Ironwood and Forest Present Additional Positive Phase 2b Study Results for Linaclotide in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation

...frequency. The study evaluated the effects of 75, 150, 300, or 600 ug linaclotide or placebo administered orally once daily to adults meeting modified rome II criteria for IBS-C. Participants underwent a two-week pretreatment (baseline) period before undergoing the 12-week treatment period, followed by a ...

Pelleve Receives FDA Clearance for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Facial Wrinkles

..., non-invasive, economical and safe tool," said Dr. Antonio Rusciani, Division of Dermatology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of rome in Rome, Italy. Ellman's skin tightening technology has been marketed with a CE Mark in many countries since 2005 under the name Radiage. "We h...

Ironwood and Forest Present Positive Phase 2b Study Results for Linaclotide in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation

... frequency. The study evaluated the effects of 75, 150, 300 or 600 ug linaclotide or placebo administered orally once daily to adults meeting modified rome II criteria for IBS-C. Participants underwent two-week-baseline, 12-week-treatment, and two-week-post-treatment evaluations with daily assessments of ...

Interleukin Genetics to Present Important New Findings at 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis

...ponsored by the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI). The 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis takes place Sept. 18-21, 2008, at the rome Marriott Park Hotel in Rome, Italy. Dr. Kornman will give an oral presentation, titled, "IL-1 RN Polymorphisms are Associated with Radiographic Seve...

Gene That Causes Childhood Cancer Neuroblastoma Is Found

...tute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy; Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif.; and the University of rome "La Sapienza." About The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the nation's first pedi...

International Team Locates Key Player in Muscle Regeneration

...e," said lead researcher Cristina Giacinti, a researcher at the Sbarro Institute and the Department of Histology and Medical Embryology, University of rome "Sapienza" in Rome, Italy. Researchers also found that cdk9-55 can be used to increase muscle tissues in healthy tissue. "This discovery has impor...

Molecular Discoveries Shed Light on Liver Cancer -- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

...ate Professor of Medicine at Italy's University of Cagliari, and Head of the Laboratory of Gene Expression, Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino, University of rome La Sapienza, "Molecular approaches are starting to pay off. The years 2007 and 2008 are the 'years of the drug' for HCC. We now have Sorafenib, the fi...

New Study Demonstrates that Lubiprostone May Improve Symptom Relief Rates in Adults with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBS-C)

...uglas A. Drossman, M.D., primary investigator, UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina, and the Chair of the rome Committee. "As a result, lubiprostone may represent an important treatment for IBS-C sufferers." IBS is a condition that affects approximately 58 mi...