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Now we know what blocks the effects of a newly developed anticancer therapy

A new approach being developed to treat individuals with cancer that is resistant to standard therapy is the use of adenovirus-based therapies. Although promising clinical results have been obtained in some settings, in many cases the therapies have had little impact. One reason for this lack of e...

Sickle cell treatment developed at LA BioMed approved for phase 3 clinical trial

LOS ANGELES (April 23, 2009) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its approval this week for Emmaus Medical, Inc. to begin a Phase 3 clinical trial of an experimental treatment for sickle cell disease. The patented experimental treatment was originally developed by investigators led by Yu...

New strategy developed to diagnose melanoma

A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous and somewhat subjective, the researchers say, and supplementing standard...

Band Aid Mini Facelift Developed by Atlanta Plastic Surgeon John L. LeRoy, MD can Help Patients Look Younger for Less Money

In a down economy, many individuals who would like to diminish the signs of facial aging through cosmetic plastic surgery procedures tend to shy away from traditional facelift procedures. A renowned plastic surgeon in the Atlanta area says a less expensive and easier alternative can still achieve...

TB vaccine developed at McMaster University in Canada

Hamilton, ON (March 19, 2009) - McMaster University researchers are about to launch Canada's first tuberculosis (TB) vaccine clinical trial with a vaccine totally designed, manufactured and tested within McMaster. "The exciting thing for McMaster is that this is translational research that has ...

World first treatment for leukemia being developed in Australia

Two Australian research groups are undertaking pioneering studies into the causes of leukaemia, potentially leading to patients receiving new drug treatments as early as next year. Led by Dr Andrew Wei and Professor Shaun Jackson from The Australian Centre for Blood Diseases/Alfred Hospital and...

Cementless cup device developed for hip replacements shows durability after more than 20 years

(Chicago) When a first hip replacement fails, patients may be concerned that their options for a durable hip replacement are limited and that the prognosis is poor. However, a research study to be published in the February issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery suggests that this may n...

Novel IBS treatment developed at UB garners $8.5 million for seven-year clinical trial

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic, debilitating disorder affecting 25 million people in the U.S -- 14-24 percent of women and 5-19 percent of men. No reliable and satisfactory medical treatment exists for the full range of IBS symptoms, which can cause severe physical and p...

New model developed to estimate radiation skin doses during CT-guided interventional procedures

A new model that would allow interventional radiologists (radiologists who specialize in fine needle aspiration, fine needle biopsy and radiofrequency ablation) to better estimate patient radiation skin doses during CT guided interventional procedures has been developed according to a study perfor...

VIDEO from Medialink and Philips: Microbubbles Developed to Administer Medications That Fight Cancer and Reduce Side Effects

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- More and more cancer patients are looking for treatment options that allow them to maintain their quality of life during difficult treatment regimens. (See video from Philips (NYSE: PHG ) at: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=35774 ) Philips...

New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers

Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them. The problem is well documented for antibiotics, although not confined to...

New cardiovascular score developed to improve heart attack and stroke detection

A new and more accurate method of assessing people at risk from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is set to improve national diagnosis rates and identify those at risk among black and minority ethnic groups. QRisk2, an equation developed to help doctors identify those most at risk of developing CVD...

Target Debuts Organic Skin Care Line Uniquely Developed from African and Asian Natural Remedies

SheaMoisture in select stores nationwide and at Target.com MINNEAPOLIS, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Target(R) (NYSE: TGT ) unveiled today a new line of certified natural and organic skin care products developed exclusively for multicultural skin types. SheaMoisture is a distinctive array o...

Gesture interface device developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

NEW YORK, June 16, 2008 Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel have developed a new hand gesture recognition system, tested at a Washington, D.C. hospital, that enables doctors to manipulate digital images during medical procedures by motioning instead of touching a scr...

Samplify Systems Announces Availability of Compression for Computed Tomography; Integrated Slip-Ring Solution to be Jointly Developed with Schleifring und Apparatebau and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., FURSTENFELDBRUCK, Germany and YOKOHAMA CITY, Japan, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Samplify Systems, Inc., a real-time compression technology company, Schleifring und Apparatebau GmbH, the market leading slip- ring manufacturer to the medical and defense markets, and Tokyo Electro...

Mouse Adult Stem Cells Developed into Heart and Blood Cells

Key Step toward Clinical Testing of Stem Cells Developed from Patients' Skin Cells DURHAM, N.C., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have succeeded in inducing stem cells grown from mouse skin cells to differentiate into functioning cardiovascular and blood cells...

Drug developed at the University of Chicago wins FDA approval

Methylnaltrexone, a drug developed to relieve one of the major side effects of pain therapy for cancer patients, received marketing approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration on April 24, 2008, for use in the treatment of opioid-induced bowel disorders in patients receiving palli...

'Workplace Survival': Memoir Tells of Woman Who Developed Lung Disease After Exposure to Dangerous Toxins

IRVING, Texas, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2005, Dorothy Ferrell was diagnosed with Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease. She never had asthma or allergies and she never smoked. She went to work healthy and ended up with lung disease. Her new memoir, "Workplace Survival: Maintaining Faith Thro...

Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Files Suit Against General Electric Company on Behalf of a Man Who Developed Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) from Contrast Agent Omniscan

GREAT NECK, N.Y., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Waichman Alonso LLP announces that it has filed suit on behalf of a man diagnosed with Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) after receiving two injections of Omniscan, a gadolinium contrast dye manufactured by General Electric Company, its subsid...

