Inroads

Celiac Disease Making Inroads in U.S.

'Something has changed,' researcher says, but just what remains unclear WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Celiac disease, a serious digestive system disorder, has become far more common in recent years, a new Mayo Clinic study has found. According to a report in the July issue o...

New Insights, Inroads Against Breast, Ovarian Cancers

Once-promising ovarian cancer test loses luster, but new breast tumor treatments called 'exciting' SUNDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) -- "It's nice to be here. It's nice to be anywhere," singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, a self-described 17-year breast cancer "thriver," told reporter...

Experts Highlight Inroads to Preventing Cancer

Folic acid supplements, smoking and genetics are among research targets MONDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists looking at everyday factors that influence cancer risk are finding important new clues that could affect cancer prevention strategies. "Many of us believe that pre...

Science Makes Inroads Against Prostate, Other Cancers

In studies, an immune boost fights prostate tumors, and better drugs outwit brain, pancreatic malignancies SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Harnessing cutting-edge techniques, a variety of human, animal and laboratory studies are suggesting innovative new ways to beat cancer. B...

Genetic Medicine Making Inroads Against Disease

Advances against PTSD, bone loss and heart woes cited in new research TUESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- In fields as varied as heart disease, bone health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an explosion of knowledge in genetics is poised to revolutionize medicine, said scie...

Small Health Plans Making Inroads in Florida Marketplace

Competitive Market Poses Many Opportunities to Expand and Gain Market Share, According to a New Report from HealthLeaders-InterStudy NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that smaller Florida h...

EMBASE Classic makes inroads into pharmaceutical industry

Amsterdam, November 6, 2007 Elsevier announced today that major global healthcare company, Bayer HealthCare AG, headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, has signed an agreement to purchase EMBASE Classic. Available in electronic format for the first time, EMBASE Classic is a fully digitized biblio...

EMBASE Classic Makes Inroads into Pharmaceutical Industry

AMSTERDAM, November 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - Elsevier Signs Agreement With Bayer HealthCare AG Elsevier announced today that major global healthcare company, Bayer HealthCare AG, headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, has signed an agreement to purchase EMBASE Classic. Available in electronic form...

Ranbaxy trying to make inroads in herbal drugs market

Ranbaxy Laboratories Chairman, Tajendra Khanna, in a recent seminar organised by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on 'Managing Corporate Reputation', spoke about the comapny's plan of foraying into the herbal drugs market. He said that their products would create stiff competition for the ...

Global Autoimmune Disease Therapeutics Market to Reach $50 Billion by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts

...oimmune diseases include TNF inhibitors, such as Enbrel, Humira and Remicade. New products in the market, such as Rituxan and Orencia made significant inroads by addressing therapeutic needs not addressed by existing drugs. The global marketplace is characterized by participants such as Abbott Laboratori...

Inroads in Medical Technology

Studies Show Combination Laser Therapy Effective At Clearing Acne, Reducing Oil Production

...long-pulse, pulsed-dye laser and topical 5-aminolevulinic acid provides long-lasting clearance of acne lesions. "Laser technology has made great inroads in the treatment of acne, which until recently has been treated almost exclusively - and with varying degrees of success - with topical, systemic and ...

Video: The Arizona Heart Institute Announces the Largest Worldwide Experience with Endoluminal Grafting to Treat Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Related Pathologies

...d debilitating diseases of the thoracic aorta. Our team looks forward to continued research and scientific endeavors to hopefully, in the future, make inroads in the prevention of all cardiovascular diseases," continued Diethrich. Study Details From March 1998 to March 2006, repair of the thoracic aorta us...

Inroads in Biological News

New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds

... exciting applications in next-generation nanoelectronics. Here again, the ability to pattern nanodiamonds with sub-100-nanometer resolution provides inroads to realizing these devices on a mass scale. The resolution in nanodiamond patterning demonstrated by the Nanofountain Probe represents an improvement ...

Two new studies on circadian rhythms

... Hanover, NHDartmouth Medical School geneticists have made new inroads into understanding the regulatory circuitry of the biological clock that synchronizes the ebb and flow of daily activities, according to two studies p...

American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- April 8, 2009

... valve defects, high blood pressure, and psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety, the article notes. But researchers have recently made inroads into why some of those setbacks occurred in the first place. These insights have led to the development of promising new drugs that are more targeted ...

Harmonizing Biobank Research Conference in 2009

... ELSI, society and public health (GeneBanC, Priviledged, PHGEN, TISS.EU, etc). The collective output from these projects have already made significant inroads in biobanking science and in the science of biobanking. This includes work related to identifying key issues, design and management of biobanks, SOPs ...

