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Skin cancer may increase risk of other cancers later in life

Australian author on the paper, Professor Rodney Sinclair, Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Director of Dermatology at Epworth HealthCare said that the risk decreased significantly with increasing age, but it remains higher compared with individuals who have never had NMSC.

10 Mar 2014

ABC Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award presented to Wakunaga

The American Botanical Council has presented its 2013 Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award to Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., of Osaka, Japan. Since its founding in 1955, the company has been committed to rigorous scientific and clinical research of its products, including its top-selling, clinically researched odorless Aged Garlic Extract¨.

10 Mar 2014

BerGenBio receives grant to study novel therapeutics for inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition

BerGenBio AS, an oncology biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce the award of a NOK 13 million grant from the Research Council of Norway's User-driven Research based Innovation programme (BIA) to help fund research into novel therapeutics for inhibiting tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a key driver of metastasis (cancer spread) and a mechanism of drug-resistance.

10 Mar 2014

Mortality in prostate cancer lower in areas with frequent use of PSA testing

Mortality in prostate cancer is lower in areas with frequent use of PSA testing compared with areas with little testing shows a study published online today in Journal of the National Cancer Institute by researchers from Umeå University, Sweden and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

10 Mar 2014

Men who have poorer cardiovascular fitness at 18 years more often suffer from dementia before 60

Men who at the age of 18 years have poorer cardiovascular fitness and/or a lower IQ more often suffer from dementia before the age of 60. This is shown in a recent study encompassing more than one million Swedish men.

10 Mar 2014

Study gives insights into designing new drugs to fight infections

Efforts to combat bacteria’s growing resistance to antibiotics could be helped by a key discovery about the complex processes that enable bugs to thrive.

10 Mar 2014

Tubulin protein is a well-validated cancer drug target

Tubulin, the building-block protein of cellular microtubules, is a well-validated cancer drug target: Disrupting tubulin polymerization affects cytoskeletal function and thus cell division.

10 Mar 2014

Music does not speak to everyone

Although it is not associated with any apparent biological advantagess or useful value (such as money), music is ranked among the highest sources of pleasure. Music's important role in our society and culture has led to the assumption that its ability to induce pleasure is universal. However, this assumption has never been empirically tested.

10 Mar 2014

New research reveals how substance abuse problems take hold in returning veterans

Of nearly 1 million veterans who receive opioids to treat painful conditions, more than half continue to consume opioids chronically or beyond 90 days, new research says. Results presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine reported on a number of factors associated with opioid discontinuation with the goal of understanding how abuse problems take hold in returning veterans.

10 Mar 2014

Findings suggest that IBS is linked to detectable gut microbiota alterations

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) belongs to the most widespread diseases in Western countries, causing up to sixty per cent of the workload of gastrointestinal physicians. One of the most frequent symptoms of IBS is bloating, which reduces quality of life considerably as patients perceive it as particularly bothersome.

10 Mar 2014

Mainstay Medical initiates clinical trial to investigate ReActiv8 as treatment for adults with CLBP

Mainstay Medical today announced that it has secured approval from Ethics Committees in Australia to start a clinical trial of ReActiv8, its innovative implantable neurostimulation device for the treatment of people with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP). Recruitment of subjects for the trial has commenced at three clinical sites in Australia.

10 Mar 2014

Decision-making accuracy can be improved by postponing onset of decision

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found that decision-making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a mere fraction of a second.

10 Mar 2014

Researchers determine affected areas of brain using speech processing tests with aid of fMRT

The brain processes read and heard language differently. This is the key and new finding of a study at the University Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the MedUni Vienna, unveiled on the eve of the European Radiology Congress in Vienna (6 to 10 March).

10 Mar 2014

Study: Stem cell transplant effective in halting degenerative disc disease of spine

Stem cell transplant was viable and effective in halting or reversing degenerative disc disease of the spine, a meta-analysis of animal studies showed, in a development expected to open up research in humans.

10 Mar 2014

Conditioned pain modulation decreases activity in human spinal cord, say researchers

Researchers have demonstrated that conditioned pain modulation (CPM), a measure of the brain's ability to regulate pain, decreases activity in the human spinal cord as visible via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

10 Mar 2014

Tucson offers unique form of hormone replacement therapy, SottoPelle

Dr. Frank Comstock, whose office is located at 6127 N. La Cholla, Suite 175, in Tucson, is now offering SottoPelle®, a unique form of hormone replacement therapy, developed by internationally recognized Gino Tutera M.D., F.A.C.O.G., as a solution for patients who struggle with hormone imbalance and well-being.

10 Mar 2014

ThromboGenics receives IWT grant to study potential new biotherapeutics for DME

ThromboGenics NV, an integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic medicines for the back of the eye, today announces that it has been awarded a €3 million grant from the Flemish agency for Innovation by Science and Technology.

10 Mar 2014

Medical Research News

Skin cancer may increase risk of other cancers later in life

ABC Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award presented to Wakunaga

BerGenBio receives grant to study novel therapeutics for inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Mortality in prostate cancer lower in areas with frequent use of PSA testing

Men who have poorer cardiovascular fitness at 18 years more often suffer from dementia before 60

Study gives insights into designing new drugs to fight infections

Tubulin protein is a well-validated cancer drug target

Music does not speak to everyone

New research reveals how substance abuse problems take hold in returning veterans

Findings suggest that IBS is linked to detectable gut microbiota alterations

Mainstay Medical initiates clinical trial to investigate ReActiv8 as treatment for adults with CLBP

Decision-making accuracy can be improved by postponing onset of decision

Researchers determine affected areas of brain using speech processing tests with aid of fMRT

Study: Stem cell transplant effective in halting degenerative disc disease of spine

Conditioned pain modulation decreases activity in human spinal cord, say researchers

Tucson offers unique form of hormone replacement therapy, SottoPelle

ThromboGenics receives IWT grant to study potential new biotherapeutics for DME

Researchers seek to understand causes of premature birth with support from March of Dimes

Findings provide new target for development of novel therapies to manage chronic pain

3D scaffolds bring hope for lung regeneration

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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