Critical role in programmed cell death identified
Dartmouth Medical School geneticists have found links in the cell death machinery of worms and mammals, opening new avenues for studying and targeting a process vital to development and implicated in cancer and autoimmune diseases. The work, reported in the February 17 issue of Nature, demonstrates the role of mitochondria, the cellular power plant, in prompting worm cells to self destruc...It's not fair! We are programmed to resist weight loss
Research confirming the human body is designed to strongly resist attempts to lose weight will be presented at an international gathering of obesity experts hosted by QUT this week. Queensland University of Technology appetite regulation and energy balance researcher Dr Neil King, from the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), said our bodies have strong mechanisms to defe...Researchers unveil strategy for creating actively-programmed anti-cancer molecules
The new study, which was published July 5 in an advanced, online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, achieved a significant enhancement of the treatment of metastatic breast cancer in animal models. The study showed the new hybrid compound remained in circulation for a week. In comparison, the small molecule drug was cleared in a matter of minutes. "Although th...Heart failure: Intervention possibilities from imaging programmed cell loss
Using a nuclear medicine technique and molecular imaging to "see" programmed cell loss—the body's normal way of getting rid of unneeded or abnormal cells—may help in early identification of those individuals who are at risk of developing heart failure, say researchers in the April Journal of Nuclear Medicine. "Our study indicates that it is feasible to noninvasively identify cell loss—or a...The Potential Of Cadaver Transplantation Programme In India
In ten years since the Transplantation of Human Organ Act was passed in India, we have not made much headway with the programme. This has been due to various reasons. //First and foremost has been lack of direction and the will to seriously consider this as an alternative to living organ donation. There has been a lack of initiative from the Government after the act was passed. Whenever...Time for A.R.Rahman to rock the Tuberculosis Awareness Programme
Music director and composer A.R. Rahman Saturday launched 'TB Sangharsh', the first Indian tuberculosis patients' network, as part of a nationwide effort to create awareness about the disease here. // Inaugurating the network, Rahman, who is a global ambassador for the International Stop TB Partnership, met patients in west Delhi's Mongolpuri area. He also interacted with them about th...Hepatitis B Vaccine To Be Included In National Immunization Programme
India's Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Monday said that the government would include Hepatitis B vaccination under its national immunisation programme// as it has been emerging as a "problem greater than AIDS." Addressing the valedictory function of an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-World Health Organisation (WHO) organised training workshop on laboratory diagnosis of lepto...LINK Applied Genomics Programme Promises To Revolutionize Healthcare Systems
The LINK Applied Genomics Programme has proved to be a success in that it has made it easier to diagnose meningitis, MRSA and Chlamydia; has regenerated spinal nerve cells//, made it possible to personalize breast cancer treatment and has provided effective vaccines against Salmonella. This programme had researchers from 17 universities and research institutions in collaboration with 23 i...‘Train The Trainers’ Health programme Inaugurate
BHUBANESWAR: A train the trainers programme for district level trainers was inaugurated by the state health secretary - Mr RN Senapati//. The trainers would provide training to the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and recruited under the National Rural Health Mission to help by taking care of new-born babies and pregnant mothers. About 12,730 ASHAs will be recrui...Programmer System (Enterra™ Therapy)
Description:The programmer for the ITREL 3 system consists of the Model 7432 physician programmer and the Model 7457 MemoryMod Software Cartridge. Enterra™ Therapy is indicated for the treatment of chronic nausea and vomiting associated with gastroparesis when conventional drug therapies are not providing adequate relief of symptons for diabetic or idiopathic patients. Gastroparesis...Rapid Programmer 3.0 Neurostimulation Programming Platform
Description:The Rapid Programmer 3.0 is the smallest and lightest-weight clinician programming platform in the industry. It enables clinicians to quickly and efficiently test patients intraoperatively and to create programs for them postoperatively....Major New Review Supports the Broader Potential of CeNeS COMT Inhibitor Discovery Programme
CAMBRIDGE, U.K. 2nd July 2007 - CeNeS Pharmaceuticals (AIM:CEN)("CeNeS" or "the Company") the Cambridge-based biopharmaceuticalcompany today announced that a paper published this week in CNSDrugs(1) further supports the hypothesis that acatechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor that acts in thebrain would be a useful agent to address profound cognitivedeficits in schizophrenia and bi...Data supporting three Antisoma programmes presented at AACR
LONDON, and LOS ANGELES, 16 April 2007- Antisoma announces thatpreclinical data supporting three of its drugs are presented thisweek at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of CancerResearch (AACR). AS1404-Avastin-paclitaxel triple combination highly effectiveAntisoma's scientists have for the first time evaluated a triplecombination of the Company's vascular disrupting a...