Sunitinib Benefit Explored in Poor-Prognosis Kidney Cancer
Treatment safe in advanced disease but more study is needed, experts say THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- The oral cancer drug sunitinib (Sutent) has shown promising results in advanced kidney cancer patients who have a poor prognosis, new research says. Previous clinical trial...Affordability Crisis in Managed Care Explored at Conference of Health Plan Executives
March 8 - 11, 2009 CLEVELAND, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its mission to share innovative ideas and experiences, the Managed Care Executive Group (MCEG) has announced its 20th annual forum for CIOs and senior health-plan leaders will be held March 8 through 11,...The role of giving explored by Indiana University physician-author
INDIANAPOLIS We Make A Life By What We Give is the title of a new book that will nudge readers to think about their lives and how they can share what they have to improve their lives and the lives of others. Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children physician-philosopher Richard B. Gunde...Controversies in science and technology explored in new book from Mary Ann Liebert
New Rochelle, NY, February 19, 2008Controversies in Science and Technology, Volume 2: From Climate to Chromosomes presents an in-depth exploration of hot topics in modern science and technology that is accessible to a broad audience. The book takes a unique approach, using multiple experts of dive...New Treatment Explored for Cluster Headaches
Migraine nasal spray showed promising results in small study THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The severely painful type of headache called cluster headaches respond to a medication frequently used for migraines, a new study found. The research shows that zolmitriptan nasal spra...HIV's impact in Zimbabwe explored in new research
The impact of HIV in Zimbabwe since the early 1980s is explored in new research published this week in the journal PNAS. Researchers found that HIVs impact on Zimbabwes population as a whole has not been quite as severe as some predicted in 1989, when a group of epidemiologists at a World Healt...Stem Cell Transplants Explored as a Possible Treatment for Hearing Loss
Stefan Heller's dream is to someday find a cure for deafness. As a leader in stem cell-based research on the inner ear at the Stanford University School of Medicine,// he's got a step-by-step plan for making this dream a reality. It may take another decade or so, but if anyone can do it, he's...Potential Key to Brain Blood-Flow Disorders Explored by Scientists
Scientists at University of Vermont have uncovered the possible causes for brain disorders such as stroke, migraine, and Alzheimer’s disease. Their findings were// published November 1, 2006 in the prestigious journal Nature Neuroscience. The cellular process is responsible for signaling regi...Results From Trials of DHA in Alzheimer's Disease and Age-Related Cognitive Decline
...s and mild cognitive impairment therapy trials - concerns a possible interaction between certain therapies and genetic status. This issue needs to be explored more completely in future trials," Thies added. Memory Improvement with DHA Study (MIDAS) Researchers at Martek Biosciences Corporati...CuraGen Updates CR011-vcMMAE Data at ASCO
...e of 1.0 mg/kg given once every week has been identified as the maximum tolerated dose in a weekly schedule, and a dose of 1.5mg/kg is currently being explored in the two out of three week schedule. Although median duration of follow-up is only 6 weeks, objective responses have thus far been observed in 3 of ...Getting More From Whole-Transcript Microarrays
...rne and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia suggests that the gene platform can also do the job. The scientists explored a publicly available dataset of 11 human tissues that were analyzed on both the Affymetrix Gene 1.0 ST and the Affymetrix Exon 1.0 ST chips. Robinson ...Doctors Urge Precaution to Shield Against Swine Flu
...-cells and B-cells, resulting in improved health. The benefit of AHCC's NK Cell supporting effect, and its role in defense against influenza was explored in a study in mice conducted at Philadelphia's Drexel University and published in Journal of Nutrition, November 2006. Compared with animals expose...Carpentier-Edwards Classic Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring
Description:...ompletely reversible insufficiencies should not, however, be corrected by ring annuloplasty. Partially reversible tricuspid insufficiencies should be explored and the orifice measured using sizers; if the area of the orifice is significantly larger than the size 32 sizer in women, size 34 in men, or if organ...Bioterrorism and disaster preparedness explored in special issue of Medical Decision Making
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (July 27, 2009) According to a study in a special issue of Medical Decision Making , a large-scale, covert anthrax attack on a large city would overwhelm hospital resources even with an extremely effective public health response, primari...Wind power explored off California's coast
In many ways, wind energy seems an ideal energy source. Fields of mighty turbines spinning in rhythm could harness carbonless power and shuttle it off to homes and industries. But questions remain about the feasibility of wind parks: How much will they cost" Can this unpredictable energy source be...Stem cell transplants explored at Stanford as a possible treatment for hearing loss
