KIND Snacks Unaffected by Peanut Butter Recall
- All KIND Products Completely Safe, Include No Ingredients from PCA - NEW YORK, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today KIND Snacks reconfirmed that it is not affected by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) recall, and PCA does not supply any peanut products used in any variety of KIND Fruit + Nut...Study examines risk factors for cancer in unaffected breast of breast cancer patients
A new study identifies certain patient and tumor characteristics that may help indicate which breast cancer patients would be the most likely to benefit from preventive surgery to remove the unaffected breast. Published in the March 1, 2009 issue of CANCER , a peer-reviewed journal of the Americ...Cancer Care Unaffected by Doctor Reimbursement Changes
Study says Medicare Modernization Act yet to show drop-off in access predicted by critics TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Chemotherapy patients have not lost access to care despite federal legislation that has reduced reimbursements to their doctors in recent years, a new report fi...Patients perceived cancer care unaffected by lower Medicare reimbursements
Patients perceive no significant change in the quality of care for cancer since the United States government passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) according to a study published in the November 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of t...Hospital Equipment Unaffected By Cell Phone Use
Calls made on cellular phones have no negative impact on hospital medical devices, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. The new finding has dispelled// the long-held notion that they are unsafe to use in health care facilities. In a study published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedin...Health Care Costs Unaffected by Rebate
A new research has revealed that those who sign up to private health insurance to avoid tax or financial penalties were often younger, healthier and less likely// to be admitted to hospital as private patients. These findings have cast doubt on claims that an increase in the number of people ...Tooth Decay Bacteria Unaffected By Altered Biochemical Pathway
Streptococcus mutans, the bacteria responsible for causing tooth decay, are able to survive and multiply without an essential biochemical pathway that is considered// vital for the survival of normal cells. Researchers at the University of Florida have revealed that the tooth decay causing bact...Finding key to cancer drug Gleevec's limitations
...dy findings point to a new goal in CML treatment: to find ways to make imatinib specifically kill the leukemia-initiating cells that at present remain unaffected by the drug. She and her team are currently testing several two-drug combinations using their mouse model. Imatinib is being combined either with ...Scientists learn why even treated genital herpes sores boost the risk of HIV infection
...ealed genital HSV-2 lesions at concentrations 2 to 37 times greater than in unaffected genital skin. Treatment with acyclovir did not reduce this long-lasting, hi...l sores was twice as high in biopsies from the sites of these sores as from unaffected control skin. Moreover, the level of CCR5 expression in CD4+ T cells at the...More Gene Mutations Linked to Autism Risk
... studies have many advantages. We have learned a lot both from genetic analyses of children with autism as well as analyses of their patents and their unaffected siblings." The researchers compared genetic samples of 3,832 individuals from 912 families with multiple children with ASDs from the AGRE cohort...Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells
... over 3,100 subjects from 780 families of children affected with ASDs, then performed further studies in a cohort of 1,200 affected subjects and 6,500 unaffected controls. They then replicated their results in two additional independent cohorts. In total, they analyzed DNA from 12,834 subjects. "Autism Spe...Scientists Unmask Genetic Markers Associated With Psoriasis
... risk of psoriasis. They scanned millions of DNA variations in the genome to find those that occur significantly more often in psoriasis patients than unaffected people. The study was led by James Elder, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Dermatology, and Abecasis. Among the first authors were ...Diagenic Announces Launch of First Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Blood Test
...aunch the test in India because of the interest generated by its large clinical study across the country, which confirmed the test's gene signature is unaffected by ethnic variation. "We hope that by introducing a test that uses peripheral blood rather than tissue from the actual breast, more women will be en...Halozyme Therapeutics Announces Positive Findings With Pegylated Enzyme in Prostate Cancer Models
...t produced by the combination treatment was significantly better than docetaxel alone (p=0.003). Xenograft Du145luc results -- Tumor volume growth unaffected by combination treatment, as expected. Human Du145luc prostate tumor cells do not produce hyaluronan, and no change in interstitial fluid pressure was...VAP Cholesterol Test Helps Reveal Association Between Adiponectin Levels and Atherosclerosis
...d National Cholesterol Education Program ATP III recommendations calling for more accurate, direct low-density lipoprotein (LDL) measurement, which is unaffected by triglycerides. The VAP Cholesterol Test -- the new standard of care for patients at risk for cardiovascular disease -- is available through nationa...Bauerfeind™ AchilloTrain® Active Achiles Tendon Support
Description:...ritation of the Achilles tendon is provided by the integrated viscoelastic heel wedge (raises heel about 6 mm). A separate cushion is provided for the unaffected leg to offset the length difference....The Acceava Trichomonas Rapid Test
Features:... Easy - to - Run - Dipstick simple, one reagent. Accurate - 95% agreement against Composite Reference Standard (culture and wet mount). unaffected by other common infections. Fast - Results in approximately 10 minutes. Flexible - Requires minimal training and lab personnel. Objective - Provides...SST-1 Whole-field Scotopic Sensitivity Tester
Features:...etermined in 1 - 2 minutes. No need for the patient to maintain accurate fixation. No requirement for refractive correction. Results are relatively unaffected by mild cataract. Lightweight (4 lbs.) and compact. Fits easily into briefcase-sized traveling case (optional). All necessary controls are on th...Should embryos with a hereditary disorder be transferred if no unaffected embryos are available?
