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Data Available From Erbitux Phase III Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer

...5%), skin (42%/33%), brain(11%/9%), lung (11%/8%), spinal cord (4%/3%), and bone (4%/5%) inthe ERBITUX and radiation versus radiation alone arms,respectively. The incidence of Grade 3 or 4 late radiation toxicities weregenerally similar between the radiation therapy alone and theERBITUX plus radiation ther...

Beike Biotechnology Study Suggests Adult Stem Cells Show Promise for Peripheral Vascular Disease

...research and treatments for ataxia,cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and MS which are often coveredby China Stem Cell News (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.stemcellschina.com/">http://www.stemcellschina.com ),a leading stem cell news site. However, Beike also has broadexperience in research and...

Cytogen Presents Phase 1 Data Showing Promising Antitumor Activity and Safety Profile of Quadramet at International Myeloma Workshop

...e plain flare (7%), diarrhea (6%), infection (7%), spinal cordcompression (6.5%), arrhythmias (5%), and hematuria (5%). Patientswho receive QUADRAMET should be advised that for several hoursfollowing administration, radioactivity will be present in excretedurine. To help protect themselves and others in the...

Progenics and Wyeth Announce Positive Results from Three-Month Clinical-Extension Study of Subcutaneous Methylnaltrexone for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation in Patients with Advanced Illness

...in the central nervous system (CNS) - the brainand spinal cord. However, opioids also interact with the receptorsoutside the CNS, such as those affecting the gastrointestinal (GI)tract, altering intestinal motility and resulting in constipationthat can be debilitating. Patients suffering from OIC mayexperie...

Clinical Trial Suggests Bone Marrow Stem Cells Are Useful for Spinal Cord Injury; PrimeCell Therapeutics Provided Pre-Clinical Study

... autologous bonemarrow stem cells to patients with spinal cord injuries," saidGeffner, director of the stem cell program at the Junta deBeneficencia de Guayaquil. He emphasized that this work was donewith the help and support of the Junta de Beneficencia, BenemeritaSociedad de Lucha Contra el Cancer (SOLCA)...

In Vitro and In Vivo Data Show Alfacell's Onocanse is Active Against Naive and Chemoresistant Neuroblastoma Cells

...rve cells) are the maincomponents of the brain and spinal cord and of the nerves thatconnect them to the rest of the body. Approximately one in 100,000children develops neuroblastoma in the United States. About ONCONASE(R) ONCONASE is a first-in-class therapeutic product candidate basedon Alfacell's propr...

Expert Opinion Highlights Avigen's AV411 as Potential New Therapeutic for Neuropathic Pain and Opioid Withdrawal

...es or suppresses glial cell activation inbrain and spinal cord tissues and is effective in treating painsymptoms. Additionally, the article reports that AV411 potentiatesor augments morphine analgesia, while counteracting morphinetolerance, as well as diminishing morphine withdrawalbehaviors. "Based on all...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of Phase 1 ZFP Therapeutic Data at American Diabetes Association Meeting

...h is consistent with preclinical observations in a spinal cordparalysis model of statistically significant improvement in hindlimb function. To further investigate and confirm this finding of apotential nerve regeneration activity of SB-509 in DN we haveinitiated a repeat-dosing, single-blind Phase 2 trial ...

President Bush Ignores America's Plea for Support of Stem Cell Research

...ke cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, and spinal cordinjuries. "With this veto, President Bush has made it clear to thecitizens of this great nation that he will continue to rely onfactually incorrect information and the political pressure of anextremist minority on this issue. "With this veto,...

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Expresses Disappointment Over President Bush's Veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

...ation dedicated to finding cures and treatmentsfor spinal cord injuries and improving the lives of people livingwith paralysis, today expressed strong disappointment in PresidentBush's veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which wouldhave paved the way for advancements in stem cell research with t...

Trophos Publishes ALS Article in Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

...t the use of this compound to treat ALS,as well as spinal muscular atrophy. TRO19622 is currently in aPhase IIa clinical trial to establish its efficacy as a treatmentfor painful diabetic neuropathy. TRO19622 is representative of novel compounds identified usingthe proprietary neuronal cell screening platf...

Research Documents Scalable Production, Survival Following Engraftment and Positive Impact on Cardiac Function in Infarcted Rats for Geron's Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic for Heart Failure

...derived oligodendroglialprogenitor cells for acute spinal cord injury, the functionalcharacterization of hES...With our most advanced cell type,GRNOPC1 for acute spinal cord injury, we remain on track for thefiling of an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with ...

Remicade Two Year Data in Ankylosing Spondylitis Show Improvement in Spinal Mobility and Spinal Inflammation

...ADE-treated patients showed sustainedreductions in spinal inflammation through two years as detected bymagne...ed todetermine the long-term effect of REMICADE on spinal mobility. Thedouble-blind extension of this 24-week placebo-controlled studyutilized the Bath Ankylo...

