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Investigational Drug Being Pursued for the Treatment of Ischaemic Stroke

...ificant role in influencing stroke outcome. Ancrod directly targets fibrinogen and has the potential to treat strokes by rapidly lowering fibrinogen levels," said David E. Levy, MD, Vice President of Clinical Development for NTI. "We are aggressively recruiting patients worldwide for the ASP-I and ASP-II st...

Human Stem Cell Therapy Restores Motor Function to Paralyzed Rats

... neural cells, by grafting human neural stem cells directly into the spinal cord we can achieve a progressive recovery of motor function," said lead researcher Dr. Martin Marsala, Professor of Anesthesiology, whose study has been published in the journal Neuroscience. "This could some day prove to be an eff...

Now, Natural Looking, Energy Efficient Robotic Ankles for Amputees

...s could one day evolve into prostheses that attach directly to bone and draw on neural implants and sensors for automatic feedback and control. "Human beings aren't disabled. It's the technology that is provided to human beings that is disabled," Herr said. Herr and his group recently demonstrated their Act...

Genetic Code That Helps Kill Colon Cancer Cells Identified

...-34a gene was turned on by p53, and that p53 bound directly to the genetic material near miR-34a to promote its activation. This indicates that p53 controls miR-34a. When the researchers put miR-34a into colon cancer cells in further experiments, the found that it killed cells that contained p53, but fewer...

Sunbathers Beware of Skin Cancer, Dermatologists Warn

...ted that about 90 percent of skin cancer cases are directly related to sun exposure, with the rest related to genes. "Some people are a lot more prone to developing skin cancer," Lee said. Those include fair-skinned people who burn rather than tan, people who have previously had melanoma or have a family ...

India Main Source of Counterfeit Medicines Seized in Europe

...are manufactured, as the goods will not be shipped directly to the intended market. But since India is a significant producer of medicine, the seized counterfeit medicines are thought to be manufactured in India. The UAE is not a producer of medicines, but the Emirate is used to hide the origin of the fak...

AutoGenomics Addresses TB Crisis With a Genetic Drug Resistance Test

...entify the presence of multi- drug resistant TB by directly detecting the resistance gene in the mycobacteria". MDR-TB (Multidrug Resistant TB) is a type of mycobacterium tuberculosis that is resistant to at least the two main first-line TB drugs - isoniazid and rifampicin. XDR-TB is MDR-TB that is also res...

Long Island Seniors Rally for Rx Affordable Prescription Drugs and Cell Phone Protections

... an emergency. The AARP members took their message directly to their legislators during a "whistle stop" bus tour of Nassau and Suffolk counties that stopped at more than over 15 district offices of state senators and assembly members. "We are visiting district offices in both counties to call on our legisl...

China Repudiates Warning on Its Toothpaste

... New York Times report. Panamas death toll leads directly to Chinese companies that made and exported the poison as 99.5 percent pure glycerin. Forty-six barrels of the toxic syrup arrived via a poison pipeline stretching halfway around the world. Through shipping records and interviews with government offi...

Stress Protein Inactivation Cuts Alzheimer's Peptide in Mice

...sed amyloid beta by previous studies. When they directly placed CRF in the mouse brain, amyloid beta levels rose immediately. However, when mice were given a CRF blocker, stressed animals did not display increased amyloid beta. "There are very few known environmental risk factors for Alzheimer's disease...

Effects of 'starvation Hormone'-Newly Identified in Low-carb Diets

...aid. Kliewers group showed that FGF21 is induced directly by PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) in liver in response to fasting in mice. Scientists have known that PPAR controls fats use as an energy source during starvation. In addition, some drugs that lower 'bad' cholesterol work by targe...

FDA Approves Divigel(R) for Treatment of Hot Flashes Linked With Menopause

...imately 5 x 7 inches on the thigh where it absorbs directly into the bloodstream without having to pass through the liver. Divigel(R) also offers dosing flexibility with three different strengths (0.25 mg estradiol/day, 0.5 mg estradiol/day and 1.0 mg estradiol/day) to individualize treatment for each woman a...

Talcum Powder Curbs Lung Tumor Risk

... because most clinicians have injected the hormone directly into patients. The hormone breaks down in the body before it has a chance to slow the spread of cancer, Antony said. It was there, it had a very short half life, it was gone, Antony said. What weve done is caused the normal pleural mesothelial cell...

Cord Blood Transplant Benefits Blood Cancer Patients

... marrow transplants. This is the first study that directly compares matched bone marrow, which is currently considered the preferred graft, with matched and mismatched umbilical cord blood. In this study, the investigators compared outcomes of pediatric leukemia patients who received unrelated bone marrow ...

InfoLogix, Inc. the Leading Healthcare Technology Company SaysHealthcare Informatics

...er decisions." InfoLogix provides solutions that directly address three of the top four technology needs ide...HIMSS leadership survey, as well as solutions that directly address the top four areas identified by the World Health Organization for the prevention of medical...

Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Expected to End Deadly Scourge

... meningococcal meningitis. Those who have not been directly affected know the terrible impact that the disease has on the community. There is a lot of support for the clinical study and the new vaccine in the Bamako community, said Dr. Samba Sow, principal investigator at CVD-Mali. Meningitis is an infectio...

Scientists Observed Live Cell Migration

Johns Hopkins researchers have found a way to directly observe cell migration -- in real time and in living tissue. Cell, the scientists say their advance could lead to strategies for controlling both normal growth and the spread of cancer, processes that depend on the programmed, organized movement of ...

APEC Agree to Share Bird Flu Samples

...quarter of 2003 even though only 8,000 people were directly affected. "Any flu pandemic would have a vastly greater impact," he said. Scientists fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a form easily spread among humans, leading to a global pandemic with the potential to kill millions....

Radical Idea of Implanting Tiny Electrodes to the Deaf

...promised superior results was implanting a device directly in the auditory nerve. Now, however, scientists have shown in animals that its possible to implant a tiny, ultra-thin electrode array in the auditory nerve that can successfully transmit a wide range of sounds to the brain. The studies took place a...

Dartmouth Professor Makes Case for Ethically Universal Stem Cell Lines

...says, The six approaches differ in technique, most directly in how the blastocyst is created. The blastocyst, where hESCs are found, is the three- to five-day-old embryo that has not yet been implanted in the uterus. Since many people regard the normal human blastocyst as morally deserving of protection, the ...

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