DelSite Working Toward Solving Delivery of Influenza Vaccine in Pandemic Situations
...al used in the production of GelSite(R) polymer is recognized as certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, European Union and government of Costa Rica. After the Influenza Conference concluded, Dr. Yawei Ni, chief scientific officer of DelSite, stated, "Our GelVac(TM) powder vaccine delivery pl...DBT And IAVI Forge Partnership To Develop Next Generation Vaccine Candidates
...tibody Consortium (NAC), a team of internationally recognized scientists working on the neutralizing antibody challenge. Researchers believe an ideal AIDS vaccine must evoke an antibody response that can block HIV from entering healthy cells, as well as reduce the amount of viral dissemination through a cell-me...FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too
...ial to drive teenagers to suicide has already been recognized . Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed that makers of all antidepressant medications update the existing black box warning on their products' labeling to include warnings about increased risks of suicidal thinking and behavi...Childhood Strokes Linked to Whiplash, Other Traumatic Injury
...ncer, sadly, strokes in children are sometimes not recognized and treated, or at least not as early as they should be. While some childhood strokes are linked to congenital and genetically caused heart and blood vessel abnormalities, as well as to blood disorders and viral infections such as chicken pox, an i...Spinal Manipulation Beneficial for Neck Pain
...n, diagnosis and treatment. Chiropractic is widely recognized as one of the safest non-invasive therapies available for the treatment of back pain, neck pain, headaches and other neuromusculoskeletal complaints. In addition, a significant amount of evidence shows that the use of chiropractic care for certain co...Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health
... the organization is suggesting that ecotherapy be recognized as a clinically-valid frontline treatment for mental health problems. Ecotherapy involves getting outdoors and getting active in a green environment as a way of boosting mental wellbeing. Whether it's taking regular walks in the park, flying a kite...New Food Allergy Clinic Opens at University of Michigan Health System
...hat the clinic combines local care with nationally recognized experts. Both children and adults will be treated by the specialists. The center includes a specialty kitchen for the preparation of foods that commonly cause allergic reactions, negative-pressure rooms to ensure that food smells do not travel thro...Psychosocial Support for Cancer Survivors Needs Strengthening
...tions. The psychosocial burden of cancer is well recognized but seems to be poorly managed by many physicians. Support groups for a variety of cancers and other chronic conditions are widely available across the United States. They often are the only mental care and external disease information resource cance...Gene Thought to Help Kill Cancer Cells may Actually Help Them Thrive
...ients undergoing chemotherapy. P53 has long been recognized as a key player in directing chemotherapy-damaged cancer cells to self annihilate, but less attention has been paid to p53s role in repairing damaged cells, said John McDonald, chair of Georgia Techs School of Biology and chief research scientist at ...Study Finds That Lincoln Suffered from Smallpox During Gettysburg Speech
... researchers, has revealed. Some historians, who recognized that Lincoln was ill, following his Gettysburg speech, asserted that the President was suffering from a very mild form of smallpox, one that occurs in previously immunized individuals. However, his illness, researchers wrote in their study, was a ...Bali Bombings Helped Improve Trauma Care
... were better co-ordinated by staff who had already recognized and established a stronger link between trauma and... "The fact that mental health nurses had become a recognized part of the hospital establishment between the two incidents meant that staff worked together in a m...Researchers Document First Case of Virgin Birth in Sharks
...o father and had a virgin birth. This is the first recognized instance of an asexual reproduction in cartilaginous fish. Later, the pup was killed by another fish in the aquarium....New Reforms Could Cut the Number of Unexplained Infant Deaths
...at least we will be (protecting children) within a recognized and accepted framework, so in theory we can be criticized only if we have failed to do what we should have done, rather than merely for being there....Nervous Systems of Insects may Offer Clues on Neurodegenerative Diseases
...se, the proteins will be destroyed in the liver or recognized as foreign by the immune system. When we started, the objective was to look at the genomes of insects, which just started being sequenced, and figure out what glycosylation enzymes they had and what enzymes they were missing so that we could either...Researchers Found Drug Effects of Deadly Prescription Well Before FDA
...s being kept alive on a ventilator. He immediately recognized his father's best friend. Bennett dug in and eventually identified a side effect of a drug that hadn't been well recognized. He saved her life. The drug was pulled from the market. RADAR, whose research has been primarily funded by The National Ins...Brain Inflammation A Friend for Alzheimer's Patients
...Alzheimers disease compared to healthy people. Its recognized as a critical player in bringing about much of the brain damage that follows a stroke and brain injury, so its no surprise that its presence in the brains of Alzheimers patients would be assumed to be part of the problem. In the original developmen...New Platform for Regulating Expression of Therapeutic Genes Unveiled
...g the microRNA binding site in their vector to one recognized by an embryonic stem cell-specific microRNA, their vector was kept off in immature embryonic stem cells, but began to express itself as the cell turned into more defined tissues. This new platform now provides a means for scientists to achieve highly...AAPPO Launches ACT on Diabetes Initiative to Promote Improved Diabetes Care
...nd Care Support(SM) services, including nationally recognized diabetes disease management programs and diabetes centers of excellence for hospitals. "Diabetes has a major impact on individuals diagnosed with the disease as well as on their families, their employers, the providers who treat them and on society...Study Finds No Correlation Between Number of Pills and Adherence to It
...f at least $20. Poor adherence to medication is a recognized medical problem in the U.S., costing an estimated $100 billion a year.(I) Previous studies have found that issues contributing to poor adherence to medication are multifactorial.(II) According to the study's lead author, Diana Brixner, Ph.D., Univers...LCA Hails Congressional Front Against Pink Camel Cigarette Campaign
...women off the market completely." Fenton-Ambrose recognized Congresswomen Lois Capps (D-CA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Hilda Solis (D-CA) for taking the lead on writing the letter to major women's magazines asking them to refuse to accept ads for Camel No.9 cigarettes launched by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company...