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Reata to present bardoxolone methyl Phase 2b clinical trial data for CKD, type 2 diabetes at ASN Conference

Reata Pharmaceuticals today announced that the company will present data on the primary endpoint from a pivotal Phase 2b clinical trial of bardoxolone methyl in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes. The data will be presented in a late-breaking oral presentation at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Renal Week Conference to be held November 16-21, 2010, in Denver, Colorado.

12 Nov 2010

Veterans and caregivers face ongoing challenges

WebMD: "When veterans with service-related injuries or illness need caregivers, the role typically falls on women, usually spouses or partners," according to a new study by the National Alliance for Caregiving and the United Health Foundation. The study "reports that 96% of veterans' caregivers are women, compared to an overall nationwide finding that 65% of family caregivers are women.

12 Nov 2010

PenCLAHRC provides funding to support C. difficile research

The Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (PenCLAHRC) has provided funding to support joint research between the University of Exeter and the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust to investigate why some cases of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are more difficult to treat than others and also why some cases result in more incidences of relapses.

12 Nov 2010

Diabetic drug may retard growth of fluid-filled cysts in PKD: Research

Researchers report that a drug commonly used to treat diabetes may also retard the growth of fluid-filled cysts of the most common genetic disorder, polycystic kidney disease.

12 Nov 2010

Aeras receives grant to develop new vaccines for TB

The Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation is pleased to announce that the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has renewed its funding to Aeras with a pledge of an additional 11.7 million over four years (2011-2014) to further its efforts to develop new vaccines to help combat the global epidemic of tuberculosis.

12 Nov 2010

WHO annual global TB report released

The WHO on Thursday released its annual report on global tuberculosis control, which showed that in 2009 there were 9.4 million new tuberculosis cases and 1.7 million people died of the disease, Reuters reports.

12 Nov 2010

New catheter device for abdominal aortic aneurysm

William E. Sorfleet had a life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm, but at age 82, he was too old for major invasive surgery to repair the bulging blood vessel. So vascular surgeon Dr. Ross Milner of Loyola University Hospital repaired the aneurysm with a catheter device instead of a scalpel. The catheter, inserted through an artery, deployed a device called a stent graft that repaired the aneurysm.

12 Nov 2010

33rd CTRC-AACR Symposium to feature breast cancer research

The 33rd CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium will feature the latest findings in prevention, epidemiological, laboratory, translational and clinical breast cancer research. This year's symposium will highlight new therapies in the pipeline, new approaches with existing agents and emerging biology that will affect the quest for personalized medicine.

12 Nov 2010

GPI launches new advocacy coalition to advance embryonic stem cell research in U.S.

The Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) today announced the launch of a new advocacy coalition of 30 organizations to foster public awareness and advance the cause of embryonic stem cell research in the United States.

12 Nov 2010

Insurance commissioners: Miss. Head calls changes 'mind boggling' and partly 'socialist'; anthem challenges Maine superintendent's no-profit ruling for individual plans

Mississippi state Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said Wednesday that the volume of changes under the federally mandated health care reform are 'mind boggling' and partly come from 'pure socialist communist ideas.

12 Nov 2010

NaturalNano's HNT can improve separation of CTCs from blood

NaturalNano, Inc. announced that Andrew Hughes is presenting today research from Cornell University's Department of Biomedical Engineering that reports significant improvement in the ability of medical devices in development to target the separation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood are significantly improved by the use of NaturalNano's Halloysite Nanotubes (HNT) as part of the surface. The devices are designed to remove CTCs from the blood of cancer patients as part of a more personalized approach to cancer treatment.

12 Nov 2010

Acetylon receives two grants under QTDP program to advance HDAC6 inhibitor drug candidate

Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded two grants totaling $488,000 under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program.

12 Nov 2010

Comparative effectiveness push tailed by controversy, distrust

Two-third of Americans agree that studies comparing treatments are needed, but even more 75 percent say the government and insurers would use the results of such studies to ration medical care, MarketWatch reports.

