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Neurologix announces positive results of gene therapy clinical trial in Parkinson's disease

Investigators report safety findings and statistically significant improvements in clinical measures of movement, PET Scans at 19th Annual Symposia on the Etiology, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement DisordersNeurologix's Phase I trial showed positive interim results in patients with Parkinson's disease. One year following treatment, patients exhibited a statist...

Insight into the processes of 'positive' and 'negative' learners

A breakthrough in human stem cell research, producing embryonic-like cells from umbilical cord blood may substantially speed up the development of treatments for life-threatening illnesses, injuries and disabilities. The discovery made during a project undertaken with experts from the University of Texas Medical Branch and the Synthecon Corporation in the United States provides medical researcher...

HIV-infected adults in Botswana respond positively to ARV therapy public treatment program

With preliminary results from a study in Botswana, Harvard School of Public Health researchers have found that people with HIV-1 subtype C in resource-poor settings, who receive antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, can achieve comparable results to those in the developed world. A fully supported health care delivery system and infrastructure help ensure this success, according to data published in Novem...

Malaria treatment efficacy compromised in certain HIV-positive patients

A weakened immune response resulting from HIV infection can lead to trouble when it comes to treating malaria, according to a new study appearing in the Oct. 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. "Our study demonstrates that HIV-1 infected patients with suppressed immunity represent, next to children and pregnant women, an additional vulnerable group for mala...

To slow AIDS in Russia, treat HIV-positive addicts, Stanford study says

The key to combating AIDS in Russia may be to treat HIV-infected drug users. A new model estimating the spread of HIV in Russia suggests that treating injection drug users with antiretroviral medication will slow transmission of the virus among the general population. The study, which will appear in the December issue of the journal AIDS, was led by Douglas Owens, MD, a researcher at...

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Polaroid B&W positive, 3 x 4 inch pack film, 20 exp from Hoefer, Inc.

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A Positive Selection Assay for Mutation Analysis in Big Blue Animals

Select-cII mutation assay kit Animals Stratagene Stratagene now offers an alternative way to perform mutational analysis inthe Big Blue<sup...

Housekeeping Genes: Universal Positive Controls in siRNA Knockdown Experiments

RNA interference is a powerful technique for geneknockdown experiments in academic research and animportant tool for target identification and target validationin therapeutic research. A growing number of different cell lines are us...

Analysis of Nitrofurans Metabolites by Positive Ion Electrospray LC/MS/MS

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Rapid Screening of Amphetamine Drugs in Urine by Positive Ion Electrospray LC/MS/MS

Amphetamine drugs are often abused and misused in sports, in the work place, and by recreational users. Forensic, clinical, and doping laboratories are frequently asked to analyze for the presence of amphetamines in urine. Urine samples are most common because large sample volumes can be...

Sonic Foundry reports first cash-positive quarter

Sonic Foundry, which has been building toward profitability since moving into the rich-media space, announced...

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Alternative medicine more popular among HIV positive patients

Despite significant improvements in anti AIDS therapy, complimentary and alternative medicine seem to be more attractive to the AIDS positive patients, according to a new study. Among 191 HIV-positive outpatients surveyed about their use of complementary and alternative therapies, 67% said they had used alternative therapies at some point to control their HIV infection and 40% reported current us...

Inspiring positive life changes

Exhibiting people evidence of the harm unhealthy habits do can motivate them to change.Researchers in Texas have reviewed a number of studies on biomarkers indicators of health or disease status to see// if a knowledge of these can affect people's behaviour. They learned that if you reveal factors like carbon monoxide levels in blood - increased by smoking it does encourage people t...

The Positive Effects Of A Healthy Lifestyle

New research shows while obesity may increase a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life, a healthy diet may have the opposite effect.// In a recent study conducted, researchers followed nearly 1,500 participants for more than 20 years. They found those who were obese in middle age were twice as likely to develop dementia later in life. Also, patients who had high cholesterol a...

The Positive Effects Of A Healthy Lifestyle

New research shows while obesity may increase a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life, a healthy diet may have the opposite effect.// In a recent study conducted, researchers followed nearly 1,500 participants for more than 20 years. They found those who were obese in middle age were twice as likely to develop dementia later in life. Also, patients who had high cholesterol a...

Positive Thinking

The Earth, a very minute dot in the cosmic solar system, like its brothers and sisters is made up of atoms, which when join together create molecular structures. //Over the centuries, scientist have come to a common understanding that these molecule structures, though immensely complex in nature have one basic principle that keeps them together, their negative and positive components or charge....

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Positive Patient Identification™ (PPI) system

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Specimen-ID™ for Positive Specimen Identification

Description:Specimen-ID™, a Positive Specimen Identification System, assures the permanent link at the bedside between patient and laboratory specimen to prevent sample identification errors....
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility-Gram Positive Rod

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Neose Announces Presentation of Positive Preclinical Data on GlycoPEGylated Factor VIIa at the XXI Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2007 - Neose Technologies,Inc. (Nasdaq GM:NTEC) today announced that two poster presentationswere presented with its collaborative partner, Novo Nordisk A/S,relating to GlycoPEGylated recombinant Factor VIIa at the XXIstCongress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasisin Geneva, Switzerland. The data presented demonstrates thatGlycoPE...

Positive Aggrastat Results Featured in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - (July 11, 2007) Medicure Inc. (TSX:MPH;Amex:MCU), a cardiovascular focused, biopharmaceutical company,today announced that the two-year, follow-up results from theSTRATEGY (Single High-Dose Bolus Tirofiban and Sirolimus-ElutingStent Versus Abciximab and Bare Metal Stent In Acute MyocardialInfarct...

Portola Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Data from a Phase II Study of its Factor Xa Inhibitor at the XXI Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- PortolaPharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive Phase II data on its leadcompound, PRT054021, an oral Factor Xa inhibitor, today at the XXICongress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis(ISTH) in Geneva, Switzerland. The EXPERT trial showed thatPRT054021 was safe, effective, and well tolerated for theprevention of venous th...

Protox Announces Positive Clinical Data from Prostate Cancer Study

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 10, 2007 /CNW/ - ProtoxTherapeutics Inc. (TSX-V:PRX) today announced positivetop-line results from its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating PRX302 in patients with localized, recurrent prostate cancerfollowing radiation failure. The trial results indicate thatPRX302 is safe and well tolerated and shows promising signsof therapeutic activity following a s...

AM-Pharma Announces Positive Results of Phase IIa Clinical Trial with Alkaline Phosphatase For Ulcerative Colitis

AM Pharma Continues Its Success with Positive Phase IIa ClinicalTrial Results First clinical Results Confirm Potential New Application of KeyProduct in AM-Pharma's Pipeline BUNNIK, The Netherlands, July 9, 2007-AM-Pharma B.V., thebiopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treatinfectious and inflammatory diseases, today announced the positiveclinical results of its...

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