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South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn

South America's giant Pantanal wetlands, one of the world's most bio-diverse ecosystems, is at growing risk from intensive peripheral agricultural, industrial and urban development ?problems expected to be compounded by climate change, United Nations University experts warn. Covering more than 165,000 square kilometers ?an area roughly equal to Florida ?in the heart of South America, the P...

New online portal merges vast data on Gulf of Maine ecosystem

A new online portal consolidates decades of rich marine data, much of it available for the first time, enabling resource managers and scientific researchers to combine and analyze information in unprecedented ways, creating new insights into the Gulf of Maine's ecology. Launched today by the Gulf of Maine Area program of the Census of Marine Life, the Dynamic Atlas of the Gulf of Maine, on...

President Bush's cut to AIDS prevention in Africa would be devastating

Twenty-eight years after intense selective logging stopped in the region now known as Uganda's Kibale National Park, the red-tailed guenon (Cercophithecus ascanius) is a primate still in decline. The logging practice, scientists report in a new study, changed the ecological balance for these monkeys, leading to behavioral changes and opening the door for multiple parasitic infections. The...

Quick identification needed to save Florida's citrus industry from devastating disease

The recent discovery of citrus greening (huanglongbing) in samples collected from trees in South Florida poses a definite threat to Florida's $9 billion commercial citrus industry. Proper identification and eradication methods are needed to reduce the amount of crop loss caused by this disease, say plant pathologists with The American Phytopathological Society (APS). Citrus greening is a bacteria...

Pulp mill devastates swans' sanctuary in Chile

A recently opened pulp mill in Chile has devastated one of South America's most biologically outstanding wetlands, decimating its famed population of black-necked swans, along with most other bird life, a WWF-led team of investigators said Monday. "What was probably the largest population of black necked swans in South America has been wiped out in less than a year. It is an environmental...

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Simvastatin Plus Niacin May Lower Heart Risks

Treatment combining the cholesterol drug simvastatin with the B vitamin niacin lowers the risk of heart attack and other artery-disease complications by up to 90% in some patients. The study of 160 adults with clogged heart arteries and low HDL (good) cholesterol showed that 3 years of the combo treatment improved HDL levels, caused artery blockages to recede and significantly lowered hea...

SARS impact could be devastating

With a severe blow by SARS, the economies of several countries are forecast to shrink in the second quarter. More than five million foreign workers, from Filipina maids to Indonesian laborers and Vietnamese plantation workers, oil the wheels of commerce in the region, sending home in excess of $20 billion each year to their families. Studies show most of those families used the remittance...

Breaks In The HIV Treatment Resulted In Devastating Results.

An International study conducted by the University of New South Wales scientists resulted in proving that breaks taken in-between the HIV treatment can be life threatening and resulted in early deaths. This study was discontinued halfway through because //they identified that the patients who took a break faced increased risk of death or suffer a progression of the disease, compared with...

Avastin under trial to test efficacy for pancreatic tumours!

Northwestern Memorial Hospital along with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is conducting a Phase II clinical trial to determine if avastin is effective in pancreatic tumours.// The drug also known as bevacizumab is an anti-angiogenesis drug that is designed to inhibit the growth of blood vessels in tumours. The test is being done to see that it in combination...

Avastin, anti-Cancer Drug leads to Blindness and Other Complications

Researchers at the Genentech Inc.'s said that Avastin, a cancer drug may cause trigger a rare brain condition, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome//. This was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It was found that two female cancer patients in their 50s treated with Avastin developed reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS). This condition lead...

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Vastox Awarded £400,000 Grant to Support R&D at Carbohydrate Chemistry Facility

OXFORD, England, 20 June 2007 - VASTox plc (AIM: VOX), a leadingUK biotechnology company, announces that it has been awarded agrant of £400,000 by the Welsh Development Agency(”WDA”) under the SMARTCymru scheme. The grant,which runs for 12 months, will support the research and developmentwork undertaken at VASTox’s Aberystwyth facility and providesrecognition of...

Biothera's Imprime PGG Enhanced Effectiveness of Avastin in Cancer Study

EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 4, 2007 - Imprime PGG(TM), aninvestigational new drug from Biothera that enhances the innateimmune system response, increases the effectiveness of Avastin(R)(bevacizumab) to kill cancer cells, according to new preclinicalresearch presented yesterday at the 2007 American Society ofClinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago. Researchers at the Brown Cance...

FDA MedWatch: Avastin (bevacizumab) and Formation of Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Recent Clinical Study in Patients with Limited-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 21, 2007-Genentech and FDA notifiedhealthcare professionals of important new safety informationregarding tracheoesophageal (TE) fistula formation in a recentclinical study in patients with limited-stage small cell lungcancer (SCLC). This multicenter, non-randomized, single-arm phaseII clinical trial study combined chemotherapy and radiation plusAvastin. There have b...

Exforge Helps Vast Majority of Patients Effectively Control Their Blood Pressure After Failing on Other Medicines, According to New Clinical Data

Nine out of 10 non-diabetic patients treated withExforge achieved recommended blood pressure goals[1] Additional average decrease of 20 mmHg insystolic blood pressure observed in patients taking Exforge overreductions seen with previous monotherapy[1] Nearly 70% of those with high blood pressure notat treatme...

Data Presented at AACR Meeting Shows Peregrine's Selective Anti-VEGF Antibodies are as Effective as Avastin(R) in Preclinical Cancer Models

- Peregrine's Selective Anti-VEGF Antibodies Inhibited Tumor Growth By 90% In a Preclinical Cancer Model - - Peregrine's Antibodies that Selectively Inhibit VEGF Receptor2 Could - These Results Along with Data Presented on a Fully HumanAntibody Support Advancing Peregrine's...