Combination therapy boosts effectiveness of telomere-directed cancer cell death
Sometimes apotential target for a drug seems very promising on paper; things areoften very different in reality. Its the case of telomerase inhibitorsto treat cancer; they are supposed to strip the "immortal" (able todivide indefinitely) aspect of cancer cells. Yet, something in the cellseems to block their function, preventing them to inhibit completelythe...New imaging method gives early indication if brain cancer therapy is effective, U-M study shows
A special type of MRI scan that measures the flow of water molecules through the brain can help doctors determine early in the course of brain cancer regimen if a patient's tumor will shrink, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center developed the assessment, which they call a functional diffusion map. They used a magnetic resonance imaging sc...Boosting HIV screening can increase survival and is cost effective
Expanded HIV screening can increase patient life span, prevent the spread of the disease, and is cost effective, researchers at Yale, Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital report in the February 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study's findings are part of a two-paper series in NEJM on the value of expanded HIV screening in the United States. The Yale/H...Effective Cancer Treatments Follow The Clock
Oncologists have long thought that cancer treatments tend to be more effective at certain times of day. But they have been unable to turn this knowledge into practice, because they did not understand the phenomenon well enough. Now, researchers have discov...DirectPrep 96 Miniprep System for cost-effective, high-throughput plasmid DNA purification
QIAGEN introduces the DirectPrep 96 Miniprep System for cost-effective, fully automated, high-throughput DNA purification from high-copy plasmids. Use of a novel lysis chemistry eliminates the need for a lysate clearing step. Plasmid DNA purification is performed using a single plate and a simple bindwashelute...The Fastest, Simplest, and Most Effective Way to Remove DNA Contamination
Orders of magnitude better DNA removal than with wild type DNase I Perform DNA digestion and sample clean-up in just 20 minutes DNase treatment is the method of choice for...Merge offshoring jobs to "more cost-effective" workforce
The plan to reduce 28 percent of the financially troubled medical imaging software company's workforce in the United States, Canada, and Japan to...Midwest is cost-effective for startup biotech companies
We know that the cost of wet lab...Video games promoted as effective health-care training
MADISON, Wis. Scientists are turning on its head the popular notion that video games can only promote aggressive behavior or passive learning. The explosion of real-world learning applications for games may astound critics of the virtual world. The first annual conference featured games promoting nutrition, self-awa...New Way to "See" Genes, Evaluate Effectiveness of Gene Therapies Discovered
This technology essentially renders the body transparent and will allow physicians to determine whether gene therapies reach targeted cells and work as they should. "The technology is expected to help patients with cancer and other illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease. The discovery is outlined in the August 2000, issue of the journal Nature Medicine. UCLA researchers plan to tes...Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma
A 5-year, 8-center study by "Childhood Asthma Management Program" (CAMP) has indicated that inhaled steroids are safe and effective for the long-term treatment of children with mild to moderate asthma. "Although asthma experts around the world have recognized the effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids in treating asthma, their long term effects in children were not clear, and questions have bee...Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex
Canadian researchers say, that the morning after pill, which rescues many women from unwanted pregnancies can be effective up to five days after having unprotected sex. These findings were released after a study conducted by Dr. Isabel Rodrigues, a professor of family medicine at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues. The study is published in the March...Distraction therapy found very effective in postoperative patients
Controlling pain in patients following surgeries has been effectively taken care of by a new therapy called distraction therapy. Doctors at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in the US have distracted patients with images and sounds from nature and have successfully controlled pain in patients following a painful procedure called bronchoscopy, which involves inserting the tube into the nose...ZD1839 Proves Effective - A Breakthrough in fighting Lung Cancer
Lung cancer, the header among all forms of cancer, is avenged now by the new proven effective ZD1839. It has been shown that ZD1839, an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has confirmed, durable responses and safety in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as monotherapy and in combination with standard chemotherapy agents after segmental scrut...Eurand's Zentase Effective in Treating Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Studies Show
Zentase Improves Absorption of Fat, Protein and Other Nutrients inPatients with Mild, Moderate or Severe Malabsorption, WhileControlling Symptoms of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency MILAN, Italy and DAYTON, Ohio, June 19, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eurand N.V. today announced results thatwere presented at the recent European Cystic Fibrosis Societymeeting in Antalya, Turkey, held June...Cimzia Effective in Reducing Signs and Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
New Data Presented at EULAR Confirms Efficacy with Either EveryTwo Weeksn or Monthly Dosing BARCELONA, Spain, 14 June 2007 - 7:00 am CET - New pivotal data(RAPID 1 and RAPID 2) presented at the Annual European Congress ofRheumatology (EULAR) show that Cimzia (certolizumab pegol), thefirst PEGylated, Fc-free anti-TNF, combined with methotrexatetherapy has a rapid and significant eff...Gabapentin Shown Effective for Fibromyalgia Pain
BETHESDA, Md., June 11, 2007--New research supported by theNational Institutes of Healths National Institute of Arthritis andMusculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) shows that theanticonvulsant medication , which is used for certaintypes of seizures, can be an effective treatment for the pain andother symptoms associ...ApoCell's Cancer Predictive Index Helps Oncologists Select the Most Effective Targeted Drug Therapy
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 7, 2007 - ApoCell, Inc. presented theresults of a study conducted by researchers at the University ofChicago and ApoCell at the 2007 annual meeting of the AmericanSociety of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) held in Chicago in early June.The study showed that ApoCell's advanced pharmacodynamic biomarkerassay technology provides reliable predictive data of clinicalrespon...