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New Generation - Medicinal Products

...e to the filing of two patents. An unquestioned advance in the daily routine of patients, this technique might also be popular with the major pharmaceutical companies, as it would constitute an added value for traditional drugs, which could be presented in a sustained-release formulation. Source-Eure...

Dual Gene Therapy Suppresses Lung Cancer in Preclinical Test

...ing proteins. Roth expects the research team to advance combination therapies to clinical trials in the coming years, either of genes or of genes with other biologic or chemotherapy agents. 'We certainly hope this approach will be more effective but we also think it's likely to be much less toxic, with ...

New Gene to Help in Understanding Alzheimer’s Diseas

...overy of this genetic risk factor is definitely an advance in understanding the disease and expressed well by Rudy Tanzi, of the Mass General Institute of Neurodegenerative Disease in Cambridge, Mass.'It is still necessary to know of every gene that is involved in AD risk," said "No matter what the effect on...

Study Finds Astaxanthin Is Potent Inhibitor of Oxidation in Cell Membrane Model

...in part, the impetus for Cardax Pharmaceuticals to advance an astaxanthin-based derivative into an IND development program,” according to Fredric Pashkow, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Company and former head of U.S. Medical Affairs for cardiovascular drugs at Sanofi-Aventis. Pa...

Glaucoma: Silently Stealing Sight from Millions

... begin with the loss of peripheral vision and then advance to a narrow area known as ‘tunnel vision.’ If left untreated, it can lead to total blindness. Sadly, most people don't notice symptoms until they have already lost significant vision and, unfortunately, this loss is irreversible.” Dr. Iwach said th...

Paying Attention Sets Off Symphony of Cell Synchronization

...n Nature Neuroscience. It was published Dec. 17 in advance of the print version on Advance Online Publication (AOP) on Nature Neuroscience's Web site. Each participant in the study wore a cap with 64 electrodes to record their brain waves. The brain waves fluctuated in sync with flickering stimuli that app...

The Outbreak of Influenza is Now Predicted

...the predictions of influenza activity 2-4 weeks in advance in the Jan 15th issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. // Though there are outbreaks of influenza any time of the year, their incidence and severity can be announced which would act as a caution to people to opt for preventive measures like vaccinat...

Clues to Allay Aging

... the DNA within a living cell gets damaged, it may advance the aging process of an individual. This is especially true if the cell is too weak to help itself to rejuvenate and repair itself. This was reported in a study published in the scientific journal Nature. "Damage occurring in the DNA can actually c...

First Gene Chip Discovered by Cincinnati Researchers

...patient. "The jaundice chip is an extraordinary advance for our patients with liver diseases. It will improve diagnostic accuracy for perplexing diseases in infants and children, potentially decrease the need for invasive and costly studies, and allow us to develop specific treatment plans based on the co...

Anti Allergy Drugs Reduce Tumor Growth

...gemcitabine. The finding may lead to a treatment advance for patients with pancreatic cancer, believed to be the most lethal of all cancers. More than 95 percent of patients diagnosed with the disease die from it, and half of those deaths occur in the first six months after diagnosis. "Our goal is to off...

The 70 and Above Would Do Well With Brain Training, to Maintain Mental Agility

...eir cognitive abilities to keep them alert as they advance in age, researchers said. Previous insights have indicated the benefits of engaging the brain in crossword puzzles and mind games. The study led by Sherry Willis, a human-development professor at Penn State University and published in the journal f...

Olive Oil Emulsions Prevent Cardiac Bypass Surgery

... a short time after stent insertion) were the next advance in this field. "There are still a small number of patients with arteries that cannot be stented because of anatomic obstacles," said Dr. Savage, who is also associate professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. ...

Inhaled Particles Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer

...mokers. The studies in the special issue help to advance scientific understanding of the relationships between particles and cancer. Dr. McCunney underscores the need for further research in key areas, including how size, shape, and other particle characteristics affect their behavior in the atmosphere and...

Surprising Interaction Between Genes, Gender, and Hypertension

...ne and Pharmacology, whose study is now on-line in advance of publication in the January issue of the journal Hypertension. The research team found that the gene-by-sex interaction was the rule, not the exception in their study of a large, community-based sample of primary care patients in Southern Califo...

Does the Home Medicine Chest Warrant the Emergency Contraceptive Pill?

...sult of making the morning-after pill available in advance without proper medical advice from a practitioner who knows her personal and family history.” At present the pill can be bought only against a prescription. If the pill were to be made available as a retail purchase, apart from the cost of a single ...

Folic Acid Supplementation in Bread: Boon to Neonates and Curse to Pensioners

...plan pregnancy and take a folic acid supplement in advance is unrealistic in many cases." But this can cause problem to pensioners. Hence Dr John Parker-Williams working at St George's Hospital, London said, "People should get their folates from a balanced diet - the best sources are leafy green vegetables,...

Medical Text Takes on an Aussie Style

...gy textbook was launched on December 6 and aims to advance the understanding of medical terms. Sue Walker and Jenny Nicol, from QUT's School of Public Health, have spent two years turning the American spelling, terminology, descriptions and definitions of a medical text into Australian style. The Languag...

Montreal Researchers And US Develop Model Of Key Immune-System Component

...ent and CEO of Genome Quebec, this significant new advance is a further illustration of the tremendous talent of Quebec scientists and the precision that can be achieved by genomics and proteomics, two approaches that yield concrete results. "I would like to congratulate Dr. Desjardins and his team. Their ve...

Exercise In Childhood Provides Lifelong Benefits

...es later in life. The study is now available in an advance online edition of the journal and will appear in a print edition in 2007. 'Our study demonstrates that exercise when young may reduce the risk of fractures later in life, and the old exercise adage of 'use it or lose it' may not be entirely applic...

Altered Sodium Channel Function Linked to Heart Failure

...this study, which appears online on November 22 in advance of publication in the December print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, it was shown that overexpression of CaMKII in cultured heart muscle cells from rabbits and as a transgene in mice altered Na+ channel function. CaMKII mediated these...

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