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FDA Nanotechnology Task Force takes positive step forward

...ential of nanotechnology to affect virtually every product category FDA regulates—from pharmaceuticals and devices to cosmetics and food supplements— and in calling for a wide range of FDA actions to prepare for and execute its oversight role. While available evidence does not suggest that all materials with...

Researchers Discover How Cancer Evades the Immune System

...and over-production of B7-H4, a gene whose protein product inhibits immune activation. The human colorectal cancers, however, showed variations in their immune signatures, which researchers saw as an indication of the need to understand the signature for each patient's individual cancer. "I see it as th...

Beijing Says Food Safe for Olympic Athletes, Tourists

...istributors within 30 minutes and pull any suspect product from the shelves," said Tang Yunhua, in charge of logistics at the administration. A key part of China's food safety problem lies in the structure of the industry, which is dominated by small firms, many of which have no government licences. Howe...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...If we get this right, in 10 to 15 years time every product will be a green product. 'Live Earth is a big step in the right direction.' Howard added. 'Arnold Schwarzenegger put it well when he said in Washington DC: "We need to make the environment cool and sexy."' Organisers deny that Live Earth will be a...

Dow Acquires Wolff Walsrode from Bayer

...ll cater to formulators and brand owners whose end product label claims are underpinned by advanced cellulosics....

FDA Extends GRAS Approval Listex to All Food Products

...acteriophages. The FDA and USDA have approved this product from The Netherlands as GRAS, based on extensive s...e increased safety does not come at the expense of product characteristics. US food processors can now benefit from LISTEX(TM), like their European counterpart...

EpiCept Accelerates Development of Phase I Clinical Study for Cancer

... EpiCept on the clinical development of EPC2407, a product with a new mechanistic approach, which could offer significant advantages in the fight against cancer." EpiCept President and Chief Executive Officer Jack Talley commented, "We are pleased to be joined by Tower Cancer Research Foundation in the dev...

Contraceptive Spray Shows Positive Clinical Trial Result

...e with Estradiol in hormone therapy, with its lead product containing estradiol currently in pre-registration in the USA. This, along with in-vitro results from a number of formulations containing Estradiol, gives the company confidence that it can deliver this novel combination contraceptive through the s...

Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Scanning

...able at this time. Gould also says, This medical product is out there on the market, and physicians and their patients trust it, yet there is a big problem with it. Since PET-CT proved ideal for cancer, body and brain imaging, everyone assumed its application to the heart would work with the same protocols...

NanoSensors Provides Update on Its Biosensor to Detect E.coli and Salmonella

...salmonella announced today an update regarding its product development timeline for its biosensor. The Compa...mence field testing the prototype of its biosensor product as it had previously expected. Although the Company continues to review multiple alternatives in o...

Tenaxis Medical Inc. Announces First Human Use of Vascular Sealant

...scular sealant, ArterX(TM). The investigational product was used on a 74 year old man suffering from vascu...rgery and said "the procedure went flawlessly, the product was deployed over the top of the sutures, and on clamp release there was absolutely no bleeding." Th...

Star Health Grants Boon To India's HIV-Affected

... In addition, the company has also come out with a product called `Red Carpet' for senior citizens. It offers hospitalization benefits only , for people above 60 years and up to 69 years, at entry level and assured renewals thereafter. The premium would be fixed (Rs.5, 000 to Rs. 10,000) for a cover of Rs. ...

Pumpkins Could Be Showing Insulin Injections The Door Soon

...ustry: "Pumpkin extract is potentially a very good product for pre-diabetic people, as well as those who already have diabetes." The team had found that diabetic rats fed on pumpkin extracts had only 5 per cent less plasma insulin and 8 per cent fewer insulin-positive (beta) cells than healthy rats. Accord...

European Commission Seeks To Dispel The Darkness Out Of Sunscreens

...nsumers must be made fully aware that no sunscreen product can provide 100 per cent protection against hazardous ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The best rating system Sun Protection Factor (SPF) describes only the protection against UV-B rays, not the more harmful UVA rays, which cause premature skin ageing a...

Government Policies and Booming Economy Keep Indian Healthcare in Top Shape

... industry. India's recognition of pharmaceutical product patents and establishment of new regulatory bodies... expenditures to 2.0 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2010, as stated in the National Health Policy, the government will help to increase the num...

30 Dead as Dengue Fever Epidemic Hits Myanmar: Report

...tion spends just 0.5 percent of its gross domestic product on health. Dengue fever is on the rise across Southeast Asia. In Cambodia at least 132 people have died this year, while Myanmar's neighbour Thailand has reported 21,000 cases in 2007, a 36 percent increase on last year. The virus, which leads to...

Indian Boffins to Fight Wrinkles With Camels' Milk

...s are hoping to turn camels' milk into a skin-care product that would wipe away wrinkles and lighten the complexion, a report said Monday . The government's team of camel researchers, which has already pioneered such products as camel milk ice cream, said it has found cosmetic properties in the hardy mamma...

Advancement in Gene Associated With Colon Cancer

...on - the Israel Institute of Technology. Its the product of an ongoing Michigan-Israel collaboration, the Molecular Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer project, which for 10 years has searched for clues to colon cancers genetic roots using samples from large numbers of people in Israel with known ancestral h...

Switzerland Approves Brain Cancer Vaccine

...whole field has opened up with this vaccine." The product works by combining the patient's immune cells with so-called cancer biomarkers from the tumor. DCVax-Brain allows the immune system to fight the disease without side effects. Studies found the medicine delays recurrence of the tumor by 18.1 months fo...

Man Hospitalised in Sicily With Allergic Reaction to Counterfeit Toothpaste

...g has no writing in Italian and indicates that the product was manufactured in Brazil, Turkey, South Africa or Spain....

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