From genes to farmers' fields

... 20% of the rice land is flood prone and the country typically suffers several major floods each year. Submergence-tolerant varieties could make major inroads into Bangladesh's annual rice shortfall and substantially reduce its import needs." Using modern techniques that allow breeders to do much of the...

Footrot vaccine closer than ever

...to pinpoint those proteins that will target the disease in a vaccine application," Professor Rood said. "Our Centre's approach has made significant inroads in the development of a novel vaccine for footrot. The trialling process involves treating sheep with purified surface expressed proteins to assess wh...

An Alzheimer's vaccine?

...revious Alzheimers vaccines, so we are optimistic about its prospects going forward, he said. Once again, Dr. Tang has found an innovative way to make inroads against a devastating and poorly understood disease. The next step, said Tang, will be to progress the work to the point that it can be tested in h...

Tumor genome analysis unveils new insights into lung cancer

... It lays an essential foundation, and has already pinpointed an important gene that controls the growth of lung cells. This information offers crucial inroads to the biology of lung cancer and will help shape new strategies for cancer diagnosis and therapy The report is the first to emerge from the Tumor ...

Genome study charts genetic landscape of lung cancer

... It lays an essential foundation, and has already pinpointed an important gene that controls the growth of lung cells. This information offers crucial inroads to the biology of lung cancer and will help shape new strategies for cancer diagnosis and therapy. The genomic landscape of lung cancer gives us ...

Proteins may predict lung transplant rejection

...st predictors and whether some biomarkers may be better than others at different points of the disease's development. The information could offer inroads to new therapies, said Wendt. Doctors may be able to increase the dose of anti-rejection drugs when the early markers of rejection appear. Or, they ma...

Inroads in Biological Technology

Madison-based TrafficCast makes national inroads as data provider

Madison, Wis. The next time you use the Web or a cell phone to check for traffic and travel times, you might be getting the data from a company in Madison. TrafficCast , a company that provides traffic data to a range of other map and travel services, is expanding well beyond its Madison hea...

A New Way to Predict Outbreaks: Replikin Peptide Concentration in H5N1 Influenza Virus Genome as a Marker for Lethal Outbreaks

...e months up to a year in advance. Replikins is working to expand the capabilities of this vaccine technology and looks forward to making significant inroads to control H5N1 and other influenza populations. Replikins are the viral tool of the future -- making accurate predictions in humans and animals now...

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Reports Results for the Second Quarter and First Six Months of Fiscal 2009

...f our sales, second quarter Fiscal 2009 had solid growth on our overall product line over the corresponding period of Fiscal 2008. We continue to make inroads towards improved market share of both new and existing products while we work to maintain our current market share on what is now becoming a broader b...

Huifeng Bio-Pharmaceutical (HFGB) Announces USD $1.1 Million Supply Agreement with DNP International Co. Inc.

...s for the quality and consistency of the products we develop and manufacture,'' stated company CEO Jing'An Wang. ''We are pleased to be making further inroads into the US market and hope to sign similar supply agreements with DNP and other US entities in the near future.'' About Glucuronolactone Glucuron...

Carbon nanotubes made into conductive, flexible 'stained glass'

...in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, who led the research team. High purity carbon nanotube thin films not only have the potential to make inroads into current applications but also accelerate the development of emerging technologies such as organic light-emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic ...

Molecular Diagnostics Leader AdvanDx Taps Former Dako Executive Vice President to Lead Global Sales and Marketing Expansion

... with serious infections," Mr. Johansen added. "I am pleased to join AdvanDx's strong business and scientific management team as we make significant inroads into multi-billion dollar markets," said Else Beth Trautner, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AdvanDx. "I look forward to ramping our success ...

Binex and MaxCyte Collaborate on Cancer Immunotherapy Research

...we advance this therapy, we are developing a closed system manufacturing process which will allow us to improve scalability and reduce cost for making inroads into world markets. We believe MaxCyte's technology can contribute significantly as we expand this product toward new indications." "We are extrem...

Former SGI/Cray Team Develops Products for G5 Platform

...inistrators can now increase the available bandwidth and reliability of network links between G5 servers and switches. The startup has already made inroads with major industry players including Intel and Apple. "The aggregation product, it looks to be a good one," said Seebers longtime colleague, Jeff We...

BxVideo designs Web hosting service for Sonic Foundry media presentations

...up equipment themselves. BxVideo is offering a full-service approach from recording to publishing. Madison-based Sonic Foundry has made significant inroads into rich media presentation, managing webcasts for organizations such as Wispolitics and Accelerate Madison . Its new relationship with BxVideo, a...

Wisconsin giant continues to dominate the health care IT market

...es medical imaging and information technologies, patient monitoring systems and health care services. Since its inception, GE Healthcare has made huge inroads in the health care IT market. However, the year 2003 could be considered one of the busiest for the company as it made moves to solidify its leadin...