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Remote Robotic Surgery Using Miniature Robots

...egin soon and the researchers plan to seek federal regulatory approval sometime next year. The army of robots would provide access to areas in human body, movements and to maneuver that surgeon hands can never perform. Moreover several robots can be inserted through one incision hence the number of cuts woul...

Chromosome 6 has the Dyslexia Gene

...ration on this chromosome is a large deletion of a regulatory region. The gene itself is expressed in reading ce...ration on this chromosome is a large deletion of a regulatory region. The gene itself is expressed in reading centers of the brain where it modulates migration of...

Tamiflu Shortage Can Be Better Handled By Combining It With Probenecid

...treatment because of the lack of clinical data and regulatory approval. Given where we are, with the potential for a pandemic, the clearest vision we can have is to dramatically increase the availability of this drug and make all information available, said David Reddy, Roche's influenza pandemic task force lea...

Gynaecologist Faces Stiff Prison Sentence On Counts Of Sexual Abuse

...d employees have sued Momah or contacted police or regulatory agencies to make accusations against him. Attorneys for Momah asserted the women testifying against him weren't credible, saying one sought drugs from him and another extorted him. Clinics that Momah operated in Federal Way, Burien and Issaquah are...

Aspartame, Artificial Sweetener, A Safe Bet!

...dictory with the extensive scientific research and regulatory reviews conducted on aspartame. The U.S. Food & Dr... of cancer. The studies were submitted to numerous regulatory agencies, such as the FDA, which conducted exhaustive reviews of the data. When FDA approved asparta...

U.S. To Tighten Sick Passenger, Quarantine Rules

...nd other diseases, the US health officials propose regulatory changes requiring airlines and shipping firms to h...and responding to health threats, has proposed the regulatory overhaul. The CDC said the changes would apply to planes and ships arriving from outside the United ...

Excess Cdk5 Enzyme Can Harm Brain

...d levels of Cdk5, as well as increased levels of a regulatory protein called p25 that is known to hyper-activate Cdk5, had been found in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s. In the study, the researchers used mice in which they could switch on p25 at will in the brain's learning and memory center,...

Scrutiny Sought For Reused Devices in U.S.

...n a statement, the FDA said it "provides stringent regulatory oversight" and "will act swiftly" if reprocessors do not comply with its requirements....

Vaccine For Cervical Cancer Awaits Approval

...ccine called Gardasil against cervical cancer. The regulatory approval for the new vaccine is being sought by the organization in Europe and the US.// The European Medicines Agency for Sanofi Pasteur MSD has to approve of the marketing authorization for selling the product in Europe. Gardasil is reported to ha...

Merck, ICMR to conduct joint trials on cervical cancer vaccine

...accine in the US market and is likely to apply for regulatory approval for the EU region soon. This study is in addition to the Phase III clinical trials that have to be completed for any drug to be approved by the regulator. Dr Leonard Tauro, MD, MSD India says, "We want to know how the vaccine would respond...

New cure for Osteoporosis

Researchers have identified a new regulatory mechanism in the process of bone loss based on a gene defect. This finding could open op new // approaches to the treatment of osteoporosis. Medical researchers at the University of Bonn, working in collaboration with scientists from Israel, th...

FDA to Revise Herpes Test Rules in the US

...to class II from class III, which would reduce the regulatory burdens associated with the tests. The change would pave the way for companies seeking to develop and market herpes tests, and also relax the training requirements for laboratories and medical offices that offer the tests, an FDA spokesperson said. ...

Inhaled Insulin To Be Made Available in India

...inhaled insulin Exubera in India. Exubera received regulatory approvals from the US Food and Drug Administration // and the European Commission last week. The drug has been developed in collaboration with Sanofi-Aventis and Nektar Therapeutics. It is a relatively harmless form of insulin in that no needles o...

Human Complexity Can Be Attributed To Regulatory Sequence

...y of Rochester Medical Center said that // small regulatory DNA sequences control the genes and their function...DNA code to reveal 60 genes controlled by one such regulatory sequence. The findings of the study were published in the journal Genome Research. Understanding the...

Better Communication With FDA Could Speed Up Approval Of New Drugs

...ed that smaller companies had a tough time getting regulatory approval for their products, "Large, U.S.-based companies have the highest first-cycle approval rate, at approximately twice the rate of small biotechnology companies with no prior FDA approvals," it concluded....

Safety Of Heart Drug Questioned

...el in trials conducted by the company itself. Drug regulatory boards in Canada, Europe, Australia and United States have been alerted regarding the above research. Last week, concerns were raised regarding the use of Novoseven, a drug used for management of cerebral hemorrhages (primary indication is for trea...

Go organic to be low on pesticide residues!

...eas has either been banned or restricted by recent regulatory changes. This helps to minimize children's exposure, but still few restrictions have been imposed in agriculture." In his initial research, Dr. Lu and his colleagues specifically measured the exposure of two organophosphorus pesticides (OP) - mala...

Women Portray Stronger Immune Response As Compared to Men, Study Suggests

...xts, may function as part of an alternative stress regulatory system that facilitates wound healing." The alteration in the response of female rats' could have risen from the demands of motherhood, researchers seem to say in the study titled “Social isolation and the inflammatory response: sex differences in ...

Reconsider Health Benefits of Organic Baby Foods, advices new study

...oduct. Some organic foods also fell short of the regulatory requirement of food ingredient quantities, which means that if protein was supposed to be the only ingredient in the food’s name, then 40 per cent of the food must consist of that protein. Pediatric dietitians have expressed worry that babies were ge...

Pfizer Launches Viagra For Lung Disease In UK

...or use in last November by the European based drug regulatory authority, contains the same active ingredients as the pill, Viagra. The drug is already being sold in Germany since January 2006. The world’s biggest drug manufacturer launched Revatio in the US, last August. Pulmonary arterial hypertension, as th...

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