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Artifical cornea lets woman blind 20 years see

A severe allergic reaction to a medication robbed Elma Phifer of her vision two decades ago when she was 39. The reaction scarred her corneas and reduced the ability of her eyes to soothe their damaged surfaces by remaining moist. She came to rely upon family and friends to help her do many of the activities people with normal vision sometimes take for granted. Now, twenty years and severa...

Firefly protein lets researchers monitor molecule linked to cancer

Scientists have used a glowing protein from fireflies to observe the activity of a molecule that is an important target for new drugs to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases and several other disorders. The target molecule, known as IKK (for IKappa kinase), regulates processes that can trigger dramatic changes in cellular physiology. Scientists have linked these changes to many different diso...

'Biobullets' fight harmful mussels

British researchers have developed a "biobullet" that could help control an invasive mollusk that has ravaged U.S. waterways for nearly two decades clogging water pipes, virtually wiping out some native mussels species and causing billions of dollars in industrial damage. The new microcapsules, which contain toxins that dissolve within a zebra mussel's digestive tract, offer a safe and cost-effec...

Brain-computer link lets paralyzed patients convert thoughts into actions

A multi-institutional team of researchers has found that people with long-standing, severe paralysis can generate signals in the area of the brain responsible for voluntary movement and these signals can be detected, recorded, routed out of the brain to a computer and converted into actions -- enabling a paralyzed patient to perform basic tasks. In the 13 July 2006 issue of Nature, the r...

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Got bugs? New project lets real computer users gang up on software bugs

Ben Liblit offers a bold prediction regarding all of the complicated software programs churning away in your computer: They have bugs. All of them. Guaranteed. "Software bugs are part of the mathematical fabric of the universe," says Liblit, a University of Wisconsin-Madison computer scientist. "It is impossible with a capital 'I' to detect or anticipate all bugs." <div...

Lets Use Science to Corral Mad Cow Disease and the Public Stampede

Madison, Wis. During the height of the mad cow scare in Great Britain, the parody newspaper The Onion ran a story headlined English beef approved for Irish consumption. The headline was good for a laugh but it also carried a smidgeon of truth about how choices were made during the 1996 British outbreak. Most decisions on banning imports or changing feed stocks during the British scare...

JohnLets Get Serious - Manufacturing is a critical part of the Wisconsin economy

I read your article, Lets Get Serious, on the Wisconsin Technology Network webpage the week of Harley Davidson Motor Companys 100th Anniversary party here in Milwaukee. Your comment regarding ma...

Lets Get Serious: Another Look

Column that first appeared on The Wisconsin Technology Network on July 17, 2003 stimulated a great deal of mail with healthy debate and discussion among many members of our audience. Here is another look at the same topic that should help to clarify Mr. Byrnes position. Joh...

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Pain relieved by ionized bracelets

Ionized bracelets appear to be no better than a placebo when it comes to the relief of aches and pains. According to a new study by doctors at the Mayo Clinic, the majority of people with muscle or joint pain are hopeful that the problem could be relieved// by ionized bracelets. So the researchers divided the participants into two groups - one of which was given an ionized bracelet, while...

Islets May Lead to Diabetes Cure

Researchers take a step forward in their search for a cure for diabetes. A new study done in mice shows cells from the spleen appear to develop into insulin //producing pancreatic islet cells. This could lead to a broad application for patients with diabetes.The latest research is a follow up to the 2001 report of a treatment that cures advanced type 1 diabetes in mice. The new research f...

Clarithromycin tablets to be launched in India soon

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited has recently launched its approved generic formulation of clarithromycin// immediate release tablets in the US, according to a press release. Ranbaxy has been given the green signal to manufacture and market Clarithromycin tablets—250 mg and 500 mg under the Ranbaxy label. Clarithromycin tablets are indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate infections ca...

Platelets May Be The Source Of Gene Regulations

Researchers from University of Utah School of Medicine had reported that a key process in gene regulation could occur in human platelets. These are unique cells that are unusual because they don’t have a nucleus // (anucleate). Scientists long have thought the transformation of pre-mRNA into mature mRNA—called splicing—happens only in a cell’s nucleus. But using stem cells from human...

Cadila gets US FDA approval for Promethazine tablets

Cadila Healthcare Ltd has received US Food Drug Administration (US FDA) approval to market Promethazine tablets 12.5 mg, 25 mg and 50 mg in the US.// Promethazine is an anti-emetic drug, used to treat allergic symptoms and reactions, to cause sedation, to assist in controlling postoperative pain and to control motion sickness. The company plans to launch the drug in US this ye...

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New Data Presented on Micardis (Telmisartan) Tablets in Hypertensive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., June 18, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, resultsfrom AMADEO*, one of a series of studies comparing two angiotensinreceptor blockers (ARBs) in hypertensive patients with diabeticnephropathy, were presented at the 17th annual European Meeting onHypertension in Milan, Italy. The randomized, double-blind, forced titration, parallel group,multicenter study included 860 hy...

Salix Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Top Line Results of Balsalazide Tablets Registration Study

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2007 - SalixPharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced the successfulcompletion and outcome of its Phase III registration trial toevaluate the safety and efficacy of a new 1100 mg tabletformulation of balsalazide disodium (balsalazide tablets).Balsalazide disodium is the active ingredient in COLAZAL(R)Capsules 750 mg, an anti-inflammatory dru...

Critical Therapeutics Announces the Publication of Data for ZyfloCR (Zileuton) Extended-Release Tablets in the Journal of Asthma

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 12, 2007 - CriticalTherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRTX) today announced the publicationof data from a pivotal Phase III clinical trial of ZYFLO CR(TM)(zileuton) extended-release tablets in the June 2007 issue of theJournal of Asthma. ZYFLO CR was approved by the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) on May 30, 2007. Critical Therapeutics,together with it...

July Issue of Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Highlights Study of Factive Tablets for Five-Day Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 12, 2007 - Results from thesuccessful clinical trial of Oscient Pharmaceuticals' (Nasdaq:OSCI) FACTIVE(R) (gemifloxacin mesylate) tablets for the five-daytreatment of community-acquired pneumonia of mild to moderateseverity (CAP) have been published in the July issue of thepeer-reviewed Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, currentlyavailable in advance...

NovaDel Announces Positive Data from Two Studies Comparing Zolpidem Oral Spray to Ambien Tablets

FLEMINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 5, 2007 - NovaDel PharmaInc. (AMEX: NVD), a specialty pharmaceutical company developingoral spray formulations for a broad range of marketed treatments,today announced that its two clinical studies comparing zolpidemoral spray with zolpidem tablets have met their primarypharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic (PD) and safety objectives.Zolpidem tablets a...

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