Stefan Heller's dream is to someday find a cure for deafness. As a leader in stem cell-based research on the inner ear at the Stanford University School of Medicine, he's got a step-by-step plan for making this dream a reality. It may take another decade or so, but if anyone can do it, he'...La Jolla Institute discovers novel tumor suppressor
...hanism (low expression of PLC-beta 3 and high STAT5 activity)." Dr. Kawakami added that much work still needs to be done. "Our findings need to be explored in other tumors. And, of course, its application in human disease needs further study. But we hope other researchers will be encouraged by our work ...Results from trials of DHA in Alzheimer's disease and age-related cognitive decline
...'s and mild cognitive impairment therapy trials concerns a possible interaction between certain therapies and genetic status. This issue needs to be explored more completely in future trials," Thies added. Memory Improvement with DHA Study (MIDAS) Researchers at Martek Biosciences Corporation examined...Sustainable bioenergy project has global launch
...e GSB steering committee. "Most analyses involving biofuels have been undertaken within a largely business-as-usual context. In particular, none have explored in any detail on a global scale what could be achieved via complementary changes fostering graceful coexistence of food and biofuel production." The...NIH expands Human Microbiome Project; funds sequencing centers and disease projects
...ase $1 million The relationship between the inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, the intestinal microbiome, and bacterial proteins will be explored in samples from pairs of twins with and without the disease. Ellen Li, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis Digest...Caltech researchers explore how cells reconcile mixed messages in decisions about growth
...rage it when and where it's not. The tug-of-war between these two sets of influences, and the effects they have on tissue growth, are explained and explored in a paper authored by scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and published online in the early edition of the Proceedings ...Green tea may affect prostate cancer progression
...to be done, however, we think that the use of tea polyphenols alone or in combination with other compounds currently used for cancer therapy should be explored as an approach to prevent cancer progression and recurrence," Cardelli said. William G. Nelson, V., M.D., Ph.D., professor of oncology, urology and...Research vessel Polarstern starts 24th Arctic season
...ist. The Hakon-Mosby mud volcano lies in 1.250 m water depth at the Norwegian continental shelf of the south-western Barent Sea and has regularly been explored in the past by Polarstern expeditions. A long-term observatory to continually measure geological, physical, chemical and biological parameters in comb...Preview: Electronic health records, tech choices explored at Digital Healthcare Conference
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced yesterday that a new organization, the American Health Information Community (AHIC) will be formed to make recommendations for a nationwide system for storing and sharing patient's medical records electronically. This news makes the Dig...InterMune Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Highlights
...der HCV patients, and would include twice-daily dosing of ITMN-191 and significantly higher total daily doses (600mg and 900mg twice daily) than those explored in the first four patient cohorts. Today the company announced that results of all seven cohorts of INFORM-1 will be presented in Presidential...OMT announces a breakthrough in the development of a novel human antibody platform
...tivation of endogenous rat antibody expression is essential for human antibody expression in genetically engineered animals. To solve this problem, we explored a new application for Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology, which enabled a technique that could revolutionize the genetic engineering of animals." ...RainEarth (RNER) Continues to Expand its Marketing Force in China
...e and Health Products. A good marketing strategy can be crucial in today's economy for medicine and health products. In the forum, participants explored various marketing strategies and China RainEarth introduced its marketing network. Headquartered in the Chinese capital of Beijing and with an ...Insmed Announces Results of IPLEX(TM) Phase II Trial in Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
... the U.S. enrolled 69 patients with MMD, for a six-month period. As this was an exploratory trial, a primary endpoint was not pre-defined. The trial explored measures of endurance, using the six-minute walk test, muscle function and strength, cognitive function, gastrointestinal function, pain, quality of l...A breakthrough toward industrial production of fluorescent nanodiamonds
...orescence properties and crystal structure intact. In a recent study, which is published in Nanotechnology , researchers in France and Germany have explored with success this alternative route to producing homogeneous samples of pure and very small fluorescent diamond nanoparticles with high yield. The fab...Porcine Leptin ELISA Kit from Diagnostic Systems Laboratories, Inc.
Description:...t vs. subcutaneous fat, which differs between gender, may have different leptin production rates. The nature of circulating leptin has not been fully explored but the suggestion that it is bound to a circulating protein has been presented. Whether this is a separate protein or represents a circulating form ...