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FDA Approves Human Hookworm Vaccine for Phase I Safety Trials

As any dedicated video game player knows, the first requireme...

NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine

Fast-track recruitment has begun for a trial to investigate the safety of a vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today. Sites in Rochester, NY, Baltimore and Los Angeles will enroll a total of 450 healthy adults. The clinical sites are part of the NIAID-sponsored V...

International trial of two microbicides begins

A large, multisite trial designed to examine the safety and preliminary effectiveness of two candidate topical microbicides to prevent HIV infection has opened to volunteer enrollment. The trial, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, represents a partnership among various research institutions in Africa and the U...

Bird Brains Show How Trial and Error May Contribute to Learning

The adult male zebra finch knows only one scratchy tune learned in its youth, which it performs repeatedly and intensely when females are listening. But occasionally, the finch might improvise, experimenting with a slower, more sultry variation or emphasizing different notes. Neurobiologists studying the finch now say the improvisation arises from a component of a crucial learning circuit...

Use of PET can reduce, may eliminate more strenuous drug development trials with animals

A number of articles explore the use of positron emission tomography (PET) and small animal imaging--nonsurgical techniques that open the door to understanding and treating human diseases--in the April issue of the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Journal of Nuclear Medicine. A major benefit of small animal imaging "is the ability to carry out many studies at various time points with the same...

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ReBlot™ Plus Kit - Trial from CHEMICON

Description:Western blotting is a commonly used technique for studying protein function and localization. Typically, protein samples are electrophoresed on SDS-PAGE and transferred to a membrane such as nitrocellulose or nylon, where they are probed with specific antibodies. Unlike nucleic acid based technologies, which allow reuse of Southern and Northern blots, it has been difficult to reuse Western blots....
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ChemiLucent Plus Western Blot Enhancing Kit (Trial size) from CHEMICON

Description:ChemiLucent™ Plus is a chemiluminescent signal enhancing reagent that can be used independently to boost the signal obtained with all ECL based Western blot detection kits. ChemiLucent™ Plus is derived from a powerful, innovative proprietary technology. Unlike conjugated complex- or chemiluminescent substrate enhancers, ChemiLucent™ Plus works through a novel mechanism by increa...
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Interspecies Trial Array 2: N Brain, N Liver, N Muscle, N Kidney from CHEMICON

Description:Chemicon Select Tissue Arrays are intended for laboratory research use only. The individual tissues were fixed in neutral buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin. Tissue identification and diagnosis was performed by certified pathologists. Tissue cores were removed from their paraffin blocks and relocated into a new recipient paraffin block, in an array pattern, using Chemicons Advanced Tis...
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Interspecies Trial Array 1: N Breast, N Prostate, N Lung, N Colon from CHEMICON

Description:Chemicon Select Tissue Arrays are intended for laboratory research use only. The individual tissues were fixed in neutral buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin. Tissue identification and diagnosis was performed by certified pathologists. Tissue cores were removed from their paraffin blocks and relocated into a new recipient paraffin block, in an array pattern, using Chemicons Advanced Tis...
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Interspecies Trial Array 3: N Pancreas, N Skin, N Spleen, N Ovary from CHEMICON

Description:Chemicon Select Tissue Arrays are intended for laboratory research use only. The individual tissues were fixed in neutral buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin. Tissue identification and diagnosis was performed by certified pathologists. Tissue cores were removed from their paraffin blocks and relocated into a new recipient paraffin block, in an array pattern, using Chemicons Advanced Tis...
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What patients want: A story of choice, clinical trials & evidence-based medicine

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ZyStor seeks to raise $15M for clinical trials

ZyStor, which also presented at the 2006 forum, would like to raise an additional $...

Prodesse begins clinical trials for flu virus detection

The product, known as ProFlu+, is being billed as a more complete and user-friendly test to help laboratories detect and differentiate several flu viruses, including...

ConjuGon raises $3.3 million to fund clinical trials

The Madison-based ConjuGon will use the capital for clinical trials of its treatment for the infections of large wounds, and to fund the developm...

Cancer-fighting agent heads for clinical trials

If the compound is found to be safe and effective in forthcoming clinical trials, it could treat forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...

