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Cadbury Indicted on Salmonella Scare

...oncerned authority about the possible danger after discovering traces of bacteria in the samples of chocolates at their factory. They had supplied these chocolates to the retail outlets endangering the lives of many consumers. This was the breach of General Food Regulations 2004. The Birmingham City Council i...

Multiple Sclerosis Patients to Benefit With AVONEX(R) Nurse Services Program

..., Biogen Idec. "From our research efforts aimed at discovering new treatment options to the unparalleled support services we offer patients, Biogen Idec is committed to advancing the care of people living with MS." AVONEX has been proven to slow the progression of physical disability, reduce the frequency of r...

Anti-fungal Drug Block Angiogenesis

...ch a role." There has been a great surge towards discovering these types of drugs to help in treating cancers. The tissue like human umbilical cords is a rich source of blood vessels and cells from it have been used in research. There have been almost 2,400 existing drugs that have been tested on these cells. ...

New Evidence Links Smallpox Vaccination Side Effects to Genetic Factors

...ake vaccines even more acceptable in the future by discovering ways to further reduce the chance of minor adverse, Stanley said. According to James E. Crowe Jr of Vanderbilt University Medical Center the findings represent an important preliminary step in understanding the variations in host responses to vacci...

Research into Anti-epileptic Drugs Given to Children for Long Term Safety

...ong-term safety of newer antiepileptic drugs after discovering that the number given to children has increased significantly over recent years. When the UK team studied antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) given to nearly 8,000 children over a 13-year period, they discovered that overall prescribing had risen by 19 per ...

Roche Announces Major Recall of HIV Drug

...a major recall of its anti-HIV drug Viracept after discovering a contamination in tablets. "Roche ... recalls in Europe and some other world regions all batches of Viracept powder and tablets," the group said in a statement. It said that the United States, Canada and Japan were not affected by the recall....

Genetic Testing Helping Cancer Survivors Fight For Their Loved Ones

...solely on cancer care. "More and more people are discovering this valuable tool and taking action." Approximately 10 percent of properly selected breast cancer patients carry either a BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 mutation. Of that group of patients, somewhere between 50-80 percent will develop breast cancer if appropriate...

Aspirin may Help to Prevent Colon Cancer in High-risk Individuals

...ut the biologic basis and clinical applications of discovering differences that express high or low levels of COX-2, he added. Earlier research by Markowitz in the field of colon cancer genetics and prevention found that a new Celebrex-like gene called 15-PGDH suppresses the grown of colon cancer, which may le...

Babies Cot Dead - Why?

...iece of that puzzle, which we hope will lead us to discovering larger pieces. The researchers explained how low birth-weight infants are prone to low blood glucose levels, which exposes them to the risk of SIDS. There appeared to be a flaw in the liver glucose production which could cause blood glucose levels t...

Brain Signal Prevents Us from Repeating Mistakes

...redictions are correct. The element of surprise in discovering we are wrong is conducive to learning, but this research is the first to show how amazingly rapid our brains response can be. This discovery was made possible through the use of electrophysiological recordings, which allow researchers to detect pro...

This is How We Learn from Our Past Mistakes

...redictions are correct. The element of surprise in discovering we are wrong is conducive to learning, but this research is the first to show how amazingly rapid our brain's response can be. This discovery was made possible through the use of electrophysiological recordings, which allow researchers to detect p...

Stressed Mice may Hold Clue to How Fat is Stored: Study

...ice on different diets accumulated and stored fat, discovering that stressed mice eating high calorie food gained twice as much fat as unstressed mice eating the same meals. "We have known for over a decade that there is a connection between chronic stress and obesity," said Professor Herbert Herzog at the Gar...

Mice can Produce Embryonic Stem Cells Similar to That of Humans

...ave made a breakthrough in stem cell technology by discovering that mice can produce embryonic stem cells very similar to those found in human embryos. The new findings attain significance as they may sweep away ethical concerns over embryo research, and help speed the development of treatments for incurable...

Researchers Identify New Risk Marker for Obese Children

...weight adults, remained in the normal range. In discovering high levels of apoB48 in these children, the researchers suppose they've found a new and significant clue to better understand how some adults are more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease (CVD) than others. "We don't consider these children to be ...

Genetic Variations Leads to Fever After Smallpox Vaccination

...n we cant try to make them even more acceptable by discovering ways to further reduce the chance of adverse events, including minor ones like fever, says the studys lead author, Samuel Stanley Jr., M.D., vice chancellor of research at Washington University and a professor of medicine and microbiology. Routine ...

PETA Hails McCartney for Boycotting Animal-testing Charities

.... McCartney said that he took the decision after discovering that a number of charities close to his heart promote the practice. "When Linda died I said I would support cancer charities. Animal rights groups wrote to me pointing out that many were heavily into vivisection - and it's true," Contactmusic quote...

Key Mechanism to Emergence of Strep Bacteria

...asminogen and infected them with M1T1 strep clone, discovering that the bacteria routinely mutated to the invasive form, then spread throughout the body to produce a fatal infection. When the researchers eliminated the single bacteriophage gene encoding the neutrophil resistance factor, the M1T1 strep strain l...

Frustrated With Fad Diets One Man Sets Out to Weed Through The Jungle of Plans

...y as well. Explains Big John on his motivation for discovering the top 5 diet plans on the internet. As America and the world becomes more and more overweight the equally distributing trend of companies setting out to profit from this occurrence grows just as quickly. There are more people in need of dietary a...

Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Scanning

...id. It looks like someone has severe disease. On discovering the problems, Gould developed a solution with Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Imaging Physics at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, by rewriting the software to account for breathing motions and correctly...

Fibrinogen may Inhibit Spinal Cord Regeneration

... to improving recovery after spinal cord injury by discovering a way to block activation of neuronal receptors by fibrinogen. Identifying the specific inhibitors that impede the repair process could provide ways to regenerate and connect the damaged nerves and initiate recovery from paralysis after spinal cord...

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