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MU researcher placing eye implants in cats to help humans see

...m said. "Our current study is aimed at determining safety issues in regard to the implants and to further develop surgical techniques. We also are examining the protection the implants might provide to the retinal cells that are dying due to disease progression with the hope that natural sight can be mainta...

UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair

... is to investigate the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of blood-derived selected stem cells to improve symptoms and clinical outcomes in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI), a severe form of coronary artery disease. Myocardial ischemia, which affects hundreds of thousands of people, is a se...

UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results

...se1/2 study designed to establish the feasibility, safety and preliminary efficacy of vaccination in patients with recurrent, high-grade glioma. The trial involves two groups of six patients, both of whom receive a minimum of four injections. The first group receives biweekly vaccinations and the second re...

Study identifies risk factors for spread of respiratory infections in hospitals

.... Future research should include investigating the safety of high flow rate oxygen therapy and positive pressure ventilation in medical facilities and effective ways of ventilating hospitals and clinics to avoid spreading of droplets," said Dr. Sung. "These findings are relevant not only for SARS," he co...

Cancer tip -- Nanoparticles can damage DNA, increase cancer risk

...research on nanoparticles is focused on health and safety risks, or on threats to the environment," Pacheco said. "I am concerned because so many new nanoparticles are being developed and there is little regulation on their manufacture, use and disposal." Pacheco and her colleagues looked at how two diff...

Nanotechnology shows promise as next wrinkle fighter

... The ideas are in the early stages with health and safety concerns to be worked through. Already Ilsoon's lab, with collaborators, is testing polymer films, by applying various cells and proteins to see if there are toxic reactions. ...

Lab research may one day lead to cancer treatment using patient's own immune cells

...ed that results from this research could lead to a safety study, called a Phase I study, in humans using this process. This pre-clinical research will help researchers learn how to most effectively select and obtain the T cells for this form of therapy. In future use with humans, the cells would be grown i...

Health Canada approves cold and flu medicine

... one, to fight it more effectively." The NHPD’s safety review confirmed the safety profile of COLD-fX with no known side effects or drug interactions for generally healthy individuals...

Scientists discover new virus caused deaths of transplant recipients from single donor

...le improvements in screening that will enhance the safety of transplantation. Ian Lipkin, MD, director of the Greene Laboratory and Principal Investigator of the Northeast Biodefense Center, emphasized the importance of academic, public health, and industrial partnership in this work. "This was a team ef...

FDA causes unnecessary scare about common painkillers

... scientific evidence when it made decisions on the safety of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are often used to treat the pain or inflammation from arthritis. The most commonly used NSAIDs are ibuprofen (Advil®), naproxen (Aleve®), and diclofenac (Voltaren®). There are more than a dozen...

A revolution in the monitoring of unborn babies

...puter. The device has now passed all EU regulatory safety standards and is currently undergoing clinical trials. Dr Barrie Hayes-Gill expects the device to go on sale in October this year. “To date we have successfully completed over 33 per cent of the clinical trial. We expect to complete clinical tria...

Circumcision: A proven strategy to prevent HIV

...le circumcision after the study's independent data safety monitoring board reviewed the preliminary results and recommended that all men enrolled in the study who remain uncircumcised be offered circumcision due to the clearly protective effect. ...

Protein therapy may reduce infarct size in heart attack patients

...heart function at various time points and assessed safety and cardiac outcomes through six months. This tri... 43% of the left ventricle) dose levels. No major safety concerns were demonstrated with the therapy since the incidence of serious adverse events was simila...

Anti-fungal drug stops blood vessel growth

...rugs, as well as nonapproved drugs that had passed safety trials - to see which ones could stop the cells from dividing. “The best outcome was to find an already approved drug that worked, and the fact that we did was very satisfying,?says Liu, whose study appears online in ACS Chemical Biology. As ...

Stem cell therapy shows promise in regenerating damaged muscle in heart attack patients

... of Osiris Therapeutics. "We were confident in the safety profile given our previous experience using the intravenous form of these stem cells to treat other diseases in later stage clinical trials. However, we did not expect to see the across-the-board clinical improvement observed in patients at this ear...

Nanoparticles for delivery of prostate cancer treatment

...oundation funding Garen will test the efficacy and safety of using targeted liposomal nanoparticle vectors ?...entirely from human components, should enhance the safety and efficacy of the procedure." ...

Drug treatment improves learning in mice with Down syndrome symptoms, Stanford/Packard study shows

...yet been determined for humans, and the purity and safety of similar over-the-counter concoctions are questionable. Finally, they emphasized that PTZ treatment did not improve the learning capabilities of normal mice. "We’re not in the business of cognitive enhancement," said Fernandez. "Basically, we ha...

Groundbreaking Canadian asthma study

...inical trial, was to examine the effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty as a treatment for patients with moderate or severe asthma. The randomized controlled trial included 112 patients between the ages of 18-65 at 11 centers in four countries, and followed these patients for one year after trea...

New UD technology removes viruses from drinking water

... The new technology could dramatically improve the safety of drinking water around the globe, particularly i...on-based technology can help ensure drinking-water safety by reducing microbial pathogens and disinfection byproducts simultaneously," Chiu noted. Applica...

Cells selectively absorb short nanotubes

...ve thermal, optical and electronic properties, but safety and biocompatibility remain an open question. ...concerns surrounding the environmental, health and safety impacts of SWCNTs could derail efforts to fast track the development of nanotubes for advanced techn...

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