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Moffitt-USF head toward first human trials of anti-cancer drug that targets protein AKT

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, working in partnership with the University of South Florida (USF), has discovered a new use for an old, previously discredited anti-cancer drug that could add another weapon in the arsenal against several cancers, including tumors of the breast, ovary, colon, skin and prostate. The compound, tricirbine, was tested at various cancer cen...

Researchers make headway in mystery of migraines

Scientists at the MUHC have made progress in understanding what causes migraines. The research, published in the new issue of the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals how gene mutations known to cause a form of inherited migraine--the kind that cause debilitating headaches and light flashes known as auras--target a cellular process involved in brain cell communication....

How satellite tracking revealed the migratory mysteries of endangered Atlantic loggerhead turtles

Their journeys are among the longest in the animal kingdom and they have largely remained a mystery until now. An international team of scientists led by the University of Exeter have uncovered the migratory secrets of endangered loggerhead turtles in West Africa and the results could have huge implications for strategies to protect them. In a paper in the journal Current Biology, Dr Brend...

Compound from Chinese medicine shows promise in head and neck cancer

A compound derived from cottonseed could help improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy at treating head and neck cancer, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. The findings, which appear in the July issue of the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, could lead to a treatment that provides an effective option to surgically removing the cancer, he...

When in danger humans are similar to a deer in the headlights

Standing still when a threat is detected is a defensive, protective reaction. This ancestral and automatic behavior allows the prey to stay unnoticed by a potential predator. A new study published in Psychophysiology finds that humans, like many other complex animals, freeze when encountering a threat. The mere picture of an injured or mutilated human induces this reaction. When viewing these unp...

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Biomek FXP Laboratory Automation Workstation with Multichannel Head from Beckman Coulter

Description:The Biomek FXP is the latest entry in the Biomek line. With anup-to-date hardware design for greater positional accuracy and increased robustness, it can meet the needs of just about any application. It can be configured with either one or two pipetting pods. With its large deck capacity, the Biomek FXP sets the standard for flexible laboratory solutions to meet your changing needs. It puts...
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Overhead Drive from DASGIP AG

Description:DASGIP Overhead Drive for individual and parallel agitation control Single electronical overhead stirrer for flexible agitation of DASGIP vessels, featuring range of stirring speeds and range of impellers. Up to 16 overhead drives can be operated as part of one DASGIP Cultivation Systems fedbatch-pro® and cellferm-pro® for microbiology and cell culture. Dimensions (D x H...
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Sciclone ALH 3000 Liquid Handler: Functional Characterization of the High Volume Head - Part 1: Plate-to-Plate Precision Testing

Applied Science and Technology Department, Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Hopkinton, MA 01748 The High Volume Head is one of four multi-channel liquid handling options available for the Sciclone Advanced Liquid Handler (ALH). The architecture of the device includes an arra...

Oskar Anderson to succeed Miszewski as head of state technology division

Anderson, who is on vacation this week, will join the <a href="http://ww...

Analysis of Fuel Oxygenates by U.S. EPA Method 8260B Using Headspace Trap with GC/MS

710 Bridgeport Avenue Shelton, CT 06484 The Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 require that oxygenated compounds be added to gasoline to produce fuel with increased oxygen content. Oxygenat...

Damn the incumbents, and full speed ahead

Speed is the common measurement that cuts across many products and services as the general metric for assessing whether or not a produ...

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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Roller coasters – cause “Chronic Headache?

Startling findings reveal that the highly popular roller coaster rides that are invading all our amusement parks may not be safe after all! A kind of posttraumatic migraine might be induced on account the seemingly safe rides. In a specific incident that was studied by researchers, following one such ride a young lady presented with throbbing headache, blurred vision and nausea, immediate...

TIZANIDINE - New solution to chronic headache

Chronic headache is one of the common neurological problems affecting greater amount of population. Most are not due to any underlying disease. If you happen to be one of the unfortunates suffering from this chronic migraine, then there is a reason to celebrate. Yes, the drug used to treat muscle spasms may provide new hope for millions of people who suffer from frequent headaches. Ameri...

Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children

Over the counter pain medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen(paracetamol) etc., is now identified to be the cause of chronic headache in children. A team of Israeli researchers who treated 26 adolescents, found that the average number of tablets taken by each patient was 28 each week, with 16 using pain medication daily. They stopped all the analgesic medications and found that the h...

Hormone replacement Therapy a headache

Researchers from Sweden warn women undergoing hormone replacement therapy against the risk of uterus cancer. Hormone Replacement Therapy is advised for women to reduce menopausal side effects like hot flushes and night sweats, and to protect them from osteoporosis and heart disease.// Research has shown the drugs, which replace natural hormones that decrease with menopause,...

Headache decreases appetite

Researchers have found that headache stimuli also affect the appetite centre of the brain.It is always been a mystery as to why loss of appetite often accompanies pain. People with migraine, for instance, cannot face food and it is often assumed this must be because one common linked symptom is nausea. Scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School no...

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Head-worn Loupe G3

Description:Head-worn Loupe G3, Galilean teleloupe system....
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Head-worn Loupe KF

Description:Head-worn Loupe KF Titanium the teleloupe system is mounted on a special frame with straight temples and an elastic headband....
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Head-worn Loupe KS

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Head-worn Loupes L

Description:The Carl Zeiss Head-worn Loupes L and LC are the ideal solution if a low magnification suffices for your work and you want to keep your hands free to perform the task at hand....
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Head-worn Loupes LC

Description:The Carl Zeiss Head-worn Loupes L and LC are the ideal solution if a low magnification suffices for your work and you want to keep your hands free to perform the task at hand....
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ProEthic Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Data for PRO-513 at American Headache Society Meeting

MONTGOMERY, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 8, 2007 - ProEthicPharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately funded specialty pharmaceuticalcompany that acquires, develops, licenses, and markets nicheprescription products, today presented detailed Phase III studydata for PRO-513, the Company's product candidate for the treatmentof migraine headaches. The results were presented in two posterpresentations at...

MAP Pharmaceuticals to Present MAP0004 Phase 2 Clinical Data at the American Headache Society Meeting

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 05, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- MAPPharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present Phase 2data from its MAP0004 migraine therapy clinical program at the 49thAnnual American Headache Society Meeting at the Hyatt RegencyChicago in Chicago, Illinois. The poster presentation, which wasaccepted as a late-breaker, is entitled Rapid and SustainedClinical Efficacy...

Merck at ASCO 2007: Spectrum of Studies Reinforces Promise of Erbitux for Colorectal and Head and Neck Cancer Patients

CHICAGO, DARMSTADT, Germany, June 5, 2007 – Thisyear’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meetingin Chicago sees a wealth of promising new data presented regardingMerck KGaA’s targeted cancer therapy Erbitux®(cetuximab), further demonstrating the consistent efficacy andversatility of this agent in both first-line and subsequenttreatment of metastatic color...

Arrowhead Subsidiary, Insert, Publishes Interim Phase I Data from Human Clinical Trials for New Cancer Drug

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 1, 2007 - Arrowhead ResearchCorporation (Nasdaq:ARWR) announced today that interim Phase I datahas been published in the 2007 American Society for ClinicalOncology Proceedings (ASCO) (Abstract ID 32638). The data are froman ongoing Phase I clinical study designed to evaluate the safety,tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of its lead anti-cancer drugcand...

Alexza Pharmaceuticals to Present AZ-001 Phase IIb Clinical Data at the American Headache Society Meeting

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 31, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AlexzaPharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it will present at the49th Annual American Headache Society Meeting the results of aPhase IIb clinical trial of Staccato(R) prochlorperazine (AZ-001)for the acute treatment of migraine headache. The posterpresentation, "Efficacy and tolerability profile of AZ-001(Staccato prochlorpe...

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