Leeds researchers reshape the future of drug discovery

Scientists in Leeds have devised a new way to create the next generation of man-made molecules in a breakthrough that could revolutionise drug development. Creating new drugs to combat disease and illness requires the completion of a complex 3D jigsaw. The shape of the drug must be right to al...

Key Business, Labor and Academic Experts Join Stop Obesity Alliance Panel to Present Policy Perspectives and Recommendations to Reshape The Union

STOP Obesity Alliance sponsors discussion to Rethink Roles of Success, Treatment, Stigma and Research to Overcome Obesity WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following advisory is being issued by Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance: WHO: The Strate...

Infertility Doctors: Genetic Disease Detection is Skyrocketing, Could Reshape Medicine

Number of diseases that can be diagnosed just after conception is doubling yearly. North Carolina couple among the latest to benefit by undergoing special probe. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Dramatic progress in the det...

Chew on This-Eating Slowly can Reshape You!

A recent scientific research has gained new ground to prove that your moms' advice, to eat slowly and not to gulp down your food,// was surely the best for you! If you chew your food well and take time between your bites, you will end up eating lesser and feeling better, says a new study. K...

Body can reshape heart damage

Using the male chromosome as a marker, researchers studying eight cross-gender heart transplants from New York Medical College have discovered that the body can actively reshape the heart after injury.// The research explodes the long-standing belief that the heart cannot repair itself and the fi...

Virtual Nose Jobs to Lead This Year's Top Plastic Surgery Trends

...y upload a photo or open one of the sample photos available on the site in order to begin their online plastic surgery. By using their mouse, they can reshape and contour their nose to complete a virtual nose job. Once the desired results are achieved, users can then compare before and after photos using the...

Intralase “Bladeless” Lasik Gains Popularity in the Raleigh, NC Area

...ears. Essentially, LASIK involves using a laser to reshape the cornea. The cornea functions as a lens and ch...o make the flap and refinements of the lasers that reshape the cornea. Thin Flap LASIK: A New Innovation ...er to make the flap and an excimer laser that will reshape the underlying surface to correct vision. The ...

Telemedicine expands reach of care for Parkinson's patients

...Hartford as not sufficiently rural) and generally does not cover the cost of care provided. If broadly adopted, telemedicine has the potential to reshape the way individuals with Parkinson's disease think about their care and, ultimately, where to live. Currently, people often have to live near medical ...

Market Scope Expects Retina Pharmaceutical Industry to Top $3.5 Billion by 2014

...b to $2.8 billion in 2009, while new pipeline products promise significant growth in the coming years. The more than 50 drug candidates aiming to reshape this market use a variety of new approaches--neuroprotection, kinase inhibition, RNA interference, visual cycle modulation and targeting of the comple...

Device Offers Hope for Patients With Leaky Heart Valve

...ck for open-heart surgery, according to a study funded by the company that makes the device. The Carillon Mitral Contour System acts like a belt to reshape an enlarged, leaky heart valve. The study found that the device safely treated leaky mitral valves even in patients with moderate-to-severe heart fail...

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USC Keck School of Medicine's Dr. Alan Epstein Receives Prestigious National Cancer Institute RAID Award for Breakthrough IL-2 Molecule Therapeutic

...nufacturing of this novel molecule toward Phase 1 clinical trials." "We are in the midst of a biomedical revolution. New technologies promise to reshape medicine - with novel applications in new therapies, drug delivery, and patient care," said Dr. Richard Hull, Senior Director of Innovation Advancemen...

STARscanner, STARband Cranial Helmets Making a Difference in the Lives of Children

...econd computerized scan giving the orthotic specialist the information necessary to fabricate a plastic and foam cranial band, which is used to gently reshape a baby's head. Once the scanning process was completed, a STARband cranial helmet was custom-fabricated for Amelia by Orthomerica. STARband is a cus...

