Fat Horses Face Health Problems
.... However, based on the horses seen routinely in clinical practice at VMRCVM, the research team hypothesized the prevalence of overweight and obese horses was much higher than the reported 5 percent. We thought it was at a level of at least 15 percent, said Dr. Thatcher. The research team designed a prosp...Experts Propose New Criteria for Alzheimer's Diagnosis
...ate family. "These new criteria are centred on a clinical core of early and significant episodic memory impairment...the timeliness of these criteria is highlighted by the many drugs in development that are directed at changing pathogenesis," say the authors, whose proposal is put forward in a Position Pape...Stem Cells In Belly Fat To Enhance Or Reconstruct Breasts
...Chemical and Industry. Says Cytori's director of clinical applications, Dr Kai Pinkernell: "The supercharged...Brian Kinney, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, and clinical assistant professor of plastic surgery at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medic...Afro- American Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer
... The research was led by Edith P. Mitchell, M.D., clinical professor of medicine and medical oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Gloria Morris, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medical oncology at Jefferson Medical College. They compared clinical, molecular and demo...Delay in Cancer Diagnosis for Children
...attributed to gatekeeper-type healthcare systems , clinical presentation and stage of disease, as well as pare...f cancer in children are short and attributable to clinical presentation and healthcare system complexity, the impact of such delays on prognosis remains unclea...Boffins Identify Gene That can Protect Humans from Nephronopthisis
...llent example of how combining basic research with clinical studies can help uncovering mechanisms of human disease," said Henriette Uhlenhaut who carried out the research in Treier's lab. "The next step will be to translate the insights gained into new therapeutic approaches to develop alternatives to kidn...Government Policies and Booming Economy Keep Indian Healthcare in Top Shape
...l sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, clinical trials, medical devices and equipment, healthcare services, insurance, and outsourcing. New Country Industry Forecasts from the Frost & Sullivan Economic Research and Analytics team addressing the Indian Healthcare Industry reveals that opportunitie...Pharmacogenomic Market Gaining Greater Acceptance Across Europe
...se in its very early stage, consequently improving clinical outcomes, pharmacogenomic testing is slowly gainin...ceptance or rejection of pharmacogenomics. "With clinical applicability being the prime competitive factor in the market, it will be crucial for pharmacogenom...BioCryst Receives Special Protocol Assessment for Fodosine
...SPA) process for the design of its planned pivotal clinical trial of the oral formulation of the company's lead oncology compound, Fodosine(TM) (forodesine hydrochloride) in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. A Special Protocol Assessment is a request for feedback from the FDA that allows a company to ...Specific Protein is Instrumental in Myelination
...ith colleagues who are on the front line of direct clinical care. My colleagues in clinical research and care pioneered whole body cooling, which slows down brain damage underway in compromise...Experts Need to Include Children in Research
...t, the UKs first unit solely devoted to paediatric clinical research. The unit is run by researchers from Imperial College London and St Marys Hospital, and it is based next to the hospitals paediatric wards in Paddington. Professor Warner, who is Chair in Paediatrics and Head of the Department of Paediatr...Mutated Gene Zaps Pancreas Cancer in Mice
...creatic cancer and we are working to bring it to a clinical trial," said Abbruzzese. He estimated it will ta...d and Drug Administration requirements for Phase I clinical trial in humans. The side effects in mice were mild, they said, which is rare for cancer treatments....New Therapies for Kidney Diseases
...llent example of how combining basic research with clinical studies can help uncovering mechanisms of human disease, says Henriette Uhlenhaut who carried out the research in Treiers lab. The next step will be to translate the insights gained into new therapeutic approaches to develop alternatives to kidney...Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer in Mice
...creatic cancer and we are working to bring it to a clinical trial," says Dr. James Abbruzzese, Professor and C...rs report. Dr. Abbruzzese says that the phase I clinical trial will advance under a National Cancer Institute Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SP...FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients
...improvement in upper extremity function. Further clinical testing with stroke patients is under way at the Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital in Massachusetts. And a study involving patients with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury, including veterans of the Iraq war, is in the planning stages at t...Scientists Find New Way to Kill Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria
... patients, and to halt the spread of resistance in clinical settings," said senior study author Dr. Matt Redinbo, Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC-Chapel Hill. Almost every type of bacteria has become more resistant to antibiotic treatment in the last decade, and these bugs cause d...Now, 'virtual' Mouse Brains Available on the Net
...e more than 100,000 times higher resolution than a clinical MRI scan," said G. Allan Johnson, Duke's Charles E. Putman Distinguished Professor of radiology and professor of biomedical engineering and physics, whose innovation has been reported in the journal NeuroImage. The images available at http: www.ci...IFC to Invest About Rs.3 Billion in Max Healthcare
...any with interests in life insurance, health care, clinical research, and specialty plastics. "While the government is focusing its resources on increasing services to the rural areas, it is critical for the private sector to complement the public sector by expanding access to meet the demand," Guy Ellena, ...Roches Arthritis Drug Successful in III Stage Trail
... drug Actemra has proved successful in a phase III clinical study. Actemra helps relieve symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in difficult-to-treat patients in a clinical study thus bringing it closer to regulatory approval. The Radiate study was conducted over 24 weeks......west Biotherapeutics Inc. has made public that in clinical trials, patients treated with DCVax-Brain survived twice as long as those who did not receive the vaccine, and this too, without major side effects. The financial angle was supported by Navid Malik, an analyst at Collins Stewart, who was quoted: Th...