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Stem Cell Therapy Reverse Multipple Sclerosis
Filed in archive Stem Cells on January 31, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6634098The Telegraph reports of the continuing positive results on the use of stem cells in treating multiple sclerosis in conjunction with a drug called alemtuzu...
Nanotubes with Stem Cells Accelerate Bone Growth
Filed in archive Information About , Stem Cells on January 31, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5176287Researchers have discovered that using titanium oxide nanotube implants with stem cells can help accelerate bone growth and healing. During their research...
Nanosensor for Skin Based Glucose Monitoring
Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation on January 30, 2009
Researchers from Draper Laboratories have developed an injectable nanosensor that can be injected into the skin to monitor an individual's blood-sugar level. The material consists of 120-nanomete...
First Clinical Trial Using Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injuries
Filed in archive Corporate and Industrial News , Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Stem Cells on January 28, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 2845362The FDA has approved the world's first clinical trial on the use of stem cell therapy for patients with acute spinal cord injury. Geron Corporation wil...
Gene Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Filed in archive Gene Therapy on January 26, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 852788A study published in the journal Human Gene Therapy reports of the first clinical evidence that gene therapy reduces symptoms in patients with rheumatoid ar...
Three Genes Linked to Obesity Identified
Filed in archive Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics on January 23, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 3457127Based on a genetic study of 1,380 Europeans, reseachers have identified 3 genes that increase risk of early-onset obesity in children, and morbid obesity i...
Ben Gurion University and Primafuel Collaborate to Produce Fuel from Microalgae
Filed in archive Energy, Environment and Ecology on January 22, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 450318Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Primafuel, Inc., a California-based company that develops renewable fuels, have entered a multi-year, multi-mil...
Hydramycin: New Antibiotic Compound from Hydra
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics on January 20, 2009
A new antimicrobial compound has been isolated from the freshwater animal Hydra. The compound, called hydramacin-1, shares virtually no similarity with any other known antibacterial proteins except fo...
FDA Approves Savella for treatment of Fibromyalgia
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics on January 16, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 2902632The FDA has approved a new drug for the management of fibromyalgia. Savellaâ„¢ (milnacipran HCl), developed by FOREST LABORATORIES, Inc.and Cypress Bios...
MicroBiome Analysis Center to Link Chronic Diseases to Microbiomes
Filed in archive Biotech Hubs and Facilities , Microbiology on January 14, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6906975A new molecular ecology facility at Mason called the MicroBiome Analysis Center (MBAC) aims to catalog the human microbiome - the population of microorgani...
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