Myocor Receives Approval for Percutaneous Trial

... The first Coapsys device is currently being evaluated in the RESTOR-MV trial. Both devices are designed to reduce functional mitral regurgitation and reshape the left ventricle to provide a more complete reshaping therapy than traditional mitral valve repair. The development of the iCoapsys system will allo...

Promising Data from Paratek Pharmaceuticals' MAR Inhibitor Program Presented in 'Late Breaker' Session at the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

...f critical bacterial infections." Thomas J. Bigger, President and CEO of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, stated, "Paratek's MAR program has the potential to reshape the course of existing antibiotics and create a new standard in anti-infective therapy by directly preventing infection. The Company plans to achieve ...

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ICON 25 hCG Test

Description:... In pregnancy testing, our new ICON 25 hCG test will reshape your thinking. It gives you fast, accurate results, plus Beckman Coulter confidence. For the physician's office, ICON 25 hCG offers CLIA waived simpli...
Company:Beckman Coulter, Inc

EpiLift Epikeratome

Description:...from the Bowmans layer membrane in an intact sheet of viable tissue. The tissue is then lifted away from the cornea so that a laser can be applied to reshape it. This entire process, Epi-LASIK, produces virtually instant visual results similar to LASIK but with the stable long-term visual outcomes of PRK. ...
Company:Advanced Refractive Technologies (formerly VisiJet, Inc.)

ViewPoint CK System (Conductive Keratoplasty)

Description:...office using the ViewPoint CK System. NearVision CK builds upon the principles of thermokeratoplasty, using radiofrequency (RF) energy to temporarily reshape the cornea and therefore adjust its refractive characteristics. RF energy and its application To perform the procedure, a handpiece with a Ke...
Company:Refractec, Inc.

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Rhinoplasty

...ce there is no ideal in rhinoplasty , the goal is to improve the nose ... Making The Decision For Rhinoplasty ... Rhinoplasty is surgery to reshape the nose. ... During rhinoplasty , the surgeon makes incisions ... Rhinoplasty may be done using general or local anesthesia. ... More about R...

Blepharoplasty

... Blepharoplasty can be both a functional and cosmetic surgical procedure intended to reshape the upper eyelid or lower eyelid by the removal or repositioning of excess tissue as well as by reinforcement of surrounding muscles... Though ...

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As super-predators, humans reshape their prey at super-natural speeds

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Fishing and hunting are having broad, swift impacts on the body size and reproductive abilities of fish and other commercially harvested species, potentially jeopardizing the ability of entire populations to recover, according to the results of a new study that will appear in the J...

Duke-NIEHS team shows how DNA repairs may reshape the genome

DURHAM, N.C. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have shown how broken sections of chromosomes can recombine to change genomes and spawn new species. "People have discovered high levels of repeated sequences in ...

Ozone hole recovery may reshape southern hemisphere climate change

A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and even amplify Antarctic warming, according to scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. While Earth's average surf...

Researchers may have found why women have an edge on salt-sensitive hypertension

...tic nephropathy and uncontrolled hypertension. These antagonists block the action of ETA receptors which are believed to raise blood pressure and help reshape blood vessels into thick, rigid pipes. ETA receptors have been considered the evil sibling of endothelin B, or ETB, receptors, which are believed t...

Various species' genes evolve to minimize protein production errors

...evolved ways to prevent the production of costly aberrant proteins. "Finding such sweeping effects from a single, simple cost has the potential to reshape the way evolution is studied at the molecular level," Drummond says. "While much work has focused on how evolution makes creatures different, our work...

Use of nanomaterials in food packaging poses regulatory challenges

...hort of amazing, but we have to make sure these materials will not pose any harm down the line," Rejeski says. Nanotechnology has the potential to reshape the food packaging industry in the decades ahead and these product scenarios will help set a roadmap toward both regulatory and consumer acceptance su...

Craniosynostosis minimally invasive surgery holds more promise than old procedure

...icians have used two procedures to correct the problems. One procedure was to make an incision from ear to ear, strip back the scalp of the infant and reshape the skull by breaking the bones that had fused. The other procedure required a small incision near the point of the fused skull plates. Now, the first...

