News tagged with clinical development
Dengue vaccine could be ready by 2015: Sanofi
French drugs group Sanofi said Friday that its vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne infection that kills thousands of people around the world each year, could be launched in about four years.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Investigations show that telomerase inhibitor PinX1 is a key tumor suppressor
It's been nearly 10 years since Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) scientists Kun Ping Lu, MD, PhD and Xiao Zhen Zhou, MD, discovered PinX1, the first potent endogenous protein shown to inhibit telomerase in mammals.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Study shows polypill to be safe and accepted by physicians and patients in developing countries
For a patient at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), keeping up with what pills to take at different times of the day can be tedious. Window sills lined with prescription bottles – a pill for cholesterol, another ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Adelaide IVF breakthrough to hit the world market
A University of Adelaide reproductive biologist has achieved a major breakthrough in IVF technology that is expected to help millions of women around the world who have suffered previous miscarriages after IVF treatment.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Discovery could lead to breakthrough for non-small cell lung cancer
Research at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center led by Charles E. Chalfant, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular Biology, discovered a previously unknown mechanism in non-small cell lung ...
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Overweight primarily a problem among wealthier women in low- to middle-income countries
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that high body mass index (BMI) in developing countries remains primarily a problem of the rich. The findings suggest that the shift towards overweight and ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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New TB vaccine enters clinical testing
At an international gathering of TB vaccine researchers in Tallinn today, the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation announced it will initiate a clinical trial of an investigational live recombinant tuberculosis vaccine to be ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Scientists show Six3 gene essential for retinal development
New research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators adds to evidence that the Six3 gene functions like a doorman in the developing brain and visual system, safeguarding the future retina by keeping the ...
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Nevirapine use may be beneficial for some HIV-infected children who have achieved viral suppression
HIV-infected children in South Africa who were exposed to the drug nevirapine at birth (used to help prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission) and then received a protease inhibitor (PI) for viral suppression achieved lower ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 07, 2010 |
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UK cancer fund is not the victory for patient groups that some believe
The lead Editorial is this week's Lancet criticises the UK Government's announcement of an emergency cancer fund, and saying that is not the victory for patient groups that some believe.
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Several studies support the role of choline in fetal development and throughout the lifespan
A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a choline-deficient diet is associated with increased risk for heart defects during prenatal development.1 Choline is an essential nutrient required ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Researchers discover gene network associated with vitamin A deficiency and lung birth defects
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered the mechanism responsible for the failure of the lungs to form as a result of vitamin A/retinoic acid (RA) deficiency. The study, which appears ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 17, 2010 |
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Revolution with a salad spinner (w/ Video)
A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates. The spinner has been turned, so to speak, into a rudimentary centrifuge that medical ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Blasting children's cancer -- not their ears
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new grading scale for hearing loss developed by a physician at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital could help doctors find the best way to protect the hearing of young patients who need chemotherapy to treat ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 12, 2009 |
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