Procedure developed at Yale creates new bone

A new technique that combines bone marrow removal and injection of a hormone helps promote rapid formation of new bone at targeted locations in the body, it was reported by Yale School of Medicine this month in Tissue Engineering. "This could radically change the way patients are currently trea...

Novel molecules developed at UB can boost vaccine potency

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two novel proteins studied by a University at Buffalo professor of microbiology and immunology appear to have the potential to enhance the production of antibodies against a multitude of infectious agents. Terry D. Connell, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology in ...

Novel vaccine concept developed by scientists at the Wistar Institute

(PHILADELPHIA) Creating vaccines to protect people against viral diseases like AIDS, cervical cancer and infectious hepatitis is a delicate balancing act: If the immune systems response to the vaccine is too strong, toxic side effects can kill the patient. If its not strong enough, the virus will...

Lab on a chip developed at University of Alberta for cheap, portable medical tests

University of Alberta researchers in Edmonton, Canada, have developed a portable unit for genetic testing about the size of a shoebox, which has the same capability as a lab full of expensive equipment. The device along with other, even smaller units the team is now in the process of develop...

Cancer cell line developed that is resistant to new cancer therapy

A cancer cell line that is resistant to one of the newest classes of cancer treatments has been developed by researchers who already are using it to determine what else to give patients when this happens. The ultimate goal is to be able to understand how cancer cells develop resistance and to h...

New Denver Area Program Developed For Teens in Crisis

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlands Behavioral Health System, a UHS facility, has announced the opening of its new Adolescent Center of Excellence for teens in crisis. The new treatment center is associated with the Adolescent Unit at Highlands Behavioral Health ( http://w...

Mobility-enhancing device developed at University of Alberta will receive prestigious da Vinci Award

September 25, 2007 Edmonton, Alberta Over a decade in the making, the WalkAide System is a small device that makes a big difference for its users. Now the Canadian invention is receiving international recognition as a recipient of a 2007 da Vinci Award, to be presented by General Motors at the R...

Lab-on-chip testing for 'bird flu' developed by Singapore scientists

SINGAPORE, Sept. 23, 2007 - Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully developed a miniaturized device that can be used to detect the highly pathogenic avian flu (...

Microbiotic technology developed for microinjection of zebrafish embryos

Funded by an NSERC Idea to Innovations grant and an Ontario Early Researcher Award, Prof. Yu Suns group, the Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory ( http://amnl.mie.utoronto.ca ) at the University of Toronto (U of T) recently developed a microrobotic technology for automated microinjection of ...

Mouse Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Developed

Researchers say it will allow for testing of new drugs for vision-robbing disease MONDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The first animal model of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers. This mouse model will help improve knowledge ab...

New system for classifying infant lung disease developed

A new classification system of rare lung diseases in infants is improving diagnosis and treatment. The system clears up considerable confusion about how to classify and treat diseases that are rarely seen by most doctors and pathologists, says Gail H. Deutsch, M.D., lead author of the multi-center...

Genomic technologies to identify toxic chemicals should be developed

WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Research Council recommends that government agencies enhance their efforts to incorporate genomic data into risk assessments of chemicals and medicines, and calls for a concerted effort to fully develop these methods' potential to protect public health....

Weizmann Researchers Developed Control Switch for Protein Activity

Our bodies could not maintain their existence without thousands of proteins performing myriad vital tasks within cells. Since malfunctioning proteins can cause disease , the study of protein structure and function can lead to the development of drugs and treatments for numerous disorders. Despite e...

New Device Developed to Eliminate Superbugs Within Minutes

British researchers claim to have invented a device that mimics the naturally disinfecting quality of fresh air by pumping a continuing stream of reactive hydrogen radicals into the atmosphere , killing microbes within minutes. Scientists say the Air Disinfector can be used to purge hospital w...

A Blood Test Developed in Australia to Repair DNA Damage

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Australia's national science agency, says it has developed a blood test that has the potential help people live to 100 years. The test, hailed as the first of its kind, essentially measures the level of damage to a...

A Fresh Alternative to Painful Chemotherapy Developed in UK

Chemotherapy is a standard regimen in most cancer treatments. Since it is a very painful process, continuous attempts are made to replace it with something more comfortable for the patient. Now researchers say that LHRH agonists like the drug Zoladex switch off the ovary and stop the produ...

Simple Tool Developed for Diabetics to Improve Compliance With Medications

Though diabetes contributes to nearly a quarter million deaths in the United States annually, patients with chronic ailments don't always take their medication as prescribed . A Mayo Clinic research team has designed a simple tool to improve compliance with life-saving medications. The tool is clea...

New Wireless System Developed to Detect Esophageal Reflux

UT Southwestern Medical Center doctors and UT Arlington engineers have developed a wireless monitoring system that uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux . The wireless technology, called radio frequency identification (RFID), has been used in thousands of stores for tracking i...

New Portable Communication System Developed for Autistic Children

Researchers have developed a new system called SC@UT that would make communication possible for children who are intellectually disabled or have communication limitations. SC@UT, which stands for Augmentative and Adaptive Communication System, has been created by a team of researchers incl...

Gel Developed to Treat Male Menopause

A Brit company has developed a gel that it says can treat hypogonadism, also known as male menopause . Hypogonadism is a condition that causes reduced libido, erectile dysfunction, baldness, weight gain, lethargy, and irritability. Like women who grow less fertile as they grow older...

Researchers Have Developed Computerized Garment to Diagnose Mental Illness

Scientists in the US claim to have developed a computerized garment that they say can help doctors diagnose mental illnesses like mania, depression and schizophrenia . The high-tech garment is packed with sensors that monitor the heart, breathing rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, body ...