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Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer

Researchers at Columbia University MedicalCenter have discovered a way to overcome one of the major hurdles ingene therapy for cancer: its tendency to kill normal cells in theprocess of eradicating cancer cells.In a new study published in the Jan. 25 issue of the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the researchers demonstrated thatthe technique works by incorporating it i...

Columbia study shows widely used artery clearing device does not help patients during heart attack

Interventional cardiologists from Columbia University Medical Center have shown that a commonly used procedure to remove fatty debris from blocked arteries during a heart attack does not improve patient outcomes. The procedure, called distal microcirculatory protection, is commonly and successfully used during angioplasty in vein grafts and stenting in carotid arteries. The study, publish...

Columbia scientists develop cancer terminator viruses

Results advance quest for viral-based therapies for cancer Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center continue to make strides in their work to develop the next generation of effective viral-based therapies for cancer. Two papers about promising research with genetically engineered viruses studied in mice, published today in the journals Cancer Research and the Proceedings of the...

Contaminants linked to sturgeon decline in Columbia river

White sturgeon populations in the Columbia River may be declining due to the presence of elevated amounts of foreign chemicals including DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls in their bodies, according to new studies by researchers at Oregon State University. The research by Carl Schreck and Grant Feist, biologists in OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been published in the journals...

Columbia University licenses next-generation DNA sequencing technology

Columbia University announces today that it recently executed an exclusive license agreement for a next generation DNA sequencing technology to Intelligent Bio-Systems (IBS), Inc. This innovative DNA-sequencing technology was invented by Dr. Jingyue Ju, professor of Chemical Engineering and head of DNA Sequencing and Chemical Biology at the Judith P. Sulzberger, M.D. Columbia Genome Center at Col...

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Ban on exports of poultry products from British Columbia lifted

United States has lifted the ban on the import of poultry products which it imposed last week following isolation of bird flu strain //for the second time in a month from Fraser Valley duck farm. The lifting of ban follows identifying that both the isolated virus strains were H5 strains and this strain is found to be a non-infectious and less pathogenic strain. U.S. has still not lifte...

British Columbia Has The Best Health Record

The top rank with regard to Canada's health system has been claimed by British Columbia, in spite of the patients in the province expressing low satisfaction where the services // are concerned. The worst health system in the country appears to exist in Manitoba, which has been ranked last in terms of patient satisfaction and performance. The Conference Board of Canada has made these revelations....

Hantavirus Warning Issued In British Columbia

Health officials have warned the residents of British Columbia to be cautious about spring-cleaning in areas that are infested by deer mice, after reports were conformed on the death of a 14-year-old boy and a Washington state woman who died from hantavirus. // Reports have said that the 14-year-old, Naramata-area boy, who was previously healthy, began feeling ill two weeks ago, He wa...

British Columbians Pay Medical Bills Of Foreigners

Taxpayers in British Columbia (B.C) are bearing the medical expenses of thousands of foreigners who visit the province for health services//. Government officials are looking at ways to sort out this problem. Health Minister, George Abbott of B.C. said in a report that, $10 million in unpaid bills have piled up due to foreigners who visit the province to receive hospital care.He s...

Tougher Smoking Ban for British Columbia Smokers

Smokers might as well kick the butt. There will be no escape into outdoor areas in eateries or distant patios, as the newly to- be- released bill// of British Columbia hits the public. The new anti smoking legislation introduced a few days back will ban smoking in all indoor public spaces as well as in public doorways, and 'near' the doors, windows and air intakes of any building access...

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Columbia Laboratories Reports Positive Results from Multi-dose Pharmacokinetic Study of Vaginally-administered Lidocaine

LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - ColumbiaLaboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRX) today announced positive resultsfrom a recently-completed multi-dose pharmacokinetic study ofvaginally-administered lidocaine, which the Company is developingto prevent and treat dysmenorrhea. This 42-subject study was designed to provide data on bloodlevels associated with the Company's bioadhesiv...

Prolexys Pharmaceuticals and Columbia University Researchers Publish Study on Anti-Tumor Properties of a Selective Small Molecule Anti-Tumor Agent With Novel Mechanism of Action

SALT LAKE CITY, June 14, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- ProlexysPharmaceuticals and announced today a publication describing theproperties of the selective small molecule anti-tumor agent,erastin. Prolexys and Columbia applied the company'schemi-proteomics technology to understand the mechanism of actionof erastin. The results, to be published in the June 14, 2007 issueof the journal Nature reveal...

Columbia Laboratories Reports Preliminary Findings from the Ongoing Data Analysis of the Phase III Clinical Study of PROCHIEVE 8% (progesterone gel) to Prevent Preterm Birth

LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 26, 2007 - ColumbiaLaboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRX) today announced that preliminaryresults from the ongoing data analysis of the recently-completedrandomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind Phase III clinicaltrial of PROCHIEVE(R) 8% (progesterone gel) for the prevention ofpreterm birth in women with a previous preterm birth earlier than35 weeks ges...
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