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Intravenous gene therapy protects normal tissue of mice during whole-body radiation

therapy administered intravenously could be used as an agent to protect vital organs and tissues from the effects of ionizing radiation in the event of large-scale exposure from a radiological or nuclear bomb, according to an animal study presented today by University of Pittsburgh researchers at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Phi...

Intravenous nanoparticle gene therapy shows activity in stage IV lung cancer

A cancer-suppressing gene has been successfully delivered into the tumors of stage 4 lung cancer patients via an intravenously administered lipid nanoparticle in a phase I clinical trial at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The gene, FUS1, also was found to be active in the metastatic non-small cell lung cancer tumors. "We've treated 13 patients in this first-in-hum...
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UW Hospital and Clinics install smart intravenous pumps

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Its All Fun And Games in Madison - Raven Software Celebrates 15 Anniversary

MADISON, WI - Its the kind of story that makes you smile, and wish youd been in that basement in 1988. , a Madison-based developer of computer games, has come from two brothers working on a game on their Commodore Amiga, to being acquired by the second-largest game producer in the nation. Now with 95 employees and numerous hit g...
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Painkilling Patch As Effective As Intravenous Delivery Systems

Findings from a recent study has shown that an adhesive patch that resembles the size of a credit card and uses a tiny electric current to deliver pain medication through the skin does the job about as well as conventional intravenous devices. // The patch is affixed to the patient's upper arm or chest after surgery. Both the patch and some intravenous delivery systems allow the patient t...

Intravenous Vitamin C (Ascorbate) for Cancer Treatment

Research has found that Intravenous Vitamin C administration in the form of Ascorbate was tested on nine cancer cell lines and four normal cell lines. The vitamin C did not have any effect or toxicity in normal cell // lines but Killed 50% of cancer cells in the tissue culture animal cell line and almost 100% sensitive on lymphoma cell lines. Dr. Mark Levine and colleagues from Instit...

Oral use of ZYVOX (Linezolid) is better to Intravenous Vancomycin use for Skin Infections

McKinnon and his team have found out the benefits of oral ZYVOX for the treatment of skin infections and pneumonia caused by bacterial infections. They compared data from 80 health care clinics and compared it with the treatment // of Intravenous Vancomycin. The results show that oral tablets of Linezolid (ZYVOX), provides better treatment and significant savings of money spent to health...

The ideal composition of intravenous lipid emulsion

The body responds to a diverse range of insults, such as surgery, infection and injury by the activation of a wide range of cell types of the immune system, creating a number of potent cellular actions and mediators.// The inflammatory response, although essential for fighting infection, may damage the host. Its strength depends on pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators, cytokines and lipid...

Intravenous Iron treats anemia of pregnancy faster

For women with pregnancy-related anemia linked to iron deficiency, intravenous administration of iron increases hemoglobin faster and more effectively // than iron pills, says a Turkish study. Since oral iron replacement is generally effective, safe, and cheap, it is the first choice for treatment for iron-deficiency anemia, Dr. Ragip Atakan Al and colleagues acknowledge in their report....

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Advanced Magnetics Announces Positive Results from Two Additional Phase III Studies of Ferumoxytol as an Intravenous Iron Replacement Therapeutic

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Advanced Magnetics today announced positive results from twoadditional Phase III clinical trials of ferumoxytol as anintravenous (IV) iron replacement therapeutic that are beingpresented today at approximately 6:00 pm EDT as posters at theNational Kidney Foundation's Spring Clinical Meeting in Orlando,Florida. These posters are av...

Dharma Therapeutics Shows IDDS Is Effective in Reducing Pain Associated With Insertion of an Intravenous Catheter in Their Phase 2 Clinical Trial

Iontophoretic Drug Delivery System, dermal patch and a directcurrent power source with lidocaine and epinephrine (IDDS) SEATTLE, March 20, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Dharma Therapeutics,Inc., ("Dharma") Seattle, WA, a transdermal drug delivery companyand wholly owned subsidiary of Transcutaneous Technologies, Inc.("TTI"), Tokyo, Japan announced that its active transdermaldelivery te...
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