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GSK and Save the Children to help roll out student-created breathing technology in Africa

A low-cost device that Rice University bioengineering students invented to help premature babies breathe more easily will be rolled out to teaching hospitals in three African nations, thanks to a $400,000 award from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and London-based charity Save the Children. The technology, which is known as "bubble CPAP," earned the top prize in GSK and Save the Children's inaugural Healthcare Innovation Award program.

15 Nov 2013

Study: Sofrito helps to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer

The combination of tomato, olive oil, garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids. These bioactive compounds respectively help to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

15 Nov 2013

Two health care providers argue about making flu vaccination mandatory for health care workers

Should flu vaccines be mandatory for health care workers? That's the question raised this week in the British Medical Journal to two health care providers, including Penn Medicine's Amy J. Behrman, MD, in a "Head to Head" piece that argues both sides of the debate.

15 Nov 2013

Early detection of breast cancer could soon be possible with blood test

What could someday be the first blood test for the early detection of breast cancer was shown in preliminary studies to successfully identify the presence of breast cancer cells from serum biomarkers, say the Houston Methodist Research Institute scientists who are developing the technology.

15 Nov 2013

Research sheds light on how protein keeps people organized by promoting orderly skeletal growth

Most people think that their planners or their iPhones keep them organized, when proteins such as liver kinase b1 (Lkb1) actually have a lot more to do with it. New research from postdoctoral fellow Lick Lai in the lab of USC scientist Andy McMahon published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) sheds light on how this important protein keeps people organized on a basic level by promoting orderly skeletal growth and preventing skeletal tumors.

15 Nov 2013

Scientists discover new drug mechanism to reduce risk of infections

Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered the exact mode of action by plerixafor, a drug commonly prescribed to stimulate immune responses in patients suffering from neutropenia, which causes them to become prone to oral, skin, genital infections and in worst cases, a fatal whole-body infection.

15 Nov 2013

Annexin A5 protein may have therapeutic potential for treatment of sepsis

Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death and there is no specific treatment for it. Now, research led by Dr. Qingping Feng of Western University (London, Canada) suggests a protein called recombinant human annexin A5 may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of this disease. The paper is published in advance, online in Critical Care Medicine.

15 Nov 2013

LLN spirometry inadequate to detect airflow obstruction

Research published in Thorax indicates that use of a lower limit of normal spirometric threshold fails to identify a number of patients with airflow obstruction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

14 Nov 2013

Severe sepsis mortality rates decrease over the past 20 years

A recent study from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center shows a significant decrease in severe sepsis mortality rates over the past 20 years. Looking at data from patients with severe sepsis enrolled in clinical trials, researchers found that in-hospital mortality rates decreased from 47 percent between 1991 and 1995 to 29 percent between 2006 and 2009, a time period when no new pharmacological treatments were developed for severe sepsis.

14 Nov 2013

Acquired resistance to cancer therapies: an interview with Dr Rajendra Kumari, Chief Scientific Officer at PRECOS

Cancer can be treated by a number of different ways depending on the location, grade and stage of tumour. A patient's age, medical history and lifestyle will also be taken into consideration and a combination of treatments will also be adopted to provide maximum effect.

14 Nov 2013

New research devises effective way to evaluate severity of pulmonary hypertension

An aim to improve the outlook for people suffering from pulmonary hypertension is the focus of research at Griffith University.

14 Nov 2013

Cedars-Sinai Phase I-II clinical trial may help combat recurrence of small cell lung cancer

Alain C. Mita, MD, is fighting an uphill battle against small cell lung cancer. Despite the severity of the disease, the standard-of-care treatment remains the same today as it was nearly 30 years ago.

14 Nov 2013

AMP 2013: EKF Molecular Diagnostics to launch four new PointMan DNA enrichment kits

EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics business, announces that EKF Molecular Diagnostics will launch four new PointMan DNA enrichment kits.

From EKF Diagnostics 13 Nov 2013

immatics, Roche enter into cancer vaccine and immunotherapy deal

immatics biotechnologies GmbH and Roche today announced a strategic research and development collaboration covering multiple cancer vaccines and immunotherapeutics.

13 Nov 2013

Researchers discover powerful mechanism that keeps white blood cells from going rogue

The immune system is a double-edged sword. While its primary role is to fight infections, it can also become overactive, leading to problems like allergies and autoimmune diseases.

13 Nov 2013

Professor receives NOK 75M grant to develop idea for next generation personalized cancer therapy

Extensive statistical analyses of the mutation distribution in several thousand cancerous tumours make it possible to find cures for types of cancer that cannot be treated today.

13 Nov 2013

Novel discovery of RUNX3 gene provides new insights on defence mechanism against lung cancer

Novel discovery relating to the function of RUNX3 gene provides new insights on human defence mechanism against early stages of lung cancer development

13 Nov 2013

Researchers discover new pathway for treating allergic diseases

A collaboration among researchers in Israel and the United States has resulted in the discovery of a new pathway that has broad implications for treating allergic diseases - particularly eosinophil-associated disorders.

12 Nov 2013

ICS overuse warning in COPD

Researchers from the UK caution that inhaled corticosteroids are being overused in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in light of a lack of solid evidence for their efficacy, limited guideline support, and growing concerns over their association with pneumonia.

11 Nov 2013

Pneumococcal pneumonia linked to lung cancer risk

Pneumococcal pneumonia is significantly associated with risk for lung cancer, show findings from a national study in Taiwan.

11 Nov 2013

Lungs News and Research

GSK and Save the Children to help roll out student-created breathing technology in Africa

Study: Sofrito helps to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer

Two health care providers argue about making flu vaccination mandatory for health care workers

Early detection of breast cancer could soon be possible with blood test

Research sheds light on how protein keeps people organized by promoting orderly skeletal growth

Scientists discover new drug mechanism to reduce risk of infections

Annexin A5 protein may have therapeutic potential for treatment of sepsis

LLN spirometry inadequate to detect airflow obstruction

Severe sepsis mortality rates decrease over the past 20 years

Acquired resistance to cancer therapies: an interview with Dr Rajendra Kumari, Chief Scientific Officer at PRECOS

New research devises effective way to evaluate severity of pulmonary hypertension

Cedars-Sinai Phase I-II clinical trial may help combat recurrence of small cell lung cancer

AMP 2013: EKF Molecular Diagnostics to launch four new PointMan DNA enrichment kits

immatics, Roche enter into cancer vaccine and immunotherapy deal

Researchers discover powerful mechanism that keeps white blood cells from going rogue

Professor receives NOK 75M grant to develop idea for next generation personalized cancer therapy

Novel discovery of RUNX3 gene provides new insights on defence mechanism against lung cancer

Researchers discover new pathway for treating allergic diseases

ICS overuse warning in COPD

Pneumococcal pneumonia linked to lung cancer risk

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