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Pierre Foods unveils new line of more nutritious school menu options for students

Pierre Foods, Inc. today officially unveiled Smart Picks—its new line of more nutritious school menu options—at the School Nutrition Association's Annual National Conference, giving students across the nation a reason to look forward to cafeteria lunches this coming fall. While other food manufacturers have committed to offering students more nutritious meal options in the coming two to five years, Smart Picks will be ready to serve in cafeterias when school begins next month.

14 Jul 2010

Medtronic launches educational campaign to promote awareness on spasticity

Medtronic, Inc. today announced the launch of an educational campaign, called Release Your Potential, that is designed to raise awareness of spasticity, a condition that makes it difficult to voluntarily relax muscles.

14 Jul 2010

CTI signs agreement with NerPharMa for long-term manufacture of pixantrone

Cell Therapeutics today announced that it has signed a manufacturing agreement with NerPharMa DS (a pharmaceutical manufacturing company belonging to Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l. for CTI's drug candidate pixantrone.

14 Jul 2010

Protein discovery may lead to new cancer therapies

Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have discovered for the first time that two proteins called Mahjong and Lgl could be star players in helping to identify how the body's own cells fight back against cancer cells.

14 Jul 2010

Researchers examine long-term cause-specific mortality among childhood cancer survivors

Follow-up of a group of British childhood cancer survivors indicates they have an increased risk of death from second primary cancers and cardiac and cerebrovascular causes more than 25 years after their initial cancer diagnosis, according to a study in the July 14 issue of JAMA.

14 Jul 2010

Skin cell samples may help discover factors behind Parkinson's disease

Researchers are applying new stem cell technology to use skin samples to grow the brain cells thought to be responsible for the onset of Parkinson's disease

14 Jul 2010

New research studies presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference

The primary therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease has been the beta amyloid peptide, which clusters outside cells in the brain to form sticky clumps known as plaques. Recently, more attention has been given to the tau protein, which aggregates inside the brain cells of people with Alzheimer's, forming neurofibrillary tangles. Precisely how these proteins interact in causing the disease is unclear.

14 Jul 2010

CRT, MRCT to swap medical discoveries to advance translation of scientific research

Cancer Research Technology and Medical Research Council Technology will 'swap' medical discoveries to accelerate the translation of early scientific research into patient benefit.

14 Jul 2010

Study suggests protein interferon therapy for individuals with asthma

An immune-system protein already used to treat diseases like multiple sclerosis, hepatitis C and a variety of cancers might also aid asthma patients, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

14 Jul 2010

Life-or-death 'cell competition' process in mammalian tissue identified

A landmark study by Florida State University biologists, in collaboration with scientists in Britain, is the first to identify a life-or-death "cell competition" process in mammalian tissue that suppresses cancer by causing cancerous cells to kill themselves.

14 Jul 2010

New prediction tool may determine patients' risk for ductal carcinoma

The decision regarding treatment following breast-conserving surgery for patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) has long been an area of discussion and confusion for patients and physicians alike.

14 Jul 2010

CWRU researchers discover biomarker for early warning of oral cancer

Detecting oral cancer in its earliest stages can save the lives of the nearly 40,500 people diagnosed annually. But early detection has been difficult.

14 Jul 2010

Lung cancer patients likely to suffer significant stigma due to disease's link to smoking: Study

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance highlighted a study, carried out by Ipsos MORI on behalf of The Global Lung Cancer Coalition. The study finds lung cancer patients are likely to suffer significant stigma due to the disease's link to smoking.

14 Jul 2010

Individual genes and networks that play an important role in inflammation, atherosclerosis identified

HemoShear, LLC, a leading developer of innovative, cell-based, human surrogate models for discovery and assessment of new drug compounds, has produced a profile of all of the genes that influence the biology and function of the human artery system. This research has generated valuable information on the entire spectrum of genes that are found in specific cell-types that make up human arteries.

14 Jul 2010

The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation announces research grants totaling $1.54 million

The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) has awarded 13 collaborative research grants and 3 individual research grants, totaling $1.54 million. The 16 grants represent a portion of the science grant program at the Foundation, which will award more than $2 million this year to cancer research.

14 Jul 2010

Susceptibility to Behcet's disease associated with genes involved in body's immune response

Researchers with the National Institutes of Health have found susceptibility to Behcet's disease, a painful, inflammatory condition, to be associated with genes involved in the body's immune response.

14 Jul 2010

Drugs taken for common medical conditions cause long term cognitive impairment in older adults: Study

Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a study appearing in the July 13, 2010 print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

14 Jul 2010

Kinetico's in-home water filtration options decrease exposure to carcinogens

In its most recent annual report, the President's Cancer Panel lists in-home water filtration as a way to decrease exposure to both known and suspected carcinogens as well as endocrine disruptors. Kinetico's line of in-home treatment options provides multiple resources for water filtration, in line with the PCP's recommended solution to lower in-home exposure to carcinogens.

14 Jul 2010

Gene therapy represents safe alternative to current cures for blood disorder β-thalassemia

Italian scientists pioneering a new gene transfer treatment for the blood disorder β-thalassemia have successfully completed preclinical trials, claiming they can correct the lack of beta-globin (β-globin) in patients' blood cells which causes the disease. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, reveals how gene therapy may represent a safe alternative to current cures that are limited to a minority of patients.

14 Jul 2010

UMMC receives $26M to identify risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

The University of Mississippi Medical Center and four collaborating academic medical centers have received $26 million from the National Institutes of Health to identify risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and related forms of cognitive decline, said Dr. Thomas Mosley, UMMC professor of geriatric medicine and one of the new study's lead investigators.

14 Jul 2010

Medical Condition News

Pierre Foods unveils new line of more nutritious school menu options for students

Medtronic launches educational campaign to promote awareness on spasticity

CTI signs agreement with NerPharMa for long-term manufacture of pixantrone

Protein discovery may lead to new cancer therapies

Researchers examine long-term cause-specific mortality among childhood cancer survivors

Skin cell samples may help discover factors behind Parkinson's disease

New research studies presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference

CRT, MRCT to swap medical discoveries to advance translation of scientific research

Study suggests protein interferon therapy for individuals with asthma

Life-or-death 'cell competition' process in mammalian tissue identified

New prediction tool may determine patients' risk for ductal carcinoma

CWRU researchers discover biomarker for early warning of oral cancer

Lung cancer patients likely to suffer significant stigma due to disease's link to smoking: Study

Individual genes and networks that play an important role in inflammation, atherosclerosis identified

The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation announces research grants totaling $1.54 million

Susceptibility to Behcet's disease associated with genes involved in body's immune response

Drugs taken for common medical conditions cause long term cognitive impairment in older adults: Study

Kinetico's in-home water filtration options decrease exposure to carcinogens

Gene therapy represents safe alternative to current cures for blood disorder β-thalassemia

UMMC receives $26M to identify risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

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