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Government Hospitals to the Rescue of Loss-making Pharma Companies

... Limited would soon be directed to ensure adequate production and supply of anti-rabies vaccine in the market. Government hospitals in India purchase drugs worth Rs. 30 billion every year and their orders will certainly help the companies very well, said Satwant Reddy, secretary in the ministry. "Private co...

Students Devise Oral Quick-dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine

...ed these problems. They refined a room-temperature production and drying process to make the strips and identified an FDA-approved biocompatible polymer coating that would protect the vaccine from stomach acid but release the medicine in the small intestine. The coating is pH-responsive, meaning it delivers its...

Surgeons Perform Nasal Reconstruction for War Veteran Using His Own Body Parts

...d disposed of naturally, over time.) Design and production of the nasal surgical guide began more than three months before Fletchers first surgery. Hopkins anaplastologist Juan Garcia, M.A., a trained medical illustrator who specializes in facial prosthetics, met with Fletcher and, together, using old pic...

Sleep Apnea may Increase Risk of Diabetes

.... This triggers a cascade of events, including the production of high levels of the hormone cortisol that ultimately leads to insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, pre-diabetic conditions that, if left untreated, can lead to the development of diabetes. Low oxygen levels also appear to play an important r...

Simple Lifestyle Diet Changes can Diffuse 'Cancer Timebomb'

...e that excess fat around the stomach increases the production of the hormone oestrogen, which can be carcinogenic. It is already being predicted that 12.6million Britons will be classed as obese by 2010. However, Dr Martin said while the surge in cancer cases would follow 'as surely as night follows day', he...

Bird Flu: Bangladesh Situation Serious, Indian on High Alert

...y industry, millions of households rely on poultry production for income generation and nutrition, FAO said. India on high alert Surrounded by bird flu-affected countries, both on the western and eastern borders, India is on high alert, officials said in New Delhi. "India has intensified its surveillance al...

Retinol Lotions Enhances Skin, Reduces Overall Aging

... with the control arm, according to the study. The production of collagen, due to the retinol treatment, also ma... studys participants was due to increased collagen production and a significant induction of glycosaminoglycans, which are known to retain large quantities of wat...

Climate Change Threatening to Wipe Out Wild Relatives of Key Crops

... extinction of crop wild relatives threatened food production as they contained genes for traits such as pest resistance and drought tolerance, which plant breeders use to improve the performance of cultivated varieties. Wild crops are a valuable source of genes that are necessary to boost the ability of cul...

Anti-inflammatory Drugs Interact With Hormone Replacement Therapy

... which inhibit COX-2. Inhibition of COX-2 prevents production of prostacyclin, which has a role in preventing blood clotting. As estrogen acts to increase production of prostacyclin; it is possible that the effect of hormone replacement therapy on the heart is count...

Wrinkles can Be Really Ironed Out, Thanks to Vitamin A

... taken supported this - showing an increase in the production of glycosaminoglycan and procollagen, two skin com...g the topmost layers of the skin, increasing cells production and helping to increase collagen which gives the skin its structure."...

Researchers Find Estrogen Governs Genes That Affect Aggression

...ity. The researchers castrated male mice to stop production of testosterone, and then fitted in them implants ...evels. Upon treatment with a drug that halts the production of estrogen, it was found that normally aggressive mice became less aggressive when faced limited da...

Experts to Develop New Weapons Against Food Poisoning

...th the transfer of pathogenic bacteria from animal production to consumers. The work on a phage product for th...ty-related bacteria is at the farm where livestock production takes place, and this research agreement with The University of Nottingham allows us to continue bui...

Circadian Clocks Triggered Chemical Reactions may Be Behind Jet Lag

...ngus uses circadian clock light sensors to control production of carotenoids, which protect against damage from ...he expression of genes, such as turning carotenoid production on and off. When they substituted a single atom (sulphur for oxygen) on the surface of the vivid p...

Global Heartbeat Control Suggests Therapy for Beating Heart Failure

Keeping a healthy heart beating requires the production of a constant supply of energy, a feat depending o... was known to scientists as a key regulator in the production of cellular power plants called mitochondria, the researchers explained. But whether ERR or related ...

Fat Screen Delivers Plant-derived Chemical With Antidiabetic Effects

...ity by activating a central promoter of fat tissue production called peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR). "The current explanation for this paradoxical mode of action is the idea that the body needs a place to store lipids," Tontonoz said. "If the body becomes less able to store lipids in fat, ...

Fire Ants are Emerging Nuisance for Virginians

...from sod and nursery plants being transported from production sites to areas under development for housing or commercial use. "Today, the red imported fire ants are still extending their range from the south to the north," said Schultz, who is also director of the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Exten...

Understanding Why C. Difficile Causes Disease -- It's Hungry

...sease to treat. "The genes responsible for toxin production only seem to be expressed during periods of nutrie...The highly virulent strain has a much higher toxin production which leads to more destructive and deadly disease, says Vivian Loo of McGill University. Sonenshe...

Emory Participates in Study to Slow Progression of Parkinson's Disease

... Studies have suggested that it can improve energy production by the mitochondria, the "powerhouse" of cellular metabolism. In persons without PD and in patients with PD, it can improve exercise performance so long as the person is also exercising regularly. It is important to note that creatine is no substitut...

People With Inflammation in Blood Likely to Develop Alzheimer's Later

...MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School in Boston. 'The production of these cytokines may be a marker of future risk of Alzheimer's disease.'...

Climate Change Signal Detected in the Indian Ocean

...have been mostly attributed to human activity: the production of aerosols (tiny atmospheric particles), ozone depletion, and greenhouse gases. Strengthening westerlies are related to changes in the Southern Annular Mode an atmospheric feature similar to the El Nino Southern Oscillation and considered the domin...

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