12 Nov 2010

Calif. nurses emerge as political force; Iowa official under fire for strict policy on nursing home inspections; new 'homey' facilities for seniors increasing

One of California's most powerful political players these days is a Bay Area-based nurses' union, which helped torpedo Republican Meg Whitman's efforts to become governor and boosted the prospects of the eventual winning candidate, Democrat Jerry Brown.

12 Nov 2010

NIH/NIDCR awards $1.1 million grant to Agenta for soft tissue healing development

Agenta Biotechnologies, Inc., a private biotechnology company, announced that it has received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH/NIDCR) for the further development of a biologically activated membrane to improve soft tissue healing associated with oral surgery.

12 Nov 2010

Stanford University scientist receives HFSP Nakasone Award for neuronal network study

The first HFSP Nakasone Award has been conferred upon Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University for his pioneering work on the development of optogenetic methods for studying the function of neuronal networks underlying behavior.

12 Nov 2010

Nature News examines meningitis vaccine program to roll out in Africa

Nature News reports on an immunization campaign kicking off in Africa in December that will offer protection to some areas of Africa's meningitis belt. Millions will receive a new vaccine, MenAfriVac, that promises protection against the meningococcal bacterium Neisseria meningitides, the news service writes, noting the effort is the culmination of ten years' work by an international consortium to develop a vaccine at a price low enough for massive use in Africa: just US$0.40 a dose.

12 Nov 2010

Mobile health summit ends

The three-day mHealth Alliance summit wrapped up on Wednesday after discussions and seminars that aimed to advance the discussion around ways mobile technology can increase the access, efficiency and effectiveness of health systems, allAfrica.com reports.

11 Nov 2010

Roche, CapitalBio to initiate strategic partnership for molecular diagnostic applications

Roche Diagnostics and CapitalBio have announced their intention to initiate a strategic partnership targeting molecular diagnostic applications and the development of technologies to fill the unmet needs of researchers worldwide. This new development builds on the genomics and diagnostics expertise of the two companies and will focus on furthering microarray technologies and complementary products for molecular diagnostic applications.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 11 Nov 2010

U.N. member states elect countries to serve on U.N. women board

U.N. Member States on Wednesday voted on the countries that would have a seat on the board of U.N. Women, the new agency tasked with promoting equality and women's rights, Public Radio International's The World reports.

11 Nov 2010

Research News and Research

Reata to present bardoxolone methyl Phase 2b clinical trial data for CKD, type 2 diabetes at ASN Conference

Veterans and caregivers face ongoing challenges

PenCLAHRC provides funding to support C. difficile research

Diabetic drug may retard growth of fluid-filled cysts in PKD: Research

Aeras receives grant to develop new vaccines for TB

WHO annual global TB report released

New catheter device for abdominal aortic aneurysm

33rd CTRC-AACR Symposium to feature breast cancer research

GPI launches new advocacy coalition to advance embryonic stem cell research in U.S.

Insurance commissioners: Miss. Head calls changes 'mind boggling' and partly 'socialist'; anthem challenges Maine superintendent's no-profit ruling for individual plans

NaturalNano's HNT can improve separation of CTCs from blood

Acetylon receives two grants under QTDP program to advance HDAC6 inhibitor drug candidate

Comparative effectiveness push tailed by controversy, distrust

Calif. nurses emerge as political force; Iowa official under fire for strict policy on nursing home inspections; new 'homey' facilities for seniors increasing

NIH/NIDCR awards $1.1 million grant to Agenta for soft tissue healing development

Stanford University scientist receives HFSP Nakasone Award for neuronal network study

Nature News examines meningitis vaccine program to roll out in Africa

Mobile health summit ends

Roche, CapitalBio to initiate strategic partnership for molecular diagnostic applications

U.N. member states elect countries to serve on U.N. women board

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