New findings from the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center indicate that a series of Botox treatments over a year following a stoke may ease muscle spasticity in stroke patients. Injections...
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Chiron's flu vaccine against H9N2 avian influenza strain showed promising results in its clinical trials: All vaccine formulations containing the adjuvant MF59 proved highly immunogenic, inducing...
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The are two research developments featured this week in ScienceDaily that may make surgical operations in the future a less traumatic experience for patients. Dr. Steffen E. Meiler's research...
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Both parents of a relative of mine were diagnosed to have colon cancer. Knowing that she is most probably pre-disposed to developing the disease, she is constantly plagued with worry as to whether...
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Researchers from Queen's University may have discovered a means to prolong the preservation period for organs for transplantation. Using a process called ice affinity purification, the...
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Avian flu has now reportedy reached as far as UK. With the threat of a global pandemic becoming more and more real, generic drug manufacturers are getting more and more eager to secure permission from...
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Filed in archive Stem Cells
by ruth on October 21, 2005
Not being saddled with the ethics and regulatory constraints US is confronted, Korea has been taking the lead in stem cell research. Earlier this year, Korean scientists lead by Hwang Woo-suk,...
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According to the CDC, "more than 70% of the bacteria that cause hospital-acquired infections are resistant to at least one of the drugs most commonly used to treat them", prompting them to...
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After 8 years of field trials, genetically modified cotton seem to be a success in combating pink bollworm. Biotech cotton is genetically modified to include the Bacillus thuringensis Bt gene, also...
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Filed in archive Stem Cells
by ruth on October 19, 2005
In February this year, researchers from the University of Toronto were able to identify "jelly-like connective tissue surrounding the blood vessels of the human umbilical cord, the so-called...
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I just learned that in venture capitalist lingo, "angels" refer to wealthy individuals who invest money on private companies. An article in the Boston Business journal says that life science...
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This week's compendium of the best in medical blogging is up at Amy's Diabetes Mine. Amy's treatment of this week's issue is especially insightful, having been delivered from the...
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In the current issue of Nature, researchers call for more avian flu drugs and scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report of an avian flu virus strain that was highly resistant to...
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A recent acticle in Science (subscription required) estimates the number of patented humand genes at around 4,382, of the total of 23,688 human genes identified so far. According to the Personal...
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Ten new molecular structures with pharmaceutical potential were isolated from Callophycus serratus, a species of red seaweed that lives in the shallow coral reef along the coastline of Fiji in the...
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Filed in archive Microbiology
by ruth on October 12, 2005
Alas, after more than 3 decades of research on antimicrobial peptides, UCLA professor Robert Lehrer, M.D. and his team identify an antibiotic that promises to be at least as effective as penicillin...
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Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that plagues about a hundred countries and kills about 3 million yearly. Researchers from the Imperial College of London propose releasing sterile male mosquitoes...
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In an advanced online publication in the October issue of Nature Genetics, researchers report on the SEPS1 (Selenoprotein S) gene on chromosome 15 and how it regulates inflammation. Apparently, the...
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"While cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, will continue to garner research dollars in years to come, other diseases and conditions like lupus, sleep disorders, hepatitis C and pain...
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What: 5th Annual Conference on Stem Cells and Regenerative MedicineWhen: October 17 to 18, 2005Where: The Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PAThe conference will highlight the...
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What: BioPartnering Europe 2005When: 09 - 11 OctoberWhere: Queen elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom. ...five BioPartnering Leadership Sessions, five workshops and 130 company...
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Covering the latest news and developments in Biotechnology, I am inclined to believe that biotech really is what futurists would say "the next big thing". And governments believe it, too,...
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It definitely won't come as a surprise if China becomes the next to reap the impact of the biotech boom. Professor Wang Hongguang, director general of the China National Center for Biotechnology...
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