Geron's Telomerase Inhibitor Cancer Drug Demonstrates Good Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability in Phase I/II Trial

...anembryonic stem cell-based therapeutics, with its spinal cord injurytreatment anticipated to be the first product to enter clinicaldevelopment. For more information, visit www.geron.com. This news release may contain forward-looking statements madepursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Se...

Research Indicates Geron's Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic for Spinal Cord Injury Evades Direct Attack by the Human Immune System

...ansplantationinto the lesion site of patients with spinal cord injury to inducetissue repair. Geron's develo...anembryonic stem cell-based therapeutics, with its spinal cord injurytreatment anticipated to be the first product to enter clinicaldevelopment. For more info...

Extensive Clinical Data on Erbitux Presented at the 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting

...5%),skin (42%/33%), brain (11%/9%), lung (11%/8%), spinal cord (4%/3%),and bone (4%/5%) in the ERBITUX and radiation versus radiationalone arms, respectively. The incidence of Grade 3 or 4 late radiation toxicities weregenerally similar between the radiation therapy alone and theERBITUX plus radiation ther...

New Data for Cytogen's QUADRAMET Reported at Annual ASCO Meeting

...re pain flare (7%), diarrhea (6%), infection (7%), spinal cordcompression (6.5%), arrhythmias (5%), and hematuria (5%). Patientswho receive QUADRAMET should be advised that for several hoursfollowing administration, radioactivity will be present in excretedurine. To help protect themselves and others in the...

In New Study, Duloxetine Was Equally Effective, Regardless of Switch Method, in Reducing Painful Symptoms in Ssri Non- or Partial-responders with Depression

...line mediated nerve signalling in the brainand the spinal cord. Based on pre-clinical studies, duloxetine is abalanced and potent reuptake inhibitor of serotonin andnorepinephrine/noradrenaline. Scientists believe its effect on painperception is due to increasing the activity of serotonin andnorepinephrine ...

Data Suggest Cymbalta Improved Functioning in Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

...lta Serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain and spinal cord arebelieved to both mediate core mood symptom...chemicals in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).While the mechanism of action of duloxetine is not fully known,scientists believe its effects ...

Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of ZFP Therapeutic Data From Nerve Regeneration Program at American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair Meeting

...rapy and Repair. The data generated, in a model of spinal cordinjury (SCI), demonstrate that treatment of the spinal cord at thetime of injury with a VEGF ZFP TF had a statistically significanteffect on recovery of hi...

Data Suggest Cymbalta Reduced Severity of Night Pain in Patients with Diabetic Nerve Pain

...lta Serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain and spinal cord arebelieved to both help regulate the percept...chemicals in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).While the mechanism of action of duloxetine is not fully known,scientists believe its effect o...

Genzyme and Bayer HealthCare Announce Detailed Interim Two-Year Alemtuzumab in Multiple Sclerosis Data Presented at AAN

...in which the immune system may attack thebrain and spinal cord. MS affects approximately 2.5 million peopleworldwide and approximately twice as many women as men. Theclinical course of MS is highly variable, but is typicallycharacterized by an initial relapsing and remitting phase whereepisodes of transient...

Lyrica Significantly Reduced Pain and Helped Patients Manage the Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Data Show

...in andpost-herpetic neuralgia, pain resulting from spinal cord injury,and adjunctive therapy for partial seizures in more than 60countries. In 2006, Lyrica was also approved in Europe for thetreatment of generalized anxiety disorder. DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information contained in this release isas of May ...

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

...rrounds and protects the nervefibers of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. There are fourtypes of MS with a wide variety of symptoms and different coursesof disease progression. RRMS is the most common form of MS,accounting for approximately 65 percent of all cases. It ischaracterized by inflammatory ...

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

...rrounds and protects the nervefibers of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. There are fourtypes of MS with a wide variety of symptoms and different coursesof disease progression. RRMS is the most common form of MS,accounting for approximately 65 percent of all cases. It ischaracterized by inflammatory ...

Laquinimod, a Novel Oral Compound, Showed Significant Reduction in Disease Activity in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)

... of the central nervous system affecting thebrain, spinal cord and optic nerves. Patients with MS may experience physical symptoms and/orcognitive impairments, including weakness, fatigue, ataxia,physical dysfunction, bladder and bowel problems, sensory effects,and visual impairment. MS also has a signific...

Study Supports Cost-Effectiveness of Medtronic's Spasticity Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy

...t directlyto the fluid-filled area surrounding the spinal cord, caneffectively reduce severe spasticity with...the management of severespasticity of cerebral and spinal origin, including stroke,cerebral palsy, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and multiplesclerosis. It...

