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Ethicon Endo-Surgery renews research collaboration agreement with UC and Metabolic Diseases Institute

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) today announced it has renewed its research collaboration agreement with the University of Cincinnati (UC) and its Metabolic Diseases Institute (MDI). The three-year, $13.5M grant extension, is part of the EES Metabolic Applied Research Strategy (MARS), which also includes research from GI Metabolism Laboratory and Weight Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

22 Jun 2010

Probactive Biotech, Dalat Nuclear Research Institute enter agreement to co-develop cancer drugs

Probactive Biotech, Inc., a Garden Grove, California-based corporation, has entered into an agreement with Dalat Nuclear Research Institute to co-develop a number of cancer drugs, utilizing combinations of antitumor antibodies and antitumor radioactive compounds. Antitumor antibodies have the ability to take antitumor compounds directly to the tumor sites within the body.

22 Jun 2010

Scientists complete comparative analysis of bacterial communities living in human nose, throat

Scientists have completed the most comprehensive comparative analysis to date of bacterial communities inhabiting the human nose and throat, which could provide new insights into why some individuals become colonized with pathogens while others do not. They release their findings today in mBio- the online open-access journal published by the American Society for Microbiology.

22 Jun 2010

Teens to call upon Congress to fund drug research for rare diseases

Teens from across the United States whose siblings have cystic fibrosis will press their elected officials in Washington, D.C., June 24, to fund drug research and increase access to clinical trials for those with rare diseases.

22 Jun 2010

Fructose makes cells mature into fat cells in belly fat, study finds

Fructose, the sugar widely used as high-fructose corn syrup in soft drinks and processed foods, often gets some of the blame for the widespread rise in obesity. Now a laboratory study has found that when fructose is present as children's fat cells mature, it makes more of these cells mature into fat cells in belly fat and less able to respond to insulin in both belly fat and fat located below the skin.

22 Jun 2010

NCI awards GeneGo Phase II SBIR grant for development of MetaMiner(Oncology) platform

GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology and chemistry, announced today that they were awarded with a Phase II SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for further development of an analytical platform for translational research and data analysis in oncology.

22 Jun 2010

Ohio Third Frontier helps drive innovation and opportunity in biomedical industry

Ohio Third Frontier, and the strategic investments made by the program to bolster Ohio's biomedical imaging industry, serve as a national model for success and are the primary reason behind Ohio's position as a national hub for innovation and opportunity in the thriving biomedical industry.

22 Jun 2010

New study that describes sequencing and analysis of body louse genome published

A global research team led by scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute today published a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describing the sequencing and analysis of the body louse genome. Lead author, Ewen Kirkness, Ph.D., JCVI, directed the sequencing and gene-finding efforts in the project. Detailed analysis of the genome was then conducted by a large international group of 71 scientists, coordinated by Barry Pittendrigh, University of Illinois, and Professor Evgeny Zdobnov, University of Geneva Medical School.

22 Jun 2010

Diabetes control in COPD patients could improve outcomes, length of hospital stays and risk of death

A new study in the journal Respirology reveals that patients with diabetes who are hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience longer time in the hospital and are also at an increased risk of death, compared to those without diabetes.

22 Jun 2010

Diabetic individuals living in hot climate need increased 'heat awareness'

A new survey shows that diabetic individuals who live in a hot climate have important gaps in their "heat awareness," or knowledge about proper diabetes self-care in hot weather, even though diabetes raises their risk of heat illness. The results of "Diabetes in the Desert: What Do Patients Know About the Heat?" will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

22 Jun 2010

New report measures growing adoption of centralized ECG services

ERT, a global provider of technology and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, announced today the availability of a new report, conducted by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, mapping the growing adoption of centralized ECG (electrocardiogram) services. The industry-wide report measures the current and anticipated adoption levels of centralized ECGs in clinical trials.

