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Scientists identify promising candidates in natural products that prevent cancer

Exciting headlines about the cancer-preventing potential of berries, red wine, and other foods are in the news almost every day. An article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine, highlights the researchers trying to make medicines based on substances in those foods and turn their potential into reality.

24 Jun 2010

Cancer Research UK launches new cutting-edge research centre at Imperial

A new cutting-edge cancer centre dedicated to robotic surgery, cancer imaging and drug discovery is launched today, putting London at the forefront of cancer research.

24 Jun 2010

Group of tests may help predict falls in people with Parkinson's disease: Study

A group of tests may help predict which people with Parkinson's disease are more likely to fall, according to a study published in the June 23, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

24 Jun 2010

Study examines relationship between SCIP measures and postoperative infection

A study by investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine published in this week's issue of JAMA found that public hospital comparison data reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services does not accurately correlate with a patient's risk for surgical postoperative infection.

24 Jun 2010

UCSD School of Medicine receives $5.3M grant to study effect of weight loss in breast cancer survivors

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has received a $5.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct and lead a first-of-its-kind, four-year clinical trial to show the effects of weight loss and increased physical activity on quality of life and on co-existing medical conditions in overweight breast cancer survivors.

24 Jun 2010

Alnylam presents data on novel delivery lipids at IBC 6th Annual Cell Line Development and Engineering conference

Alnylam Biotherapeutics, a division of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today the presentation of new data at the IBC 6th Annual Cell Line Development and Engineering conference held in San Francisco, California from June 21 - 24, 2010.

24 Jun 2010

Greater time demands affect careers of mothers with autistic children

Mothers of children with autism see their careers disproportionally affected as they confront greater demands on their time, inflexible workplaces and increased medical costs, according to a new study by researchers at Washington State University Vancouver.

24 Jun 2010

UCSD researchers awarded $2.5M CIRM grant to explore stem cells

A pair of University of California San Diego researchers - Martin Marsala, a specialist in spinal cord trauma and disorders, and Yang Xu, an immunologist - have been awarded more than $2.5 million in new grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

24 Jun 2010

Affiliations with drug-using peers leads to genetic vulnerability towards regular substance use: Study

The nature-nurture debate is usually about how much of something is due to our genes and how much is caused by our environment. New research just published in the academic journal Addiction shows that the case is more interesting for young women who smoke, drink, or use drugs, for two related reasons.

24 Jun 2010

NIH to invest $25M over five years for international collaboration on genetic research in Africa

The NIH on Tuesday announced a partnership with Wellcome Trust and the African Society for Human Genetics that will enable African researchers to "use the latest genetic and clinical technology to study common health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases," VOA News reports (DeCapua, 6/22).

24 Jun 2010

Report identifies FDA's weaknesses in monitoring foreign drug trials

The FDA inspected 0.7 percent of foreign clinical drug trial sites in 2008 while 80 percent of applications approved for marketing that year contained data from foreign drug trials, according to a report (.pdf) from the Inspector General of HHS, CBS News reports (Strickler, 6/22).

24 Jun 2010

Researchers find way to get beneficial effects of estrogen without increasing woman's risk of cancer

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have pinpointed a set of biological mechanisms through which estrogen confers its beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, independent of the hormone's actions on cancer. Their investigation suggests that drugs targeting a specific subpopulation of estrogen receptors found outside the cell nucleus might activate the cardiovascular benefits of estrogen without increasing cancer risk.

24 Jun 2010

Cedars-Sinai researchers awarded $1.47M grant to study stem cell immune rejection response

A team of Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute researchers led by Terrence Town, Ph.D. has been awarded a three-year, $1.47 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to fund research into mechanisms for how human immune systems reject or accept transplanted brain stem cells.

24 Jun 2010

CPRIT grants $3.7M to Rice University researchers to fund cancer diagnostics program

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has granted $3.7 million to Rice University researchers to fund an innovative cancer diagnostics program.

24 Jun 2010

New study of homicides reveals seasonality of child abuse as a myth

A new study of homicides of 797 children younger than age five has found that these deaths occur uniformly throughout the year, dispelling the widely held anecdotal notion that the winter months, and especially winter holidays, are a time of increased child abuse.

23 Jun 2010

Grant introduces new range of digital, analogue ultrasonic benchtop baths

Grant Instruments, a world-renowned supplier of scientific, life sciences and data acquisition products, has unveiled an advanced range of high quality, robust, fully-featured digital and analogue ultrasonic benchtop baths. The baths are designed to meet the growing need for reliable ultrasonic cleaning in laboratories and across pharmaceutical, medical, healthcare and industrial applications.

23 Jun 2010

New research project to review accuracy of medical diagnoses

A new research project at the University of Leicester will review the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Evaluating diagnostic strategy is crucial to clinical practice as it helps maximise the efficacy of the treatments which are offered to patients. Many lives are affected every day by the diagnoses made by hospitals and medical doctors, and it is vital that diagnoses are accurate.

23 Jun 2010

Shift in balance between good and bad bacteria in gut could be a harbinger of colon cancer: Study

The human body contains more bacteria than it does cells. These bacterial communities can have a positive effect on our health, by training our immune systems and helping to metabolize the foods we eat. But they can also set us up to develop digestive disorders, skin diseases, and obesity.

23 Jun 2010

Modern humans can achieve relatively high bite forces using less-powerful jaw muscles: Study

The robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with major implications for our understanding of diet in ancestral humans.

23 Jun 2010

Researchers find increased activity in visual, auditory and sensorimotor network in migraineurs

Typically, migraine is considered to be an episodic disorder with discrete attacks of headache. But new research by Dr. Till Sprenger and his team from UCSF Headache Group and Technische Universit-t M-nchen found increased network activity -- stronger functional connectivity -- bilaterally in the visual, auditory and sensorimotor network in migraineurs.

23 Jun 2010

Medical Research News

Scientists identify promising candidates in natural products that prevent cancer

Cancer Research UK launches new cutting-edge research centre at Imperial

Group of tests may help predict falls in people with Parkinson's disease: Study

Study examines relationship between SCIP measures and postoperative infection

UCSD School of Medicine receives $5.3M grant to study effect of weight loss in breast cancer survivors

Alnylam presents data on novel delivery lipids at IBC 6th Annual Cell Line Development and Engineering conference

Greater time demands affect careers of mothers with autistic children

UCSD researchers awarded $2.5M CIRM grant to explore stem cells

Affiliations with drug-using peers leads to genetic vulnerability towards regular substance use: Study

NIH to invest $25M over five years for international collaboration on genetic research in Africa

Report identifies FDA's weaknesses in monitoring foreign drug trials

Researchers find way to get beneficial effects of estrogen without increasing woman's risk of cancer

Cedars-Sinai researchers awarded $1.47M grant to study stem cell immune rejection response

CPRIT grants $3.7M to Rice University researchers to fund cancer diagnostics program

New study of homicides reveals seasonality of child abuse as a myth

Grant introduces new range of digital, analogue ultrasonic benchtop baths

New research project to review accuracy of medical diagnoses

Shift in balance between good and bad bacteria in gut could be a harbinger of colon cancer: Study

Modern humans can achieve relatively high bite forces using less-powerful jaw muscles: Study

Researchers find increased activity in visual, auditory and sensorimotor network in migraineurs

Precision in every drop: Inside Hamilton’s syringe technology

Exploring the Future of Neuroscience Drug Discovery

Genomic conservation in Thailand's mangroves

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