Adding Radiation Therapy To Chemotherapy Improves Survival In Patients With High-risk Breast Cancer
For patients with high-risk breast cancer treated with radical mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy, the addition of radiation therapy leads to better survival outcomes with few long-term toxic effects, according to a 20-year follow-up of a randomized trial, which appears in the January 19 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The British Columbia randomized radiation the...Product improves peptide identification for proteomics research
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a high-performance ion trap mass spectrometer (MS) that allows pharmaceutical and academic life-science researchers to identify 60 to 80 percent more peptides than preceding models in proteomics applications, such as protein identification and biomarker discovery, potentially leading to a better understanding of diseases like cancer and speedin...Stem cell treatment improves mobility after spinal cord injury
A treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells improves mobility in rats with spinal cord injuries, providing the first physical evidence that the therapeutic use of these cells can help restore motor skills lost from acute spinal cord tissue damage. Hans Keirstead and his colleagues in the Reeve-Irvine Research Center at UC Irvine have found that a human embryonic stem cell-derived t...Combination therapy improves AIDS-related lymphoma outcome
Combining aggressive HIV therapy and chemotherapy significantly improves the survival rates of HIV-positive men and women treated for lymphoma, according to a new study. ), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, t...Novel PCR Enhancing Factor Improves Performance of Pfu DNA Polymerase
pfuturbo DNA polymerase for robust, high-fidelity PCRamplification Holly Hogrefe Brad Scott Kirk Nielson ValerieHedden Connie Hansen Janice Cline Frances Bai Jeff Amberg RondaAllen Mark Madden Stratagene an improved version of Pf...Prodesse gets new funding; improves flu assay
The company reported that a group of its core investors, plus three new accredited individuals, have provided an additional $850,000 in funding. The offering is com...Harvard advance improves stem cell research; not a medical revolution
In an article published on the Web si...UW Medical Improves Business Intelligence
MADISON, WI- The has chosen to standardize on a business intelligence t...Addition of imidazole during binding improves purity of histidine-tagged proteins
GPC Biotech AG, Martinsried, Germany The purity of histidine-tagged proteins* purified by metal chelate affinity chromatography can often be improved by optimizing the imidazole concentration in the sample and binding buffer to achieve a balance between purity and yield of the protein of...Hypertensive Drug Improves Sexual Dysfunction in Hypertensive Men
Losartan, a new anti hypertensive drug appears to improve sexual function among the hypertensive men with erectile dysfunction. As the cause of impotence, really it is the disease process itself, probably from reduced vascular compliance. According to American Journal of Medical sciences, a study evaluated hypertensive men with erectile dysfunction and found that their overall sexual sat...Ginseng Improves The Survival Rates Of Breast Cancer
The American Journal of Epidemiology have published that gensing has the anti-cancer properties that will improve the survival rates of breast cancer among women. According to foodconsumer.org the study found that those who took ginseng before diagnosis were 30 percent more likely to survive breast cancer. // Those who took ginseng after treatment were more likely to have a more active...Collagen improves voice quality in Parkinsonism
According to surgeons, injecting collagen into the vocal cords improves voice problems in Parkinson's disease. One of the important symptoms of Parkinson's disease is the deterioration in voice quality experienced by some patients. This problem is known as hypophonia, and is caused by muscle rigidity and other abnormalities in the area of the voice box or larynx.// People with hypopho...A new hearing device improves hearing
A new ray of hope for hearing impairment. A new hearing device that is implanted in the middle ear gives better sound quality than a more conventional aid. Doctors say that there's now a better option for those with hearing loss.//The usual kind of hearing aid transmits sound through the eardrum, and may produce feedback - distracting sounds and whistles - as well as giving the wearer the...ACE-011 Improves Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease in a Preclinical Model
KOS, Greece--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 26, 2007 - Acceleron Pharma,Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for thetreatment of musculoskeletal, metabolic and cancer-relateddiseases, today announced results demonstrating that ACE-011, anovel anabolic bone agent for the treatment of bone loss, preservedbone mass and architecture in a murine model of multiple myeloma.Multiple myel...Data Presented at SLEEP 2007 Shows VEC-162 Improves Sleep Onset and Maintenance vs. Placebo
Demonstrates Positive Effect on Objective and Subjective SleepMeasures MINNEAPOLIS, June 13, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accordingto study results presented today at SLEEP 2007, the 21st annualmeeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS),VEC-162, a balanced melatonin (MT1/MT2) receptor agonist beingdeveloped by Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. , demonstrated improvementsin...