Schepens Scientists Identify Key to Integrating Transplanted Nerve Cells Into Injured Tissue

Discovery promises to make retina, spinal cord and other centralnervous system transplants p...retinal disease, but also for those suffering from spinal cordinjuries and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's andAlzheimer's Diseases. "This is ...

Telomerase Presentations at the AACR 2007 Annual Meeting

...anembryonic stem cell-based therapeutics, with its spinal cord injurytreatment anticipated to be the first product to enter clinicaldevelopment. For more information, visit www.geron.com. This news release may contain forward-looking statements madepursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Se...

The Lancet Publishes PREVAIL Study Results Showing Lovenox Superiority Over Unfractionated Heparin for Reducing the Risk of Venous ThromboEmbolism in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke

...s, and dosage. When epidural/spinal anesthesia or spinal puncture is employed,patients anticoagulated or sc...eparinoids are at risk ofdeveloping an epidural or spinal hematoma, which can result inlong-term or permanent paralysis. The risk of these events is increase...

Data on Higher Dose of Copaxone and Data Showing Copaxone is Most Cost Effective

... of the central nervous system affecting thebrain, spinal cord and optic nerves. Patients with MS may experience physical symptoms and/or cognitiveimpairments, including weakness, fatigue, ataxia, physicaldysfunction, bladder and bowel problems, sensory effects, andvisual impairment. MS also has a signifi...

Data Published in Neurology Showed That Higher Dose of Copaxone Increased Efficacy in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)

... of the central nervous system affecting thebrain, spinal cord and optic nerves. Patients with MS may experience physical symptoms and/orcognitive impairments, including weakness, fatigue, ataxia,physical dysfunction, bladder and bowel problems, sensory effects,and visual impairment. MS also has a signific...

Randomized Phase III Trial Showed Erbitux Significantly Improved Secondary Endpoints of Progression-Free Survival and Disease Control in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients

...5%),skin (42%/33%), brain (11%/9%), lung (11%/8%), spinal cord (4%/3%),and bone (4%/5%) in the ERBITUX and radiation versus radiationalone arms, respectively. The incidence of Grade 3 or 4 late radiation toxicities weregenerally similar between the radiation therapy alone and theERBITUX plus radiation ther...

Boston Life Sciences, Inc. Announces Presentation of Cethrin Phase I/IIa 6-Month Results at 75th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

...1.0, 3.0, or 6 mg.) wasadministered to the injured spinal cord during surgicaldecompression/reconstruction. ...ical period immediately after amajor injury to the spinal cord. Following an SCI, about two-thirdsof patients undergo decompression/stabilization surgery. In ...

Data from Investigator-Sponsored Trial of Oncophage Cancer Vaccine in Glioma Presented at American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting

...imates that 20,500malignant tumors of the brain or spinal cord will be diagnosedduring 2007 in the United St...12,740 people willdie from these tumors. Brain and spinal cord tumors account forabout 1 percent of all cancers and 2 percent of all cancer-relateddeaths. Ab...

Data Available from Erbitux Phase III Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

...5%),skin (42%/33%), brain (11%/9%), lung (11%/8%), spinal cord (4%/3%),and bone (4%/5%) in the ERBITUX and radiation versus radiationalone arms, respectively. The incidence of Grade 3 or 4 late radiation toxicities weregenerally similar between the radiation therapy alone and theERBITUX plus radiation ther...

Survival Data Available From Erbitux Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

...5%),skin (42%/33%), brain (11%/9%), lung (11%/8%), spinal cord (4%/3%),and bone (4%/5%) in the ERBITUX and radiation versus radiationalone arms, respectively. The incidence of Grade 3 or 4 late radiation toxicities weregenerally similar between the radiation therapy alone and theERBITUX plus radiation ther...

Survival Data Available from Erbitux Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

...5%),skin (42%/33%), brain (11%/9%), lung (11%/8%), spinal cord (4%/3%),and bone (4%/5%) in the ERBITUX and radiation versus radiationalone arms, respectively. The incidence of Grade 3 or 4 late radiation toxicities weregenerally similar between the radiation therapy alone and theERBITUX plus radiation ther...

New Clinical Data for Cytogen's Quadramet and Prostacint to be Reported at Upcoming Major Medical Meetings

...re pain flare (7%), diarrhea (6%), infection (7%), spinal cordcompression (6.5%), arrhythmias (5%), and hematuria (5%). Patientswho receive QUADRAMET should be advised that for several hoursfollowing administration, radioactivity will be present in excretedurine. To help protect themselves and others in the...

In New Study, Duloxetine Reduced Non-specific Pain and Emotional Symptoms Associated with Depression

...line mediated nerve signalling in the brainand the spinal cord. Based on pre-clinical studies, duloxetine is abalanced and potent reuptake inhibitor of serotonin andnorepinephrine/noradrenaline. While the mechanism of action ofduloxetine in humans is not fully known, scientists believe itseffect on pain per...
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