» New Tool For Accessing Bioinformatics Resources
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
Developed by researchers at the UPM\'s Facultad de Informática, this tool can discover and automatically classify bioinformatics resources from the scientific literature. Bioinformatics resources have proliferated in the years since the end..
» Angiotech Pharmaceuticals And Partner Athersys Announce Positive Results From Phase I Study Of MultiStem(R) In Heart Attack Patients
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI, TSX: ANP) (\"Angiotech\") and partner Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) announced positive results from its phase I clinical trial of MultiStem(R), its allogeneic cell therapy product, administered t..
» Curemark Opens Autism Trials At New Jersey Site
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
Curemark, LLC, a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that Saint Peter\'s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is participating in the company\'s Phase III clinical tr..
» NeurogesX Progresses On Coverage For Qutenza®
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, announced important progress in the implementation of its reimbursement strategy for Qutenza® (capsaicin)..
» Will Anyone Be Normal?
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
This month Journal of Mental Health features a special issue on diagnosing mental illness. The issue - which comes out just weeks after the eagerly-awaited new draft of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the gl..
» Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: New Lab Test Could Identify Imatinib Resistance
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
Scientists in Japan may have developed a way to accurately predict those patients who will resist treatment with imatinib, which is the standard of care for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Results are published in Clinical Cancer Research, ..
» Study: Weight Issues Move Up Need For Walkers, Canes, Other Devices
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, according to new research from Purdue University. \"Baby Boomers are coming of age and obes..
» Polymer Passage Takes Time
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
Polymer strands wriggle their way through nanometer-sized pores in a membrane to get from here to there and do their jobs. New theoretical research by Rice University scientists quantifies precisely how long the journey takes. That\'s a good..
» Mouse Model Shows Aging And Longevity Tied To Specific Brain Region
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains pro..
» Implanted Wireless Glucose Sensor That Could Transform Management Of Diabetes Passes Crucial Test
29/07/10 09:00 from Medical News Today
American bioengineers have demonstrated that an implanted glucose sensor with potential to transform the management of diabetes has passed a crucial test: the device they developed worked continuously in animals for over a year, without sho..