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Man against HIV – new vaccine ready for human trials

A new vaccine called the TAT vaccine has been developed in Italy as the latest and most exciting HIV vaccine to date. And more importantly it has had a 71% success rate when tested on monkeys. This vaccine is now ready for human testing and this may be the brightest hope for mankind against the destructive HIV. Dr.Barbara Ensoli, Head of the Department of Virology at Italy’s National Hea...

Male contraceptive in trial

Doctors from England are trialling the first long-acting male contraceptive which stops the production of sperm.The drug, which is injected every three months, is a combination of hormones. In the trial, men are injected with a dose of progesterone, then a pellet of the male hormone testosterone is placed under the skin in the abdomen.Study coordinator Professor David Chater from the R...

How do patients benefit of clinical trials

Many patients undergoing trials of new cancer treatments do not realise that future patients are more likely to benefit than themselves.There can be no progress in treating cancer - or any other disease - unless there are clinical trials. Henceforth what do patients expect from a trial. Doctors in California gathered views from more than 200 patients involved in trials of new cancer treatments....

Glenmark’s new molecule to go through trial

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd today said its newly- found andti-diabetic/anti-obesity molecule will be put into clinical trials by later this year. Mr Glenn Saldanha, Executive Director, Glenmark pharmaceuticals, told newspersons that the company’s R&D team has established ‘proof of concept’ in animals for this molecule.// The global diabetes market is estimated to be in the region of...

Clinical trials need to be more frank

Doctors should keep their patients informed about being paid to enrol them in a clinical trial. Post-marketing surveillance or phase 4 clinical trials - are a signicnificant part of medical research. It involves giving patients a new drug// and the family doctor reporting any problems that might arise. The post-marketing phase will involve many more patients than those who can take part in previ...

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Seven Trial Rings

Description:These prisms fit standard trial frames. They are made of optical quality acrylic and are lightweight. Each set includes a display box. There are two sets available providing a full range of prisms. The advantage of these prisms that is that a patient can wear the prism with the trial frame while in the office to allow the patient to adapt to the use of the prism. Patient feedback will be much bet...
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Fresnel Trial Sets

Description:Allow accurate testing of large oculomotor imbalances in the trial frame. Fits all standard trial frames. Offer excellent optical qualities. Made of thin optical quality acrylic and are lightweight. Each set includes a display box. Available as two sets providing a full range of prisms....
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Adult Trial Frame

Description:This quality Universal Trial Frame comes at a very attractive price. The following adjustments can be made: Temple angle Temple length 4 1/8" to 5 1/2" (98 to 135mm) Nose bridge height 0-14mm Nose angle 0 to 30 PD adjustable 24 to 40mm on each side (48mm to 80mm total both eyes) Axial calibration on each lens: left - 120 to 0 to 135 , right...
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Half Eye Trial Frame - Adult

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Half Eye Trial Frame - Child

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Antisoma Announces Further Data From ASA404 Ovarian Cancer Trial

LONDON, 12 July 2007 - Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc(LSE: ASM, US OTC: ATSMY) today announces new data from its phaseII trial of ASA404 in recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.This trial compares patients receiving ASA404 plus chemotherapy(n=37) with patients receiving chemotherapy alone (n=38). The mainfindings are as follows: * There was no advantage in median time t...

YM BioSciences Announces Secondary Efficacy and Safety Findings in Randomized Phase IIB Aerolef Trial

- Company Announces Lead Investigator for U.S. Trial - MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - YMBioSciences Inc. , an oncology company that identifies, developsand commercializes differentiated products for patients worldwide,today announced results of secondary endpoint data from its 99patient, randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center Phase IIbtrial (DLXLEF-AP4) with...

Halozyme Therapeutics' Enhanze Technology Large Protein Molecule Therapeutic Clinical Trial Results Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society

- Co-Injection of rHuPH20 with Humira Estimated to Increase theMaximal Steady State Subcutaneous Bioavailability from 64% to 100%- SAN DIEGO, July 09, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HalozymeTherapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing andcommercializing recombinant human enzymes, today announced thatfinal results of the Enhanze(TM) Technology clinical trialdemonstrating im...

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...

Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer in Preclinical Trial Targeting System's Success in Mouse Model Reported in Cancer Cell

HOUSTON, July 9, 2007 - A molecularly engineeredtherapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinksor eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survivalwith virtually no toxicity, researchers from The University ofTexas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the July 9 edition ofCancer Cell. "This vehicle, or vector, is so targeted and robust in itscanc...

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