations of the disease. ... severe perinatal or infantile form, with profound skeletal hypomineralization and respiratory compromise ... improved survival and prevented the skeletal and dental manifestations of the disease. About ...Phase IV Multi-center Clinical Study of Kutai Concludes in Nanjing
... that its patented version of Cisatracurium besylate, a pre-surgical skeletal muscle relaxant marketed as Kutai in China, has successfully concluded its ... successfully on September 2, 2008. Kutai is a non-depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant for intravenous administration. Compared to other ...Enobia Initiates Infantile Enzyme Replacement Trial for Rare Bone Disease
... severity ranges from the severe perinatal or infantile form, with profound skeletal hypomineralization and respiratory compromise often causing death, to a ... of ENB-0040 significantly improved survival and prevented the skeletal and dental manifestations of the disease. In addition to the ongoing ...Enobia Pharma Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Hypophosphatasia Product Candidate ENB-0040
... severity ranges from the severe perinatal or infantile form, with profound skeletal hypomineralization and respiratory compromise often causing death, to a ... ENB-0040 significantly improved survival and prevented the skeletal and dental manifestations of the disease. About Enobia Pharma Inc. ...Algeta Reports Positive Headline Phase II Data on Pain Palliation With Alpharadin
... survival, are the two key goals of anti-cancer therapy of patients with skeletal metastases." Commenting on today's further positive news with ... therapeutic based on the alpha particle emitter radium-223 and may target skeletal metastases from multiple cancer types, as well as primary bone cancers. ...Injection Reverses Heart-Attack Damage
... reawakened. Kuhn developed a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin that is abundant in the developing fetal heart (and in injured skeletal muscle) but scarce in adult hearts. When the patch was placed over the site of cardiac injury in rats, it induced cardiomyocyte proliferation and ...Risks of Delaying ACL Reconstruction in Young Athletes May Be Too High, Study Shows
... disturbance with early reconstruction of a torn ACL must be balanced against the risk of further knee damage by delaying treatment until closer to skeletal maturity. Our study measured the independent risk factors for and relative risk of meniscal and chondral injuries in pediatric ACL patients," said ...BioMarin Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for GALNS for Morquio A Syndrome
... of N-acetylgalactosamine 6-sulfatase (GALNS) causing excessive lysosomal storage of keratan sulfate (KS). This excessive storage causes a systemic skeletal dysplasia, short stature, and joint abnormalities, which limit mobility and endurance. Malformation of the thorax as well as macrophage dysfunction ...Metastatic Bone Disease Patients Can Walk in Lazarus' Footsteps
... organs. It occurs when cancer cells at an original site metastasize or travel to the bone. These metastases can become widespread throughout the skeletal system. Some bone metastases become painful because the tumor eats away at the bone (ostelolysis), creating holes that make the bone thin and weak. ...Amicus Therapeutics Suspends Enrollment for Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AT2220 for Pompe Disease
... AT2220 on GAA activity and on glycogen levels in various cells and tissues. Additional objectives include preliminary assessments of pulmonary and skeletal muscle function. Participants who complete the study may be eligible to participate in a voluntary extension study that will further evaluate the ...US Testing Proves Glyc'n Go(TM) Increases NO in the Blood Stream
... increasing blood nitrate/nitrate (NOx) in human subjects. Nitric oxide acts as a vasodilator and enables an increase in blood flow to the skeletal muscles. This is significant to 1.) increasing oxygen and nutrient delivery for cellular energy production and 2.) removing metabolic wastes such as ...Video: Answer to Curing a Failing Heart May Exist in Body's Own 'Do-It-Yourself' Repair Kit
... go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/ahi/35313/ Called MyoCell(R) Muscle Stem Cell Therapy, the unique transplant procedure actually uses skeletal muscle stem cells (myoblasts) from the patient's own body that are injected into the heart. This may create new functioning heart muscle. Arizona ...Bioheart Reports Promising Results From SDF-1 Modified MyoCell(R) Therapy in Heart Failure Study
... of MI, assessment of cardiac function in the presence and absence of SDF-1 and an assessment of the distribution and phenotype of the transplanted skeletal myoblasts in a total of seven differentiated study groups of approximately five subjects each. MRI assessments were conducted at one, four and eight ...International Team Locates Key Player in Muscle Regeneration
... A New Player in Muscle Regeneration" in the Journal of Cellular Physiology ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18546201?dopt=Abstract ). Adult skeletal muscle tissue can regenerate in response to direct injury, neurological dysfunction and genetic defects. This healing process begins with an ...Amicus Therapeutics Begins Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AT2220 in Pompe Disease
... AT2220 on GAA activity and on glycogen levels in various cells and tissues. Additional objectives include preliminary assessments of pulmonary and skeletal muscle function. Participants who complete the study may be eligible to participate in a voluntary extension study that will further evaluate the ...Genta Completes Initial Clinical Dosing of G4544, a New Oral Drug for Bone Diseases
... Low doses of the active ingredient in Ganite administered by intravenous or subcutaneous injections have shown clinical activity in a range of skeletal diseases, including hypercalcemia, bone metastasis (myeloma and breast cancer), Paget's disease, and osteoporosis. The initial clinical trial was a ...Genta Initiates First Clinical Trial with New Oral Drug (G4544) to Treat Bone Disease
... the clinical development program. "The active ingredient in G4544 has shown a consistently high level of clinical activity across a range of skeletal diseases," said Dr. Raymond P. Warrell, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genta. "Heretofore, an inconvenient dosing schedule has ...The Sturdier Sex?: Study by Pittsburgh Scientists Finds Female Stem Cells Work Better
... Stem Cells Isolated from Females Regenerate skeletal Muscle More Efficiently than Male Cells ... of female stem cells led to significantly better skeletal muscle regeneration," said Dr. Huard, also the ... cells leads to a much more significant level of skeletal muscle regeneration," she said. "The male cells ...Acceleron Pharma's ACE-031 Increases Muscle Mass and Strength in Preclinical Studies
... demonstrate substantial increases in skeletal muscle mass and strength." ACE-031, a ... of myostatin results in the selective increase in skeletal muscle mass and strength. In preclinical models, ACE-031 increased skeletal muscle mass and strength in disease models of ...Accelreon Pharma's ACE-031Shown to Increase Muscle Mass in Preclinical Studies
... demonstrate substantial increases in skeletal muscle mass and strength.² ACE-031, a ... of myostatin results in the selective increase in skeletal muscle mass and strength. In preclinical models, ... and effective therapies that selectively increase skeletal muscle mass and strength. About Acceleron ...Amicus Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data from Studies of Plicera for Gaucher Disease
... to cause the various symptoms of Gaucher disease, including an enlarged liver and spleen, abnormally low levels of red blood cells and platelets and skeletal complications. In some cases there is significant impairment of the central nervous system. Gaucher disease affects an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 ...Algeta to Present Phase II Clinical Study Data for Alpharadin in Prostate Cancer at ASCO
... based on positive Phase II results. Alpharadin is a novel bone-seeking therapeutic based on the alpha particle emitter radium-223 and may target skeletal metastases from multiple cancer types, as well as primary bone cancers. Algeta is also developing other technologies for delivering alpha emitters. ...New Data for Cytogen's QUADRAMET Reported at Annual ASCO Meeting
... pairs the targeting ability of a small molecule, bone-seeking phosphonate (EDTMP) with the therapeutic potential of radiation (samarium Sm-153). skeletal invasion by prostate, breast, multiple myeloma, and other cancers often creates an imbalance between the normal process of bone destruction and ...