22 Jun 2010

NIH, Wellcome Trust partner to support population-based genetic studies of disorders, communicable diseases in Africa

The National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Wellcome Trust, a global charity based in London, today announced a partnership to support population-based genetic studies in Africa of common, non-communicable disorders such as heart disease and cancer, as well as communicable diseases such as malaria.

22 Jun 2010

New legal, ethical framework needs to be placed around banking of human biological material: Review

A lawyer and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics says a new legal and ethical framework needs to be placed around the donation and banking of human biological material, one that would more clearly define the terms of the material's use - and address donor expectations before research begins.

22 Jun 2010

Metabolic syndrome can negatively affect donor's kidney function outcome, study finds

People who donate one of their kidneys experience faster deterioration of their other kidney if they have the metabolic syndrome at the time of donation, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

22 Jun 2010

Michigan State University researchers analyze histiocytic sarcomas

Michigan State University veterinarians are taking part in a two-year, $5.3 million project to analyze five cancers in dogs, research that could offer new insight into canine cancer genes and their potential impact on the human form of the disease.

22 Jun 2010

Veterans with substance use disorders utilize violent means to commit suicide: Study

Veterans with substance use disorders who die by suicide are more likely to use violent means (such as a firearm) rather than nonviolent means (such as a drug overdose), new research suggests.

22 Jun 2010

Studying cells in 3-D could help develop drugs to prevent cancer from spreading: Researchers

Showing movies in 3-D has produced a box-office bonanza in recent months. Could viewing cell behavior in three dimensions lead to important advances in cancer research? A new study led by Johns Hopkins University engineers indicates it may happen. Looking at cells in 3-D, the team members concluded, yields more accurate information that could help develop drugs to prevent cancer's spread.

22 Jun 2010

Cytochrome P450 plays important role in management of high blood pressure: Researchers

Researchers have found that increasing certain proteins in the blood vessels of mice, relaxed the vessels, lowering the animal's blood pressure. The study provides new avenues for research that may lead to new treatments for hypertension.

22 Jun 2010

Japan underperforms in scientific research: Study

A study from Thomson Reuters released today shows despite world-class universities, established government laboratories and several Nobel Prizes, Japan's performance in scientific research has remained mostly static.

22 Jun 2010

Study: Complex make-up of cells could lead to new types of medicines

A surprising discovery about the complex make-up of our cells could lead to the development of new types of medicines, a study suggests. Scientists studying interactions between cell proteins - which enable the cells in our bodies to function - have shown that proteins communicate not by a series of simple one-to-one communications, but by a complex network of chemical messages.

22 Jun 2010

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Ethicon Endo-Surgery renews research collaboration agreement with UC and Metabolic Diseases Institute

Probactive Biotech, Dalat Nuclear Research Institute enter agreement to co-develop cancer drugs

Scientists complete comparative analysis of bacterial communities living in human nose, throat

Teens to call upon Congress to fund drug research for rare diseases

Fructose makes cells mature into fat cells in belly fat, study finds

NCI awards GeneGo Phase II SBIR grant for development of MetaMiner(Oncology) platform

Ohio Third Frontier helps drive innovation and opportunity in biomedical industry

New study that describes sequencing and analysis of body louse genome published

Diabetes control in COPD patients could improve outcomes, length of hospital stays and risk of death

Diabetic individuals living in hot climate need increased 'heat awareness'

New report measures growing adoption of centralized ECG services

NIH, Wellcome Trust partner to support population-based genetic studies of disorders, communicable diseases in Africa

New legal, ethical framework needs to be placed around banking of human biological material: Review

Metabolic syndrome can negatively affect donor's kidney function outcome, study finds

Michigan State University researchers analyze histiocytic sarcomas

Veterans with substance use disorders utilize violent means to commit suicide: Study

Studying cells in 3-D could help develop drugs to prevent cancer from spreading: Researchers

Cytochrome P450 plays important role in management of high blood pressure: Researchers

Japan underperforms in scientific research: Study

Study: Complex make-up of cells could lead to new types of medicines

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