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Protein discovery could unlock the secret to better TB treatment

UCL scientists have found a protein that could unlock the secret to quicker, more effective treatment of TB by waking TB bacteria in the body. Once the TB bacteria are active again, the disease becomes treatable using common drugs like antibiotics. Scientists believe that uncovering the molecular structure of this protein will lead the way to designing drugs which enable treatment of dormant and...

Topical treatment shown to inhibit HIV and herpes simplex virus infection

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers demonstrated that a gel applied in the vagina provides protection from both the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the herpes simplex Virus. The study, presented at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, is the first to show that a gel can retain anti-viral activity within the human vagina. The study, which was fund...

Weizmann Institute scientists develop a new approach for directing treatment to metastasized prostate cancer in the bones.

Few things about growing older are asinevitable and obvious as “going gray,?yet scientists have been unableto explain the precise cause of this usually unwelcome transformation.In a report posted today on the Web site of the journal Science,researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s HospitalBoston say they have found the cellular cause of graying hair whileinvestigating th...

Researchers add new tool to tumor-treatment arsenal

A new study demonstrates the potential effectiveness of treating tumors by combining agents that damage DNA with a drug that sensitizes cancer cells to these agents. The research, led by George Thomas, PhD, professor at the University of Cincinnati's (UC) Genome Research Institute, and Heidi Lane of Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, appears in the March 25, 2005, issue of the jo...

Discovery Could Lead To Novel Approaches In HIV Treatment

,the Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, has announcedthe development of a new method to assess how well the thymus (an organlocated at the base of the neck) works and the discovery of afunctional abnormality of this organ in HIV-infected individuals. Theteam of investigators led by Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, professor atUniversi...

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Midwest hotter for healthcare investments

The report said the Midwest experienced a 25 percent increase in 2006 for health care-related investments....

State's investment in early-stage businesses is changing perceptions

Attorney Joe Hildebrandt has been a part of many deals connecting promising young Wisconsin companies with investors, some close at home and others in the financial centers of the nations East and West coasts. Over the years, Hildebrandt told a legislative committee last week, he's battled the notion that Wisconsin is a "flyover state" that nei...

Schwartz leaves Merge board; will launch healthcare technology investment fund

Schwartz will continue providing business development assistance to the company beyond his previously...

Suggestions offered to foster high-growth business investment

A group of business investors and government representatives have suggested a series of changes to Wisconsin Act 255 that was enacted to stimulate investments in high-growth industries. Their suggestions were made to a state Senate committee on Wednesday. For more on that hearing, read: Regulations still stymie business investment in high-growth compa...

Regulations still stymie business investment in high-growth companies

"Today it is easier to legally gamble your life savings away than it is to invest in emerging, growth Wisconsin comp...

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Advances in Treatment of Cataracts

Cataracts occur when the eye's lens becomes cloudy and obstructs the passage of light to the retina. These obstructions can lead to vision loss. //Cataract is a major cause of blindness in India. Modern corrective surgery requires implantation of artificial lenses, however these implants often leave patients dependent on eyeglasses. But now, a recent study at Harvard Medical School has sh...

Recommendations for Treatment of Blood Pressue

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP),USA, have come out with recommendations to treat Hypertension.Control of systolic blood pressure is as important as control of Diastolic blood pressure. This is a crucial message for health care providers, patients, and their families. For many years, the importance of low...

Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery

Thyroid hormone treatment after surgery requiring heart bypass speeds recovery in children undergoing correction of congenital heart defects, according to a clinical trial published in The Lancet. The effects were greatest in the patients who underwent long and difficult surgeries. Following trauma or surgery or during a critical illness, thyroid hormone concentrations plummet. Ma...

Feeding channel created by malaria parasite - a new target for malaria treatments

Researchers have found pore-like holes in the membranes of red blood cells infected by the deadliest form of the malaria parasite. The parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, apparently uses these holes to supply itself with the nutrients it needs to grow and reproduce. The discovery may lead to the development of new treatments for malaria, a widespread and devastating disease. Mala...

Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with CAD

Transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not reduce the risk of cardiac events in postmenopausal women with existing coronary artery disease (CAD). In the PHASE trial (Papworth HRT Atherosclerosis Study), researchers randomized 255 postmenopausal women with angiographically proven coronary artery disease to receive either transdermal HRT--17-beta-estradiol with or without cy...

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Advance Uni-Compartmental Knee Components - Uni Metal-backed Tibial Component

Description:The Advance Unicompartmental Knee System is designed with bone conserving femoral and tibial components that provide reproducible results within a minimal incision. Uni metal backed tibial component....
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BioPro Uni-compartmental Knee System - Femoral Component

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BioPro Uni-compartmental Knee System - Uni-compartmental Tibial Tray

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The Natural-Knee Unicompartmental System

Description:A conservative, cost effective alternative to total knee replacement for patients with osteoarthritis primarily confined to one compartment....
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PICOMEnterprise -Brokerless Multi-Department PACS

Description:ScImage's PICOMEnterprise is a web-enabled PACS that has built-in visualization tools, custom reporting and custom workflow integration. It is a multi-modality solution that captures, stores, distributes and archives images, reports and clinical data generated from any DICOM and many non-DICOM devices and gives Cardiologists a single point of entry to assess their patients' conditions....
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Point of Care Strep Tests Speed Treatment, Lower Costs

Beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus (S. pyogenes) is the most common bacterial agent associated with upper respiratory tract infections. Although it usually involves mild symptoms (such as headache, fever or abdominal pain) if left untreated streptococcal infection can worsen and become life-threatening. Early diagnosis and treatment of group A streptococcal pharyngitis has been shown to red...

Rapid HIV Testing Increases Possibility of Treatment

According to a November, 2005 joint press release from UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) and the World Health Organization, the number of people living with HIV globally reached an estimated high of 40.3 million people in 2005, with over 3 million deaths caused by AIDS. The latest data from...

Data Available From Erbitux Phase III Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer

NEW YORK, July 12, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ImCloneSystems Incorporated and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company todayannounced results from an open-label Phase III study of ERBITUX(R)(Cetuximab) plus a taxane and carboplatin in the first-linetreatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Thestudy did not meet its primary endpoint of progression-freesurvival (PFS) as assessed...

Pixantrone Combination Therapy for First-line Treatment of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Results in Reduction in Severe Toxicities Including Heart Damage When Compared to Doxorubicin-based Therapy

Positive interim results prompt request for meeting with FDA SEATTLE, July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CellTherapeutics, Inc. (CTI) announced today that interim results ofits phase II/III trial comparing CPOP-R, in which pixantrone issubstituted for doxorubicin in standard CHOP-R first-line treatmentof patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), resultedin essentially al...

AVI BioPharma Partner Cook Medical Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment for APPRAISAL Phase II Clinical Trial for Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2007 - AVI BioPharma, Inc.(Nasdaq:AVII) announced today that its partner Cook Medical hascompleted target patient enrollment and released six-monthfollow-up data from a Phase II clinical trial known as Appraisal.The trial, currently being held in Germany, was designed to studythe effect of the Neugene(R) antisense drug Resten-MP(TM), whenused in conj...

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