UCLA Study Shows One-Third of Drug Ads in Medical Journals Do Not Contain References Supporting Medical Claims
UCLA investigators reviewed pharmaceutical ads in American medical journals and found that nearly one-third contained no references for medical claims; while the majority of references to published material was available, only a minority of company data-on-file documents were provided upon request; and the majority of original research cited in the ads was funded by or had authors affiliated with...
Gene therapy promising for growing tooth-supporting bone
A University of Michigan research team has found that introducing a growth factor protein into a mouth wound using gene therapy helped generate bone around dental implants, according to a new paper in the February issue of the journal Molecular Therapy. In a patient with a sizeable mouth wound, replacing a tooth takes more than simply implanting a new one---the patient also needs the bone...
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Evidence supporting H.pylori eradication
A study of patients on long-term non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment has shown that eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection can substantially reduce the risk of ulcer formation.// Treatment with omeprazole triple therapy eradicated 90 per cent of H.pylori infections and reduced the six-month ulcer probability of 34 per cent found in the control group to 12 per cent in the...
Cancer Cells Trigger Supporting Cells to Turn Cancerous
With the fight against cancer focusing at the molecular and genetic levels, the role played by the surrounding non-cancerous cells is coming under increasing scrutiny.// Now scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have demonstrated that these
supporting cells are indeed key players in the ultimate development and aggressiveness of cancer. These findings were arri...
Supporting children with stress key to improve stuttering
Researchers are studying ways to help children who stutter, cope with their stressors and emotions as this has a bearing on how the child improves with the speech difficulty //. "Our findings indicate that young children who stutter are more apt to be emotionally aroused, less able to settle down once aroused and less able to control their attention and emotion during everyday stress...
Ex-CIA Official Accuses Retired ISI Chief of Supporting Taliban
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official has accused Hameed Gul, a retired Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief of Pakistan, of secretly
supporting the Taliban. Art Keller, who was posted to Pakistan last year, has claimed that Gul along with other retired army officers supported the Taliban "to the degree that they aren't arrested or forced to cease and desist, they are...
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Bio-Matrix Scientific's Dr. O'Neill Sees University of Pittsburgh's
Published Study on Culture Blood-Forming Stem Cells from Human Fat
Tissue as Supporting Near Term Benefits of Banking Adipose (Fat)
Derived Stem Cells
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - The University ofPittsburgh School of Health Sciences issued the following study andpress release, "Scientists Culture Blood-Forming Stem Cells fromHuman Fat Tissue," June 15, 2007, Science Daily: "Researchers atthe University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have successfullyisolated and cultured human hematopoietic stem cells from fat, oradipose...
Pharmacyclics Announces Interim Results From Two Ongoing Phase 2
Trials Supporting Potential of Xcytrin Plus Chemotherapy to Treat
Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
WAILEA, Hawaii and SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 27, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announcedpreliminary results from two open-label, multi-center Phase 2clinical trials
supporting the potential use of Xcytrin(R)(motexafin gadolinium) Injection, the company's lead productcandidate, in combination with Alimta(R) (pemetrexed) and incombination with Taxotere(R) (docetaxel...
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...
Sunesis Presents Data Supporting SNS-032's Potential Anticancer
Activity in Multiple Myeloma at the American Association for Cancer
Research Meeting
Results from Non-clinical Studies Confirm Mechanism of Action andProvide Guidance for Dosing SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented non-clinical datademonstrating SNS-032's apoptotic activity in a multiple myelomamodel. These data were presented today in a poster session duringthe Annual Meeting of the American Association for...
Protox Announces Publication in Journal of the National Cancer
Institute Supporting PRX302 as Treatment for Prostatic Diseases
Additional data to be published in an upcoming issue ofAnti-Cancer Drugs VANCOUVER, March 20 /CNW/ - Protox(TM) Therapeutics Inc.(TSX-V:PRX) today announced that two peer-reviewed publicationswill feature Protox's PRX 302. The Journal of the National CancerInstitute ("JNCI") has published the work conducted by Dr. SamDenmeade and his team at Johns Hopkins University in collaboratio...