Barcelona, Spain: The numbers of cycles of preimplantation genetic diagnosis or screening are rising steadily in Europe with over 2,700 reported in 2004 (the most recent year for which data are available). Fertility centres are able to screen for a growing number of genetically related conditions,...Many cats unaffected by catnip, C&EN reports
Have you ever met a cat that doesn't go crazy over catnip? As it turns out, half of the cats in the world don't respond to it at all, according to the "What's That Stuff" column in the Aug. 1 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine published by the American Chemical Societ...Women often opt to surgically remove their breasts, ovaries to reduce cancer risk
...y among women with breast cancer and evaluated the impact of cancer risk, timing and age. Rate of increase was measured among 211 women with known unaffected BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are hereditary gene mutations that indicate an increased risk for developing breast cancer. Addition...Single thawed embryo transfer after PGD does not affect pregnancy rates
...l not feel pressurised to have more than one embryo replaced (with the increased risk of multiple pregnancies) in order to make use of their biopsied, unaffected embryos for which, otherwise, they might have little use. Now, these frozen blastocysts offer them the chance of an additional healthy pregnancy witho...DNA template could explain evolutionary shifts
...of the human genome. " The observation of mosaicism for an apparent mitotically generated, FoSTeS/MMBIR-mediated complex PMP22 rearrangement in the unaffected mother of two children with neuropathy suggests this mechanism can have implications for genetic counseling regarding recurrence risk. ...Enzyme involved in inflammatory bowel disease discovered at Penn State College of Medicine
...el. The European researchers found an alteration in the meprin gene that correlated with IBD. They then compared the levels of meprin in affected and unaffected sections of colons from IBD patients and from healthy people. The amount of enzyme in the IBD patient's inflamed colon was significantly lower than th...NASA uses satellite to unearth innovation in crop forecasting
...ce, and corn have more than doubled in the last 24 months, hitting countries like Haiti, Bangladesh, and Burkina Faso the hardest. And the U.S. is not unaffected -- drought in 2008 led to an estimated $1.1 billion in crop losses in Texas alone. "This advance is making it possible for us to do our job in a m...UMMS researchers isolate first 'neuroprotective' gene in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
...ium of researchers from the U.S., Mexico, Israel and Europe examined more than 300,000 genetic variants in over 1,800 people with ALS and nearly 2,200 unaffected controls. The approach is based on the assumption that naturally occurring gene variations can influence both disease susceptibility and the way a dis...Small molecules might block mutant protein production in Huntington's disease
...r embryonic development, nerve function and other bodily processes. Any treatment that interferes with the mutant forms must leave the normal forms as unaffected as possible, Dr. Corey said. "Attempting to intervene is very risky, but because the problem is important, it's worth doing," he said. In the cu...HIV-1 protease inhibitor induced oxidative stress in pancreatic B-cells: thymoquinone protection
...cant decrease in the levels of the antioxidants, cytosolic superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) and glutathione, whereas mitochondrial SOD levels remained unaffected in pancreatic beta-cells (INS-1 cells) exposed to nelfinavir. However, the mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP2) levels were up-regulated during nel...Global Confidence in Innovation Holds Despite Economy
...fidence Index San Francisco, CA (Vocus) January 29, 2009 -- The public's inclination toward innovative products was largely unaffected by the drop in consumer confidence last year, according to the 2008 IIIP Innovation Confidence Index that was expanded to cover every region of the ...WuXi PharmaTech Will Focus U.S. Operations on Laboratory Testing Services
...rong customer demand. Our biologics testing, cell banking and cell therapy operations in Philadelphia and our St. Paul and Atlanta operations will be unaffected by these actions." WuXi expects to record (i) cash restructuring charges, estimated to total approximately $2.5 to $3.5 million, consisting pr...Amylin Pharmaceuticals Announces Strategic Restructuring and Workforce Reduction
...and Company on the global development and commercialization of exenatide is unaffected by the restructuring. "We've made a difficult, but necessary, decision as...he Company's Ohio facility, where exenatide once weekly is manufactured, is unaffected by the restructuring. After the workforce reduction, Amylin's employee base...VAP(R) Cholesterol Test Helps Researchers Identify Treatment Effects of Combination Therapy
...d National Cholesterol Education Program ATP III recommendations calling for more accurate, direct low-density lipoprotein (LDL) measurement, which is unaffected by triglycerides. The VAP Cholesterol Test -- the new standard of care for patients at risk for cardiovascular disease -- is available through nationa...EntreMed Announces Stock Listing Transfer to Nasdaq Capital Market
... in substantially the same manner as the Nasdaq Global Market. EntreMed's trading symbol will remain "ENMD" and trading of the Company's stock will be unaffected by this change. Securities listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market must meet certain financial requirements and adhere to Nasdaq's corporate governance st...US College Students Needing TB Testing Now Have the Benefit of QFT(TM)
...sing bacteria, secreting a cytokine called interferon-gamma. QFT accurately measures the interferon-gamma response in a sensitive enzyme assay. QFT is unaffected by previous BCG vaccination and most other mycobacteria. Unlike the TST, it requires only one patient visit, is a controlled laboratory test, and prov...Ondine Biopharma Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
... study to eradicate Gram-negative bacteria including E. faecalis, which can be difficult to kill even using bleach as a disinfectant. The bacteria are unaffected by the light or the photosensitizer when used alone. When exposed to the Periowave(TM) Photodisinfection System, these virulent pathogens are complete...Anti-Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 (VMAT2) Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from CHEMICON
Description:...HO transfected with VMAT2 and not in wild type cells (2). Some additional bands, both higher and lower molecular weight, were also detected and remain unaffected by the inclusion of protease inhibitors. Higher molecular weight bands may represent glycosylated VMAT2 (2,3). VMAT2 has been localized in adrenal chr...