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Abbott's RealTime Hepatitis B Viral Load Test Receives CE Marking in Europe

... known forms of hepatitis B genotypes, providing a valuable tool for physicians in managing patient therapy. Abbott and Celera, an Applera Corporation business, announced today that Abbott has received CE marking for a real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test for monitoring hepatitis B (HBV) viral loa...

New Transgenic Mushrooms Raise Hope for Mass Production of Human Drugs

... mushrooms for the mass production of commercially valuable proteins or useful human drugs. The technology was introduced by a team of researchers including Charles Peter Romaine and Xi Chen at Penn State. As part of the study, scientists developed a technique to genetically modify Agaricus bisporus, whi...

US Supreme Court Could Protect Medical Equipment Manufacturers from Law Suits

...stration say that the approach strips consumers of valuable state protections. Supporters say the federal effort to pre-empt the states sets uniform national standards and discourages overzealous state prosecutors. In the case before the Supreme Court, both the Bush administration and the defendant company,...

Experimental Drug Ketasyn(TM) (AC-1202) Treats Alzheimer's as Diabetes of the Brain

...ed on APOE4 status. Our study has provided us with valuable insights for our future research." Accera plans to initiate a pivotal, Phase III multi-center clinical trial in early 2008 in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's patients who do not have the APOE4 genotype. This study will focus on several measures of eff...

Personal Disclosure by Physician may Harm Patients

...s interrupted the flow of information exchange and valuable patient time in the typically time-pressured prima...raging the patient to open up and offer additional valuable information, said Howard B. Beckman, M.D., a co-author of the article and a clinical professor of me...

Rheumatologists Underestimate the Patients Ability to Work

...physical and occupational therapists who could add valuable insight to the process of evaluating disability, he added. Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 2.1 million Americans, or 1 percent of the population. Over the last decade new drugs have revolutionized the treatment of this debilitating inflammatory ...

Kalam Urges for Using Tele-radiology to Help Rural Poor

...al of patients' history and use of this history as valuable diagnostic tool to deal with the current medical situation," he said. Kalam asked ECIL to become a tele-radiology solution provider to the healthcare industry for entire Southeast Asia market. While most tele-radiology systems installed in the co...

National TV Promotion Triples Calls to Smoking Cessation Hotline

...tudy findings are not surprising. It would be more valuable to know what happened to callers in the long term, she said. As for the efforts to help people quit, Covey said it is clear that persistence pays off. Smoking is so easy to do and stopping so difficult, thus cessation messages can be easy to ignore...

Bayer and Onyx Submit Supplemental New Drug Application for Nexavar to Treat Liver Cancer

...his filing exemplifies our commitment to providing valuable therapeutic options for significant unmet needs in cancer treatment," said Hank Fuchs, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer of Onyx. "We believe that Nexavar will become the reference standard of care in HCC, and will help advan...

AMSA Launches General Practice Student Network

..., and inspiring them to learn more about what this valuable specialty has to offer. Mr. Joe Rotella, AMSA National Coordinator and fifth-year medical student, will be the inaugural chair of the Network. I am delighted in the strong interest that has already been demonstrated by students across the country,...

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...e biology and genetics of cancer, some of the most valuable information we have is a direct result of the contributions of dedicated individuals over several generations, said Dr. Calle. We are once again looking to the dedication, compassion, and generosity of Americans to come through and help us provide an...

Once-a-year Drug Reduces Fractures from Osteoporosis

...s patients are far more likely to actually receive valuable protection against potentially devastating fractures." Postmenopausal osteoporosis affects millions of women worldwide, Black said, including more than 50 million women in the United States, Europe and Japan combined. Half of those women over age 5...

CT Better Than Plain Radiographs in Diagnosing Lumbar Spine Fractures

...ave critical time for these patients and also save valuable resources. Unnecessary radiation exposure can also be avoided," she said....

Nurturing Our Nurses for Healthcare Par Excellence

...rence Nightingale, and is a glowing tribute to her valuable contributions to healthcare. To commemorate the day, The International Council of Nurses has released a complete kit that serves as a ready reckoner with educative and public information materials. Most importantly the kit underlines the significant ...

Deep-sea Mining can Damage Marine Ecosystem

Undersea habitats supporting rare and potentially valuable organisms are at risk from seafloor mining scheduled to begin within this decade , according to a new study by a University of Toronto Mississauga geologist. According to Jochen Halfar, assistant professor of earth sciences at the U of T Mississa...

Climate Change Threatening to Wipe Out Wild Relatives of Key Crops

...mance of cultivated varieties. Wild crops are a valuable source of genes that are necessary to boost the ability of cultivated crops to resist pests and tolerate drought, he said. The reliance on wild relatives to improve their cultivated cousins on the farm is expected to intensify as climate change mak...

Effectiveness of Hormone Therapy During Menopause

...here has been a tremendous amount of important and valuable research done on the positive and negative health effects of therapy using estrogen in menopausal women," says Asthana. "It is my belief that this study will go a long way in helping us understand the complexity of estrogen and related hormones in h...

Naresh Trehan Reinstated as Chief of Escorts After Weeklong Row

...l management said in a statement. "The extremely valuable contribution made by executive director and founder Dr. Naresh Trehan is recognised," the management added. Expressing happiness over the development, Trehan said things have changed now and he believed that patient care will get due importance at ...

Researchers Training Rats To Diagnose TB

...w-cost, rapid TB screening using the rats would be valuable in Africa, particularly in areas where clinics lack microscopes, according to Weetjens. In verification tests, rats were shown to be about as accurate as human laboratory technicians who work with microscopes and 100 times faster at making diagnose...

Significant Scientific Breakthrough in Stem Cell Banking

...on and cryopreservation of very high quantities of valuable mesenchymal stem cells without invasive surgery. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are of great therapeutic potential due to their capacity for self-renewal and differentiation into a wide variety of tissue types. MSCs are more "plastic" than haemopote...

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