Washington University increases fleet of Roche Genome Sequencer FLX Systems

... Vice President of Applied Science for Roche Diagnostics. With more than 140 peer reviewed publications, we have a proven technology that continues to reshape the life sciences market. In addition to the purchase agreement, the Genome Sequencing Center and Roche announced the Centers participation in th...

NIH launches Human Microbiome Project

...Human Microbiome Project Implementation Group. In addition, we will likely identify novel genes and functional elements in microbial genomes that will reshape the way we think about and approach human biology. NIH recently awarded $8.2 million to four sequencing centers, to start building a framework and...

New findings challenge established views on human genome

... An international research consortium today published a set of papers that promise to reshape our understanding of how the human genome functions. The findings challenge the traditional view of our genetic blueprint as a tidy collection of inde...

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Surgeons Perform First Incisionless Bariatric Procedure in the United States

...he will need to make dietary and behavior changes in order to see and maintain significant weight loss. The procedure appealed to her because it would reshape her stomach and help her to feel full earlier when eating, reducing her desire for more food. Central Baptist Hospital was chosen as one of a f...

Top LASIK and Refractive Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Present Research and Educate Their Peers at Annual AAO Meeting in Atlanta

...Dr. Koffler presented a course on Corneal Reshaping Therapy to the JCAHPO(r) members. This technique allows for the use of specialty contact lenses to reshape the cornea during nighttime wear reducing low to moderate myopia or nearsightedness. Dr. Koffler is a Past President of the Contact Lens Association o...

Singapore to hold international 'pow-wow'

...ill paint a vivid and compelling picture on how science and technology will reshape our cities and the way we live. He will share his vision of the job mar...e." He will also illustrate how advances in science and technology will reshape the world economy and how by ignoring science and technology, a nation's ec...

The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Opens Shop on USC Health Sciences Campus

...n the Health Sciences Campus, USC further demonstrates its intention to provide leadership in the medical and biological sciences revolution that will reshape our society in coming decades," Nikias added. "We are creating a model that will strengthen Southern California's biotech industry. Faculty and resear...

The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation Opens Shop on US Health Sciences Campus

...n the Health Sciences Campus, USC further demonstrates its intention to provide leadership in the medical and biological sciences revolution that will reshape our society in coming decades," Nikias added. "We are creating a model that will strengthen Southern California's biotech industry. Faculty and resear...

Wisconsin Economic Summits have given a hand to states progress

...ible hand has been hard at work since the first Wisconsin Economic Summit was held in the fall of 2000. No summit attendees returned home intending to reshape Wisconsins economy because of a directive issued from the stage of the Midwest Airlines Center. However, many have exercised enlightened self-interest...

Interview: WTN Gets Real with Appletons Brad Hansen - Dot-Com Experience helps Executive to Spot Trends

...Especially in telecom, money has run from this industry because no one knows what the future holds. Regulatory issues have the potential to completely reshape our business for better or for worse. But through all this uncertainty, we have done much more than survive. In fact, we have become one of the Midwes...

The greatest life-science developments of 2004

... number of key drugs going off patent). The answer is that Merck will probably survive but not in its current shape or form. Second, will the FDA reshape its policy regarding drug reporting information by pharmaceutical companies (that is to say the reporting of information once the drug has been approv...

AT&T should set sights higher than repackaging DSL with Project Lightspeed

... and personalized services that offer compelling value to consumers. IMS is truly a transformational step in network development with the potential to reshape and radically improve the customer experience, said David Heeren, vice president of sales for Lucent Technologies, in an AT&T press release in 2005. "...

The deconstruction of Big Pharma

...ppening. Under the helm of a new CEO, who did not grow up in the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer has just announced a series of gut-wrenching moves to reshape itself. The question is, will this painful and expensive move be enough? What were these moves? First, a significant cut back in its huge sal...