Robot-based system developed at Carnegie Mellon detects life in Chile's Atacama desert
A unique rover-based life detection system developed by Carnegie Mellon University scientists has found signs of life in Chile's Atacama Desert, according to results being presented at the 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 14-18 in Houston. This marks the first time a rover-based automated technology has been used to identify life in this harsh region, which serves as a test bed f...Multiple-drug resistant gene expression pattern predicts treatment outcome for pediatric leukemia
A new study is providing scientists with a better understanding of why some pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients fail to respond to treatment even when existing clinical predictive criteria point towards a positive treatment outcome. The research, published in the April issue of Cancer Cell, is likely to facilitate development of new strategies to combat drug resistance and treat...Disease progression model of pancreatic cancer developed by Penn researchers
Building on previous work, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have developed an animal model of pancreatic cancer that closely mimics disease progression in humans. From this, they hope to develop new treatments for this deadly disease. Advanced pancreatic cancer is among the most lethal of cancers, with a one-year survival rate after chemotherapy of only 17 to 28 pe...Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped
The visual cortex of the adult primate brain displays less flexibility in response to retinal injury than previously thought, according to a new study published in the May 19, 2005, issue of the journal Nature. This may have implications for other regions of the brain, and the approach the investigators used may be a key to developing successful neurological interventions for stroke patients in t...Affymetrix Launches New Globin-Reduction Kits and Protocol Developed with PreAnalytiX
Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX), announced today the launch of the new GeneChip(R) Globin-Reduction kits and associated protocol developed in conjunction with PreAnalytiX -- a joint venture between QIAGEN N.V. (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). The new kits optimize the PreAnalytiX PAXgene(TM) Blood RNA System for use with Affymetrix GeneChip tec...OWL Centipede Gel System from Invitrogen
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The Directorate of Anti-dumping and Allied Duties, under the ministry of commerce and industry, has recommended provisional anti-dumping duties on paracetamol from China and Taiwan. This followed an investigation against imports of the commonly used drug on basis of a petition filed by three domestic companies - Hyderabad-based Triton Laboratories and Sri Krishna Pharmaceuticals; Solapur...Medicis Pharmaceutical company enters pediatric market
Medicis is the leading independent pharmaceutical company in the United States focusing primarily on the treatment of dermatological conditions. Based in Wilmington, Mass., Ascent is a pharmaceutical company primarily dedicated to the specialty of pediatrics. Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation and Ascent Pediatrics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agre...Blindness can be stopped with drug for acne treatment
Stargardt's macular degeneration, also called juvenile macular degeneration, is an inherited disease which affects one in 10,000 people. This condition results from a defect in the ABCR gene, which is responsible for coding for a protein that removes all-trans-retinaldehyde, a vision byproduct, from retinal rods and cones. Rods and cones are supported by retinal-pigmented epithelium (RPE...HIV kids helped by zinc -study
Supplementation of Zinc with Anti-retroviral drugs for children’s with AIDS was found to reduce deaths due to diarrhea in HIV infected children’s //and also found to enhance the immune system which helps to fight against the virus. The study was conducted by Physician Moss and his colleagues from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland and the study results published...Garlic Supplements Impede HIV Therapy
Researchers have found garlic supplements can cause harmful side effect when combined with a type of medication used to treat AIDS. Garlic supplements reduced// blood levels of the saquinavir, one of a class of drugs called protease inhibitors that are effective at slowing the progression of HIV infection. In the presence of garlic supplements, blood concentrations of saquinavir decrease...McNeil-Goldman Scleral and Blepharostat Ring - Pediatric
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PHILADELPHIA, June 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Childhoodcancers are fortunately rare, but among them, neuroblastoma is aspecial case, accounting for 7 percent of all childhood cancers,but 15 percent of childhood cancer deaths. It typically occurs as asolid tumor in the abdomen, but also in the neck, chest, andpelvis, developing in the network of the body's sympathetic nervoussyst...Surfaxin (Lucinactant) Long-Term Survival Advantage vs. Comparators Published in Pediatrics
WARRINGTON, Pa., May 31, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- DiscoveryLaboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSCO) announces publication of theone-year follow-up results from its SELECT and STAR Phase 3clinical trials for Surfaxin(r), in Pediatrics, the premier medicaljournal for pediatric healthcare practitioners. The long-term datafrom the SELECT and STAR trials concluded that Surfaxindemonstrated a statisti...